Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
Jim, Thanks. I will experiment with the settings you provided. Bob -Original Message- From: Jim Reisert AD1C Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:34 PM To: Bob Turner Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Bob Turner wrote: > Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? There are two different concepts here. The maximum number of spots in the DX Spots window is specified on the Packet2 tab of your preferences, in the "Scrollback capacity" section. Spots don't "expire" per-se, but once the limit is reached, the oldest spot is deleted to make room for the newest spot. On the Packet1 tab is a sections called "Age for spots (min)". This controls the alerts. Let's say you need ST0R. Since something like this will be spotted maybe several times a minute (which is completely unnecessary, by the way), you'd hear beeping or announcements each time a new spot occurs. What the "Age" does is specify a window of time for which a spot is considered "new" and worthy of a(nother) alert. For example, let's say that you have "Spots" set to 10 minutes. That means that once there are no more ST0R spots for 10 minutes, the next spot of ST0R will cause the alarm/announcement to sound. As long as spots keep coming in at less then 10 minute intervals, you won't get any new alert. I hope I explained this correctly, I can think of another way this might work, but I hope my explanation is the correct one. The Band map has its own "age" setting. This is how long a spot remains in the band map after it has been spotted. So if the age value is set to 30 (min), then 30 minutes after the last spot for a given call, that spot will disappear from the band map, until it is spotted again. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Bob Turner wrote: > Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? There are two different concepts here. The maximum number of spots in the DX Spots window is specified on the Packet2 tab of your preferences, in the "Scrollback capacity" section. Spots don't "expire" per-se, but once the limit is reached, the oldest spot is deleted to make room for the newest spot. On the Packet1 tab is a sections called "Age for spots (min)". This controls the alerts. Let's say you need ST0R. Since something like this will be spotted maybe several times a minute (which is completely unnecessary, by the way), you'd hear beeping or announcements each time a new spot occurs. What the "Age" does is specify a window of time for which a spot is considered "new" and worthy of a(nother) alert. For example, let's say that you have "Spots" set to 10 minutes. That means that once there are no more ST0R spots for 10 minutes, the next spot of ST0R will cause the alarm/announcement to sound. As long as spots keep coming in at less then 10 minute intervals, you won't get any new alert. I hope I explained this correctly, I can think of another way this might work, but I hope my explanation is the correct one. The Band map has its own "age" setting. This is how long a spot remains in the band map after it has been spotted. So if the age value is set to 30 (min), then 30 minutes after the last spot for a given call, that spot will disappear from the band map, until it is spotted again. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
For spots timeouts, that seems to set the time value for a manual delete, but does not auto-delete spots that exceed the value. Anyway, I did not know that setting was there. Thanks for telling me about it. Bob -Original Message- From: Art - W6KY Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 10:34 PM To: Bob Turner ; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots Under Preferences: Packet 1: Windows for both: Band Map and Spot timeouts. Just enter the time desired in minutes. 73, Art W6KY www.w6ky.com From: Bob Turner To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sun, November 6, 2011 11:34:01 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? Bob __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
Under Preferences: Packet 1: Windows for both: Band Map and Spot timeouts. Just enter the time desired in minutes. 73, Art W6KY www.w6ky.com From: Bob Turner To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sun, November 6, 2011 11:34:01 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? Bob __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
No it's not. But they do expire from the bandmap. On 2011-11-06 14:34, Bob Turner wrote: > Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? > > Bob > __ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Delete Old Spots
Its it possible to have old spots expire/delete automatically? Bob __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
