[Apologies if you receive this message twice.  It went to both the
 opentracker and tracker2 groups]

I discovered an issue with Otwincfg last night that is not so much of a
bug but a "gotcha".  When you use the "Copy Profile" button (from either
profile), it not only copies the data in the Profile window, but ALSO
COPIES THE DATA IN THE PROFILE SWITCHING WINDOW!  I would have had a real
problem today if I hadn't double checked the profile switching on my
tracker before writing the config to the tracker.

I had setup Profile 1 and Profile Switching with my desired values, then
went to Profile 2 and pressed the 'Copy from Profile 1' button to update
Profile2.  Not only did it copy Profile 1 to Profile 2, it also copied
the Profile Switching data for Profile 1 to the Profile Switching data
for Profile2.  In my humble opinion, this is a bad thing.  The Profile
Switching setup is not part of either profile and there is no indication
that data on another screen has been changed.  I can think of no reason
why you would ever want the same values for each profile switch.  It would
only cause the tracker to continuously switch profiles and if you had the
"Beacon on Profile Switch" enabled, you have just killed the APRS frequency
in your local area.

Scott, please change Otwincfg to not copy the Profile Switching data when
you press the 'Copy from Profile' button.

-- 
Bob Poortinga  K9SQL        <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpoortinga>
Bloomington, Indiana  US

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