[DogParkList] A question...

[Don Agro]

Hi Bruce,

On 17-Jul-05, at 8:13 PM, Bruce Van Houten wrote:

> I think the new features in the new version are great:
>
> What's New in this version:
>
> But...
>
> As a fairly new ham, I'm unsure exactly what some of these *do* or  
> where I would use them. Would some amplification of their use be  
> possible, either in the manual or when the new features are added?

They are all documented in the manual. Many topics in the manual have  
further links to outside information as well. For example the  
documentation for the ILGRadio database has a link to the ILGRadio  
site...
<http://www.ilgradio.com/ilgradio.htm#ILGDATABASE>

> * Added ILGRadio support to Schedules Panel.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
schedulepanel.html>
ILGRadio Listings

The ILGRadio listings table is loaded from the ILGRadio Text File  
that can be updated from the ILGRadio web site and is stored in the  
MacLoggerDX data folder. You will have to apply to ILGRadio for a  
username and password but the amateur text file download is free.

The table can be sorted by any column heading in ascending or  
descending order. There are popup Location and Language filters as  
well as a Now button to automatically sort by time and scroll to the  
current time. The Set Radio button (or double clicking on a table  
row) will set your radio to the row dataset frequency and the Add  
button will add the data set to your customized schedule.

Note: The Location popup locations refer to where the station is  
beaming to - not from.


> * Added bandplan.dat for user-configurable band plan.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
bandspanel.html>
MacLoggerDX gets it's band plan from bandplan.dat in the data folder.  
You can edit a copy of bandplan.dat and put it in your log folder  
where MacLoggerDX looks first.

> * Added Volume & Squelch control & tracking to the Kenwood TS-2000 &
> TS-570.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
preferencespanel.html>
Volume/Squelch

     * The Volume slider will adjust the volume of a Ten-Tec RX-320  
or Icom PCR-1000 if connected.
     * The Squelch slider will adjust the squelch of a Ten-Tec RX-320  
or Icom PCR-1000 if connected.


> * The "Online Manual" MacLoggerDX Menu item is now context sensitive.
"Contest sensitive" means that when you are in the Map Panel for  
example - the online help automatically takes you to the manual page  
for the Map Panel.

> * Script added for Eudora email DX alerts.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
preferencespanel.html>
DX Alarms

     * The Alarm Type popup allows you to set the type of alarm:  
None, Beep, Speech, eMail - Mail.app, eMail - Eudora.
       If you select one of the eMail alarm options - don't forget to  
set the destination email address in the Station Info Dialog.

> * Added Export button to Labels Panel.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
labelspanel.html>
The Export button will send the output to a tab-delimited text file  
of your choosing for import into other labels programs.


> * All radio modes are enabled in popup - unavailable modes shown in
> italics.
<http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX/Manual/Pages/ 
controlwindow.html>
  The Mode popup displays/controls which mode is active on the radio.
Modes available on your connected radio show in bold. Modes not  
available in italics.


> * Reads all data files (including log.dat) in Unix or Macintosh line
> ending format.
> * USB-D and LSB-D Modes added to Icom IC-746Prox, IC-756Prox & 7800
> Drivers.
> * "enter" key does a lookup on selected DXCluster line.
> * Icom IC-756ProII, III and IC-7800 Split bug fixed.


If you have any specific questions I would be glad to answer them.



73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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