[Dxspider-support] Filters

[Anthony(N2KI)]

Here is my sh/filter output.

sh/filter
N2KI-9 : spots
 filter1 reject on uhf
 filter1 accept by_zone 5
 filter2 reject on vhf
 filter3 reject on 6m
N2KI-9 de N2KI  8-Dec-2009 0035Z dxspider >



 
Anthony - N2KI
30MDG - 1187
 www.n2ki.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On Behalf Of Dirk Koopman G1TLH
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:41 AM
To: wb8zrl at inavia.net; The DXSpider Support list
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Filters

Tom Vavra wrote:
> On Monday 07 December 2009 01:57, Anthony(N2KI) wrote:
>> Anyone having trouble setting filters?
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>> No matter which filter I set, it does not seem to work.
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>> For example, according to the filter manual acc/spot 4 by_zone 5 should
>> only accept spots posted by stations in CQ zone 5.  I still get stuff from
>> everywhere.
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>> I also tried acc/spot 4 by_state and I still get stuff from everywhere.
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>> The syntax was gotten from the manual on Wiki.  Thank for any suggestions.
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>> Anthony - N2KI
>>
>> 30MDG - 1187
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>>  www.n2ki.com
> 
> Anthony
> 
>         acc/spot 4 by_zone 5              will accept zone 5 spots, but it 
> tells DXSpider nothing about what to do with other spots.  Unless you somehow 
> reject them, you will see them.
> 
>         reject/spot 5 all                        is one example
> 
> to see only zone 5 spots try
> 
>       reject/spot not by_zone 5
> 

Er...

This isn't actually true.

Once you set up a spot filter, then that will *automatically* do the 
opposite for everything else. If that makes any sense at all.

acc/spot by_zone 5

implies

rej/spots by_zone "everything else"

(this is not a command !)

rej/spots by_zone all

Would not do what you think. It will mean that you get no spots at all 
if you do. This is because the filters act linearly, one after another, 
acting one whatever is left after the previous line. So, in this case, 
what is left is just zone 5 spots, doing the rej/spot by_zone all will 
get rid those zone 5 spots.

I am wondering why you are using slot 4, rather the default:-

acc/spot by_zone 5

do you have a chain of filter commands? If you do then post the output 
of a "sh/filter" command.

Please be aware that if one has a chain, the assertion I made above 
happens after each filter command. So if one mixes acc/spot with 
rej/spot, it is *very* easy to get confused. And one must remember that 
the last filter in the chain determines what happens to whatever is left.

The filter that you are setting up is just for you. Not any of your 
users. Is this what you want?

Dirk

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