[Dxspider-support] Adding ^mode^?

[Lee Sawkins]

Mike, FYI the CC11 data is not exchanged between cluster nodes.  Cluster nodes exchange PC11/PC61 data, which contains a bare minimum of information.

I am against having a separate ^mode^ field.  Having the mode in the comments allows this data to easily pass through all existing cluster nodes.  It is easy to detect and add mode to the comments field.  It is best if it is the first word, but even if not, it still is easy to find.

With a separate PC11/PC61 ^mode^ field, this field would be dropped by all nodes that do not support ^mode^.  So even if the originating node included ^mode^ and other nodes could use this data, it is possible that the ^mode^ could be dropped before it got to all of them.  

The CC11 data is currently sent in only one direction.  From the cluster node to the user.  It does not support user to cluster.  This can of course be fixed, but requires software changes.  These changes always end up being more difficult than they first appear. 

Lee

  ---- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Carper 
  To: maudeij at gmail.com ; The DXSpider Support list 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 8:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Adding ^mode^?


  We'll know the mode in the same way (in general) that we know the frequency.  We'll read the mode from the software that the user is using to submit the spot.


  No one really spots manually anymore (I'm not sure I can remember the syntax for it).  Most of our users have never seen the telnet console (even though it's in a dropdown).


  But when they're spotting a station, we grab the call and frequency from the UI (where frequency is either read from the radio or entered by the user)... and the comment field (which the user gets in a dialog box).


  I'm simply suggesting that we offer up Field 21 for the purpose of mode.   In this case, we'll do exactly the same thing there that we do with other fields... we'll read the mode from the UI and send it in Field 21.  If the field is blank, we'll pretty much ignore it... as we do the comment field.

  This would be a dramatic improvement.


  This doesn't prevent folks from putting it in the comment field... if that's what they're doing now.  But that approach is rather inconsistently utilized... certainly not universal.


  Mike, WA9PIE



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