[Dxspider-support] R: AGN R: Problem new build 360 With RXCLUS program Logged IN every 6 minutes

[Dirk Koopman]

On 25/11/2021 08:43, Alex via Dxspider-support wrote:Hi Luigi and all,
> I received the answer from Robert HB9BZA and below I report what he wrote to me.
> I hope he can solve the problem but I'm not sure if he can do it in a short time.
>
> here is Robert HB9BZA's answer:
> Hi Alex,
> Thanks for reporting this problem.
> The change made in the latest version of dxspider makes received DX spots to be no more identified as such, so they are only displayed in the terminal 1 to 4 (which display all text they received), but not on the DX, Alarm and LoTW windows, and they wont trigger any alarm as they are not DX spots for RXCLUS.
> At my humble opinion, this change is a very poor idea which will break the compatibility of dxspider with many client programs without bringing much to the users.
> About RXCLUS, I must tell you this software is now only minimally maintained and supported, as I have no more time for this project.
> I will see if I can do something, but don't expect it to be quick, or even guaranteed.
> I'll let you know if I can do something.
>
>
> A Dirk question:        "Is the change in the string of the right spot you made essential or can it be reset to how it was previously?"
>

I have a serious problem with client programs' attitude to a format 
which was going out of date when it first appeared in the original AK1A 
PacketCluster software in the 1980's. Particularly given the various 
tweaks I and others have made to it over the years, for example around 
the time field at the end of the line. As I have said in previous 
emails, many main stream logging and contesting programs have all either 
changed to using the ve7cc CC11 spot line format or they are parsing the 
line more flexibly than this author.

But, I recognise that the last major contest of the year is happening 
this weekend and so I will put it back the way it was._For the next week 
or the next update to the mojo after this weekend_ *ONLY*.  This should 
appear later on today or early tomorrow. I will announce it on here when 
it is available. I will also announce when it is put the way it is now.

For better or for worse DXSpider and CC Server are the only two actively 
maintained cluster node programs and we have both decided that enough is 
enough on the client program interface issues that are NOT of our 
making. Client software have to make their own choices as to how to 
implement their interfaces to nodes, much as I have to put up with the 
format of the (wasteful) RBN spot lines that I client to. If someone 
changes something "upstream" I shall have to "suck it up" (as I believe 
the yoof of today say).  Client software that connect to modern DX 
Cluster nodes will have to do the same.

While I am here, I may as well mention that I shall be working toward 
moving the master branch to "legacy" and the mojo branch will become the 
new master branch. You can expect this change to happen when I have made 
the update process as smooth as I can. It will - until someone (else) 
has the time and interest to sort it - be a unix/linux/bsd etc only 
system. I suspect that the smoothest way of running a modern version of 
DXSpider under Windows will require something like WSL(2) as, as far as 
I can tell, none of the pure Windows perls will support Mojolicious and 
DB_File(spit) without (some) C code and a compiler.

73 Dirk G1TLH

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