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%INTRO
SECTION 1.
INTRODUCTION
============
WELCOME TO TURBOLOG!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TurboLog is a fully integrated logging program, morse generator and cluster
access system. It is really two products rolled into one: ClusTerm and Log.
As you progress through the features of TurboLog you'll see how the two
halves of the program work together to give you full station management
information at your fingertips.
%OPENING
THE TURBOLOG OPENING MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At this menu you can select which part of the program you want to use. You
can always get back to this menu by pressing ESC one or more times.
F1 accesses the logbook functions. Logging QSO's, producing listings, QSL
operations, morse code generation etc. are all available via this key.
F2 allows you to perform packet functions such as connecting to your local
cluster node and other services such as your BBS. Note that you can get
to MOST of the packet functions from the Log side of the program too.
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SECTION 2.
LOGBOOK OPERATIONS
==================
%TLMAIN
THE LOGBOOK OPERATIONS MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu presents all the logging related options.
F1 LOGBOOK SCREEN. This is where you make your QSO entries. Most other
services are also available from here. See ENTERING QSO's IN TURBOLOG.
F2 LISTS and REPORTS. Produces lists based on logged QSO's, DXCC status
or user defined keywords. Very comprehensive report generation.
F3 MORSE KEYER. All aspects of the CONTROL of the morse keyer.
F4 QSL OPERATIONS. Printing QSL labels and editing the label designs.
F5 Displays the DXCC worked arrays and summary tables
F6 UTILITIES. A wide range of program accessories allowing you to import
from other programs, sort, rebuild and merge databases, edit various
system files and alter the date and time.
F7 EXTERNAL DATABASES. Access to DOS gateway and up to 9 user defined
external processes, such as QSL databases, specialist awards programs
or listing programs.
F8 This help page.
Select an option by pressing the function key, or by moving the highlight bar
to the option and pressing enter.
%QSOENTRY
ENTERING QSO's IN TURBOLOG (The logbook screen)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is where you will spend most of your time. QSO's can be entered, edited,
reviewed and deleted. Packet data is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
The following keys are defined from the LOGBOOK screen:
Escape Back to logbook entry menu
Cur-L Move cursor left in contact field
Cur-R Move cursor right in contact field
Cur-U Move cursor left one field
L-Tab As Cur-U
Cur-D Move cursor right one field
Tab As Cur-D
PgUp Return to callsign field
PgDn Go to comments field
Space Move to next field (normally right one field)
Insert Toggle insert status (Insert mode shows an underscore cursor,
overtype mode shows a half height cursor)
Delete Delete character to left of cursor and, in insert mode close the gap
BackSp Delete character under the cursor and, in insert mode close the gap
\ Clear the field you are currently in
Enter Log QSO to file, WITH finish time
+ Log QSO to file with open finish time (for long QSOs and nets (ugh))
F1 Help
F6 Review mode -See below. (Allows you to review/edit previous QSO's)
F7 DXCC database display
F8 Change logging parameters
F9 Toggle log display between COMMENTS and RST/BAND/POWER etc
F10 PacketCluster operations
Alt-F1 QSY DOWN a band
Alt-F2 QSY UP a band
Alt-F3 Change mode ("up" a mode)
Alt-F4 Change mode ("down" a mode)
Alt-F5 Toggle between BASIC/FILTERED/UNFILTERED/MULTICONNECT PacketCluster
display in the packet window at the bottom of the screen
Alt-F7 QSY to any frequency/mode
Cntl-F4 Assign a different DXCC country to the current QSO
Alt-B Go to the Basic PacketCluster window
Alt-F Go to the Filtered DX PacketCluster window
Alt-U Go to the Unfiltered DX PacketCluster window
Alt-L Show callsign matches from a call/fragment in callsign field
Alt-P Show country matches from a call/fragment in callsign field
Alt-I Show user index matches from an index/fragment in user index field
Alt-G Grab the most recent spot callsign from the current cluster display
window, and place in callsign field
Alt-Q Make QSL database enquiry on callsign field
Alt-R Restore the QSO entry line to default/clear fields
Alt-H SET/HERE on cluster
Alt-N SET/NOHERE on cluster
Alt-S Send a DX spot to Cluster
Alt-T Send a talk message
Alt-M Send mail
Alt-A Send an announce
Alt-W Send a WWV report
Alt-X Send a WX report
Cntl-A Show announce history
Cntl-M Show mail history
Cntl-T Show talk history
Cntl-W Show WWV history
Cntl-X Show WX history
Alt-C Clear pop-up window(s) from log display
Alt-1 In DEMO Mode: "send" next DEMO.DAT entry (See TurboLog user manual)
Alt-2 In DEMO Mode: "send" the next 10 entries.
F2..F5 CW messages 1 to 4
SF2..SF5 CW messages 5 to 8
Alt-F9 Decrease CW speed by 2 WPM
Alt-F10 Increase CW speed by 2 WPM
Sh-F9 Select high speed CW
Sh-F10 Select low speed CW
Cntl-F9 Set high speed CW value
Cntl-F10 Set low speed CW value
Alt-K Toggle CW keyboard mode (Esc also returns)
Field rules
~~~~~~~~~~~
Call Must be either at least 3 characters long, with one number and one
letter minimum, -or-
A "call operator" as follows:
* This log entry is a comment. Optionally qualified
(eg *TVI-TEST) to allow "call" matching later.
NNNNN.nn A frequency in KHz that the rig will QSY to, in the range
0 to 440,000 KHz
SOUND Turn the morse generator sidetone on
NOSOUND Turn it off
TUNE Puts TX on for tune-up. Any key to return to RX
RSTs Must be numeric. The letter A is also accepted to allow for Auroras
SER# Only used in contests, but must be numeric. Leading zeros not needed.
LOCATOR Must be a valid 5 character QRA or 4/6 character LOC reference
%REVIEW
THE TURBOLOG REVIEW MODE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The review mode is entered from the logging screen above, by pressing F6.
In this mode you can move around and edit the log database. The following
keys are defined:
Esc Return to logging mode
Home Go to first QSO entry
End Go to last QSO entry
Cur-U Move up one QSO entry
Cur-D Move down one QSO entry
Pg Up Move up ten QSO entries
Pg Dn Move down ten QSO entries
F2 Flag QSO to send QSL via Bureau
F3 Flag QSO to send QSL direct
F4 QSL received for this QSO
F5 QSL for this QSO accepted at DXCC desk
F6 Edit highlighted QSO entry
F7 Void highlighted QSO entry (will be deleted on next sort operation)
%TLLIST
LISTINGS FROM TURBOLOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is menu option F2 from the Logging operations menu.
There are three types of listing available:
F1 LOGBOOK LISTINGS
Listings of logbook entries, selected by country, callsign, locator
etc., and filtered by date, time or QSO number. Listings can be
displayed on the screen, printed or logged to a file.
F2 DXCC LISTINGS
DXCC worked listings. Can be filtered in various ways to present views
on your DXCC activity. Listings can be displayed on the screen,
printed or logged to a file.
F3 USER DEFINED KEYWORD LISTINGS
If you use the User Defined Keyword field, then you can subsequently
produce listings (eg: of US States or WAB areas worked) using this
function.
%TLMORSE
MORSE KEYER OPERATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is menu item F3 from the Logging operations menu.
Morse Keyer Operations allows you to do the following things:
1. Edit any morse messages file and/or set it as the file currently in use.
You can have any number of morse message files, but only one can be in
use at a time. You can edit an existing file and set it as operational
without actually saving the file to disc.
2. Edit any morse profile and/or set it as the profile currently in use.
The morse profile contains information such as the various preset speeds,
mark/space and spacing characteristics and sidetone features. You may have
many different predefined profiles if you wish.
%TLQSL
QSL OPERATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is menu item F4 from the Logging operations menu.
You can print QSL labels and also edit the actual format of the labels from
this menu item:
F1 Print QSL labels.
You can select Bureau/Direct/All, print order (QSO or callsign), date
ranges to be printed and one of any number of label formats to be used.
Label printing can be immediate, or to a print file. In addition, an
option is provided to print test labels for printer label alignment.
F2 Edit QSL labels.
You may have any number of label formats, and the label editor allows you
to generate and edit these formats. Various label sizes and web sizes are
available, and a test print facility is also included.
%MATRIX
THE "WORKED MATRIX"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is option F5 from the Logging operations menu, or F4 from the Packet
operations menu. It can also be hot-keyed to from many other windows.
This displays a concise matrix of countries worked by CONTINENT and
MODE. Each continent can be selected by a function key, whilst the mode is
selected by pressing the space-bar. Worked data is supplied as a single line
per prefix which is 12 characters in length. Each character position
represents a single band, in the order given by you in TURBOLOG.CNF.
A summary display is also available, showing DXCC band/mode counts for
various combinations of bands, and band by band.
ESC Go back to whence you came
F1 Help!
F2-F7 Select Continent (only used in matrix display)
Space Bar Select Mode
F8 Switch between summary page and matrix pages.
The icons used in the matrix display have the following meaning:
^030 Worked this band/mode during current period
^127 Worked during previous periods
^001 Worked during both previous and current periods
%TLUTILS
LOGBOOK UTILITIES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu allows you to perform a number of TurboLog support activities. It is
option F6 from the Logging operations menu.
F1 Set the system clock. A menu guides you through this operation
F2 Edit the TurboLog configuration. Changes made are applied
as soon as the menu is redisplayed. If you edit serial port
parameters then you must restart TurboLog.
F3 Edit your Personal Directory.
F4 Edit your DXCC worked database. A sub-menu allows you to:
F1 Edit an individual DXCC country's worked status
F2 Reset the database to nothing worked (be careful!)
F3 Set all DXCC countries to worked/QSL'd for each mode
F5 Terminate current period and start a new one
F6 Help
F5 Perform TurboLog import, sort and rebuild operations on the log
database. (see below)
F6 Help. Displays this help page.
%TLIMPORT
IMPORT, INDEX AND DXCC REBUILD OPERATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
General WARNING! These operations can all become quite time consuming as they
require one or more complete scans through the log database. The sort
operation is particularly lengthy.
F1 Import from other logging programs. You can import from another
TurboLog file, from G3WGV Contest Log, from K1EA CT and from any other
ASCII file that contains a basic minimum set of logbook fields.
F2 Sorting the database. This operation completely sorts and rebuilds the
database. It deletes void QSO's, and orders valid QSO's into date/time
order. This is useful if you have imported a file out of date
sequence. Finally, the index files are rebuilt. It can take a
L-O-N-G time!
F3 Rebuild DXCC database. It is possible for the DXCC worked database to
get out of step with your log. This option scans the log and rebuilds
your DXCC and QSL status database.
F4 Rebuild Index Files. If you have made edits to your log, then the
various indexes (callsign, band, mode, DXCC country etc) may become
inaccurate. This will affect the results you get in list operations.
F4 performs a scan and rebuild. It can be quite lengthy, particularly
if you chose to rebuild ALL the index files.
%EXTERNAL
EXTERNAL DATABASES & GATEWAYS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is option F7 from the Logging operations menu, or F6 from the Packet
operations menu.
Up to ten external databases/gateways can be defined. Option J is normally a
DOS gateway. If you exit through this gateway, be careful not to run programs
that will conflict with TurboLog, such as other terminal emulators. To return
to TurboLog, type EXIT. All cluster information is buffered so nothing will
be lost (unless you stay in DOS for a very long time and fill up the buffer!)
THE HELP MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu topic brought up this help file for you.
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SECTION 3.
PACKET OPERATIONS
=================
%CLMAIN
PACKET OPERATIONS MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The opening menu has several options, each of which are described in more
detail below. To select an option, you can do any of the following:
Use cursor up/down keys to position to the required option, then Enter
Press the appropriate function key
Press just the number of the appropriate function key
LINKING, CONNECTION and DISCONNECTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You will be disconnected (that is, the TNC is not in communication
with PacketCluster) when you start up TurboLog. Select F1 to get a menu of
Clusters to which you can connect. You can define up to four PacketClusters
in CLUSTERM.CNF, and each may be via NetRom nodes or other indirect access
methods. See the file CLUSTERM.CNF for more information.
One of the connect options can be to a "cluster" called DEMO. This is a simple
emulation program which allows you to run TurboLog without being connected to
PacketCluster. You must still have a TNC connected to use the emulator.
When you are connected, this menu topic is changed to allow you to disconnect
from your PacketCluster.
If TurboLog has been unable to establish a link to your TNC, then this menu
topic is changed to allow you to try the link again.
%INTERACT
THE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Interactive Displays menu allows you to select the various different
windows for PacketCluster and Multi-connect operations, as follows:
%PACKET
THE BASIC PACKET WINDOW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This provides a multipage display of all activity from the PacketCluster. No
filtering or display structuring of any kind is done on this display.
ESC Close this window and return to the front end menu
Cursor up Scroll back (up) a line
Cursor dn Scroll forward (down) a line
Page up Scroll back a whole page (up to 10 pages of history available)
Page dn Scroll forward a page
Cursor right Move cursor right whilst editing a line of text to be sent
Cursor left Move cursor left whilst editing a line of text to be sent
Home Move cursor to beginning of line
End Move cursor to end of line
Backspace Delete character to left of cursor and close up the gap
Delete Delete character under cursor and close up the gap
Cntl-W Clear entire input field
Enter Send the completed line to PacketCluster
F1 Gets you to this HELP page
F2 Toggle TNC between Command Mode (cmd:) and Converse Mode
F3 Send a SHOW/DX command to the PacketCluster
F4 Send a DIR/NEW command to the PacketCluster
F5 Send a DIR/OWN command to the PacketCluster
F6 Send a SHOW/WWV command to the PacketCluster
F8 Send a SET/HERE command to the PacketCluster
F9 Send a SET/NOHERE command to the PacketCluster
F10 Hot key to the Filtered DX Window
Alt-F1 User defined command 1
.
.
Alt-F10 User defined command 10
Alt-R Receive incoming data from PacketCluster to a file
Alt-S Transmit a file to the PacketCluster
Alt-E Edit a file
Alt-D Delete a file
Alt-T Send a TALK message. You may send several lines at a time if you
wish. Only available when connected.
Alt-M Send a mail message.
Alt-A Send an Announcement. Again, you may send several lines.
Alt-W Send a WWV report.
Alt-X Send a WX report.
Cntl-T Review the Talk messages history page.
Cntl-A Review the Announcements history page.
Cntl-W Review the WWV reports history page.
Cntl-X Review the WX reports history page.
Cntl-L Review the QSO LOG (if logging enabled)
Alt-1 If connected to DEMO, "send" a single line of data to TurboLog
Alt-2 If connected to DEMO, "send" a ten lines of data to TurboLog
%FILTERED
THE FILTERED and UNFILTERED DX WINDOWS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These windows are identical in their operation. They differ in that the
Filtered window only displays DX spots that passed your filtering rules,
whilst the Unfiltered window displays all DX spots received.
If you have set up your countries worked data, then these windows will also
show whether you need a DX spot on any of four modes. You would normally
expect to stay in one or other of these windows during DXing activity.
From these windows, you can send DX alerts and construct various reports,
announcements, mail etc. You can also make enquiries of the DXCC database.
You are also informed of the arrival of Talk and Mail messages, WWV reports
and Announce messages, via pop up windows.
Cursor up Scroll back (up) a line in the DX alerts window
Cursor dn Scroll forward (down) a line in the DX alerts window
F1 Gets you to this help page
F2 Hot key to the logbook window. The call, band and mode of the
currently highlighted spot are carried accross to the logbook.
F3 Checks through your personal directory for the selected call, or
any other call you provide in the pop-up window.
F4 Prefix ambiguity resolution. If the prefix is ambiguous, F4 lets
you select the country.
Cntl-F4 If the prefix is not ambiguous, but is incorrect for any reason,
Cntl-F4 allows you to assign another one.
F5 Tell me about... Allows you to enter any call, or even just a
prefix, together with an optional frequency. The lower window
will then display full details about this callsign.
F6 Send a DX spot to the cluster. If you used F8 before, then the
call & frequency are retained, so you do not need to retype.
If you have a CAT interface to your rig, then the frequency
will be automatically obtained from you rig as you use F5/F6.
F7 QSY. If you have an interface to your CAT controlled rig, then
F7 will cause your rig to QSY to the frequency of the
highlighted DX.
F8 Send a SET/HERE command to the PacketCluster
F9 Send a SET/NOHERE command to the PacketCluster
F10 Hot key to the next window. If you are in the Filtered window,
then F10 will take you to the Unfiltered one. From Unfiltered,
you will be taken to the Mail/General window.
F Flip between the Filtered and Unfiltered windows
D Go to the DXCC summary/display window
ESC Go back to the interactive display windows menu
E Shows the latest error/warning message received
T Shows the latest Talk message sent to you.
M Shows the latest Mail Alert box if you have received new mail.
A Shows the Announcements box if there have been any.
W Shows the latest WWV information, if any.
X Shows the latest WX information, if any.
R Read the latest mail message.
Alt-T Send a TALK message. You may send several lines at a time if you
wish. Only when you are connected!
Alt-M Send a mail message.
Alt-A Send an Announcement. Again, you may send several lines.
Alt-W Send a WWV report.
Alt-X Send a WX report.
Cntl-T Review the Talk messages history page.
Cntl-A Review the Announcements history page.
Cntl-M Review the Mail received history page.
Cntl-W Review the WWV reports history page.
Cntl-X Review the WX reports history page.
Cntl-L Review the QSO LOG (if logging enabled)
Alt-1 If connected to DEMO, "send" a single line of data to TurboLog
Alt-2 If connected to DEMO, "send" a ten lines of data to TurboLog
The icons used in the worked matrix display have the following meaning:
^030 Worked this band/mode during current period
^127 Worked during previous periods
^001 Worked during both previous and current periods
%GENWINDOW
THE MAIL WINDOW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The mail window is used to capture things such as inbound mail messages for
display. It is a scrolling window with a 5 page buffer.
ESC Close this window and return to previous activity
F10 Takes you to the raw TNC data window (screen 1)
Cntl-M Review the Mail received history page.
Cursor up Scroll back (up) a line
Cursor dn Scroll forward (down) a line
Page up Scroll back a whole page (up to 5 pages of history available)
Page dn Scroll forward a page
%MULTI
THE MULTI-CONNECT WINDOW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This window allows you to connect to other packet users, such as BBS's and
other services. It operates completely independently from the Cluster windows
and you can switch streams and windows and return to wherever you left off.
ESC Return to interactive displays menu
Cursor up Scroll back (up) a line
Cursor dn Scroll forward (down) a line
Page up Scroll back a whole page (up to 10 pages of history available)
Page dn Scroll forward a page
Cursor right Move cursor right whilst editing a line of text to be sent
Cursor left Move cursor left whilst editing a line of text to be sent
Home Move cursor to beginning of line
End Move cursor to end of line
Backspace Delete character to left of cursor and close up the gap
Delete Delete character under cursor and close up the gap
Cntl-W Clear entire input field
Enter Send the completed line to PacketCluster
F1 Help!
F2 Toggle TNC between Command Mode (cmd:) and Converse Mode
F3 Select stream B (stream A is used by PacketCluster)
F4 Select stream C
F5 Select stream D
F6 Select stream E
F7 Select stream F
F8 Select stream G
F9 Initiate Connect/Disconnect on selected stream
F10 Hot key to the Cluster Basic Data window
Alt-R Receive incoming data from multiconnect streams to a file
Alt-S Transmit a file to the selected multiconnect stream
Alt-E Edit a file
Alt-D Delete a file
%MAIL
MAIL SEND/RECEIVE OPERATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can perform a number of mail operations from this menu:
F1 Display the mail window
F2 Read the most recent personal message
F3 Read any message by its number
F4 Obtain a directory listing (sub menu with various options)
F5 Send mail
F6 Display mail history page.
THE ALTER CONFIGURATION MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu allows you to TEMPORARILY alter some of the configuration values.
Any changes you make here will be lost if you exit TurboLog.
%UTILITY
THE CLUSTERM UTILITIES MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu allows you to perform a number of ClusTerm support activities.
F1 Set the system clock. A menu guides you through this operation
F2 Edit the TurboLog configuration. Changes made are applied as
soon as the menu is redisplayed. If you edit serial port
parameters then you must restart TurboLog.
F3 Edit your Personal Directory.
%DXCCUPDATE
F4 Edit your DXCC worked database. A sub-menu allows you to:
F1 Edit an individual DXCC country's worked status
F2 Reset the database to nothing worked (be careful!)
F3 Set all DXCC countries to worked/QSL'd for each mode
F4 Import an ASCII file into DXCC array
F5 Terminate current period and start a new one
F6 Help
F5 Establish links to TNC and/or Transceiver. This is only valid
if the TNC link is down, or a transciever interface has been
specified and that interface is down. It is blank otherwise.
F6 Help. Displays this help page.
THE END!