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FD LOGGER -1200f (PC) written by Harry Bump KM3D. PO Box 392 Richland PA 17087 Ladies & Gentlemen! Here is the 1995 edition of the FD-1200 logging program. There are some definite improvements and enhancements. Operators may now configure screen colors from the PRE.EXE menu to fit personal tastes and monitor types. There is a 'keyboard mirror' that always shows the most recent 75 keypresses - an automatic scratchpad! The operator is notified immediately upon logging a new multiplier along with a tally of multipliers worked. Also. dependence on the 'CAP-LOCK' key has ended. If you find this program of value and use it in Fieldday a donation of $10.00 is requested. The program is distributed complete and fully documented. as was previous versions. Your donation will make the distribution of future program enhancements possible. and makes available my technical support PRIOR TO and AFTER the contest. As I am also an active Fieldday contester. technical support WILL NOT be available during the test - MAKE SURE YOU SETUP. RUN. AND UNDERSTAND the program BEFORE THE CONTEST WEEKEND! There are three executable files in this program: PRE.EXE LOG.EXE POST.EXE Most is self-explanatory. The program is supposed to be SIMPLE to operate. You should be able to concentrate on CONTESTING. not computering. The program was written using Borland's Turbo-Basic on a 386-SX VGA system and tested on a 286-monochrome system. A hard drive is a real asset and a necessity if you want 'real-time' speed. The program does not use extended or expanded memory. It will permit you to log up to 1250 QSO's if you have 640 kb RAM. After the 1250th QSO you will be able to edit and view your QSO's and to check dupe status of any new contacts with the first 1250 but you're done logging on the system and your printed reports will only show and summarize QSO's to the 1250 limit. INSTALLATION: If you have a hard drive. create a subdirectory and then copy the contents of this floppy into it. Make the subdirectory your current directory and type 'PRE.EXE'. Select 'A' to modify your contest setup. ie. name. call. address. contest name. etc. The last two lines of this screen show the directories where you have your program and data files. These MUST indicate the proper path to the subdirectory you have created. When you answer the prompt 'OK' the program will write the CONTEST.DAT file into your program directory. Note: this may be done at any time. For example. after the contest you may copy your files from hard to floppy disk. change the path to your files (here). and then run POST.EXE from the floppy drive. If you attempt this make sure you understand what you're doing. Next. select 'B' to initialize your data files (erases any previous data). If you wish to put program or data files on a floppy disk put the disks into the appropriate drives before modifying the setup (A). Example: If you have copied the program files into subdirectory FDLOG on drive C and you wish to put your data on drive A. the last two lines of your setup would look like this: PGM FILES: C:\FDLOG\ DATA FILES: A:\ Note: Unless you understand thoroughly what you are doing and have a specific reason for doing so. you should put your data files in the same drive\path as your program. PGM FILES: C:\FDLOG\ DATA FILES: C:\FDLOG\ LOG.EXE is the actual logging program. The main menu shows the major functions. Experiment! When logging QSO's. input errors are easy to correct. During input. the BACKSPACE key may be used to undo keying errors. If you don't like the contents of a previously entered field. simply press <ENTER> with NO INPUT in the current field - your input prompt will backup to the previous field. After the last field is entered. you will be asked if the data is OK. The ONLY input that will log the QSO is 'Y' - any other key will back you up to the previous field. Upon entering 'Y' the program WILL WRITE THE CONTACT TO THE DATA DRIVE. Errors found after the contact is entered completely may be corrected using F5 from the main menu. The QSO shown at the top of the screen is edited by pressing <ENTER>. The page up. page down. and arrow keys will move you through the data. or you may enter a QSO number and enter to go to that QSO. Any data may be changed EXCEPT your qso number. which has been logged. The QSO may not be deleted. Duplicate contacts may be flagged by entering 'DUPE' in the section field. The computer also writes the corrections to the data disk when you leave the corrections screen. You may be surprised to find that when your cursor gets to the class field. the class and section name are already there! If you have previously worked a station on another band or mode. the info will be pulled into the fields of your current entry. By pressing <ENTER>. you can accept that input. Any character key will clear the field and begin new input. Pressing F6 will get you the section summary screen. You may use the arrow keys there to select a section. <ENTER> will pull that multiplier down into the section field. <ESC> will take you out of the multiplier screens without pulling a multiplier. When working mobile or portable stations. enter ONLY the callsign. When a station is worked for the second or more time. the 'dupe' window will pop up and show you where he has been. Enter 'Y' to override and log the QSO if he is in a 'new' section. Any other key will clear the call and allow new input. The program will accept '/m' etc - but will not show a duplicate QSO if you have logged W3ABC and W3ABC/m (or W3ABC/3.. whatever). When leaving the LOG.EXE program make sure that you use the F9 key. the computer saves several print files upon leaving the logger. If you have an other than normal termination of the program. these will not exist and the POST.EXE print program will not run. If this happens. simply re-run the LOG.EXE program and then press F9. The POST.DAT file that is printed upon leaving LOG.EXE is a copy of the QSO.DAT file net of corrections (CORR.DAT). The only file that can be lost in the event of a power failure is the dupe index. It will be on the disk but will result in a dupe sheet that is NOT alpha-numeric. This file can be re-created AFTER (or during) the contest from the selection on the POST.EXE menu. It can be quite time-consuming. I recommend that you continue to operate and then take the time to rebuild the index after the contest is finished. The POST.EXE program will let you print a summary. multiplier list. logs. and dupe sheets. The log is printed chronologically. the dupe sheets by band and mode. The dupe index rebuild must be used ONLY if you have had a system lock-up or power failure. it will sort and create the index necessary to print the QSO's alphabetically by band and mode. When printing the log entries or dupe sheet. after pressing 'P' to pause. you can reset the delay. that is. the rate at which data is sent from your pc to the printer. The minimum is set at 100 (fastest transfer) to 999 (slowest transfer). This was made available because of the various transfer rates of machines and printer buffer sizes. If the delay is set properly. the print buffer will be mostly empty. so that if you must stop the printer. entering 'P' will pause the program with no data sitting in the printer buffer. There is also an option for export in several formats. The first is for ARRL reporting. the second is an ALPHA4(tm) database and the third is for LOGIC(tm) database. written by Dennis Hevener. WN4AZY. of Personal Database Applications. The files. ALPHA4.XFR and LOGIC4.XFR are both delimited with the tab character between fields and each record terminates in a carriage return. The ARRL reporting file is an ASCII file with a single field for each QSO one line in length. Below are charts showing the field names for the FD-1200f and the corresponding fields for the export files. along with the file structure definition for POST.DAT. which may help you with any other specific use you may have for the program. I am a LOGIC4(tm) user and am always pleased to hear from other contesters who are also LOGIC(tm) users. I hope you enjoy using this program. and that it makes a positive change in your participation (and score). Enhancements and changes will be made as suggested and practical. 73 and good contesting. Harry Bump. KM3D. PO Box 392 Richland. PA 17087 DATA FILE USE PRE.EXE LOG.EXE POST.EXE ---------------------------------------------------------------- READS: CONTEST.DAT CONTEST.DAT CONTEST.DAT COUNTIES.DAT BANDS.DAT BANDS.DAT SECTIONS.DAT COUNTIES.DAT COUNTIES.DAT COLORS.DAT.. SECTIONS.DAT SECTIONS.DAT ............ QSO.DAT POST.DAT ............ CORR.DAT SCORE.DAT ............ DUPE.DAT CTYWKD.DAT ............ COLORS.DAT.. SECWKD.DAT ............ ............ COLORS.DAT and WRITES: CONTEST.DAT QSO.DAT BANDS.DAT CORR.DAT QSO.DAT DUPE.DAT CORR.DAT POST.DAT DUPE.DAT SCORE.DAT COLORS.DAT.. CTYWKD.DAT ............ SECWKD.DAT POST.DAT - FILE STRUCTURE Each record in POST.DAT is a single field and is not less than 38 characters in length. The following data may be used to write your own customized export utility or export directly into a program capable of manipulating the data. For example. the data may be directly imported by Lotus 1-2-3(tm) as text and then columns in the spreadsheet may be created to display parts of the field using the string functions available in Lotus - LEFT MID and RIGHT. The column holding the source data may be hidden and the data may be manipulated to suit the needs of the user. LENGTH DESCRIPTION 10 Callsign 2 Band/Mode - record number from BANDS.DAT file 10 Date - MM-DD-YYYY 8 Time - HH:MM:SS 4 Class 1 New multiplier flag 3 Section ALPHA4.XFR ALPHA4(tm) from FD-1200f -------------------------------------------------- 1 CALLSIGN CALLSIGN 2 QSO_DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) QSO DATE 3 QSO TIME (HHMM) QSO TIME 4 BAND BAND 5 MODE (SSB/CW) MODE 6 REPORT 59(9) 7 NAME ---- 8 QTH ---- 9 COUNTRY ---- 10 CONTINENT ---- 11 ITU ZONE ---- 12 CQ ZONE ---- 13 REGION ---- 14 PROVINCE ---- 15 DIG_NO_ ---- 16 AGCW_NO ---- 17 HSC_NO ---- 18 MEMBER_OF ---- 19 AWARDS ---- 20 SPEC_EVENT ---- LOGIC4.XFR LOGIC4(tm) from FD-1200f -------------------------------------------------- 1 CALL CALL 2 QSO_DATE QSO DATE 3 TIME_ON QSO TIME 4 TIME_OFF ---- 5 RST_SENT 59(9) 6 RST_RCVD 59(9) 7 NAME ---- 8 QTH ---- 9 MODE MODE (SSB/CW) 10 FREQ ---- 11 BAND BAND 12 STATE ---- 13 COUNTRY ---- 14 QSL_SENT ---- 15 QSL_RCVD ---- 16 COMMENT FIELDDAY # - CLASS ARRLSECT: 17 VIA ---- 18 OPERATOR CONTEST STATION CALL 19 CONTEST_ID FIELDDAY 20 NOTES ---- 21 ADDRESS ---- 22 PWR ----