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----------------------------------------------------------- THE WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus AMATEUR RADIO LOGGING SYSTEM ----------------------------------------------------------- No part of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrievable system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Sensible Solutions. Printed in the United States of America. SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT Sensible Solutions grants the purchaser a single CPU license for use of the accompanying software. The software is not to be used on more than one computer at the same time. The purchaser shall not make copies of the software except for personal use. Sensible Solutions reserves the right to prosecute any person or organization found to be making illegal copies of the software. DISCLAIMER Sensible Solutions makes no claims as to the contents of this manual or the accompanying software. Although every effort has been made to insure that the manual is accurate and that the software is reliable, Sensible Solutions cannot be held responsible for any damages suffered from the use of this product. WARRANTY Sensible Solutions will replace the diskette if it is found defective, or will return your money if you are not satisfied for a period of 30 days after your purchase. Just return the original diskette, and sales receipt (if not purchased directly from Sensible Solutions), and a letter stating your wishes to Sensible Solutions, P.O. Box 474, Middletown, NJ 07748 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, and MS-DOS, are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Epson is a registered trademark of Epson America. Kenwood is a registered trademark of Kenwood Corporation. ICOM is a registered trademark of ICOM America Inc. YAEUSU is a registerd trademakr of YAESU America. TEN-TEC is a registered of TEN-TEC Incorporated. PacketCluster is a registered trademark of Pavilion Software. ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 A NOTE ABOUT TRAVERSING THROUGH THE PROGRAM MENUS 1 WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO RUN THIS PROGRAM 2 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 2 INSTALLING THE WB2OPA LogMaster PLUS/PLUS ON YOUR SYSTEM 3 STARTUP 3 REFERENCE SECTION 6 DUAL CLOCK - CALENDAR 6 HELP AREA 6 ACTIVITY AREA 6 MAIN MENU COMMAND BAR 6 SELECTING FROM THE MAIN MENU COMMAND BAR 7 SELECTING FROM POP UP MENUS 7 AUTO LOG 8 MANUAL LOG 8 RAPID ENTRY LOG 8 LOG ENTRY FORM SCREEN 10 LOG ENTRY FIELDS 10 DATE 10 STARTING TIME 10 ENDING TIME 10 STATION WORKED 10 COUNTRY 12 STATE 12 CONTINENT 13 BEAM HEADING 13 CQ ZONE 13 ITU ZONE 14 MILES 14 KILOMETERS 14 TRANSMIT FREQUENCY 15 RECEIVE FREQUENCY 15 MODE 16 POWER 16 RST SENT 17 RST RECEIVED 17 NAME 18 CALL ORIGINATOR 18 CITY 18 COUNTY 18 QSL VIA 19 MANAGER 19 QSL SENT 19 QSL TYPE 20 RETURN POSTAGE 20 QSL RECEIVED 21 MY STATION ORIGINATED QSL 21 VALID LOG ENTRY KEYSTROKES 21 FUNCTION KEYS 23 MISCELLANEOUS KEYS 29 ALT-C - ENGLISH/METRIC CONVERSIONS 29 ALT-D ESCAPE to DOS 29 ALT-P - Miniterm/Maxiterm Emulator 29 ALT-T 31 ALT-H 32 VIEW 35 SORT CRITERIA 32 RECORD PROTECTION 34 SUMMARY SCREEN 34 What in the world is SRNT? 35 VALID KEYS FROM THE SUMMARY SCREEN 35 VIEWING A FULL QSO RECORD 37 VALID KEYS IN A NON PROTECTED RECORD 38 SEARCH 39 PRINT 40 UTILITIES 40 CONFIGURATION 40 DUPE SELECT 41 TIME INFO 42 SCREEN COLORS 42 FILE PATH 43 POWER 43 N/S LATITUDE 43 E/W LONGITUDE 44 QBICSP 44 OUTPUT DEVICE 44 RS-232 44 CALENDAR 45 XCVR TYPE 45 AWARDS 45 WRITE CONFIG (SAVE) 45 STATISTICS 46 DX, STATES (U.S.), CQ ZONES, ITU ZONES 46 QSL 46 TOTAL QSOS 46 DATA RECOVERY 47 COMPRESS DATABASE 47 REBUILD INDEX 47 MOVE QSL MARKS 48 EXTERNAL UTILITY PROGRAMS 48 MERGE 48 QSL,QSLPRO,QSLHP 48 LP1 and LP2 50 CPE 50 CTM 50 SAFTNET 50 IN CASE OF TROUBLE 51 Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL In addition to providing information for the first time user, this manual is a guide to configuring your system for use with the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus, and is the reference text for it's operation. The reference section of this manual is organized to reflect the hierarchy of menus you will encounter while using the program. A NOTE ABOUT TRAVERSING THROUGH THE PROGRAM MENUS The following keys are the most commonly used to navigate through the menus of the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. UP OR DOWN ARROWS For pop up menus, use these keys to highlight a selection. For log entry menus, use these keys to select the next field. ESCAPE This key is generally used to exit any menu or to abort an action. ENTER This key is used to select an item from a pop up menu, or to enter an entry in a log sheet field. FIRST LETTER OF POP UP This is a quick way to select MENUS an item from a pop up menu. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO RUN THIS PROGRAM The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program was designed to run on an IBM PC or compatible. It requires at least 512K of available memory, a hard disk and a single floppy drive. It is compatible with both monochrome and color displays. An optional EPSON FX80, IBM ProPrinter, or HP LasertJet compatible printer will allow you to print log sheets, QSL labels, and QSL cards (HP LaserJet does not support QSL Card printing - labels and reports only). If you have a computer equipped radio, the program will automatically extract frequency and mode information while logging a QSO and QSY the Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 2 radio from a PacketCluster DX spot. BEFORE YOU BEGIN It is necessary to configure your system environment for the proper operation of the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program. A special file, called CONFIG.SYS, contains the information used to establish the system environment during the power up sequence. To determine if you have a CONFIG.SYS file for your system, go to the root directory of the drive you boot your system from. Most likely you will be booting from drive C. To get to the root directory of your boot drive type CD C:\ and then press ENTER. Next type DIR CONFIG.SYS and then press ENTER. If the directory command reports that there is already a file called config.sys, you must check to see if the following two lines are present in this file. FILES=20 BUFFERS=15 To do so, type the following command and then check the file. TYPE CONFIG.SYS and then press ENTER. If the previous lines are not present, or if the values are less than the ones specified above, you must edit the file to include this information. To do so use your favorite text editor. If there is no config.sys file present on your system, then just copy the one provided on the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus distribution disk. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 3 INSTALLING THE WB2OPA LOGMASTER PLUS/PLUS ON YOUR SYSTEM The format for the installation command is X: INSTALL where X is the primary floppy drive, either A or B, into which you are placing the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus distribution disk. If you purchased 5.25" diskettes, then place disk #1 in your floppy drive. STARTUP To start the program, go to the drive and directory where you installed the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus EXECUTABLES, and type LM and then press ENTER. RUNNING THE WB2OPA LOGMASTER PLUS/PLUS FOR THE FIRST TIME The very first time you start up the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus, you will be greeted by the "Hello New User" section of the program. This section customizes the program to fit your individual needs. NOTE: You will see this screen only the very first time you run the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. However, you may change any of your entries after you exit this section by going to the configuration menus during normal runtime of the program(refer to the UTILITIES/CONFIGURATION menu section of this manual). ENTERING YOUR LOCAL TIME ZONE The first thing you are required to do, is to select your local time zone. Press ENTER to select the time zone menu. Use the up, and down ARROW keys to find your time zone, and then press ENTER to make your selection, or simply press the key for the FIRST LETTER of the time zone. If you have selected one of the four U.S. time zones you may exit this portion of the initialization program by pressing ESCAPE. Daylight savings time is automatically enabled for the U.S time zones. This will allow the local time to automatically be displayed as daylight savings Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 4 time, when the United States enters the daylight savings time period, and to return to standard time at the appropriate date. In addition, the number of hours from GMT will automatically be entered. If you selected Other as the your time zone, then enter any three letter combination to indicate your time zone, and then press ENTER. Next you must select daylight savings time enable or disable. Move the highlight bar using the up or down ARROW keys, or the D key to select the daylight savings time menu. If your local daylight savings time period tracks that of the United States, then select the ENABLE option in the menu, if not then select DISABLE. If you select DISABLE, then you will manually have to change the time zone, and hours from GMT menus when you go to and from standard time. Finally, you must enter the difference of hours between your standard time zone and GMT. To exit this set of menus, and to continue, press the ESCAPE key. ENTERING YOUR LOG NAME AND DIRECTORY PATH You must enter the full directory path, and the name of the log file you wish to create. So for example, if you wish to call your log file MYLOG, and place it in the directory called LOGDIRECTORY, and have this directory reside on the C drive, then enter: C:\LOGDIRECTORY\MYLOG When you are satisfied with your entry, press ENTER. ENTERING YOUR DEFAULT INPUT OR OUTPUT POWER Next you should enter your default input or output power. This is used by the program as a default log entry. When you are satisfied with your entry, press ENTER. ENTERING YOUR LATITUDE Next, enter the latitude of your home QTH. This is used to calculate beam headings and distance. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 5 When you are satisfied with your entry, press ENTER. ENTERING YOUR LONGITUDE Finally, enter the longitude of your home QTH. This is also used to calculate beam headings and distance. When you are satisfied with your entry, press ENTER. The program will pause for a moment, to create your log file, and the directory path if necessary, and then you are ready to begin logging. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 6 REFERENCE SECTION This section contains a detailed description of the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. It is organized to reflect the hierarchy of menus that you will encounter while using the system. Some helpful tips are be provided in this section so that you may utilize the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus to its fullest extent, and so that you may take advantage of all of its powerful features. SCREEN AREAS Let's take a look at the Main Menu screen, the first screen you will see after starting the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus, and the three major screen areas. DUAL CLOCK - CALENDAR At the top of the screen you will always see the Dual Clock Calendar. The left side shows local time, and the right side shows Greenwich Mean Time. The Dual Clock Calendar is always exposed so that you may have access to the current time, and date. HELP AREA At the bottom of the screen is the Help Area. This area will contain a brief description of the current activity, or will contain a set of valid of key depressions for the current activity. ACTIVITY AREA The Activity Area is the central part of your screen. At start up, the main menu command bar is displayed. The current activity for this screen is to make a selection from the main menu command bar. For other activities you may see pop up menus, or a log sheet, or a display of QSO statistics. This is the area where you will do all of your work. MAIN MENU COMMAND BAR The Main Menu COMMAND Bar allows you to choose the logging activity you wish to perform. The choices are: Log enter new QSO records. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 7 View display, edit, or delete a QSO record using a set of user selectable sort criteria. Search search for specific QSO records using full or partial search keys, and then display, edit, or delete the record. Print print a complete hard copy of your log, or print a log starting from a specified date, or print a log in callsign order for various contests and awards. Utilities modify the configuration parameters, perform operations on the log database to restore an index file or remove unused space, generate log statistics, update all log records after printing QSL cards, or labels. Quit - exit the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus and return to DOS. SELECTING FROM THE MAIN MENU COMMAND BAR To select any of the main menu command bar choices, use the left and right ARROW KEYS to move the highlight to the function you wish to choose, and then press ENTER. Another way to make a selection, is to type the first letter of your choice. Using this method you will not have to press the ENTER key. After making your selection, a pop up menu will appear to lead you through the choices for the command. SELECTING FROM POP UP MENUS To make a selection from any of the pop menus, use the UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS to move the highlight to the function you wish to select, then press the ENTER key, or simply type the first letter of the selection. Now let's look at each of the choices from the main menu command bar in detail. LOG If you select Log from the main menu command bar, the Log pop up menu appears. This menu allows you to select either of the two log session types. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 8 AUTO LOG The Auto Log selection is used for most logging situations. It automatically fills in the date, start time, and ending time for you. NOTE: If you have a computer equipped transceiver supported by the program, the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus will automatically fill in the transmission and reception frequencies and transmission mode type. The frequency values will reflect XIT, RIT, and SPLIT offsets if the computer interface for your radio supports it. MANUAL LOG The Manual Log selection, has been provided to allow you to manually enter the date and time for the QSO. Its main purpose is to allow you to enter QSOs from another log. RAPID ENTRY LOG The Rapid Entry Log selection is similar to the Auto Log, but is used during contest type situations where you need to limit the number of keystrokes. If you are not using a computer ready rig, it assumes that you will be operating from a single frequency for several QSOs. If you are using a computer ready rig, it will read the freq and mode automatically. The following discussion about RAPID ENTRY LOG assumes that you are familiar with entering QSO data. If you are not, you may wish to skip this discussion for now, and return to it after reading the general information about log entry procedure, discussed below. When entering your first QSO you will be prompted for Transmit Frequency, Receive Frequency, and Mode. After this information is entered for the first time, you will not be prompted again, and is used as default information. If you would like to set this information prior to starting on the air Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 9 operation, just enter a "dummy" QSO, but do not save it. Use the HOME key to go to the STATION WORKED field, to get ready for your first QSO, and the frequency and mode will be retained for the "real" QSO. If you wish to change the frequency or mode fields, use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to visit the fields, then enter the new value and it will be retained for the next QSO also. You may save the record by pressing F10 when the cursor is at the RST RECEIVED field, or you may continue to enter data into all the other fields. NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE PROMPTED IF YOU WISH TO SAVE THE RECORD WHEN EITHER PRESSING F10 OR VISITING THE LAST FIELD OF THE RECORD. TO SAVE KEYSTROKES, THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY SAVE THE RECORD FOR YOU. If you have DUPE CHECKING enabled, the TAG field will automatically be set to DUPLICATE if a duplicate is found. This was done so that if you save a duplicate record by mistake, you can find it easily and eliminate it from your log, at your leisure. In addition, if you wish to mark all the QSOs with the same TAG, for example you wish to mark them with WAZ/10-12-90, to identify the contest and date, simply enter the TAG for the first contact, and it will be retained for the entire logging session. If dupe checking is enabled, the TAG will contain the word DUPLICATE if a duplicate is found. When the next non-duplicate QSO is entered, the TAG field will default back to the ID tag if you have previously entered one. If you go from RAPID ENTRY to AUTOMATIC or MANUAL mode, you may freely use the TAG field. The RAPID ENTRY TAG will be retained if you return to the RAPID ENTRY mode. If you leave the LogMaster program however, and return to DOS, the default frequency, mode, and tag fields are NOT saved. You will have to enter them again. However they are retained, if you exit the logging area and visit any other area of the LogMaster program. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 10 LOG ENTRY FORM SCREEN After making a selection from the LOG pop up menu, a log entry form will appear on your screen. The top border contains an ID line, reflecting your choice from the Log pop up menu. The ID line will indicate if the current log session is either auto, manual or rapid entry. If you selected auto or rapid entry, and the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus detects a computer ready rig, it will indicate this as well. At the bottom of the form is the help area. A brief description for each entry field on the log form will appear as you access the individual entry field. Below the entry field help line, is a list of valid keys. Let's first look at each of the entry fields, and then we will return to a discussion of the valid keys for this form. LOG ENTRY FIELDS The following section describes each field on the log entry form. The differences between auto and manual logging sessions will be identified. DATE This field contains the QSO date in month/day/year numerical format. AUTO MODE: automatically entered from system date. MANUAL MODE: user enters numerical entries - MM/DD/YY. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode.. STARTING TIME Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 11 QSO starting time in hour:minute numerical format. AUTO MODE: automatically entered from system time MANUAL MODE: user enters numerical entries - HH:MM. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode. ENDING TIME QSO ending time in hour:minute numerical format. AUTO MODE: automatically entered from system upon saving QSO record, or forced to current time by using the F8 key. (See the discussion on Valid Log Entry Keystrokes, below) . MANUAL MODE: user enters numerical entries - HH:MM RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode. STATION WORKED This field contains the call sign of the station worked, in alphanumeric format. AUTO MODE: user enters full callsign of station worked. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 12 COUNTRY The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus suggests the potential name or names of the country based on the entry made in the Station Worked field. AUTO MODE: press enter to accept suggested name, or scroll through choices by pressing the SPACE BAR, and then press ENTER to make your selection, or enter a name by typing the name into the field. If country name is unambiguous, no selection is necessary. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode STATE If the COUNTRY field contains, UNITED STATES, then the state field becomes active. For any other country, this field will NOT appear. The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus will suggest a list of states based on the call area of the station worked. AUTO MODE: press enter to accept suggested name, or scroll through choices by pressing the SPACE BAR, and then press ENTER to make your selection, or enter a name by typing the name into the field. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 13 CONTINENT The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters a continent if the country selection was made from the suggested list. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode BEAM HEADING The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters the short path beam heading if country selection was made from the suggested list. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode CQ ZONE The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters the CQ zone if country selection was made from the suggested list. An asterisk next to the zone means that the selection made by the program is a best guess, since the country entered above spans more than 1 zone. Either enter the correct zone, or leave as is. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 14 MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode ITU ZONE The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters the ITU zone if country selection was made from the suggested list. An asterisk next to the zone means that the selection made by the program is a best guess, since the country entered above spans more than 1 zone. Either enter the correct zone, or leave as is. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode MILES The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters the approximate distance in miles between your QTH and the station worked, if country selection was made from the suggested list. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 15 KILOMETERS The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus automatically enters the approximate distance in kilometers between your QTH and the station worked, if country selection was made from the suggested list. AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic entry by revisiting the field with the UP and DOWN cursor keys, and manually typing in a different selection. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode TRANSMIT FREQUENCY The transmit frequency is entered in numerical format. The decimal point is automatically inserted by the program, so only numeric keys ( 0 - 9) are valid. NOTE: For frequencies below 10 MHZ., you MUST enter a leading zero. For example 7.250 MHZ is entered as 07.250 MHZ. AUTO MODE: if a computer ready rig is detected, frequency will be automatically entered. If not, the user must enter frequency manually. For manually entered numbers the value will be retained for the next entry. Cursor will stop at this field for manual entry. MANUAL MODE: user enters frequency manually. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode for computer ready rigs. For manually entered frequencies, last value is retained for next entry. Cursor does not stop at this field after initial entry. Use UP ARROW cursor key to return to this field to change frequency. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 16 RECEIVE FREQUENCY The receive frequency is entered in numerical format. The decimal point is automatically inserted by the program, so only numeric keys ( 0 - 9) are valid. The transmit frequency will be validated for being within the amateur bands after the receive frequency is entered. If it is not valid, the user will be prompted to reenter the frequency values. NOTE: For frequencies below 10 MHZ., you MUST enter a leading zero. For example 7.250 MHZ is entered as 07.250 MHZ. AUTO MODE: if a computer ready rig is detected, frequency will be automatically entered. If not, the transmit frequency is used a default. The user may accept the value or enter a frequency manually. The cursor will stop at this field for manual entry. MANUAL MODE: user enters frequency manually. RAPID ENTRY MODE: see transmit frequency above. MODE This field contains the mode of transmission, CW, LSB, USB, AM, FM, or FSK. AUTO MODE: a mode is automatically suggested based on frequency. User may override the suggestion by using the space bar to scroll through the choices, and then press ENTER to select the mode. The last entry will be retained. If a computer ready rig is detected, this field is automatically filled in. The cursor will stop at this field for manual entry. MANUAL MODE: same as auto mode. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 17 RAPID ENTRY MODE: see auto mode above. After initial entry cursor will not stop at this field. For manual entry, use UP ARROW to revisit this field to change value. POWER This field contains user's input or output power. AUTO MODE: a numerical value is automatically entered from the information provided in the default power setting, previously selected (see the UTLITIES/CONFIGURATION/POWER section of this manual) as a default. It may be overridden by revisiting the field using the UP or DOWN cursor keys, and entering a value MANUAL MODE: same as auto mode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as auto mode. RST SENT This field contains the signal report sent to the station worked in alphanumeric format. NOTE: a serial number may be automatically appended to the report by selecting SERIAL ON using the F4 function key. AUTO MODE: This is manually entered data. Value is retained. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. RST RECEIVED This field contains the signal report received from the station worked in alphanumeric format. AUTO MODE: this field copies the value in RST SENT as a default. The user may accept or override the value. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 18 RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. NAME This field contains the name of the operator of the station worked. AUTO MODE: this is manually entered data. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. CALL ORIGINATOR This field contains the callsign of the station originating the call, either your callsign, or that of the station worked. AUTO MODE: use the SPACE BAR to toggle between the two call signs, and then press ENTER to select. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. CITY This field contains the name of the city for the QTH of the station worked. AUTO MODE: this is manually entered data. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. COUNTY Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 19 If the name of the country worked is UNITED STATES, this field will automatically appear. AUTO MODE: this is manually entered data. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. QSL VIA This field indicates how to QSL, either direct, through the bureau or to a manager. AUTO MODE: use the SPACE BAR to scroll through the choices and then press ENTER to select. MANUAL MODE: same as auto mode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. MANAGER If the selection for QSL VIA is MANAGER, then the QSL manager field automatically appears. Enter the call sign of the manager. If you need additional room for more information, then press the F10 key for the notepad. (See the Valid Log Entry Keystrokes section, below). AUTO MODE: this is manually entered data. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. QSL SENT Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 20 This field is used to indicate whether a QSL has been sent or not, or if it is to be sent. The choices of YES, NO, {QUICK},or {SEND} are available. If the QBICSP option (see the discussion on QBICSP below) is enabled, and the user "needs" the station worked, this field is will be initially set to {SEND}. This value is used by the QSL printing utility included with this package to print either QSL cards, or QSL labels ( see the section on external utilities for more information on QSL printing). QUICK allows you to mark your QSLs in either one of two ways, so if you wish to print just a few QSLs, use QUICK to specially mark those QSOs. AUTO MODE: user scrolls through choices using the SPACE BAR and then selects using ENTER key. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. QSL TYPE If the QSL SENT field is set to either YES ,{QUICK} or {SEND}, then this field will automatically appear. It allows the user to keep track of two different types of QSLs, standard and special. The statistical information for doing so is provided in the UTILITIES/STATISTICS/QSL section of the program. AUTO MODE: user scrolls through choices using the SPACE BAR and then selects using ENTER key. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. RETURN POSTAGE This field automatically suggests the number of IRCs required for a reply (if known), and is expressed as an integer value. You may enter either an integer (no decimal point) to track the number of IRCs, or a floating point number, to track the cash spent for postage. This information is tallied in the UTILITIES/STATISTICS/POSTAGE section of the program. Integer numbers are considered IRCs, and floating point numbers are considered cash outlay for return postage. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 21 AUTO MODE: user may override the automatic suggestion by revisiting the field, using the UP or DOWN cursor keys, and entering numeric data. MANUAL MODE: same as auto mode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. QSL RECEIVED The user indicates whether or not a QSL has been sent to the station worked. The choices are YES or NO. AUTO MODE: user scrolls through choices using the SPACE BAR and then selects using ENTER key. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. MY STATION ORIGINATED QSL This field automatically appears if the QSL SENT field is set to either YES, {QUICK}, or {SEND}. The choices for this field are either YES or NO. AUTO MODE: user scrolls through choices using the SPACE BAR and then selects using ENTER key. MANUAL MODE: same as automode. RAPID ENTRY MODE: same as automode. VALID LOG ENTRY KEYSTROKES At the bottom of the log entry form, below the help line, is a list of valid keys. Let's take a look at the list and at the function of each of the keys. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 22 FIELD SELECT KEYS UP ARROW The UP ARROW key, found on the numerical keypad, is used to move the cursor to the previous field. For example, if the cursor is at the receive frequency field, hitting the UP ARROW key will move the cursor to the transmit frequency field. If the cursor is at the first user available field, if you press the UP ARROW key, the cursor will move to the last exposed field. DOWN ARROW The DOWN ARROW key, found on the numerical keypad, is used to move the cursor to the next field. If the cursor is at the last exposed field, the cursor will move to the first user available field. HOME The HOME key, found on the numerical keypad, is used to move to the first user accessible log field. TIP: If you use the auto log to help determine if you need a contact, and then decide that you don't, use the HOME key to enter the next potential QSO's callsign (in auto mode). All pertinent information, such as country, beam heading, zone, etc. will automatically be updated for the new callsign. END The END key, found on the numerical keypad, is used to move to the last exposed field. ENTER The ENTER key, is used to enter your choice in a field, and to move on to Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 23 the next field. NOTE: Remember to press enter when revisiting a field when and modifying an entry. FUNCTION KEYS When a function key is active, the key will have a description next to it. If the function key is inactive only the key name is displayed. For example if you have enabled the dupe feature ( see F5 below), but no duplicates have been found, "F6 -" will be displayed with no description next to it. However when a duplicate is found, "F6 Show Duplicate Summary", will be displayed, indicating that the F6 key is now active. F1 - NOTEPAD You may attach a note to each record using the notepad feature of the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. Pressing F1 will pop up the notepad window. You may type anything you wish, and after you are done, hit ESCAPE, to save your entry and to return to the log entry screen. F2 - FREQUENCY UPDATE This function key is active only if you are using a supported computer ready radio. You may update the auto frequency entry by pressing F2. The transmit frequency, receive frequency, and mode fields will be updated to reflect the current state of the radio. F3 - QBICSP ENABLE/DISABLE SO, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS QBICSP ? QBICSP is a unique feature of the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program. If enabled it will tell you if you need a QSO by highlighting a letter in the word "QBICSP" for each of the following reasons. Q a new CQ zone. B if this QSO is needed for the current frequency/mode combination, Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 24 qualified by CQ zone, ITU zone, country, state, or prefix. If for example you have worked Angola on 20 meter USB, and you are currently working an Angolan station, on 40 meter CW, the B in QBICSP will be highlighted to tell you that this is a QSO you need for the frequency/mode combination. This feature fully qualifies the QSO for you after you enter the MODE field, and you may use it to see if you want or need the QSO before calling the station. I a new ITU zone. C a new country. S a new state if the country is the United States. P a new prefix. ENABLING/DISABLING THE FEATURE The F3 key toggles between enabling or disabling this feature. If you wish to have the feature enabled all the time, use the UTLITIES/CONFIGURATION/QBICSP menu. F4 - RST SENT SERIAL NUMBER ENABLE/DISABLE This key allows you to attach a serial number to the RST sent. A pop up window will ask you for the starting number. If you disable this function after having enabled it, the last serial number is retained, and the serial numbers continue where you left off, unless of course you wish to change the starting point. This is useful if you are casually working a contest, and wish to leave the contest for a while and then continue with it at a later time. The F4 key provides a toggling function for this feature. F5 - DUPE CHECK ENABLE/SELECT/DISABLE This key allows you to toggle the dupe checking feature for your entire log. If you are enabling the feature, a pop-up window will ask you to qualify the dupe check search criteria. The search criteria available is as follows, and any one of the criteria may be selected. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 25 FULL CALLSIGN A check is made to see if the current station being worked has ever been worked before. This feature is useful for contesting, and will let you know are speaking with an old acquaintance. COUNTRY A check is made to see if the current country being worked has ever been worked before. STATE If the current country is the United States, a check is made to see if the current state has been worked before. ZONE (CQ) A check is made to see if the current CQ Zone has been worked before. ITU ZONE A check is made to see if the current ITU ZONE has been worked before. PREFIX A check is made to see if the current prefix has been worked before. If a dupe is found the SHOW DUPE SUMMARY (F6) key becomes active. The next section describes the use of this key. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 26 TAG A check is made to see if the current tag has been worked before. This may be useful to 10-10 operators. F6 - SHOW DUPE SUMMARY If you have the dupe feature enabled, this key becomes active when a dupe is found. The words "Show Dupe Summary" appear next to F6 on the screen to let you know that a dupe was found. Pressing F6 brings up the dupe summary screen. Each line represents a QSO that matches the dupe criteria that you selected when enabling dupe checking ( For a more detailed discussion of the summary screen, see the section on "VIEW" selected from the main menu command bar ). ACTIVE KEYS FOR THE DUPE SUMMARY SCREEN UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move the highlight to select any record. PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN KEYS If the dupe summary is more than one page, you may use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to page through all the summary items. ESCAPE KEY To return to the log entry screen, press ESCAPE, and resume the log activity. ENTER KEY To view a full dupe record, press ENTER after positioning the highlight cursor bar on the record. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 27 ACTIVE KEYS FOR FULL DUPE RECORD F1 - EXPOSE NOTEPAD To expose the notepad associated with this record you may press F1. Press ESCAPE to hide the notepad. F9 - EXPOSE TAG To expose the tag field, press F9. ESCAPE is used to hide the tag field again. ESCAPE - RETURN TO SUMMARY To return to the summary screen, press ESCAPE. F7 - QSO START TIME This key will be active in an auto mode logging session, and inactive in the manual mode. Pressing this key sets the QSO start time to the current system time and date. TIP: This function is useful if you are waiting for a QSO in either a net or pile up situation. You may enter all data that you can, and when you actually make contact, use the F7 key to update the actual start time of the QSO. F8 - QSO END TIME This key is active in auto mode. In automode, when you save a record, the end time is automatically set to the current system time. This key forces Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 28 the end time to be set to the time at which F8 was pressed. TIP: If you wish to end a QSO, but would like to update the notepad, or are not ready to save the record just yet, use the F8 key to maintain an accurate QSO end time. F9 - TAG Pressing F9 will pop up the tag field. The tag field allows you to enter your own custom data that may be used as search criteria by both the VIEW, and SEARCH functions from the main menu command bar. VALID KEYS FOR THE TAG POP UP WINDOW ESCAPE To abort the tag field and to return to the log menu, press ESCAPE. ENTER To enter the tag field and to return to the log menu, press ENTER. TIP: The TAG feature is very useful if you wish to keep track of QSOs for a special award. For example, if you are collecting Russian Oblasts, then you may wish to enter OBLAST 183, if the QSO was with Oblast 183. You will then be able to recall all the oblasts in numerical order using the TAG search criteria in VIEW and SEARCH from the main menu command bar. F10 - SAVE You need not fill in all fields to save a record. At minimum, you will need to fill in the date, start time, and callsign of the station worked to save a record. All other fields may be filled in at a later time, using the editing functions of either VIEW or SEARCH. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 29 EXIT KEYS ESCAPE You may abandon the current record by pressing the ESCAPE key. The save pop up window will appear, asking you if you wish to save the current record. To abandon logging press ESCAPE again, to save press ENTER, or to go back to the current log entry press ANY OTHER KEY. MISCELLANEOUS KEYS ALT-C - ENGLISH/METRIC CONVERSIONS The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus provides the facility to convert from English to metric units of measure, and vice versa. To gain access to this feature press the ALT and C keys at the same time. A pop up menu will appear. Select the conversion you wish to perform by either moving the highlight cursor bar using the UP and DOWN arrow keys, or by pressing the number of the selection you wish to make. The conversion entry window will appear. Enter the number you wish to convert, and then press ENTER to see the converted value. When you are done, press ESCAPE to return to the conversion pop up menu. You may make another selection, or press ESCAPE, to return to the log sheet ALT-D ESCAPE to DOS Pressing the ALTERNATE and D keys together will allow you to escape to DOS (see the section about escaping to DOS above). ALT-P - MINITERM/MAXITERM EMULATOR To popup the miniterm emulator, use this key entry sequence. Here is a description of the DX Packet Cluster and MultiMode TNC Support Before using this feature, make sure that your TNC port speed matches the speed specified in LogMaster configuration file. ( See the section on user configurable ports, above). It is also recommended that you select ECHO OFF on your TNC, to prohibit local echoing, and that you select FLOW ON to allow for flow controlling of your TNC by the LogMaster program. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 30 You may envoke the LogMaster TNC terminal program in any of the logging modes, Auto, Manual, and Rapid Entry. To do so, press the ALTERNATE and P keys at the same time. The MiniTerm screen appears, and a list of active keys is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The following is a list of the active keys, and a description for each: F1 - Toggle Disk Capture. Enabling disk capture, will save all incoming data to the terminal program to a disk file. Pressing this key will popup a query window to specify the name of the file you wish to save the data to. F2 - Print Capture. Enabling print capture will send all incoming data to your printer. F3 - Send File. This allows you to send a file from the terminal program to the outside world. Pressing this key prompts you for the program name to send. F5 - DX Spot/Log. Pressing this key will allow you to scroll through the 500 line receive buffer of the terminal program. Using any of the cursor keys will also enable this feature. If you are connected to a DX packet cluster bulletin board, you may select a DX spot by first pressing F5 or a cursor key and then moving the hightlight bar to select the DX. Next press ENTER and the entry will be logged automatically. If you have a computer ready rig, the rig will also QSY to the spot frequency. For some Kenwood radios, you may have to set you VFO to VFO B for the QSY to funciton. The format of a DX spot line of data must look similar to the following: DX de KD2AG: 21334.0 TA3F QSL VIA DL5YCQ 2107Z or for SH/DX: 21334 TA3F This format is compatible with PacketCluster (TM) V4.4, ((c) 1992 1986- 1990, Pavillion Software) bulletin board software. If you press F1 when the cursor bar is on a valid entry, and if you have a computer ready rig, the program will QSY the radio to the spot frequency without starting a log entry. If you then press F1 again, you will return to your original frequency. On some Kenwood radios, you may have to be on VFO B for this function to work. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 31 NOTE: That the DX Spots may have the [NEW] or [NEED] designator appended to the line. [NEW] means that this is a totally new country for you. [NEED] means that you need this country on this band. F6 - Closes the MiniTerm terminal emulator and send a "BYE" to cluster. F8 - Clear Screen. This clears the MiniTerm Screen. ALT-P Pressing the ALTERNATE and P keys together will bring up the MaxiTerm terminal emulator (see below for a description). ALT-D Pressing the ALTERNATE and D keys together will allow you to escape to DOS (see the section about escaping to DOS above). ESC - Pressing the ESCAPE key, will allow you to log entries as normal, while monitoring your TNC. MaxiTerm The MaxiTerm is a dual screen terminal emulator. The top screen is the receive window, and the bottom is the send window. All key functions are the same as for the MiniTerm with the following exceptions. F5 - using the auto logging feature for DX spotting, will return the screen to the MiniTerm monitor mode. To invoke MaxiTerm, press ALTERNATE and P together twice. F6 - not available. F8 - clears the receive window. ESC - returns you to MiniTerm. NOTE: If you are using another terminal emulator, you must make sure that the TNC is left in a NON HOST MODE, when it exits. The TNC should be left in a dumb terminal mode. Leaving the TNC in host mode operation will prevent LogMaster Plus/Plus from communicating with your TNC. ALT-T This invokes a special prompting for the TAG field to enter 10-10 numbers. It will automatically put in leading zeroes for you. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 32 ALT-H This invokes a popup screen with addition keystrokes that are available to the user from the logging screen VIEW When you select the VIEW selection from the main menu command bar, the sort criteria pop up menu will appear. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move the highlight to the selected sort type, and press ENTER to select the sort, or press the first letter of the sort type to select. The VIEW function allows you to sort your log using one of several sort selections, and then it allows you to select specific records for inspection or editing. The entire log is sorted when using the VIEW function. If you wish to find a specific entry, use the SEARCH function from the main menu command bar. SORT CRITERIA The sort criteria for each sort type is listed below. DATE The date selection is sorted by year month, day, and start time. NAME OF COUNTRY This sort consists of name of country, transmit frequency, mode and callsign. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 33 STATE The state sort consists of name of country (UNITED STATES), state, transmit frequency, mode and callsign. FULL CALLSIGN This sort uses the station worked, year, month day, start time. CQ ZONE This sort is comprised of CQ zone, transmit frequency, mode, year, month, day, and callsign. ITU ZONE This sort is comprised of ITU zone, transmit frequency, mode, year, month, day, and callsign. PREFIX This sort consists of prefix, and callsign. TAG This sort consists of the tag field and callsign. U.S. STATE/COUNTRY This is the same sort as States, except that it will print county Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 34 information for summay screens. QSL MARKS This sort is comprised of records that have the QSL sent field set to {SEND}, in callsign order. RECORD PROTECTION After you select the sort type, the protection type pop up menu will appear. Select the protection type by using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move the highlight and then press ENTER to select the protection type, or press the first letter of the selection to activate your selection. PROTECT ALL FIELDS This selection prevents you from changing any of the fields of the record. Use this option if you just wish to review the QSO record. QSL EDIT If you wish to update QSL status information only, select this protection type. It will protect all other fields from being changed. EDIT ALL FIELDS If you wish to edit any or all of the fields of the QSO record, select this protection type. SUMMARY SCREEN After you have selected the protection type, the first summary screen of Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 35 QSOs will appear. A heading describing the fields displayed is near the top of the screen. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS SRNT ? At the right hand side of the summary screen field descriptions are the letters S, R, N, T. The letter S indicates whether or not a QSL card was sent. You will either see a Y, indicating yes, or N, indicating no, or S, indicating that a QSL is to be sent. The letter R indicates whether or not a QSL card has been received. This is shown by the letter Y for yes, or the letter N, for no. The letter N indicates if a notepad entry has been made for this QSO. The letter Y indicates yes, and the letter N indicates no. The letter T indicates if a tag field has been entered for this QSO. The letter Y indicates yes, and the letter N indicates no. VALID KEYS FROM THE SUMMARY SCREEN HOME The HOME key moves the cursor bar to the first record of the sort. END The END key moves the cursor bar to the last record of the sort. UP The UP key moves the cursor bar up one record. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 36 DOWN The DOWN key moves the cursor bar down one record. ESC The ESCAPE key returns you to the protection type menu. PAGE UP The PAGE UP key displays the previous page of summary choices. PAGE DOWN The PAGE DOWN key displays the next page of summary choices. ENTER The ENTER key is used to select and display the full QSO record. ALT Q If you allowed editing, then this keystroke will allow you to mark the highlighted QSO as a QUICK entry for the QSL Sent field. ALT-R If you allowed editing, then this keystroke will allow you to mark the highligted QSO as RECEIVED for the QSL Received field. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 37 ALT-S If you allowed editing, then this keystroke will allow you to mark the highlighted QSO as SENT for the QSL Sent field. VIEWING A FULL QSO RECORD After selecting a record, from the summary screen, a new screen will appear with all of the QSO information entered during the logging session. For all three protection types the following keys are valid. F1 The F1 key displays the notepad. It is protected for fully protected records F9 The F9 key displays the tag field. It is protected for fully protected records. PAGE UP The PAGE UP key selects the previous QSO record without having to return to the summary menu. PAGE DOWN The PAGE DOWN key selects the next QSO record without having to return to the summary menu. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 38 VALID KEYS IN A NON PROTECTED RECORD To return to the summary menu, press ANY key, except those listed above. QSL EDIT In addition to the common keys listed above the following keys are available for QSL edit protection. UP The UP key selects the previous field for editing. DOWN The DOWN key selects the next field for editing. HOME The HOME key selects the first field for editing. END The END key selects the last field for editing. SHIFT DELETE Pressing the SHIFT and DELETE key together will display the delete record Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 39 pop up menu. Press Y to confirm record deletion, or any other key to continue. NOTE: Once you delete a record it is gone forever, that is, it cannot be restored. So, be certain before deleting a record. ESC ESCAPE returns you to the screen summary menu. You may edit any field after moving the field cursor by using the HOME, END, UP, or DOWN keys. Enter data as you would during a log session. NOTE: You MUST hit return after modifying any field for your changes to take effect. In addition, if you modify a field which is part of the sort criteria, the record is immediately sorted for the new value of the field. The result is that if you press PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN, after modifying a field that is part of the sort key, the next record you see may not be the one you expect, but the next record in the new sort order. FULL EDIT See the section describing QSL EDIT protection above. SEARCH The SEARCH facility, selected from the main menu command bar, is very similar to the VIEW selection. Using this facility however, you may specify a search criteria for either a full or partial key. For example if you wish to search for the callsign WB2OPA, you would select FULL callsign from the sort pop up menu, and then enter WB2OPA for the search criteria. If you wished to look for call signs beginning with WB2, then enter WB2 for the search criteria. NOTE: The first record that matches the search criteria and every record thereafter, until the end of the log, will be available. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 40 PRINT Selecting the PRINT function from the main menu command bar, will produce the print pop up selection menu. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key move the cursor bar to make your selection and then press ENTER to select the print type, or press the key of the first letter of the selection you wish to make. For each of the log print choices, you will be given the option of printing continuously, or pausing between each page. Each log entry uses a format similar to that of the summary screen window (see VIEW for a discussion of the summary screen). The choices for printing your log are as follows. COMPLETE LOG This option will print all of your log entries, sorted by date and start time. DATED LOG This option will prompt you for a starting date, and then will print a log sorted by date and time, using the date you selected as the first entry, and will continue printing from that point to the end of your log. AWARDS DUPE SHEET This option prints your entire log, but this time it is sorted in callsign order. UTILITIES The utilities selection from the main menu command bar, allows you to customize the system to your individual preferences, to statistically look at your log book, to perform some maintenance functions on the log book, and to change all of the QSL SENT fields from {SEND} to YES after sending your QSLs. Let's take a look at all of these features in some detail. CONFIGURATION Selecting CONFIGURATION from the UTILITIES pop up menu allows you to tailor the system to your individual needs and preferences. The CONFIGURATION pop Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 41 up menu will allow you to select, and control the following aspects of the logging program. DUPE SELECT This menu allows you to either have dupe selection automatically enabled or disabled for each log session. . DISABLED If you select DISABLED, dupe selection will be turned off by default, but you may turn it on temporarily while logging by using the F5 key selection while in the log entry screen. ENABLED If you select ENABLED, you must choose the dupe search criteria. A pop menu will allow you to select from the following. DUPE CHECK SEARCH CRITERIA FULL CALLSIGN is used to search for a callsign duplicate. This is useful in contest situations, or if you just want to know if you have worked this station before. In addition you may choose to show a dupe on the NAME OF COUNTRY, or if the country is the United States, the STATE, or ZONE (CQ) for the CQ zone, or ITU ZONE, or the callsign PREFIX. TIP: If you are working a contest, and do not wish to do a dupe check on your entire log, then start a new log for the contest by specifying a new file path (see the section on FILE PATH below), and when the contest is over, you may merge the contest log with your standard log by using the MERGE external utility provided with this program (see below). Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 42 TIME INFO For a full discussion on using the TIME INFO utilities, see the section entitled Running the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus for the First Time. The following functions are the functions available from the TIME INFO pop-up menu. TIME ZONE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, HOURS FROM GMT, SCREEN COLORS The WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus allows you to customize the colors of your screen. Select the area you wish to change from the SCREEN COLORS pop up menu, and use the LEFT, RIGHT and UP ARROW keys to change the colors as described on the on-screen instructions for each color area. TEXT This changes the text and background color for the main screen area. CLOCK This changes the text and background color of the dual clock calendar. SELECTION BAR This changes the text, background and highlight colors of the main menu selection bar. POP-UP MENUS This allows you to change to text, background and highlight colors of the pop up menus. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 43 HELP LINES This allows you to change the text and background colors of the help line area of the screen. MESSAGE BOXES This allows you to change the text and background colors of the messages boxes used by the notepad, warnings and other pop up messages. FILE PATH File path lets you set the name and path of your log file database. For a full discussion on using the FILE PATH utility, see the section entitled Running the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus for the First Time. NOTE: If you change the file path, you MUST exit the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program, and return to DOS, and then reinvoke the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program to proceed. Failure to do so may lock your system and have uncertain results. POWER POWER allows you to specify a default transmission power for your log, and this value will appear in the POWER field while logging QSOs. Enter your default power when prompted by the power pop up menu. N/S LATITUDE This utility allows you to specify your geographic latitude. This is used in calculating beam headings and distance. For a full discussion on entering N/S LATITUDE information, see the section entitled Running the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus for the First Time. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 44 E/W LONGITUDE This utility allows you to specify your geographic longitude. This is used in calculating beam headings and distance. For a full discussion on entering the E/W LONGITUDE information see the section entitled Running the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus for the First Time. QBICSP For a discussion of QBICSP, please refer to the section, What In The World is QBICSP. You may either enable or disable this feature's default setting by selecting either the DISABLE or ENABLE choices from the QBICSP pop up menu. By doing so, the default setting you pick will be invoked each time you enter a logging session. You may temporarily override this setting by using the F3 key from the log session key selection menu. OUTPUT DEVICE This menu has two sub menus. One is to choose the printer type, and the other to choose the line termination characters sent at the end of each line. Both of these entries affect both reports generated from the PRINT menu of this program, and the QSL printing from any of the QSL stand alone utitlities. RS-232 This menu will you to set up the COM ports for your radio and TNC. The following combinations of port selection are illegal and should not be used: PORTS 1 and 3 PORTS 2 and 4. Any other port combinations for your radio and TNC are valid. You can also set baud rate for each device. For your radio, check you manufacturers suggested baud rate. For the TNC, we recommend using 1200 baud. Set the stop bits to match the manufacturers specifications for both the Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 45 radio and TNC. Parity should also match the manufacturers specifications. Word length should also match the manufacturers specifications. CALENDAR This menu allows you to select what the date looks like at data entry time, and at output. You may change this entry at any time, since it does not affect how the date is stored internally. For logging, you have three choices, U.S. style dates, European Style dates, and ITU style dates. For QSLing, you have all of the above, and in addition, an alphanumeric representation of the date. XCVR TYPE For computer ready rig interfaces, you select your rig type here. For some radios, such as ICOM, you may need to identify the radio model number or address. AWARDS Use this menu item to maintain the name of awards, and to modify the current group number of an existing award. WRITE CONFIG (SAVE) You may save the configuration data by selecting this choice. You will also be asked if you wish to save the configuration when you exit the configuration area. This choice is provided so that you may save intermediate changes. A back up file, called CONFIG.BAK, will be created to save your previous Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 46 configuration data. If you wish to go back to your previous configuration, copy the CONFIG.BAK file to CONFIG.DAT. STATISTICS DX, STATES (U.S.), CQ ZONES, ITU ZONES This section is used to help you keep track of your QSO achievements. There are three classes of statistics provided by the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. The first class is a detailed report of the countries, states, CQ zones, or ITU zones worked. Invoking any of these choices produces a detailed report that contains each item name, such as country name, ITU zone, etc., and a report box for each of the 9 HF bands. The report box will contain the QSO indicators, the letters P, F, and C, indicating if you have worked the item on Phone (AM, LSB, USB, or FM), FSK, or CW. If the item has been confirmed, the appropriate QSO indicator will be in reverse video. NOTE: An asterisk next to either a CQ or ITU zone, indicates that the value is a best guess made by the program at logging time. If you are collecting either of these zones for an award, you will probably like to get back to each of the records containing the asterisk, and resolve the ambiguity. You may do so, by using either the VIEW or SEARCH selections from the main menu command bar, and then selecting the appropriate search or sort type. QSL The QSL statistical report contains information on your QSL activity, including return rates for both standard and special QSLs, return rates for those QSLs that you initiated, and those you did not, and totals for the QSL cards you sent, and received. In addition, the amount you have spent on postage is displayed. A separate total is provided for IRCs, and cash. TOTAL QSOS This selection will give you a synopsis of your entire log. It contains totals for countries, states, CQ zones, ITU zones, and total QSOs, both Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 47 worked and confirmed. This information is given for each of the 9 HF bands. DATA RECOVERY There are two database utilities provided with this package. Both of these utilities may take some time to perform, so make sure that you really have the time to perform them. COMPRESS DATABASE This utility is used after you have edited or deleted many QSL records. The program tries to reuse disk space where it can, but sometimes, disk space is left unused, Use this utility to reclaim this unused disk space. NOTE: Do NOT stop this utility once it has begun. You MUST exit and then reinvoke the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus after the utility completes. The time on the dual clock/calendar may stop while running this these utility. REBUILD INDEX This utility will rebuild the log index file if you suspect that the index file is corrupt. This utility is provided for completeness, but in general you will not be using this utility. If your index file becomes corrupted due to a power outage, then the next time you invoke the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program, the corrupted file will be automatically detected, and you will be prompted to rebuild the index. NOTE: Do NOT stop this utility once it has begun. You MUST exit and then reinvoke the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus after the utility completes. The time on the dual clock/calendar may stop while running this these utility. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 48 MOVE QSL MARKS This utility allows you to change all of the QSL SENT fields in your log that have been marked {SEND} to YES. This is useful after you have used the external QSL utility to print your QSL cards or labels, and you wish to easily update your log without having to edit each individual record. EXTERNAL UTILITY PROGRAMS There are additional utilities provided on the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus distribution disk. All must started from a DOS prompt in the LogMaster subdirectory. MERGE The first is MERGE. To start this program, from the DOS prompt in the LogMaster subdirectory, type MERGE. This utility allows you to merge two log databases created by using the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus program. You may wish to create a separate temporary log during a contest, so that you can check dupes within the contest period. However, once the contest is over, and you have accumulated your tallies, you may wish to merge the temporary log back into your main log. This utility allows you to do so. You will be prompted for the path and name of the log that you wish to merge into. This is the main log in the discussion above. Next you will be prompted for the path and name of the log you are merging from. This would be the temporary log in the discussion above. For both prompts, give the full path and log name. The format is the same as when you specify a log path. An example might be: C:\MYLOG\LOG5 QSL, QSLPRO, QSLHP The QSL external utility allows you to print QSL labels and QSL cards directly from your WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus log. To do so, just set the QSL SENT field to {SEND}, and this utility will automatically print your labels or cards. The main menu of this utility allows you to choose the following activities. There are three QSL printing utilities provided with the program. The first Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 49 QSL is used with EPSON compatible printers. To start it, you must be at a DOS prompt within the LogMaster subdirectory. Type QSL and press ENTER to begin. The second is QSLPRO, used for IBM PROPRINTER compatible printers. To start this program, type QSLPRO instead of QSL as mentioned above. The third type is QSLHP to be used with LaserJet compatible printer. This program will allow you to print QSL labels only. To start this program, use QSLHP instead of QSL as mentioned above. PRINT QSL LABELS Select this choice to begin printing your QSL labels. If this is your first time through, you should first visit the CONFIGURE QSL LABELS area. PRINT QSL CARDS Select this choice to begin printing your QSL cards. If this is your first time through, you should first visit the CONFIGURE QSL CARDS area. CONFIGURE QSL LABELS This area allows you to specify your rig, antenna, the left margin (specified in spaces), the number of line feeds between labels, and if you wish to pause between labels. This utility is designed to work with single column pressure sensitive labels 3.5" x 15/16" or larger in size. CONFIGURE QSL CARDS This area allows you to specify your name, street address, city/state/zip, country, rig, antenna, left margin (specified in number of spaces), the number of line feeds between cards, printer type ( can your printer print the fully formed box characters ), the form factor ( small is for standard U.S. size post cards, large is for 4"x6" post cards), and whether you wish the printer to pause between cards. TIP: You may wish to include your county on the country line. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 50 PRINT TWO TEST LABELS This facility allows you to print two test labels for alignment purposes. This is available for QSL.EXE only. PRINT TWO TEST CARDS This facility allows you to print two test cards for alignment purposes. This available for QSL and QSLPRO only LP1 and LP2 These two utilties allow you to reassign your printer port to either LPT1 (using LP1) or LPT2 (using LP2). CPE This is the country prefix editor, and a seperate manual has been provided for it. CTM This is K1EA CT merge program, and a seperate manual has been provided for it. SAFTNET This is a special standalone version of the data compression utility. It is provided for emergency situations and normally should not be used. Copyright (c) 1992 Sensible Solutions Page 51 IN CASE OF TROUBLE If you see the message, "FATAL ERROR - SEE MANUAL", first try reinstalling the WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. If that does not work, then return your distribution disk to the address below with the following information: make and model of your computer, version of DOS that you are using, the amount of RAM in your computer, and if you are running any TSR programs, such as Borland's Sidekick. Be sure to also include a day time phone number where you may be reached. If you get a Internal System Error message, then check to make sure that you have a config.sys file with the minimum requirements described in the installation section of this manual. Reboot your computer immediately, and go to the Utilities/Data Recovery/Compress Database menu, and compress your data base. This will check and fix any problems that may be present in your log book database. This procedure may take a while, so be patient. If you have any questions or problems, please write to: Sensible Solutions P.O. Box 474 Middletown, New Jersey 07748 U.S.A. (908) 495-5066 Please enclose a description of your problem and the information asked for at the beginning of the IN CASE OF TROUBLE section. FREE UPGRADE POLICY IF YOU CHANGE CALLSIGNS If you change callsigns as a result of upgrading, or moving, you qualify for a free callsign upgrade of your WB2OPA LogMaster Plus/Plus. To qualify just send a copy of your old license, a copy of your new license, and $10.00 for shipping and handling to: Sensible Solutions P.O. Box 474 Middletown, New Jersey 07748 U.S.A.