[Dx4win] (no subject)

[Tom LeClerc W1TJL]

And while you're munching on this thought, what I want most re:TCP
function is for the program to automatically try to connect to my
default, first, preferred, you name it node even if that is at
127.0.0.1 (which a great many people are now doing ala ARUser).

I don't know how many time's I've forgotten to restart the connection
after bringing up the program and realizing 10 or 15 munutes later
when I noticed no spots coming through...

Anything in the .tcp file to make that happen Paul??

73, Tom W1TJL

PS and so that this does not sound like a complaint, I still thik
DX4Win is the best GP logging program out there...  Great job!

On 4/9/07, n4dsp <n4dsp at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> Paul,
> I no longer have the email you forwarded to me since it was 3 years ago.  I
> asked you if something could be incorporated into the dx4win program that
> when a node drops the connection the dx4win program will sense that and will
> automatically try and connect you once again to that node. I did not mean in
> my email to you to have a "keep alive" function on the node and I was clear
> about that. This was putting the burden on the owner of the node.
> So can something be incorporated into the dx4win program to automatically
> sense that the node connection has terminated and the dx4win program to
> automatically connect back to that node?
>
> john-n4dsp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul van der Eijk" <pvandereijk at cox.net>
> To: "n4dsp" <n4dsp at triad.rr.com>; <ve2dc at videotron.ca>; "dx4win"
> <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] (no subject)
>
>
> > John,
> >
> > You are misinterpreting what was said. A while ago, we checked with a
> > number of
> > node operators, and found that a 'keep alive' ability was no longer an
> > issue. Before that,
> > keeping a connection alive was seen as bad practice.
> >
> > Since version 7.02, DX4WIN has a keep alive feature  (not well
> > documented):
> >
> > In the dx4win.tcp file, add a vertical bar at the end of the line followed
> > by an integer.
> > The integer field is the number of minutes set for the timer. When the
> > user types
> > a character in the packet window, the timer is reset to start over again.
> >
> > From the dx4win.tcp file, the following entry:
> > 25 spots OH2AQ,http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html?|3
> >
> > This download the last 25 spots every 3 minutes.
> > Same field can be added to telnet addresses.
> >
> > --Paul
> >
> > At 08:06 AM 4/9/2007, n4dsp wrote:
> >>He has addressed this. About three years ago I asked about this and was
> >>told this was not considered an important issue!
> >>
> >>john-n4dsp
> >>
> >>>How many years have users been complaining about this Jim? (rhetorical
> >>>question) It's strange that Paul never addressed it...
> >>>Mel...
> >>>VE2DC
> >>
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