[Dx4win] DX4Win Conflict with WSJT

Thu Feb 22 04:10:43 EST 2024

I downloaded Macro Recorder today and there is a free version.

73
Jerry N9AW

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:26 PM David Perry, N4QS <n4qs at vci.net> wrote:

> Yes, I also use Macro Recorder to run a script to import the log from
> WSJT-X.  But it costs $50.  There are some free key mapper apps available,
> but I could never get them to work.  Macro Recorder works great and is easy
> to setup.
>
> Paul should provide a direct way to import WSJT-X QSOs into DX4WIN.  We
> have been asking for this feature for years.  The simplest solution would
> be to use UDP broadcast functions that are already supported in WSJT-X and
> other loggers such as N1MM.  It is a shame that Paul will not address this
>
> As less elegant solution would be to provide a one key ability to initiate
> a manual import of the WSJT-X file into DX4WIN.  In Preferences, we should
> be able to specify the location of the WSJT-X log file.   We should then be
> able to specify a hotkey that will initiate a direct import, but this would
> involve importing the entire log file from WSJT-X and ignoring duplicates.
> This poor man's version would at least eliminate the need for key mappers.
>
> The best solution is for Paul to provide the automatic import of each QSO
> as it is logged in WSJT-X via UDP broadcasts.  This feature works
> beautifully between WSJT-X and N1mm and many other general logging programs
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, N4QS
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Keith Beebe W3KB
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 3:54 PM
> To: Kurt Zimmerman - W2MW <kurt at KWZimmerman.com>; dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win Conflict with WSJT
>
> To log WSJT-X contacts into DX4WIN:
>
> I am using a separate program called Macro Recorder.
>
> What it does is create a Macro that records all the moves one has to take
> to manually import the WSJT-X Log into DX4WIN.
>
> Once that is done (the creation of a specific Macro) it takes no more than
> a few seconds to import into DX4WIN.
>
> I have one button on the keyboard (in my case the UP button) that
> activates the specific macro. You can see all the "moves" of the mouse and
> the various windows as it runs through the steps to process it (importing
> the WSJT-X log into DX4WIN).
>
> Again, this all happens within a few seconds with one push of the UP
> button.
>
> Keith W3KB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Zimmerman - W2MW <kurt at KWZimmerman.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 4:33 PM
> To: Keith Beebe W3KB <keith at w3kb.net>; abwltrs at gmail.com;
> dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: n6tv at ARRL.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4Win Conflict with WSJT
>
> Keith;
>
>      How do you log to DX4WIN from WSJT-X?  Manually?  One of the reasons
> why I stopped using DX4WIN was for the fact I couldn't figure out how to
> log my Q's without having to import the log each and every time from WSJT-X.
>
>
> 73;
>
> Kurt - W2MW
>
> On 2/21/2024 11:30 AM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:
> > Here is the way I do it.....by avoiding the conflict in the first place.
> >
> > I run DX4WIN and WSJT-X side by side on my computer screen.  DX4WIN on
> the left and WSJT-X on the right.
> >
> > Now here is the main point:  Go to the RADIO menu listing in the upper
> left corner of DX4WIN. Drop down the menu and hit STOP RADIO.  That will
> stop DX4WIN from accessing your rig.
> >
> > WSJT-X is then the only program running with the rig.
> >
> > Every other function of DX4WIN still works (other than rig access) and
> WSJT-X is right there on the screen also doing its thing.
> >
> > To each his own but this works for me.
> >
> > Keith W3KB
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> > On Behalf Of abwltrs at gmail.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:10 AM
> > To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> > Cc: n6tv at ARRL.net
> > Subject: [Dx4win] DX4Win Conflict with WSJT
> >
> > My station is DX4Win with an Icom 7600 and 7700.  I too would like to run
> > WSJT at the same time as DX4Win.   I see the previous references to
> Yaesu's
> > Win4yaesusuite but didn't bother because I see nothing to tell me this
> software will work with Icom.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have also followed the suggestion to look at N6TV's latest on
> comports, page 61 where he talks about comport sharing.  He suggests
> VE3NEA's OmniRig software, but says this is not supported by N1MM and
> others.  Apparently DX4Win is one of the others.  I looked at the OmniRig
> documentation;  DX4Win is not included in the list of compatible logging
> software.
> >
> >
> >
> > So-Help anyone?  Does anyone have the Yaesu suite or the OmniRig
> solution working with DX4Win/WSJT and Icom combination?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan Walters K5NOF
> >
> > abwltrs at gmail.com <mailto:abwltrs at gmail.com>
> >
> > K5NOF at ARRL.net <mailto:K5NOF at ARRL.net>
> >
> >
> >
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