[Dxbase] Summary window stops updating

[Tim Heger]

Since my original post, the Summary window stopped updating again.  I have 
been connecting to a node using AR Cluster version 4.4.21.  I have now 
changed to a node using AR Cluster version 4.4.14, and waiting to see if it 
happens again.  Have had no problem so far after 3 hours.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "Tim Heger" <n3xx at charter.net>; <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Summary window stops updating


>I have been trying to get a handle on this for a while now.
>
> There are some commonalities and please check these ideas out.
> It seems these all contribute but are not the only symptoms that cause 
> this.
>
> I operate a lot of contests, it's seems more prevalent during peak contest 
> cluster situations.
>
> I have been experimenting with different clusters and that seems to be a 
> part of the problem also.
> Some cluster nodes are using older versions of the cluster software.
> Some cluster software has added 'extended data' in the cluster message.
> Some people are using Cluster manager software that then ports the data 
> into DXBase. (I do)
>
> It appears that the format of the cluster info received by DXB effects how 
> it's processed.
> Because most of the nodes in the US Cluster system obtain the data from 
> each other, a software version that formats the cluster spot differently 
> or adds some 'additional' data to the string get sent along the pipeline 
> where if it gets to DXB causes a glitch.
>
> Now I do NOT know if my hypothesis is accurate but I can see different 
> results by changing certain parameters in my 'cluster data manager' 
> program.
>
>
> This doesn't seem to be a simple 'it's one thing' issue and it may take us 
> cautiously comparing symptoms to determine the cause.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Heger" <n3xx at charter.net>
> To: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:14 AM
> Subject: [Dxbase] Summary window stops updating
>
>
> I'm using DXbase 2006, and have recently noticed that the Summary window 
> stops updating as dx spots are received in the Internet Cluster window. 
> Also, when I click on a any spot in the Internet Cluster window, or in the 
> DX info window, or any QSO in the log, the summary window does not update.
> This is happening even though I have not selected "Lock" in the Summary 
> window.  I have tried closing and re-opening the Summary Window, and still 
> have the same problem.  The only way I can make it stop happening is to 
> close and restart DXbase.
> Has anyone noticed the same problem?  Did you find a fix for it?
>
> Thanks, Tim - N3XX
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