Configuring SpotCollector's General Settings

Show control explanations	when checked, enables the display of explanatory information when the mouse cursor lingers over a textbox, button, checkbox, display pane, or setting.
Confirm spot deletion	when checked, attempting to delete a spot database entry displays a dialog box that asks you to confirm the deletion
Show 0 as Ø	when checked, displays received numeric zeros with a slash in Packet Cluster, IRC, and DX Cluster windows
Seek everything	if DXKeeper is not installed checking this box indicates that your award objectives are to work every country on every band and mode; thus every spot database entry will be considered needed not checking this box indicates spot database entries will be considered confirmed
Set Xcvr split	when checked, double-clicking on a spot database entry specifying a split frequency will place the tranceiver in split mode (if support) and set the split frequency into the transceiver's alternate VFO
Convey DX Grid	when checked, clicking or double-clicking on a spot database entry with a DX Grid will convey that grid square to DXView, DXKeeper, and/or WinWarbler, if running
Main F-keys via WW	when checked, striking the function keys F5 through F12 will direct WinWarbler to invoke the associated macro; striking the ESC key will direct WinWarbler to abort the current transmission
Automatic DXView Update	when checked, creation of a new Spot Database Entry will automatically direct DXView to perform a lookup operation, displaying the station's location on its world map (if DXView is running)
Request Prop Forecast	when checked, double-clicking a Spot Database Entry will direct PropView (if running) to compute a propagation forecast based on the current solar flux and parameters pre-establish in PropView (this box will be disabled unless both PropView and DXView are running)
Use dual monitors	when checked, windows that resided on the secondary monitor during the previous session will be restored to the secondary monitor on startup
Log debugging information	when set, diagnostic information is recorded in the file errorlog.txt within SpotCollector's folder
Operator callsign	Spots you originate are attributed to this callsign
Operator location	Spots you originate are associated with this geographic origin
Log Filter	When you select a DX station (e.g. by double-clicking on a Spot Database entry), determines whether DXKeeper displays all previous QSOs with that station's base callsign, or all previous QSOs with that station's DXCC entity

RTTY Mode if no WW panel

If you select a RTTY DX spot with WinWarbler running, the spot information will be conveyed to WinWarbler, which will set the transceiver's frequency and mode according to its configuration. If Winwarbler isn't running, but Commander is, then the settings on this panel specify the transceiver mode.

RTTY	when a RTTY DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to normal RTTY mode (if Commander is running)
RTTY-R	when a RTTY DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to reversed RTTY mode (if Commander is running)
USB	when a RTTY DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to USB mode (if Commander is running)
LSB	when a RTTY DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to LSB mode (if Commander is running)
PKT	when a RTTY DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to PKT mode (if Commander is running)

Digital Mode if no WW panel

If you select a PSK31, PSK63, Packet, Throb, MT63, Hellschreiber, SSTV, MFSK16, FSK31, or TOR DX spot with WinWarbler running, the spot information will be conveyed to WinWarbler, which will set the transceiver's frequency and mode according to its configuration. If Winwarbler isn't running, but Commander is, then the settings on this panel specify the transceiver mode.

RTTY	when a non-RTTY digital mode DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to normal RTTY mode (if Commander is running)
RTTY-R	when a non-RTTY digital mode DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to reversed RTTY mode (if Commander is running)
USB	when a non-RTTY digital mode DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to USB mode (if Commander is running)
LSB	when a non-RTTY digital mode DX spot is selected set the transceiver to LSB mode (if Commander is running)
PKT	when a non-RTTY digital mode DX spot is selected set the transceiver to PKT mode (if Commander is running)

CW Mode panel

CW	when a CW DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to normal CW mode (if Commander is running)
CW-R	when a CW DX spot is selected, set the transceiver to reversed CW mode (if Commander is running)
CW via WW	when a CW DX spot is selected and WinWarbler and Commander are running, convey the spot information to WinWarbler; if WinWarbler isn't running but Commander is running, set the transceiver to normal CW mode. (requires WinWarbler 3.0.7 or later)

Phone Modes Panel

SSB via WW	when an SSB DX spot is selected and WinWarbler and Commander are running, convey the spot information to WinWarbler; if WinWarbler isn't running but Commander is running, set the transceiver to USB or LSB mode as a function of frequency. (requires WinWarbler 3.2.6 or later)
AM via WW	when an AM DX spot is selected and WinWarbler and Commander are running, convey the spot information to WinWarbler; if WinWarbler isn't running but Commander is running, set the transceiver to AM mode. (requires WinWarbler 3.2.6 or later)
FM via WW	when an FM DX spot is selected and WinWarbler and Commander are running, convey the spot information to WinWarbler; if WinWarbler isn't running but Commander is running, set the transceiver to FM mode. (requires WinWarbler 3.2.6 or later)

Interoperation panel

Controls on this panel let you specify the application to which SpotCollector will send frequency and mode information when the user double-clicks on a Spot Database entry. By default, SpotCollector will send such information to WinWarbler ; if you enter the name of another application and click the Connect button, SpotCollector will instead send the frequency and mode information to that application.

AudioAlarm panel

Enable	when checked, an audio alarm may be generated for a newly-created "needed" Spot Database entry as specified by the Unfiltered and Filtered settings; this box can be checked and unchecked via the AA box in the Main window's Filter panel
Announce country, band, and mode	when unchecked, the file specified in the Sound pathname setting is played when checked, the DXCC country, band, and mode will be announced whenever a "needed" Spot Database entry is created; if no sound file is available for the DXCC country in the Sounds sub-folder, the file specified in the Sound pathname setting is played instead.
Announce unconfirmed as well as unworked	when unchecked, only unworked DXCC entities are considered "needed" when checked, both unworked and unconfirmed DXCC entities are considered "needed" Note that a spot containing an unconfirmed DXCC entity will not be considered "needed" if you've already worked the spotted station on the spotted band and mode
Play intro on startup	when checked and if the Enable box is checked,, SpotCollector plays the .wav file specified in the Intro pathname on startup
Unfiltered	when selected, the audio alarm is generated whenever an unworked Spot Database entry is created
Filtered	when selected, the audio alarm is only generated for a newly-created unworked Spot Database entry if it passes the Band, Mode, Origin, and Continent filters
Intro pathname	the name of a file containing a .wav file that will be played on startup if the Enable box is checked Select - click to select a .wav file Test - click to play the selected .wav file (Enable box must be checked)
Sound pathname	the name of a file containing a .wav file that will be played when an unworked Spot Database entry is created if the "Announce country, band, and mode" box is not checked, or if no sound file is available for the DXCC country Select - click to select a .wav file Test - click to play the .selected wav file (the Enable box must be checked)

Sub-band Definition panel

File pathname textbox

pathname to a Sub-band definition file used by SpotCollector to identify a spot's band and default mode from its frequency
each line of the file defines a sub-band, sequentially specifying a lower-frequency limit, an upper-frquency limit, the default mode name, and the band name, e.g. the following four entries used to define 15m sub-bands:

21000,21070,CW,15M
21070,21110,RTTY,15M
21110,21200,CW,15M
21200,21450,USB,15M

sub-band frequency ranges must be non-overlapping
sub-band entries must be sorted in order of increasing frequency
valid mode names are AM, CW, FM, LSB, RTTY, and USB
valid band names are 160M, 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M, 10M, 6M, 4M, 2M, 1.25M, 70CM, 33CM, 23CM, and 12CM

Select button

displays a file selector dialog that allows you to select and activate a Sub-band definition file

Help Browser panel

Browser pathname textbox	if this setting is blank, SpotCollector displays online help using your PC's default HTML browser -- typically Internet Explorer or Netscape; if you'd prefer to display online help with a specific HTML browser, place its full pathname here.
Select button	displays a file selector dialog that allows you to choose a Browser pathname
Help button	displays the information you are now reading