DXView Configuration

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DXView's Configuration screen contains 4 tabs - General, Plot Settings, Rotator Control, and World Map -- each containing a related group of settings and controls that you can inspect and/or modify. 

The General tab contains seven panels:

Display progress data in bold font when checked, data in the info window's Progress table is rendered with a bold font
Open most recent log when checked with DXKeeper not running, DXView opens the most recent log opened when DXView and DXKeeper were both last running (if DXKeeper is terminated with this box checked, DXView will continue to display progress from the currently open log)
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 checked, DXView records diagnostic information in a file named Errorlog.txt residing in DXView's folder.
   
Latitude the North Magnetic Pole's latitude (defaults to the estimated 2004 position of 82 18'N)
Longitude the North Magnetic Pole's longitude (defaults to the estimated 2004 position of 113 24'W)

 

Miles button  sets the DX textbox's unit of distance measurement to miles
Kilometers button sets the DX textbox's unit of distance measurement to kilometers
 
Normal click on the rectangle to set the color used to display the backgrounds of textboxes in the Search and DXCC panels when the callsign is not known to participate in the ARRL's Logbook of the World
LotW click on the rectangle to set the color used to display the backgrounds of textboxes in the Search and DXCC panels when the callsign is known to participate in the ARRL's Logbook of the World
 
Latitude your QTH latitude, in the format X Y' Z
  • X is the degrees component of your QTH latitude
  • Y is the minutes component of your QTH latitude
  • Z is the letter N or S

examples:

  • 38 15' N
  • 42S
Longitude your QTH longitude, in the format X Y' Z
  • X is the degrees component of your QTH longitude
  • Y is the minutes component of your QTH longitude
  • Z is the letter N or S

examples:

  • 128 37' W
  • 71E
Position button click to set your QTH latitude and longitude to the currently selected position on DXView's world map
Save button click to save your QTH latitude and longitude for use by subsequent DXView sessions
Restore button click to set your QTH latitude and longitude to the previously saved QTH position
Location buttons choose your QTH location:
  • NAE  for the eastern part of North America
  • NAM for the midwestern part of North America
  • NAW for the western part of North America
  • AS for South America
  • EU for Europe
  • AF for Africa
  • AS for Asia
  • OC for Oceania

This location is used to establish an origin for plots created when you click the Plot button. The Origin Filter considers a plot's origin in determining whether or not that plot should be displayed on DXView's earth map.

 
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.
Browser pathname if this setting is blank, WinWarbler displays online help using your PC's default HTML browser; if this setting contains the pathname of an HTML browser, WinWarbler displays online help using that browser. MapQuest and Google maps are displayed using the same browser.
DXCC the version number of the currently-installed DXCC database
IOTA the version number of the currently-installed IOTA database
LotW Callsigns the date-of-last-update for the currently-installed LotW callsign database

 

The Plot Settings tab contains four panels:

QSOs when selected with DXKeeper running, logged QSOs are displayed on the world map
  • this item is disabled -- "grayed-out" -- until you direct DXKeeper to designate a set of QSOs to be plotted by clicking the Plot button on the Log QSOs tab of its Main window 

  • if DXKeeper's Log Page Display is filtered when you click the Plot button on the Log QSOs tab of its Main window, then this item's caption will change to Filtered QSOs; allowing the mouse cursor to hover over the caption will produce a popup display containing the filter expression

DXCC Entities when selected with DXKeeper running, DXCC entities are displayed on the world map
Unworked when checked, the world map displays logged QSOs whose DXCC award status is expired,  and DXCC entities whose award status is unworked
Unconfirmed when checked, the world map displays logged QSOs whose DXCC award status is worked or requested,  and DXCC entities whose award status is worked, queued, or requested
Confirmed when checked, the world map displays logged QSOs whose DXCC award status is confirmed or submitted,  and DXCC entities whose award status is confirmed
Verified when checked, the world map displays logged QSOs whose DXCC award status is verified,  and DXCC entities whose award status is verified

 

band checkboxes determines whether DX spots, DX QSOs, or DXCC entity award progress on the specified band appear on the world map
? checkbox determines whether DX spots, DX QSOs, or DXCC entity award progress whose band is unknown appear on the world map
None  checkbox resets all band checkboxes
Top checkbox sets the 160m checkbox
Low checkbox sets the 80m and 40m checkboxes
Tri checkbox sets the 20m, 15m, and 10m checkboxes
Warc checkbox sets the 30m, 17m, and 12m checkboxes
VHF checkbox sets the 6m and 2m checkboxes
All checkbox sets all band checkboxes

 

 
mode checkboxes determines whether DX spots, DX QSOs, or DXCC entity award progress in the specified mode appear on the world map
? checkbox determines whether DX spots, DX QSOs, or DXCC entity award progress whose mode is unknown appear on the world map
None  checkbox resets all mode checkboxes
All checkbox sets all mode checkboxes

 

NAE checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from eastern North America appear on the world map
NAM checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from midwestern North America appear on the world map
NAW checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from western North America appear on the world map
SA checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from South America appear on the world map
EU checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from Europe appear on the world map
AF checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from Africa appear on the world map
AS checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from Asia appear on the world map
OC checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs originating from Oceania appear on the world map
? checkbox determines whether DX spots or DX QSOs whose origin is unknown appear on the world map
None checkbox resets all origin checkboxes
All checkbox sets all origin checkboxes
 

The Rotor Control tab contains the Enable checkbox and six panels

AlfaSpid specifies and AlfaSpid antenna rotator
ARSWIN specifies a rotator controlled by ARSWIN
Heath specifies a Heath HD1780 IntelliRotor
Hygain specifies a rotator whose controller uses the Hygain DCU-1 protocol
LP-Rotor specifies a rotator controlled by LP-Rotor
M2 RC2800P-A specifies an M2  RC2800P-A antenna rotator
M2 RC2800X specifies an M2 RC2800PX antenna rotator
Prosistel specifies a Prosistel antenna rotator
SARtek specifies a SARtek rotor controller
TIC specifies a TIC rotor controller
TrackBox specifies a TAPR TrackBox rotor controller
Yaesu specifies a Yaesu antenna rotator

 

Slow selects the rotators slowest speed of rotation
Medium selects the rotators mid-range speed of rotation
Fast selects the rotators fastest speed of rotation

 

Endpoint enables the Rotor-EZ "endpoint" option (disabling jumper on PCB must be removed for this to work)
Overshoot enables the Rotor-EZ "overshoot" option (disabling jumper on PCB must be removed for this to work)
Unstick enables the Rotor-EZ "Unstick" option (disabling jumper on PCB must be removed for this to work)
 
Solar-QTH
  • continuously displays the difference, in degrees, between the Sun's present longitude and your QTH's longitude

  • if your QTH longitude and PC's clock are set accurately, the Sun is due south or due north of your antenna when this value is 0

Rotator offset
  • use this setting to compensate for rotator positioning errors, and/or for rotator controllers requiring a fixed offset (e.g. Yaesu rotator controllers in North America require an offset of -180)

  • enter a value between -359 and +359

 

If Commander is running, the checkboxes in this panel determine whether a rotator control directive from another application is obeyed or ignored: if the active transceiver band's box is checked in this panel, then rotator control directives are obeyed.  If the active transceiver band's box is not checked, then rotator control directives are ignored. If Commander is not running, rotator control directives from other applications are obeyed.

 

 

The World Map tab contains four panels:

The slider in this panel specified the initial zoom level when Google Maps are invoked to display the current position. Zoom level 15 uses the least magnification for the widest possible view, while zoom level 0 uses the most magnification for the most detailed view. High magnification maps are not available for some parts of the world.

The Entity Overides tab allows you to specify up to 16 callsigns and their associated DXCC entities. You can use this mechanism to handle DX callsigns that do not conform to standard prefix allocations. DXKeeper will be be governed by these Entity Overides; If Spotcollector is installed it will also be governed by these Entity Overides. You can also specify or modify Entity Overides via the Entity Overides tab on SpotCollector's Configuration window; any such changes will be reflected in DXView's Entity Overides tab.