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*\The start menu                                           
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This is the first screen you will get of LOGGER. Here you  
will be able to select what kind of contest to open. There 
is also some menu functions to help checking information   
and copy it to diskette.                                   
                                                           
At start you can select to open new/last/old contest ;     
                                                           
   A: New... contest                 Date    : 19980101    
   B: Last.. contest                 Contest : NAC144      
   C: Old... contest                 Station : SM0LCB      
                                     Address : SM0LCB      
                                                           
The selection is to the left and to the right there are a  
box showing information about the last contest you have    
opened, date of contest and that template files you used   
for the contest. This box will be shown also when you      
select an old contest to easier select the right contest.  
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*\-Start a contest
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Normal start of LOGGER will have the first choice of       
                                                           
  ---Select contest ---                                    
  ! A: New... contest !                                    
  ! B: Last.. contest !                                    
  ! C: Old... contest !                                    
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New contest                                                
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Select this if you want to start a new contest log. You    
will be prompted for :                                     
                                                           
1: Select contest, from created template files of contest. 
2: Select station, from created template files of station. 
3: Select address, from created template files of address. 
   If only one choice exist this will be loaded !          
                                                           
4: Type of logging ? (Online = realtime).                  
5: If online                                               
     Computer time is, setting of system time.             
   if offline                                              
     Date, set date of contest.                            
                                                           
After this LOGGER is up running.                           
                                                           
Last contest                                               
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In a box to the right you will have information on last    
contest log. Date, contest name, station name and address  
name. The names comes from used template files.            
                                                           
Choice this and you up running the last contest.           
                                                           
Old contest                                                
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With this choice you will be able to read old contest log. 
Selection is done in following way :                       
                                                           
1: Select callsign (directory) if more then one.           
2: Select year of contest if more then one year.           
3: Select contest date. You will have information on the   
   contest in the box to the right with same information   
   as for "last contest".                                  
                                                           
After this LOGGER will read contest log and it's there.    
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Under the LOGGER menu here you will find functions for easy
access to old contest text files, copy it to/from diskette 
and edit the template files.                               
                                                           
View contest                                               
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When you exit a contest the program will be created three  
text files with information about the contest.             
                                                           
  L_LOGG.TXT   If you selected a contest file to be printed
               it will have this file name. This is the    
               file to send to contest manager if he not   
               take EDI files.                             
  L_COMM.TXT   In this file the program take some          
               information out of the log to a comment file
               It nice to send out as information on       
               packetradio or via a internet reflector.    
  L_STAT.TXT   Same as L_COMM.TXT but more information and 
               good for your own use.                      
                                                           
Edit template                                              
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As mention in help overview you here can enter the editor  
of the template files used to start up a contest.          
                                                           
Copy to floppy disk                                        
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This is a easy copy of all files for a selected            
contest.                                                   
                                                           
NOTICE   Only one contest on one floppy disk !             
         Next copy overwrite previous contest data !       
                                                           
         This is NOT a backup function !                   
                                                           
Copy from floppy disk                                      
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Will take floppy disk information created with above       
function and add it to the LOGGER directory tree and update
the year files for the directory.                          
                                                           
Refresh year files                                         
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After saving (exit) a contest the program also updates to  
year files under the LOG directory with the contest QSO    
information. This files are :                              
                                                           
  LOG_yyyy.TXT   The logfile for year yyyy. Hold all       
                 information about the QSO in LOGGER format
                                                           
  QSL_yyyy.UQF   The QSL file for year yyyy. This file     
                 holds only information used by "QSLs      
                 Online Server by Sk0UX, for more          
                 information look on SK0UX homepage on     
                 internet.                                 
                 (UQF = Universal QSL Format)              
                                                           
With this function the program will refresh the information
using all contest information in subdirectories for this   
files.                                                     
                                                           
Create new callfile                                        
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Will go through all subdirectories for there year files.   
Take out new calls with locator, date and band information.
Save it to the typed filename in directory INFO\CALLFILE.  
                                                           
Terminal
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This is the same packet radio terminal window used inside  
the LOGGER program. Added here is the upload function of   
contest text files via easy selection menu.                
                                                           
Open an easy way to send L_LOGG.TXT to contest manager and 
send L_COMM.TXT as bulletin to the contest community.      
                                                           
You type   sb vhf@sm               ; command to BBS        
           NAC result 144 MHz      ; write subject         
Push PgUp  select L_COMM.TXT       ; upload file           
You type   /EX                     ; end bulletin          
                                                           
Observe to use handshake for safe upload function.         

Terminal setup                                             
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To use LOGGER with packet radio you need to setup a        
terminal connection with you TNC via a serial line         
(COM-port). Here you will get a setup menu for this.       
                                                           
    Terminal for......... Not used
    Communication setup                                    
    Edit key memory 
    Keep alive........... NO
    Term Serv Addr....... 0
                                                           
Terminal for                                               
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Here you can setup what kind of function you want with your
connection :                                               
                                                           
Not used......... disconnect the serial line.              
Terminal......... used only as an normal terminal 
                  connected to the TNC
LOGGER Net....... add functions to exchange data with other
                  contest operators.                       
                  See more information in separate chapter.
DX-Cluster/Spider add functions to send/receive DX message.
                  See more information in separate chapter.
                  There are two types. The old DX-Cluster  
                  software and the newer DX-spider software
DX-Cluster/L-Net. get DX-cluster and LOGGER Net function.
DX-Spider/L-Net.. get DX-spider and LOGGER Net function.
                  Check file internal\dxspider.txt for
                  more information regarding using L_NET
                  together with DX-spider.
                                                           
Communication setup                                        
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To setup parameters for the communication port.
                                                           
    Port         select COM1/COM2/FILE/CI-BUS.
    Speed        select 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600 Bits.     
    Bits         select 5, 6, 7 or 8 bit.                  
    Parity       select No, Odd or Even parity.            
    Stop bits    select 1 or 2 bit.                        
    Handshake    select Not used or Xon/Xoff.              
    EOL          select CR   (when using COM1/2)
                        CRLF (when using FILE)
    CI address   select CI-BUS address for the terminal 
                        server on the ICOM-BUS.
                        (decimal number range 2-240).
                                                           
You can use same COM-port for this use and CW keyer!       
Because of this H/W handshake is not valid.                

When selecting CI-BUS port there is a need to start 
LOGGER with the option -CIx:y. The CI address must also
be set to correct address for the terminal server and
a terminal server of some kind must be connected to the
ICOM bus.

Check you TNC for information and also information how to  
connect the TNC port with the selected COM-port.           
                                                           
The handshake is only used to send data from computer to   
packet radio system TNC. When using handshake the computer 
maybe stop sending data to the TNC because the TNC buffer  
is full. This will be indicated with a text box on the     
screens bottom line "DATA HOLD". It's possible to exit the 
"DATA HOLD" with "CTRL-C". Character used for Xon/Xoff is  
0x11 and 0x13.                                             
            
--- Observe you need to set correct EOL setting
# When using serial connection to TNC the setting shall
  be "CR". You can use "CRLF" but check that the TNC will
  work with it. Maybe you need to set "LFIgnore ON".
# When using FILE the setting shall be "CRLF".

For serial connection pin-out, see COM-port pins under     ;
section key connection.                                    ;
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Edit key memory                                            ;
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In all modes you will always be able to pick up a terminal ;
window (see below). In this window you can talk directly   ;
with the TNC and it's connection. To seed up some commands ;
you can store them in one of 12 memories and select them   ;
with the F1 to F12 key in the terminal window.             ;
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Here you can edit the information in each memory.          ;

Keep alive
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Over some connections (GPRS-phone) it seem that the 
connection will abort if no data is send in either 
direction for some time. Therefore the program will send
an empty line every 5 minute if keep alive is ON if no
other data is sent over the connection.

Term Serv Addr
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If you have more LOGGER computers using the same ICOM
CI-BUS (see CI bus setup) you can have one LOGGER program
conneted to the DX-cluster/spider node. This LOGGER node
can then be a terminal server for other LOGGER programs
over the CI-BUS.

To enable this function you need to enter a valid and unic
address for the terminal server in the network in decimal
form at "Term Serv Addr" line. If you set it to zero (0)
then the server is disabled.

All the other LOGGER program shall use CI-BUS for
communication with this server. You must also set the same
network address in the setup (see above about terminal
setup).
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When you start LOGGER you must first create template file  
for the contest, your current station and your address.    
                                                           
Be careful and enter ALL information correct !             
               
CONTEST
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Contest template holds information regarding the contest.  
- Name of contest.                                         
- Type of text log file.                                   
- Creating EDI files.                                      
- Point calculation.                                       
- Used band.                                               
        
STATION
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Station template holds information regarding used station. 
- Used callsign.                                           
- Used locator.                                            
- Directory to save logfile.                               
- Information on station setup.                            
       
Name of the contest
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Contest name.......... The name of the contest
Contest section....... The section (class) of the contest
Contest op's.......... Callsign of operators at the station
Contest log type...... Select type of paper log
Contest EDI log....... Create EDI file (yes/no)
Contest day of month.. Not used
Contest weekday....... Not used

Contest "day of month" and "weekday" can be used to verify
that you are starting a contest log with a valid day
according the the contest rules. If one of this parameters
are set to "Not used" no day checking will be done.

Day of month         Weekday
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Not used             Not used
1:st                 Monday
2:nd                 Tuesday
3:de                 Wednesday
4:th                 Thursday
5:th                 Friday
                     Saturday
                     Sunday    

General setup
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QSO Message...... The message if used in contest.
Valid locator.... Select type of valid locator.
- Not used
- JO99
- JO99AA
- JO99, not own loc
- JO99AA, not own loc
QSO number....... Select type of QSO number.
- No number       Normal contest
- Common number   Normal contest with QSO number.
- Separate number Some odd contest with QSO number.
Max QSO number... Select 999 or 9999.
- Max  999
- Max 9999
Point calculation Select type of point calculation.
- 1 point/km
- 1 point/mile
- SMOH points
Dup call check... Select type of call dup check.
- No dupe check   No call dupe check is done.
- Complete call   All characters is valid.
- Slash call (/M) Ending /M,/1 or similar not in call.
Dup QSO timeout.. After this time in minutes the call
                  will be be a dupe! If zero no enabled.
Select mode...... Select mode to be used in log.
Select propag.... Select propagations to be used in log.

Band setup
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For each band setup this information:
Band in contest.... Band is used in contest.
Band used in log... Band is in log but not counted
                    in the contest.
Count in multiband. Add band point to contest multi band.
Min points......... Min points per QSO.
Max points QSO..... Max points per QSO (zero disabled).
Loc multiplier..... Multiplier for new locator.
Msg multiplier..... Multiplier for new message.
Band multiplier.... Multiplier for QSO on this band.
DXCC multiplier.... Multiplier for new DXCC.
Loc bonus.......... Bonus points for new locator.
Msg bonus.......... Bouns points for new message.
DXCC bonus......... Bonus points for new DXCC.

ADDRESS
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Address template holds information regarding your address. 
- Name of responsible operator.                            
- Address.                                                 
- Phone number.                                            
- BBS address.                                             
- E-mail address.                                          
- Club station.                                            
                                                           
This files can be manage via the start menu selection Edit 
Template. Here you can create new file from current files  
and delete/edit existing files.                            
                                                           
   -- Template configuration --                            
   ! Contest                  !                            
   ! Station                  !                            
   ! Resp op address          !                            
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In default configuration of LOGGER you can only use        
following bands in the program (depending on contest
configuration file) :
                                                           
low bands    : 50, 144 ,432 MHz.
medium bands : 1.3, 2.4, 3.4, 5.7, 10 and 24 GHz.
high bands   : 47, 76, 120, 144 and 244 GHz.
                                                           
You can change which band to use via edit of the file      
"internal\bandinfo.txt". Read the information in the file  
and always have a backup of it if LOGGER don't like you    
new configuration.                                         
                                                           
In the file there is information for some shortwave bands  
and 70, 220, 900 MHz band but they have been remarked
with * and therefore not used. To open any of this bands   
you just need to take the * away.                          
                                                           
In this file there is also two lines setting the selection 
of communication/propagation modes for use in LOGGER.      
                                                           
Observe!                                                   
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This setting will only be valid when edit template files   
and NOT on settings for already started contest files.

Add new bands or delete bands from a contest configuration
file shalle be done using the edit contest file function in
the program. When selecting band there is a possibility to
insert (Ins) and delete (Del) bands.

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LOGGER have a directory structure like below ;             
                                                           
LOGGER-+- LOGGER.EXE                                       
       !                                                   
       +- CONFIG ---+- All template files (cnf/stn/adr)    
       !                                                   
       +- INTERNAL -+- All LOGGER configuration files      
       !                                                   
       +- INFO -----+- BEACON.TXT, GEOGRA.TXT, DXCC.TXT    
       !            !- CALLFILE - All call files...        
       !            !- SKEDFILE - All sked files...        
       !                                                   
       +- TEXT ------- Your own text file                  
       !                                                   
       +- USERS ------ User file (voice files)             
       !                                                   
       +- HELP ------- Help files                          
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       !- SM0LCB.LOG -+- LOG_yyyy.TXT (year log file)      
       !              !- QSL_yyyy.UQF (QSL file)           
       !              !                                    
       !              !- 19980101.LOG -+- Contest file     
                      !                !- Contest setting  
                      !                !- Contest data     
                      !- 19980201.LOG...                   
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                      !- ADI-FILES   --+- ADI_1998.ADI     
                                       !- 19980101.ADI     
                                       !- 19980201.ADI     
                                                           
All template files created will be saved in CONFIG         
directory with extension "CNF" (contest), "STN (station)   
and "ADR" (address). All files are binary and CAN'T be edit
outside the program !                                      
                                                           
In the stations template file you set the LOG directory.   
Normally it will be set to same as your callsign. Under    
this directory you contestfiles will be saved under the    
date set to the contest. Above we have a LOG directory     
SM0LCB.LOG and under it to contest directories 19980101.LOG
and 19980201.LOG.                                          
                                                           
In each contest log directory SM0LCB.LOG\19980101.LOG\     
there will be a contest setting file holding all data from 
the three template files used to start the contest.        
                                                           
OBSERVE that changing information in a template file will  
NOT change the the setting for created contest files. Only 
new contest files will take this new information.          
                                                           
OBSERVE also that a change in a contest setting is NOT     
reflected back to the used template files !                
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Some help information...                                   
                                                           
                                                           
Help overview                                              
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Give a short presentation about the program and how to     
start it.                                                  
                                                           
Help start menu                                            
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Give a short description of the functions at LOGGER startup
screen.                                                    
                                                           
Help LOGGER menu                                           
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Give a short description of the functions during contest   
operation.                                                 
                                                           
About LOGGER                                               
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This give the version of LOGGER and date of it was compiled

Memory used
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This give how much free memory you have in the system for
saving QSO, callsign data...                               

    Free memory is  116.048 kB
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    QSO :    8 of 1000 (  0kB)
    Call: 1682 of 3000 ( 72kB)
    
Free memory is at this moment about 116 kB.

QSO indicate that we used 8 of 1000 QSO in LOGGER and it
take less then 1 kB of memory to hold it.

Call indicate that the current used callsign file holds
1682 call's of maximum 3000 and in memory about 72 kB.
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