SpotCollector Online Help Contents
The Sources tab contains four panels and the alert when Talk message received setting.
This panel provides settings for each of four Telnet DXClusters.
Enable | If checked, a DXCluster Window is displayed for the specified Host Address |
Auto | If checked, a connection with the specified Host Address will be initiated when SpotCollector is started, or after a previous connection has been broken |
Hide | if
checked, the DXCluster window is hidden
when connected; if unchecked, the DXCluster window is immediately made
visible
|
Host Address | The internet address of the server on which the desired DXCluster is running |
Ann/Talk | If checked, only announcement and talk messages will be displayed in the DXCluster window (DX and WWV spots will be added to their respective databases, but will not be displayed in the DXCluster window) |
Port | The TCP port through which the server provides Telnet access to its DXCluster |
Caption | Text that will appear in the title bar of the DXCluster Window |
Username | Text
used if the DXCluster's login process requires a user identifier
|
Password | Text
used if the DXCluster's login process requires a user password (note:
specifying a password when none is required may cause the login to fail)
|
Cmd | Text
sent after the DXCluster's login process, typically to
"connect" to the DXCluster
|
Spot | If checked, outgoing spots will be sent to this DXCluster |
In Telnet DXCluster's Username, Password, and Cmd settings, and in the Initial Cluster Command, any information not surrounded by a pair of angle brackets is transmitted verbatim. Valid substitution commands begin and end with an angle bracket; SpotCollector processes such commands in these settings by replacing them as enumerated in the following table:
Command | Replacement |
<n> | the character whose ASCII code is n (for 0 <= n < 255) |
<enter> | the character whose ASCII code is 13 |
<file filename> | the contents
of the designated file
|
<mycall> | the operator's callsign |
<mylowercasecall> | the operator's callsign in lower case letters |
<myuppercasecall> | the operator's callsign in upper case letters |
<newline> | the character whose ASCII code is 10 |
<UTC> | the current UTC time |
<date> | the current UTC date |
<revision> | SpotCollector's revision level |
Enable | If checked, a PacketCluster Window is displayed for the specified PacketCluster Callsign |
Auto | If checked, a connection with the specified PacketCluster Callsign will be initiated when SpotCollector is started, or after a previous connection has been broken |
Hide | if
checked, the PacketCluster window is hidden
when connected; if unchecked, the PacketCluster window is immediately
made visible
|
Ann/Talk | If checked, only announcement and talk messages will be displayed in the PacketCluster window (DX and WWV spots will be added to their respective databases, but will not be displayed in the PacketCluster window) |
Packet Callsign | The Callsign of the node hosting the PacketCluster to which you wish to connect |
Keep | If checked, maintains your PacketCluster connection by sending a Newline character every 5 minutes |
Caption | Text that will appear in the title bar of the PacketCluster Window |
Bye Cmd | Command that will be sent to the PacketCluster when you disconnect (defaults to Bye ) |
TNC Model | Selects the Terminal Node Controller (TNC) model connected to the serial port, thereby determining the Command File from which TNC directives are defined |
Cmd | Text sent 5 seconds after the PacketCluster login process, typically to "connect" to another packet node; leave this setting blank if no post-login command is required. |
Spot | If checked, outgoing spots will be sent to this PacketCluster |
Enable | If checked, an IRC Window for the specified IRC Channel is displayed |
Auto | If checked, a connection with the specified IRC Channel will be initiated when SpotCollector is started, or after a previous connection has been broken |
Hide | if
checked, the IRC window is hidden
when connected; if unchecked, the IRC window is immediately made visible
|
Host Address | The internet
address of an IRC Server through which the specified IRC
Channel is accessible
|
Channel | The name of
the desired IRC Channel, without the leading #
If you include the leading #, SpotCollector will remove it during the connection process. |
Caption | Text that will appear in the title bar of the IRC Window |
Username | Text used to
login to the IRC server
|
First Name | Text used to login to the IRC server |
Robot | the name of the CQDX spotting robot (usually DXS; use DDX when DXS is unavailable) |
Spot | If checked, outgoing spots will be sent to the CQDX IRC Channel |
Enable | when checked, the specified command will be sent to each Telnet DXCluster and PacketcLuster after logging in |
Command | cluster command sent to each Telnet DXCluster and PacketCluster after logging in (embedded commands can be used) |
If the alert when Talk message received box is checked, then a Talk message received by a Telnet DXCluster or PacketCluster source window or a Private message received by the IRC source window will make the source window visible and play the sound file specified in the Audio message alert pathname textbox; if no filename is specified, the Windows Default Beep audible alert will be played.