Re: [Tlf-devel] arrl ss update

[Rob Vance]

First, thanks to for the feedback on my questions from NY6P and N0OYT.

I made CONTEST=arrlss and RULES=arrlss thinking they had to be the same.  The 
program worked without crashes but didn't score correctly.  Also, it didn't 
present the window with the sections in it.

At that point I began playing with the rules in an attempt to get it to score 
a callsign once per contest, not once per band.  No luck.

This evening I returned to the original format of CONTEST=arrl_ss (in the 
rules) and RULES=arrlss (in the logcfg.dat file, which is consistent with the 
name of my rules file).

I am back to square one.  The program loads; I enter a call sign, hit return, 
the program opens the window with the sections, it moves to the SECTION 
field, I type in a section (for example SCV, which is my section), the 
program responds with "section?" and then seg faults.

(by the way: I've set-up a separate directory for each contest as you 
described and I make new copies of the rules files in the directory structure 
as you recommended. The program indicates these files have loaded 
successfully when running tlf -v.)

Is this a known fault/bug?  Have I missed something?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

-Rob, N6ROB



On Tuesday 31 October 2006 8:43 am, Rob Vance wrote:
> Okay, I found the problem with the rule file where CONTEST=arrl_ss, which
> should be CONTEST=arrlss.  That helps - the program seems to take callsigns
> and sections without crashing or other problems.
>
> I have reviewed the ARRL SS rules on their website.  One contact counts for
> the entire contest; not once per band.   "6.1.  Work each station only
> once, regardless of the frequency band."
>
> Each contact is two points.  Multipliers are the ARRLSECTIONS (plus NT
> VE8/VY1/VY0).
>
> I have reviewed the man tlf page for the latest notes on tlf and I cannot
> figure out how to set the program to count two points per contact, once per
> contest.  I tried WYSIWYG_ONCE but that didn't seem to work, so I commented
> it out.
>
> So far I am getting two points per contact, once per band instead of once
> per contest (the two-points-per-contact function is working just fine). 
> Here are my rule settings:
>
> ################################################
> # The ARRL SWEEPSTAKES contest needs a         #
> # multiplier file containing the sections      #
> # which are used as a multiplier in the        #
> # directory you start tlf from (arrlsections). #
> ################################################
> #
> CONTEST=arrlss
> LOGFILE=ss.log
> MULT_LIST=arrlsections
> SECTION_MULT
> CONTEST_MODE
> #WYSIWYG_ONCE
> TWO_POINTS
> #
>
> I am sure this must be operator error and I beg your patience with a
> newbie. Am I missing something?
>
> -Rob
>
> On Monday 30 October 2006 4:17 pm, Rob Vance wrote:
> > I seem to be having a problem getting tlf to work on the arrl ss
> > configuration.
> >
> > The logcfg.dat files says:
> >
> > RULES=arrlss
> > ...
> >
> > The rule file says:
> >
> > ################################################
> > # The ARRL SWEEPSTAKES contest needs a         #
> > # multiplier file containing the sections      #
> > # which are used as a multiplier in the        #
> > # directory you start tlf from (arrlsections). #
> > ################################################
> > #
> > CONTEST=arrl_ss
> > LOGFILE=ss.log
> > MULT_LIST=arrlsections
> > CONTEST_MODE
> >
> > <... etc.>
> >
> > I have included the arrlsections file in the working directory.
> >
> > When loading tlf -v it appears to load all the above files as well as the
> > arrlsections files without a problem.  This problem occurs when I use
> > rigcontrol, or not.
> >
> > Once the program loads I type a callsign, hit enter.  tlf issues a serial
> > number, and then the cursor moves to the next field. I type in a section
> > code (such as SCV) and hit enter.  tlf responds by asking "section?" in a
> > field underneath where I entered the section information.  Then it hangs,
> > and eventually delivers a segmentation fault.
> >
> > I am using 0.9.30 which I loaded from repository via Adept on a Dapper
> > Drake Kubuntu system.
> >
> > I have noticed that the rule file seems very short compared to the list
> > of options noted in the man page.  I may have foolishly thought this file
> > was ready to go; perhaps I need to complete this file and that's why the
> > program is crashing(?).
> >
> > It's a great program and I am really excited to try it out on SS.  Thanks
> > to Rein and the tlf team.
> >
> > -Rob, N6ROB
> >
> >
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