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Logger32 Changelog

What's new in Logger32 4.0.132

Jan 19, 2021
  • Added CAT commands and scripts for IC-7300(tnx N8DC).Added URL for the public version of the v3.5 to v4 updaterto the migration instructions

New in Logger32 3.50.340 (Nov 22, 2017)

  • Three days without a single nasty message about the UDP BandMap implementation. I'm impressed. The feature has been turned back on.

New in Logger32 3.50.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following section has been removed:
  • IOTA Marathon
  • The following section has been added:
  • G3YYD 2Tone RTTY Engine
  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Setup Antenna Rotator
  • Updating Logger32
  • Logbook Entry Window
  • Telnet CLuster Window
  • The Band Map
  • Sound Card Data WIndow
  • Communicating with PSK31 and PSK63
  • Communicating with RTTY
  • MACROs Hot Keys and Progammable Buttons
  • Multi RX
  • Radio Control Panel
  • Power SDR
  • Status Bars
  • Previous QSOs window
  • DX Spots window
  • CW Machine
  • Award Tables
  • Importing Logs

New in Logger32 3.49.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been added:
  • DXCC Validation
  • Computer Suggestions
  • Dual Monitors
  • Support for microHam Control Commands
  • Open Two Radio Switching Protocol
  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Setup Radio Control
  • Setup Antenna Rotator
  • Logbook Entry Window
  • Backing up Logger32 Files and Databases
  • LOTW Synchronization
  • MACROs Hot Keys and Progammable Buttons
  • Printing Awards Tables
  • Setup Menu
  • Status Bars
  • Database Maintenance
  • Radio Control Panel
  • Elecraft K2 K3 and KX3
  • ICOM General
  • Yaesu FTDX-5000
  • Automatic Antenna Switch

New in Logger32 3.48.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following section has been added:
  • Griffin PowerMate
  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • System Requirements
  • DX Spots Window
  • MACROs, Hot Keys and Programmable Buttons
  • CW Machine
  • The Band Map

New in Logger32 3.47.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following section has been added:
  • ARRL scraper
  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Links and Reflectors
  • System Requirements
  • Installation Procedures
  • Setup Bands and Modes
  • Setup Radio Control
  • SO2R Suppport
  • Setup Antenna Selector
  • Updating Logger32
  • Backing Up Logger32 Files and Databases
  • Using the LocalHost panel with CW Skimmer and VE7CC
  • Sound Card Data Window
  • MACROs Hot Keys and Programmable Buttons
  • Calibrating the Sound Card
  • Sound Card Transmitter Audio Setup
  • Status Bars
  • Radio Control Panel
  • Alpha 87A Linear
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Abbreviations

New in Logger32 3.46.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following section has been removed:
  • The V Enumeration
  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Updating Logger32
  • DX Spots Window
  • The Band Map
  • Background Maps
  • MACROs Hot Keys and Programmable Buttons
  • Setup Menu
  • Radio Control Panel

New in Logger32 3.45.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Logbook Entry Window
  • Callsign Lookup
  • DX Spots Window
  • Adjust DX Spots for Audio Frequency
  • The Band Map
  • Sound Card Data Window
  • Communicating with RTTY
  • MACROs Hot Keys and Programmable Buttons
  • CW Machine Window
  • Award Tracking
  • Main Menu
  • Using the Logger32 External Interface
  • Radio Control Panel

New in Logger32 3.44.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Copyrights and Licenses
  • Previous QSOs Window
  • Communicating with RTTY
  • CW Machine Window
  • Radio Control Panel
  • Links and Reflectors

New in Logger32 3.43.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • DX Spots WIndow
  • Communicating with PSK31 and PSK63
  • MACROs, Hot Keys and Programmable Buttons
  • CW Machine Window
  • Setup Memu
  • Using the Logger32 External Interface
  • Alpha87A Linear
  • Abbreviations
  • The following sections have been moved:
  • Radio Debug WIndow
  • Direct Control of Radio
  • Interfacing a Radio for PC Control

New in Logger32 3.42.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • Logbook Entry Window
  • Award Tracking
  • DX Spots Window
  • Worked Confirmed Window
  • Main Menu
  • Abbreviations

New in Logger32 3.41.0 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • The following sections have been modified:
  • Welcome and History
  • Version History
  • Help File Changes
  • System Requirements
  • Setup Antenna Rotator
  • Logbook Entry Window
  • Previous QSOs Window
  • Communicating with PSK, MFSK and QPSK
  • Communicating with RTTY
  • Award Tracking
  • Toolbar
  • DX Spots Window
  • Tips, Tricks and Troubeshooting

New in Logger32 3.39.0 (Mar 2, 2012)

  • Added: IOTA Marathon tracking
  • Bug Fix: Erratic freq display in the sound card with SO2V window open.
  • Update: New raccd32a.dll for callsign lookup.
  • Bug fix: QSO mask problem (IOTA)
  • Bug fix: Logbook Page window did not display multi-line notes.
  • Bug fix: Sound card did not remember position when on 2nd monitor.
  • Bug fix: Changing the text font/color in the Telnet window results in only the next spot received using the new format. Further spots revert to the previous format.
  • Bug fix: The "X" in the column for worked before in the DX Spots window doesn't display a previous QSO when it's set as previous band/mode
  • Bug fix: Code changed to prevent a quick click on a second DX Spot triggering the clear callsign on QSY logic. The radio does not correctly respond to a filter bandwidth command and it must be sent twice.
  • Bug fix: DVK not properly saving caption labels.
  • Bug Fix: Previous QSOs pane freezes when Previous QSOs window configured to show all QSOs with the Home callsign.
  • Bug Fix: Click on dx spot, some times the status info from the pane in the upper status bar, show nothing, after a second click in the same dx spot, then the info is correct.
  • Bug fix: Changing operator or logbook would update the DX Spot Window Worked/Confirmed colors and tool tips, but not the QSO B4 column.
  • Bug fix: Wrong highlighted back color in DX spot window. (New IOTA and New Country)
  • Added: Support for rotor controller software via the External Interface, a new Rotor type has been added "External Interface".

New in Logger32 3.38.0 (Mar 2, 2012)

  • Bug fix to ADD Window where duplicate times were not incrementing correctly.
  • Cosmetic change to horizantal scrollbar on the Logbook Page Window.
  • Cosmetic change made to IOTA Spot Map. Additional color selection menus added.
  • Bug fixed with STX not updating correctly in the Logbook Entry Window.
  • Bug fixed with Primary/Secondary Admin Subdivision Window not showing correctly.
  • Previous QSOs Window can now show QSOs with home call. New menu options added.
  • Bug fix for Logbook editing copying data from previous QSO.
  • Bug fix for HamQTH not copying IOTA to the Logbook Entry Window.

New in Logger32 3.37.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Bug fix in Primary and Secondary Admin status
  • Implementation of 'By Year' DXCC tracking.

New in Logger32 3.36.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Bug fixes to HamQTH lookup including correct lookup of callsigns with "/" in them.
  • Bug fixes to the Telnet Cluster window.
  • FTDX-5000 added to the list of supported radios.
  • Bug in the AFC switch in the Status bar of the Soundcard window fixed.
  • New menu item "Show controls in Microsoft 3D" added to the View item in the main Menu. Major cosmetic changes made to all of the Buttons, Checkboxes, List boxes and Text boxes in Logger32.
  • Bug fixed in the interaction between the Previous QSOs and Logbook Page windows.
  • Bug fixed with use of regional delimitters in CSV files.
  • New menu item Appearance added to the Config Menu in the CW Machine.
  • Five new MACROs have been added to the CW Machine window.
  • A new menu item "Hotkeys" has been added to the Setup Menu to configure the Global Keys.
  • An SWL QSL reply option has been added to the Previous QSOs window.
  • In the View menu item of the Main menu, the Form background change menu item has been changed to "Setup color preferences".
  • Extensive changes have been made to the Logbook databases and this work will continue in upcoming releases. Some original database files are no longer used (and are automatically deleted), and new files are added (automatically).
  • Bug fix in the Utility Program setup process. Logger32 no longer crashes when attemtping to autostart a non-existent Utility program.
  • Windows for changing the operator were simplified
  • A new Debug window for external interfaces has been implemented, meant primarily for software developers.
  • Changes made to the DCU-1 rotor protocol to accomodate the format ;xxx and xxx;

New in Logger32 3.35.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Added MultiRX to the MMVARI engine. This feature adds up to 24 multiple receive/decode channels across the visible spectrum bandwidth.
  • Fixed bug: QSO edit functions in the Logbook Page Window.
  • Fixed bug: No caption on the Work Confirmed Window.
  • Fixed bug: Callsign highlight problem on the Sound Card Data Window.
  • Fixed bug: Logbook Backups were not working after each QSO.
  • Fixed bug: ADIF FREQ_RX was not included in a logbook ADIF export file
  • Fixed bug where Data terminal Macros were being saved with the same caption as the Sound card window
  • "OK QSL by" field added to HamQTH ADIF lookup.
  • HamQTH.com have now added an ADIF lookup that Logger32 can access directly (the button between the Internet lookup (QRZ.com) and CD ROM Lookup). Changes made to the Internet lookup (internal) window (new menus added)
  • Added a MultiRX menu to the Sound Card Data Window. This menu item is only visible when running MMVARI.
  • added to the external interface.
  • Bug fix – Quick QSL window
  • Bug fix: when operating RTTY with MultiRX, sub-channels now use the same RTTY decoding, IIR or FFT, as channel 0 (the main receiver).
  • Bug Fix: Logbook Focus problem when editing the administration info menu.
  • Changes made to external interface. Message 106 added
  • Changes made to the ALFA 87A interface.
  • Bug Fixes to the MultiRX function in the MMVARI machine.

New in Logger32 3.34.17 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Added MultiRX to the MMVARI engine. This feature adds up to 24 multiple receive/decode channels across the visible spectrum bandwidth.
  • Fixed bug: QSO edit functions in the Logbook Page Window.
  • Fixed bug: No caption on the Work Confirmed Window.
  • Fixed bug: Callsign highlight problem on the Sound Card Data Window.
  • Fixed bug: Logbook Backups were not working after each QSO.
  • Fixed bug: ADIF FREQ_RX was not exporting

New in Logger32 3.34.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Two new rotors should now be visible on the Rotor Setup Window. (GS232B AZ/AZ A and GS232B AZ/AZ B) to support the new ERC-M interface.
  • A new option in the Telnet Local host menu allows for the main Telnet blocking filters to be used or not as desired for this window.
  • Change made to the Previous QSO window to stop it automatically opening every time a call is entered in the "Logbook Entry" window.
  • The IOTA Activity window is now sizeable in both the horizontal and vertical directions (just like DX Activity window).
  • A code change has been made that may (or may not) help the reported problem with DX Spot and Worked/Confirmed Windows not aligning [vertically] the grid properly.
  • Cleared the problem of non printable characters appearing on the Local Host screen when looking at a cluster.
  • The country name now appears in the upper status bar when clicking on a callsign in previous QSO window.
  • When using the "Add QSO" facility the incremental seconds addition for QSO having the same time was not resetting correctly at the next minute.
  • Maintenance release 3.33.16 fixes a bug in the release 3.33.7 that caused the MESSAGES tab of the Telnet/Cluster window to display incorrectly.
  • File export - Changes made to allow the user to specify the QSL file export \path\filename and for Logger32 to remember it The same has also been applied to the two backup selections (Logbook & User files). Both changes simplify the generating of backups without having to specify the path each time.
  • Under some circumstances the Previous QSOs Windows populated, cleared, and populated a second time. Bug cleared.
  • Change made so that Search Window does not automatically close when the Logbook Page Window looses focus.
  • Minor bug associated with the Internet callsign window that didn't close on clicking on a new spot report cleared.
  • A VSC (Virtual SteppIR Controller) introduced. See new antenna icon on the icon bar.
  • Logbook Entry window now allows the form style/colour of the user. Previously the form was fixed in Windows classic colours.
  • 6M added to the CQDXField awards table.
  • Bug cleared whereby transverter offset was not being applied in the Orion support software when setting the radio frequency via the CAT control.
  • A simple sanity check for the user defined transverter freq offset has been added.
  • When using "incremented time" on entering QSOs manually the TIME_OFF field was being populated with 00:00:00.
  • When using dual radios in SO2R a DXspot selected from the DXSpot table worked correctly but doing the same from the DXSpot map caused Logger32 to crash when a change of radio was involved.
  • A number of cosmetic changes have been made to:
  • CW Machine and its associated macro setup window
  • Data Terminal Window and its associated macro setup window
  • Sound Card Data and its associated macro setup window
  • Logbook Entry Window and Online Lookup Window (formerly the QRZ lookup).
  • DVK and the Radio Debug Windows.
  • Bug cleared that under certain circumstances did not allow the correct transference of the QSL_Via field from previous QSO information.
  • Simple bug fix of a 'focus' issue that happened only when slow typing was enabled in the CWMachine.
  • Auto band switching added to the 87A Support interface - as a user option.
  • There has been a MAJOR rewrite of the Stats and database referential integrity code to make things faster, and to see test changes to the IOTA query window (the ? next to the IOTA field on the logbook entry window) and the IOTA activity window. A recalc stats for all logbooks will be required.
  • EA4TX Rotor bug fixed.

New in Logger32 3.33.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • The use of the CW $log$ macro could cause a lock up in the telnet window if no callsign was entered. Bug cleared.
  • Changes made to CW Machine callsign editing to be compatible with the Logbook Callsign editing. Previously the left/right arrows moved between the callsign field and the CW text field. This has been changed to Up/Dn Arrows.
  • Attempted to clear a bug that causes red lining in the MMVari AUX windows. A fix has been made but the real problem lies within the MMvari software
  • If the User field FREQ-RX was set up in the log input window but left blank , ".000" was placed in the RX FREQ column in the logbook. Bug corrected so as to leave this column blank - as before.
  • Bug fixed where auto-populate of user fields on the logbook entry window would not work correctly if the clear callsign on QSY option was enabled.
  • If the BAND column/field WAS displayed in the logbook then Logger32 behaved correctly when editing the mode from CW to SSB and/or vice versa but if the BAND column was NOT displayed then the editing of the mode did not correctly change the report (59/599) figures.. Bug cleared.
  • Bug fixed where returning focus to the logbook entry window with a callsign in the callsign field that is the same as the last highlighted callsign on the logbook page window would fail to populate the status bars correctly.
  • The CW Machine macros did not handle embedded characters correctly. Bug corrected
  • Changes were made for the 3.32 release that rewrote the underlying code to handle focus changes of the Logbook entry Window. Bob Furzer was still not satisfied with the way it looks/works so the code was rewritten again.
  • The IOTA Activity window now allows sort by IOTA, Call, Island Group, and Start Date Columns.
  • Bug cleared whereby the Export QSL file facility printed the header line twice
  • Code changed to that when using DIG and/or PHO in the Worked/Confirmed Window, the QSO B4 THIS BAND/MODE option compares QSOs for DIG and/or PHO and not by logged mode as before.
  • Bug fix. Sort order of the Logbook Page Window is correctly remembered following a search and QSO selection.
  • Change made so the External Interface is notified when user aborts an eQSL Export or a LoTW Export.
  • Changes made to the way some macros are handled in the CW Machine to clear a couple of reported bugs.
  • Change made to DX Spot Window caption. ( to include operator)
  • Change made so the changing the DX Spot Window selection for all operators to current operator
  • (and the other way) now goes through all DX Spots in the DXSpot window and changes colors as necessary. Previously only new spots received after the selection was changed reflected the new color. Spots already received were left unchanged.
  • Changes made in an attempt to handle unplugged USB cables better.
  • Changes made to the 'feel' of the QSO Search Window' -- Things like changing Sort Order by clicking on the Logbook Page while Search Window open.
  • DX Spot Window menu SETUP | APPEARANCE | COLOR SELECTION & AUDIO ALERTS FOR THIS OPERATOR ONLY has been removed. DX Spot Windows statistice (worked/confirmed etc) are derived from the Worked/Confirmed Window.
  • 'This operator only' colors/alerts now follow the Worked/Confirmed Window menu selection.
  • New Menus added to the Worked/Confirmed Window that allows the user to select what QSO confirmed information is displayed. This selection will also effect the colours shown in the DX Spot table. In addition the title bar to the DX Spot
  • and the Worked/confirmed windows now displays the operator and QSL type selected.
  • Added CALL to the list of columns on the 425 DX Window on which the user can sort.
  • Code added to QSL, eQSL and LotW Export that saves the path /file information last used.
  • The following changes made to the CW Machine:
  • To match WinKey, the intercharacter stretch has been changed from ~ (in the public release) to |. Also, to match WinKey, the stretch time has been changed from adding 50% to the intercharacter time to adding 50% of a dot to the intercharacter time.
  • In an effort to match WinKey, prosigns $ = SX, ; = AA, < = AR and > = SK have been added to the software keyer.
  • So, the list of software prosigns and punctuation supported is:
  • Case "/": encode = "-..-."
  • Case ".": encode = ".-.-.-"
  • Case ",": encode = "--..--"
  • Case ":": encode = "---..."
  • Case "?": encode = "..--.."
  • Case "-": encode = "-....-"
  • Case "'": encode = ".----."
  • Case "(": encode = "-.--.."
  • Case ")": encode = "-.--.-"
  • Case """": encode = ".-..-."
  • Case "@": encode = ".--.-."
  • Case "$": encode = "...-..-"
  • Case ";": encode = ".-.-"
  • Case "": encode = "...-.-"
  • Case "=": encode = "-...-"
  • Case "+": encode = ".-.-."
  • Case "&": encode = ".-..."
  • Case "!": encode = "...-."
  • Case "@": encode = ".--.-."
  • c) There is a note in the documentation that software prosigns = + & ! and @ can not be included in macros. This has been changed.
  • If a DX Spot from a SH/DX/nn command was a duplicate (and filter dupes was checked), then the time field of the original DX Spot was set to nothing. Bug cleared.

New in Logger32 3.32.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Cleared a minor bug relating to fonts and colours associated with the logbook window and the bandmaps.
  • If a change frequency command is issued to an FT-450 that would change the radios band, the command string to the radio is prefixed with a BSxx command.
  • If there is no rotor selected (for the current band), the $rotor$ macro is now ignored.
  • Kenwood TS-480 added as a radio type.
  • The DX activity window derived from 425DX information now supports new columns associated with IOTA data.
  • It is now possible to consolidate the DIGital and PHOne Modes in the Worked/Confirmed Window. New menus added (Right click on Worked/Confirmed Window) which allow the user to make presentation choices.
  • The underlying code that controls events surrounding the callsign field of the logbook entry window has been rewrittenrewritten.
  • A variable "weight" option has been added to the software version of the CW machine.
  • Logger32 now allows the user to enter FREQ_RX in the preferred format (just like FREQ).
  • The exporting of Stats data now supports Tab and comma delimited files (.CSV and TSV) in place of .TXT files.
  • When a callsign is entered into the Logbook Entry Window a checkmark will be displayed if the QSO partner is a LotW user, provided that Logger32 has already downloaded and generated a LotWUser32 database.
  • Minor bug corrected in the display of the Logbook following a QSO delete.
  • Cleared minor bug associated with the tabs in the tracking window.
  • Bug correction made to the Add QSO window where an edit in the DXCC pane (set in the ADIF field pane) followed by the use of the Primary Admin pull down menu gave the wrong information.

New in Logger32 3.31.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Corrected a bug in the backup routines where certain combination selections did not function correctly
  • Change made to use the GetUserDefaultLCID() API to determine the users language settings.
  • The size of the grayline window changed if Logger32 was closed when this window was being displayed. Bug corrected
  • Change made to the Flex 3000 support to make the mouse wheel change the radio frequency rather than the radio mode.
  • "Show Rotor debug window" added to the rotor pop-up menu in the lower task bar.
  • In the CW machine the PTT tail delay max setting has been extended to 500mS
  • Added support for multiple rotors (1 thru 9).
  • Changes made to the TNC support to remove a "#2" at the beginning of each message.

New in Logger32 3.30.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Note: As some menu items have been added/moved a new language dll file is required .
  • A freeze/unfreeze button has been added to the radio debug window.
  • The two MMVari Aux channels did NOT decode RTTY when this mode was selected in the Aux window. Also the pull down menu in the Aux windows did not display the whole range of modes available.
  • Changes made to DXCC and DXCC Challenge awards. The sort by prefix option now sorts correctly.
  • Changes made (untested) to force the INI settings of the Logbook Page, Previous QSOs and Generic QSOs windows multiline header settings to be (English only) False/True.
  • Cleared a minor bug in the EA4TX ARS rotator support software.
  • Minor code changes made to provide manual selection/testing of the LPT automatic
  • antenna selector.
  • Previously, with auto QRZ lookup enabled, and clicking on multiple DX Spots, the Logger32 QRZ lookup window (not Rick's [N2AMG] application browser window) would close and reopen on each DX Spot click. Now, the window should stay open.
  • Code added to the external interface to provide an audit trail (in ADI format).
  • New messages and added to external interface.
  • New automated file back up options on Backup Windows. Click either of the left two icons on the buttonbar and follow that with selecting the "schedule" menu
  • Change made to external interface code to add Band information when a callsign change is sent to the external application.
  • Correction to the software which determined the DXCC totals for LotW credits. Also code to prevent users selecting credit submitted/granted for DXCC_CW QSOs prior to award commencement date has been added.
  • Support for PowerSDR added

New in Logger32 3.29.0 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • A minor bug with the default audio frequency for the soundcard has been corrected
  • Additional capability added to the external lookup interface. Callsign to be looked up is now written to a file in the application path called 'LookupCallsign.txt'. This is in addition to the previously documented interprocess messages.
  • Latest MMVARI.ocx contains yet more MFSK mode speeds.
  • NOTE: Only MFSK16 is a valid ADIF Mode. Until there is definitive information on what mode to log these strange MFSK modes, they all default to MFSK16.
  • More changes to M2 rotor support.
  • The capability to recognize a DX Spot station who is known to use LoTW has been added. A highlight color in the leftmost column of the DX Spot Window and the BandMap windows will indicate a station that uses LoTW.
  • A change has been made to the Winkey2 $msg(x)$ macro in the CW machine. Hopefully it now works.
  • Change made. It should no longer be necessary for the DX Spot window to be open for the BandMaps to display DX Spots.
  • Bug fixed where Secondary Admin Subdivision awards did not show the correct number of rows (no current/all-time totals were shown) on the middle grid).
  • Changes made (in the blind) in an attempt to overcome the reported crashes during LotW/eQSL imports/sync