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RE: [WriteLog] Networked WriteLog and Function Key Assignments

To: "'WriteLog Reflector'" <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Networked WriteLog and Function Key Assignments
From: k8isk@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:01:08 +0000
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If you are handy with Windows NT/2K/XP you can have different profiles per log 
in account. You can also have "roving profiles" that follow users in a network. 
There are some security issues that may or may not conflict with WL. I suggest 
reading one of the Windows Companion manuals and experiment long before a 
contest for problems.

As a IT manager in the "real world", only requiring a single license for a 
multiop is VERY generous of Wayne.

Terry
> > Where are the key assignments (i.e., memories) stored in a networked
> > multi-op operation? Can they be different for each operating position
> > (i.e., on the local copy of the contest), or must they be the same for
> > all? Can the .ini files be different with respect to CT compatibility,
> > etc.? 
> 
> The function key assignments (including the F-key messages) and INI
> files are separate--each machine in the network has its own. The
> recommended practice for getting the network started, however, is
> to start with a single blank .WL file and copy it to all the PC's.
> This copying processing makes sure that all are logging the same
> exchange. But once the copy is done, each machine can be separately
> customized.
> 
> That doesn't completely solve the problem you describe, though. 
> The customization of the keys (and screen layout) is a preference
> that an operator carries with him from PC to PC. WL doesn't have
> any easy way for him to do that. 
> 
> > 
> > And this licensing question -- how many licenses of the program does
> > the Field Day operation need to own?  Can a member "loan" his/her
> > license to the club for the event if he/she doesn't operate at home
> > during that same contest? 
> > 
> 
> We expect that some one operator doing the multi-op have paid for 
> registration code being used. One is enough. Zero is not.
> 
> Wayne, W5XD
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