Packet Window

Your Packet window will be similar to this one.

The button values can be changed by right clicking on them or going into the menu: 'Config | Change Packet/CW/SSB/Digital Message Buttons | Change Packet/Telnet Buttons'.
Connect and other messages are shown in the bottom pane from the Entry window.
Status info for Telnet is given in the Telnet window title.
Focus is set to the Entry window when one of the 12 buttons is clicked.

All incoming packet spots are placed on the bandmaps. Also the spots requested with commands like SH/DX etc. Split information given in the spot comment will be recognized. When such a spot is selected the transceiver will go into split mode (if applicable). The program recognizes: UP, U, DOWN, DN, D and the word QSX. Examples: QSX 3.838, QSX 4, UP 5, DOWN 2, U 5, D4, U4, DN4, UP4, DOWN4, QSX7144 etc.

When telnet is selected a Telnet DX-cluster can be chosen from the top of this window. By clicking the 'Close Port' button the current connection will be closed. A telnet cluster can be updated in the configurer dialog (Tab: Hardware).

Packet/Telnet has a nine minute stay-alive function which sends a CR every nine minutes (not configurable). The timer is restarted when you send a message to the cluster.

Colors used

• Blue - 'Normal' incoming spots
• Red - (Talk) Messages
• Magenta - WWV messages
• Black - All other messages like cluster welcome messages, SH/DX responses, messages sent to the cluster, prompts etc.

Initial Button Assignments

Below the default key assignment for the packet/telnet buttons. A maximum of 12 buttons are available for packet and telnet. Adding more lines in the Packet Button edit window will not lead to more buttons, 12 is a fixed value. The contents and texts shown on the buttons can be changed in anything you like.

• Close Port - Close the current Telnet connection.

Keyboard Assignments

• Ctrl+C - Sends Ctrl+C to the TNC which is used by TAPR TNC's.
• Ctrl+Z - Sends Ctrl+Z to the TNC which is used by TAPR TNC's.
• Shift+Escape - Places an Escape character on the command line which is send to the TNC after pressing Enter. The Escape character is being used by WA8DED/ TF firmware TNC's.
  The Packet/Telnet window must be active and the cursor must be on the command line.
  N.B. The Escape key (without the Shift key) makes the Entry Window active.

Mouse Assignments

• Left mouse button
  • Single click - Tune the active radio to the frequency of the spot.
  • Shift+click - Tune the inactive radio to the frequency of the spot.
  • Double click - The spot under the cursor will be placed in the callsign field in the Entry window and gets focus.
  • Ctrl+Single click - Tune the non-active radio to the frequency of the spot and make it active.
• Right mouse button - Displays a menu:
  • Configure Ports, Telnet Address, Other - Displays the 'Configurer' dialog.
  • Edit Telnet Cluster List - Displays the 'Change Packet Cluster List' dialog.  Here you can add, edit or delete telnet cluster sites.
  • Change Packet/Telnet Buttons - Change the label and contents of the packet/telnet buttons. Note that the use of '&' in the Button Caption will cause the following lettered key to become a "Alt+Hotkey."
  • Close Port - Close the packet or Telnet connection (depends on the selected Tab)
  • Specify Comment for All Spots - Enter the text you want appended to every spot. Lasts for the session only. Exit clears it. Example: PACC
  • Auto logon - Automatically connect a cluster when the program starts. When running telnet, auto logon will press the right most button (F12, default this is your call).  When running packet, auto logon will press the second F2 button: "C call". When running both, only the one that was in focus the last time before starting will be restarted.
  • Packet Spot Timeout - Indicates how long (in minutes) spots are kept in the bandmaps. The default is 60 minutes, any integer may be specified.
  • Remove Packet Spots, Leave Self Spots - Remove all packet spots coming in via packet but leave all self spots in the bandmap.
  • Remove all spots - Remove all spots from the bandmaps. This means that also all information on the Available Mults and Q's window is cleared.
  • Packet Filters
    • Allow spots from my country only - When selected only spots originated from your own country will be shown in the bandmaps and available window. See note below.
    • Allow spots from my continent only - When selected only spots originated from your own continent will be shown in the bandmaps  and available window. See note below.
    • Allow only spots from specified call areas - When selected only spots originated from specified call areas will be shown in the bandmaps and available window. See note below. The spots can be specified at the next menu item. A call area is the country prefix + the first number in the call. Example: Call: WB1KK Call area: K1 (K + 1)
    • Enter call areas (currently) - Call area filter for the menu item above. Enter list of call areas to pass separated by spaces. Example: K1 K2 K3 K4 and select the OK button. To clear the list enter only a space and press the OK button.
    • Allow HF - When selected all spots on the HF bands ( < 30 MHz) are passed to the bandmaps. See note below.
    • Allow VHF - When selected all spots on the VHF bands (> 30 MHz) are passed to the bandmaps. See note below.
    • Allow WARC - When selected all spots are passed to the bandmaps from the WARC bands. See also note below.
    • Allow spots for this contest's mode(s) only - Only allow spots where the mode is equal to the mode set in the contest setup. 
    • When the mode is mixed the selection will be anything "not digi".
    • Change Subbands for mode filter - These are the definable band edges. The frequencies added (in kHz) are used for the specific mode. Note that no band edges are defined for Digital.  What you will want to do for digital is add say 7060 7090 for band edges.  That range will show as magenta in the bandmap.  If you click in that area and you are following the band plan , then the mode will change appropriately.  Make sure you have the desired mode control defined in the config dialog ('Config | Configure Ports, Telnet Address, Others | Tab: Mode Control | Follow band plan (default)'). The bandplan is computed as follows: Is it Digital? If not, is it CW? If not then is it SSB.
      Note: The default US bandplan is used by the program. Non US stations have to make changes to that bandplan. An example is 40 meters for Europe where the CW part of the band is mostly much smaller.
      • Change CW Bands - See example below. The band 7000 to 7035 is set as CW (Europe), the frequencies above are automatically set to SSB if no digital sub bands are set.
      • Change SSB Bands - the sub bands for SSB , if nothing is set this is the default mode.
      • Change Digital Bands - the sub bands for the digital modes
  • Set Font - Change the font of the packet & telnet text boxes. Fixed fonts (like Fixedsys, Courier, Anadale Mono which has slashed zeros etc.) are recommended, so that columns will line up.
  • Copy - Mark a part of the packet window with the left button, then right-click and choose copy. The selection will disappear before you choose copy, but that doesn't matter. You can then paste the selected area into Word or Notepad or whatever you like.
  • Help - Show the help file for this window.

Note: Allow spots and Allow HF/VHF/WARC filter settings.
These settings have nothing to do with what shows in the packet/telnet window.  They are not commands to the packet cluster but tell the program whether to use the spots in the bandmaps, the available window.
Clear spots will take all the spots that appear in those two windows and delete them.  It does nothing to the packet/telnet window. The spots shown in the packet window itself will not be filtered, you would have to do that at the packet/telnet node. Learn your packetcluster's filtering commands.  This is the best way to accomplish what you want.

Special keys:

• Ctrl+key - Holding the Ctrl key while clicking in the packet window will jump the non-active radio to that frequency and make it active

Macro keys

Macro key substitution is supported by the buttons in the Packet window and also in the comments send with a spot (using Shift+F9).
The macros which can be used and some examples can be found on the macros page.

In the substitutions you can include things like {CTRL-M}. There is also a {WAIT} macro that waits 5 seconds.

So if you needed to press CTRL+M, then wait for a prompt, then C PE1M-7 then enter your callsign, you could change the button to send:

{CTRL-M}{WAIT}C PE1M-7{WAIT}PA1M

Enter is sent automatically after each command.  This may cause a problem with some systems.

How to add/edit/delete a Telnet cluster

• Right click in the "Packet / Telnet window" and select 'Edit Telnet Cluster List'  or
• Select 'Config | Change Telnet Cluster List  or
• Select 'Config | Configure Ports, Telnet Address, Others | Hardware tab' and click on the 'Edit' button.

How to setup and connect a Telnet cluster

1. Add the telnet address to 'Config | Change Telnet Cluster List'.
   NB. Use gb7ujs.shacknet.nu as a model for how to specify a port other than 23.
2. Click on the Telnet tab in the Packet window.
3. Choose the address to use from the drop-down box left from the button "Close Port".
4. To connect click on the F12 button with your callsign in it.
   • This presumes that the cluster you are using is looking for your callsign as the first thing to be sent (it mostly is).
5. Now the cluster should be connected by the program.

How to setup and connect a cluster using a TNC

1. Click on the Packet tab in the Packet window.
2. Setup the connect string to your local packet cluster under the F2 (Conn) button.
3. Click on the F2 button (Conn).
4. Now the cluster should be connected by the program.
   • Setting up the connect string and the possible used of Nodes to the Cluster is mostly the problem.

Auto connecting a cluster

• Set up your packet or telnet to the cluster to connect as explained above
• Right click in the packet/telnet window (top) and select in the menu: Auto Logon
• From now on the program will connect to the selected cluster automatically when the program starts
• Auto-logon works only at program startup.
  • Button 1 or button 11 is pressed depending on whether you are packet or telnet.
• There is a "stay-alive" timer that sends a CR every 9 minutes.
• If the connection drops, that's it. You are off.

Spotting stations

• Alt+P spots stations.
• Ctrl+P spots with a comment.
• Spot all S&P QSOs under 'Config'.

The frequency from the spotted station is rounded to one decimal place by the program.

Multi-User setup

When running in Multi-user mode (more computers connected in a network) only the Master station has to be connected to the DX-cluster. The master station will send all information from the cluster to all connected computers and also send info received from the connected computers running N1MM logger to the DX-cluster.

Computers on a LAN

It is possible to connect to Telnet hosts when the Internet connection is on a LAN via proxy server or router. First try to access the Telnet cluster via the Telnet program in Windows, if this works it should also work from within N1MM logger. It does not matter if the proxy is in software or hardware. Port 23 (=telnet) should be open.

Packet via the soundcard

Many hams use AGWPE for packet using the soundcard. N1MM logger is not able to direct use this package but there are ways using additional software to get N1MM logger and AGWPE work together. Basically you telnet from inside N1MM to either of these applications. They are in turn linked to AGWPE. Links to these programs can be found in the links section.

• TelMgr by LU7DID
• Telnet interface by IZ4AFW

Supported Packet clusters:

• AR-Cluster by AB5K
• Clusse by OH7LZB (not fully supported, only incoming spots)
  • To make Clusse more compatible give the command SET/PCMODE YES (typed in uppercase).
  • Only incoming spots will be decoded by N1MM logger (not the response to the List command)
  • The List command (SH/DX) has a different format and will not be decoded.
• CLX by DJ0ZY and DL6RAI
• DX-spider by G1TLH
  • DX-spider uses a different SH/DX format, check in 'Configurer / Other' the setting 'Format for DX-spider support'. This will send the right SH/DX message from the button in the top of the bandmaps.
• DXnet by F5MZN (Unknown if fully supported but it probably is)
• PacketCluster by AK1A
• Wincluster Lite by KH2D
• More?

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