Here are some odds and ends regarding remote control
Meanwhile, back at the ranch
When the remote is being controlled, it reconfigures its screen to remote its Entry Windows and hide the log like this:
The remote maintains two watchdog timers.
- If the remote fails to hear any messages from the control site for more than about 10 seconds, it aborts any transmissions in progress. WriteLog Control site is programmed to send an idle message more often than that.
- The remote site accepts only one login “at a time.” But if a login request comes in and nothing has been received from the currently connected control site for 30 seconds, the old connection is terminated and the new one accepted.
If you’re logged in on the remote via a remote desktop (or present at the shack while someone else is controlling it) the on-screen changes are cosmetic. You can click on WriteLog menus and change the appearance and even bring back the Entry Windows while the remote is connected. But none of this is recommended as the control operator can’t tell you’re making changes.
WriteLog.ini
The control site settings are mostly done using .NET technology and therefore do not appear in writelog.ini. (They typically are under \Users\\AppData\Local\WriteLog_Contesting_Softw\.)
To facilitate testing using the “localhost” with both control and remote on the same PC, the following INI file sections are separate for the control site:
[entry] is [entry-controlsite]
[entry2] is [entry2-controlsite]
[ports] is [ports-controlsite]
Automation
When run from its WriteLog Control Site icon, the automation classid is under “WriteLog.ControlSite” instead of “WriteLog.Document”. To get a definition in your automation tool for WriteLog.ControlSite, use the newer version of WriteLogClrTypes.dll distributed with WriteLog.
Band decoding outputs
The remote site (and not the control site) outputs band encoding information via OTRSP or other DVK as configured, but only if an Entry Window at the remote site is connected to the rig. This is true whether or not remote control is in progress.