[Xastir] snapshot.geo

[Tom Robson]

Well sort of, I have noticed that they disappeared once by unchecking the 
box, but have not been able to duplicate it.  My scenario's are as below.  It 
really isn't a big deal to me either as there is a work-around (arrow keys).

Curt, do you want me to put it in the bug list?

...73 Tom

On October  8, 2003 04:52 pm, Orrin Winton wrote:
> Regarding this problem, namely, all stations
> disappear a few minutes after startup, and it
> seems to be connected to taking the xpm/geo
> snapshot.
>
> When i unchecked "Enable PNG Snapshots," the
> stations immediately disappeared (without the
> waiting period).
>
> But after that, i "restored" the stations by
> hitting up-arrow then down-arrow, and the stations
> did not disappear after that.
>
> So i take my snapshots, rename them and move them
> to the maps directory, then disable the snapshots,
> and everything is OK.  I can live with that.
>
> Tom (ve7did), is this how it works for you?
>
> orrin wn1z
>
>
> --------- Original Message ---------
>
> DATE: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:29:08
> From: Tom Robson <ve7did at dccnet.com>
> To: "Orrin Winton" <oakenshieldd at lycos.com>,xastir at xastir.org
> Cc: archer at eskimo.com
>
> >I couldn't get 1,2 &3 to occur.
> >
> >But this is my sequence now.
> >I had interfaces disabled
> >Had snapshot selected
> >Then enabled the RF interface
> >A snapshot ocurred about 5 minutes later.
> >As soon as the next station was received, the screen went stationless.
> >Moved screen and stations came back.
> >This occured on the next snapshot 5 minutes later again, but not on
> >subsequent ones.
> >
> >The trigger is the station being received slightly after the snapshot has
> >occured.  Enabling and disabling interfaces doesn't seem to have any
> > bearing on it.
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >On October  6, 2003 07:31 pm, Orrin Winton wrote:
> >> I don't know if it's the snapshots that make the
> >> stations go away.  What i see is the following:
> >>
> >> 1.  Run Xastir, with no RF nor internet interfaces up.
> >>
> >> 2.  I load a map, any map i have on my HD.  My own
> >>     station appears.
> >>
> >> 3.  Less than 5 minutes later, my own station disappears.
> >>
> >> 4.  I start up the RF interface.  The status bar, lower
> >>     left corner, shows new stations coming in, but no
> >>     stations are posted to the map.
> >>
> >> 5.  If i then do Map -> Map Chooser -> Clear -> OK,
> >>     and close the map chooser, my map disappears like
> >>     it should, and all the stations with their icons
> >>     appear on the blank white background.
> >>
> >> 6.  I then re-load a map.  The stations all remain on
> >>     map.  A few minutes later, all stations disappear.
> >>     It just happened at 7:28 pm, and then i checked the
> >>     timestamp for snapshot.xpm and snapshot.geo, and it
> >>     was 7:28 pm.  So maybe it is connected to taking the
> >>     snapshot.
> >>
> >> orrin wn1z
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> --------- Original Message ---------
> >>
> >> DATE: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:53:17
> >> From: Tom Robson <ve7did at dccnet.com>
> >> To: "Curt Mills, WE7U" <hacker at tc.fluke.com>
> >> Cc: Orrin Winton <oakenshieldd at lycos.com>,<xastir at xastir.org>
> >>
> >> >On October  6, 2003 01:59 pm, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Tom Robson wrote:
> >> >> > I'll confirm that as well, although I can't get any exact sequence.
> >> >> > It seems eratic, although it is initiated by the snapshot button.
> >> >> > Screen looses all the stations and they will reappear with moving
> >> >> > the screen.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ...73 Tom
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On October  4, 2003 09:21 pm, Orrin Winton wrote:
> >> >> > > I'm finding that the .png/.geo snapshots have
> >> >> > > this problem:
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > I load the map.  The stations appear on the map.
> >> >> > > About 250 seconds later, all the stations
> >> >>
> >> >> Is it that when snapshots occur, the stations go away, and when the
> >> >> first station comes in on local RF and gets drawn, some short amount
> >> >> of time after that all the other stations come back on the map?
> >> >> Until a station comes in on RF, the map remains devoid of stations?
> >> >>
> >> >> Does the same thing happen if you're on an internet feed and getting
> >> >> lots of stations regularly?
> >> >
> >> >Ok, think I got it.   I have 2 interfaces net & RF.  With both off no
> >> >problem, screen never goes stationless.  If I start EITHER interface
> >> > the first station that comes on, makes the screen go stationless.  It
> >> > will stay like that forever until you move the screen with the arrow
> >> > buttons.
> >> >
> >> >Well.... it did that twice, then it changes.  It even did it once after
> >> > the button was released.  It generally does it about 5-10 seconds
> >> > after the button is button is depressed.
> >> >
> >> >It is not consistant and hard to duplicate.  Gotta run, I'll check
> >> > later. How long after you press the button, is the first snapshop
> >> > taken?  Hard to tell as there are no seconds on the file time stamp.
> >> >
> >> >...73 Tom
> >>
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