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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I would like to see people
actually using the D-RATS program with their RADIOS!!!<br>
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I have tried on REF015C numerous times and no one responds.<br>
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Anyone up to trying some digital chat on REF015C/<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Duffy<br>
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ask them in writing. I run a reflector for our city and have observed
many of the same issues you mentioned. I anxiously await the answers as
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Brian Mileshosky
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> [drats_users] D-RATS
questions, suggestions<br></font></div><br>Dan --<br><br>I'm beginning
to use D-RATS and am trying to generate interest <br>throughout New
Mexico for its use as well. Some questions and <br>suggestions for
improvement:<br><br>1) It would be VERY helpful if the "Stations" screen
on the
right side <br>of the Chat tab reflected stations on a particular Chat
channel ONLY <br>(when viewing a Channel tab). That is, if I create a
channel called <br>"NM", and I click on its tab, then the callsigns on
the right side of <br>the screen should only show those on the NM
channel. If I want to see <br>EVERYONE on a given ratflector, then I
can click on the default "Main" <br>chat tab. This way, if during an
emergency event that requires a number <br>of tactical "chat nets" via
chat channels (i.e. a channel where the EOC <br>is found, another for
where shelters are found, etc), I can see exactly <br>(and only) who is
on each channel, and not have to wonder who is on one <br>channel and
who is not. Right now, when I set up a channel I have no <br>idea who
is on it since the list is cluttered with callsigns of people <br>who
are NOT on that channel as well.<br><br>2) In the log screen, when
filtering for file transfers, it
would be <br>nice if a file transfer log listing also included the
callsign of <br>whoever grabbed a file from my "Shared" folder. This
way, if I ask a <br>station to grab a file from me, I have record that
they in fact did, so <br>I don't need to consume additional time
following up with them and <br>asking. Right now all I can see is that a
file was transferred at a <br>certain time, but I have no clue who
transferred it.<br><br>3) Is there any reason why transferring files via
internet can't occur <br>at internet speeds? It would be nice if
D-RATS knew the method of <br>transfer based on whether it's connected
to the internet, or via RF <br>(even if a future release made each
message user selectable via a radio <br>button or pull-down menu):
Internet would occur at internet speeds, but <br>if via radio it would
automatically throttle the speed settings for that <br>particular medium
accordingly. If the internet is up in an
emergency, I <br>say leverage it as fully as possible to unburden the
limited RF <br>channels. Somehow this should be seamless (based on the
software <br>detecting the medium across which a file or message is to
be sent) and <br>not require the user to change blocksize when sending
via the internet <br>vs RF.<br><br>4) I noticed, when sending multiple
NTS forms in version 0.3.3, that <br>after I click on "Send" within the
message screen, the message(s) isn't <br>actually sent. I have to
secondarily click "Send/Receive" on the main <br>program screen before
the message actually gets sent. Additionally, if <br>I have multiple
messages queued up for sending, I need to click <br>"Send/Receive" for
each message in the queue before each is sent <br>individually. It
would seem that the "Send" within the message screen <br>would be
sufficient, and that multiple messages in the queue would be <br>sent on
their way automatically.<br><br>5)
We recently set up a ratflector here in New Mexico and our initial <br>testing
revealed that, if a ratflector went down temporarily, then any <br>D-RATS
user out there who was connected to it would manually have to <br>reconnect
to it. I can see a situation where a user, perhaps in an ARES <br>tactical
net, might not be aware that his connection was lost and might <br>consequently
miss out on important action. Is there not a way for the <br>D-RATS
application to sense that a connection has been lost and <br>automatically
reconnect? It could be as simple as, when D-RATS hasn't <br>seen data
from a ratflector for n-minutes, the D-RATS application sends <br>a ping
or keep-alive message to the ratflector. If no response from the <br>ratflector,
it assumes it went down and automatically tries to <br>re-establish
connection with it. If the ratflector is down for a long <br>duration,
D-RATS would attempt a reconnect every
n-minutes until a <br>connection is re-established or until the user
switches to a new <br>ratflector.<br><br>If you wouldn't mind sharing
your thoughts I'd appreciate it. Thanks <br>for an excellent software
application!<br><br>73,<br>Brian N5ZGT<br>_______________________________________________<br>drats_users
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