21-06-2022, 01:17 PM
V 1.0.2.7 is expected to be the final major version release before the Winter Field Day, any minor bug-fixes may be done in the interim however these will be apparent only in the build date/time info at the top of the YACL screen. Try to check the day before and update the YACL software to the most-recent build.
While it was designed, written and tested under Windows 32/64 bit environment (Win7-10), there is some news for other users : it does run via the PlayOnLinux VM on at least UBUNTU and Debian 11. OmniRig does not work under Linux, as was advised and expected, so no direct rig access.
Debian 11 example : PlayOnLinux installed, copied across YACLSetup.exe file from a USB stick to a new folder under Linux's file manager (after noting that it could not be run off USB as it was formatted FAT32), via PlayOnLinux did a new program install onto a new virtual drive, 32bit, started YACLSetup, install to C:\YACL and installed normally.
It is critical to install to C:\YACL (or similar) else it does not find the contest PDC configuration file(s), and will only come up in General Log mode.
Started YACL, filled in the Station Setup / saved, Log Setup / VHFUHFFD / Winter Field Day / saved. Added a couple of QSOs and they seemed to log ok. Created a Cabrillo log file all ok. I noted that the compile time at top of screen was some 10 hours different to the actual time seen on the Windows machine, the 10 value presumably being the UTC offset for eastern Australia. The Data Zip function on the Contest Finalise screen does not work - seems like the VM does not like the script format or maybe the 7Z.exe software despite my attempts to make it work under both Win and Linux..
At this stage it looks workable via PlayOnLinux but the real answers will come during/after the WFD.
Normal download links apply.
While it was designed, written and tested under Windows 32/64 bit environment (Win7-10), there is some news for other users : it does run via the PlayOnLinux VM on at least UBUNTU and Debian 11. OmniRig does not work under Linux, as was advised and expected, so no direct rig access.
Debian 11 example : PlayOnLinux installed, copied across YACLSetup.exe file from a USB stick to a new folder under Linux's file manager (after noting that it could not be run off USB as it was formatted FAT32), via PlayOnLinux did a new program install onto a new virtual drive, 32bit, started YACLSetup, install to C:\YACL and installed normally.
It is critical to install to C:\YACL (or similar) else it does not find the contest PDC configuration file(s), and will only come up in General Log mode.
Started YACL, filled in the Station Setup / saved, Log Setup / VHFUHFFD / Winter Field Day / saved. Added a couple of QSOs and they seemed to log ok. Created a Cabrillo log file all ok. I noted that the compile time at top of screen was some 10 hours different to the actual time seen on the Windows machine, the 10 value presumably being the UTC offset for eastern Australia. The Data Zip function on the Contest Finalise screen does not work - seems like the VM does not like the script format or maybe the 7Z.exe software despite my attempts to make it work under both Win and Linux..
At this stage it looks workable via PlayOnLinux but the real answers will come during/after the WFD.
Normal download links apply.
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