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2.3 KiB
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69 lines
2.3 KiB
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# ColorSpot
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This script is a command line DX cluster client. It adds the following benefits to the default telnet stream:
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* displays the DX station's country
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* displays the DX station's continent
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* displays if the DX station uses LotW
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* downloads your LotW QSL file and marks all lines with countries that need to be confirmed (optional)
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* displays lines in different colors depending on the continent or band (user configurable)
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# Screnshot
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# Limitations
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The following limitations are present:
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* read-only: you can't send commands to the dx cluster server via this tool
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* no filters: you need to configure your filter on the server
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# Installation
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ColorSpot needs Python 3 and the following libraries:
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* colored
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* requests
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Furthermore, you need an account at LotW for some of the features.
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Before installing ColorSpot, please make sure that pip, setuptools and wheel are installed and up-to-date:
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```
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# python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
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```
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Finally, install ColorSpot with pip:
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```
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# python3 -m pip install colorspot
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```
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# Updating
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To update colorspot, execute the following command:
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```
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# python3 -m pip install --upgrade colorspot
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```
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# Usage
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* execute the application with "colorspot"
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* colorspot creates a default config file and states its location (e.g. _~/.config/colorspot/colorspot.ini_)
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* adapt _~/.config/colorspot/colorspot.ini_ to your needs. Important setting are:
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* cluster/host and cluster/port: Change this if you want to use another cluster server
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* cluster/user: Enter here your call sign
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* lotw/user: Enter here your lotw user name (your call sign). Leave at "N0CALL" to disable this feature.
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* lotw/password: Enter here your lotw password
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* lotw/mode: Enter here the mode you would like to filter the QSL download from LotW
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* execute the application again with "colorspot"
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* the software now tries to download the following files and stores them into the configuration directory:
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* https://www.country-files.com/bigcty/download/bigcty.zip (will be extracted)
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* https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-user-activity.csv
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* https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/lotwreport.adi?login={}&password={}&qso_query=1&qso_qsl=yes&qso_mode={}&qso_qsldetail=yes&qso_qslsince=1970-01-01
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# License
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see  |