WSJT-X/doc/user_guide/controls-functions-messages.adoc
Bill Somerville c197d216b3 First attempt at adding the WSJT-X user guide to the CMake build
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Two arrangements of controls are provided for generating and selecting
Tx messages. Traditional controls carried over from program _WSJT_
appear on *Tab 1*, providing six fields for message entry.
Pre-formatted messages for the standard minimal QSO are generated when
you click *Generate Std Msgs* or double-click on an appropriate line
in one of the decoded text windows.
//.Traditional Message Menu
image::images/traditional-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="Traditional Message Menu"]
* Select the next message to be transmitted (at the start of your next
Tx sequence) by clicking on the circle under *Next*.
* To change to a specified Tx message immediately, click on a
rectangular button under the *Now* label. Changing a Tx message in
mid-stream will slightly reduce the chance of a correct decode, but it
is usually OK if done in the first 10-15 s of a transmission.
* All six Tx message fields are editable. You can modify an
automatically generated message or enter a desired message, keeping in
mind the strict limits on message content. See <<PROTOCOLS,Protocol
Specifications>> for details.
* Click on the pull-down arrow for message #5 to select one of the
pre-stored free-text messages entered on the *Settings | Tx Macros*
tab. Pressing *Enter* on a modified message #5 automatically adds
that message to the stored macros.
The second arrangement of controls for generating and selecting
Tx messages appears on *Tab 2* of the Message Control Panel:
//.New Message Menu
image::images/new-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="New Message Menu"]
With this setup you normally follow a top-to-bottom sequence of
transmissions from the left column if you are calling CQ, or the right
column if answering a CQ.
* Clicking a button puts the appropriate message in the *Gen Msg* box.
If you are already transmitting, the Tx message is changed
immediately.
//* Both message fields are editable. You can enter and transmit
* You can enter and transmit
anything (up to 13 characters) in the *Free Msg* box.
* Click on the pull-down arrow in the *Free Msg* box to select a
pre-stored macro. Pressing *Enter* on a modified message here
automatically adds that message to the table of stored macros.
IMPORTANT: During a transmission the actual message being sent always
appears highlighted in yellow in the first box of the status bar
(bottom left of the main screen).