+ AA6YQ comments below

I have not had things configured to do this in some time and I have forgotten how make this work.

I want to be able to double click on a Spot and have it cause WSJT-X to initiate the call. Right now, when I double click, I get a beep, the call is filled in properly in WSJT-X, but it does not light up the Enable light in WSJT-X.

I'm sure it's something silly, but I can't bring it back and reading the sections in "Getting Started" has not revealed the secret to me.

+ That capability is not available because WSJT-X doesn’t provide an API that would initiate transmission -- for good reason, in my view!

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

All of that IS happening, the only thing missing is the Enable Tx
button is not lighting up in Red as I have expected. Is something not
set right, or is it not supposed to initiate a transmission if I
double click on a spot in SpotCollector?

WSJT-X does not provide an API that will allow an external application
to activate the "Enable TX" function. *IF* you have previously checked
"Enable TX" double clicking on a call in either SpotCollector or JTAlert
will initiate transmission. *IF* "Enable TX" is not checked, double
clicking in either SpotCollector or JTAlert will not initiate
transmission (just as double clicking on a call in WSJTX will not
initiate transmission if "Enable TX" is not checked).

73,

... Joe, W4TV


On 2020-10-29 4:53 PM, Hasan Schiers N0AN wrote:

Perhaps, I'm not remembering how this is supposed to work.
From my reading I see:
If SpotCollector is connected to an instance of WSJT-X whose current band and /K1JT mode/ match those of the double-clicked Spot Database Entry, the Entry's Callsign and DX Grid information will be conveyed to that instance of WSJT-X, which if it's version 2.1.2 or later will populate its *DX Call* and *DX Grid* boxes, and invoke its *Generate Std Msgs* function
All of that IS happening, the only thing missing is the Enable Tx button is not lighting up in Red as I have expected. Is something not set right, or is it not supposed to initiate a transmission if I double click on a spot in SpotCollector?
73, N0AN
Hasan
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 3:20 PM Hasan Schiers N0AN via groups.io <http://groups.io>; <hbasri.schiers6=gmail.com@groups.io <mailto:gmail.com@groups.io>> wrote:
I have not had things configured to do this in some time and I have
forgotten how make this work.
I want to be able to double click on a Spot and have it cause WSJT-X
to initiate the call. Right now, when I double click, I get a beep,
the call is filled in properly in WSJT-X, but it does not light up
the Enable light in WSJT-X.
I'm sure it's something silly, but I can't bring it back and reading
the sections in "Getting Started" has not revealed the secret to me.
Help, please.
73, N0AN
Hasan

+ AA6YQ comments below

Thanks Dave, double clicking on a JTAlert callsign in its rows of displayed callsigns does just that,(initiates a call, with all info filled in) so I guess I was mis-remembering.

+ I'll have to check the WSJT-X API documentation again to see how that's being done...

        73,

              Dave, AA6YQ

If I understand you correctly, it should.

No, it should not. The WSJTX API that allows an external application
to place a call in "DX CALL" does not allow the external application
to click the TX Enable button.

You must manually select TX Enable before double clicking a call in
an external application. As Dave (here) and Laurie (on HamApps)
have repeatedly advised, this is a requirement by K1JT to prevent
developers from turning WSJTX into a "Robot".

73,

... Joe, W4TV


On 2020-10-29 5:51 PM, Hasan Schiers N0AN wrote:

Joe,
Now I am really confused. I do have 'double click on call sets Tx Enable' checked.
If I double click on a call in the WSJT-X Band Activity window, it does indeed cause X to go into normal transmit just fine.
However, if I do the same thing in SpotCollector, it fills in all the data in X, but does not initiate a transmission.
If I understand you correctly, it should.
Ideas?
73, N0AN
Hasan
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:45 PM Joe Subich, W4TV <lists@subich.com <mailto:lists@subich.com>> wrote:

> All of that IS happening, the only thing missing is the Enable Tx
> button is not lighting up in Red as I have expected. Is something not
> set right, or is it not supposed to initiate a transmission if I
> double click on a spot in SpotCollector?
WSJT-X does not provide an API that will allow an external application
to activate the "Enable TX" function.  *IF* you have previously checked
"Enable TX" double clicking on a call in either SpotCollector or JTAlert
will initiate transmission.  *IF* "Enable TX" is not checked, double
clicking in either SpotCollector or JTAlert will not initiate
transmission (just as double clicking on a call in WSJTX will not
initiate transmission if "Enable TX" is not checked).
73,
    ... Joe, W4TV
On 2020-10-29 4:53 PM, Hasan Schiers N0AN wrote:
> Perhaps, I'm not remembering how this is supposed to work.
>
>  From my reading I see:
>
> If SpotCollector is connected to an instance of WSJT-X whose current
> band and /K1JT mode/ match those of the double-clicked Spot Database
> Entry, the Entry's Callsign and DX Grid information will be
conveyed to
> that instance of WSJT-X, which if it's version 2.1.2 or later will
> populate its *DX Call* and *DX Grid* boxes, and invoke its
*Generate Std
> Msgs* function
>
> All of that IS happening, the only thing missing is the Enable Tx
button
> is not lighting up in Red as I have expected. Is something not set
> right, or is it not supposed to initiate a transmission if I double
> click on a spot in SpotCollector?
>
> 73, N0AN
>
> Hasan
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 3:20 PM Hasan Schiers N0AN via groups.io
<http://groups.io>;
> <http://groups.io <http://groups.io>;>
<hbasri.schiers6=gmail.com@groups.io <mailto:gmail.com@groups.io>
> <mailto:gmail.com@groups.io <mailto:gmail.com@groups.io>>> wrote:
>
>     I have not had things configured to do this in some time and
I have
>     forgotten how make this work.
>
>     I want to be able to double click on a Spot and have it cause
WSJT-X
>     to initiate the call. Right now, when I double click, I get a
beep,
>     the call is filled in properly in WSJT-X, but it does not
light up
>     the Enable light in WSJT-X.
>
>     I'm sure it's something silly, but I can't bring it back and
reading
>     the sections in "Getting Started" has not revealed the secret
to me.
>
>     Help, please.
>
>     73, N0AN
>     Hasan
>