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RMS Express packet: more status information please
> I have a feature request: could the packet window please have a
> 'verbose' option that shows the user what's going on? I imagine with the
> general fragility of radio comms and stations appearing and disappearing
> the verbose option could be a helpful to quickly narrow down on the root
> cause of why the connection isn't coming up. In my case RMS-E clearly
> can't connect to the selected station but you wouldn't know it from the
> packet dialog. It simply says 'disconnected' instead of "can't reach
> remote station" or something like it.
>
> Something simple like:
>
> - connecting to station A1AA
> - connected
> - sending data
> - receiving data
> - disconnecting
>
> Of course if a step fails along the way that would be displayed too.
>
> The log is helpful but probably too much information for most use cases.
> That said I wouldn't mind a debug window showing us the live serial
> comms between RMS-E and the TNC. As it is I'll probably put a COM port
> monitor in between so I can see what's going on.
> 'verbose' option that shows the user what's going on? I imagine with the
> general fragility of radio comms and stations appearing and disappearing
> the verbose option could be a helpful to quickly narrow down on the root
> cause of why the connection isn't coming up. In my case RMS-E clearly
> can't connect to the selected station but you wouldn't know it from the
> packet dialog. It simply says 'disconnected' instead of "can't reach
> remote station" or something like it.
>
> Something simple like:
>
> - connecting to station A1AA
> - connected
> - sending data
> - receiving data
> - disconnecting
>
> Of course if a step fails along the way that would be displayed too.
>
> The log is helpful but probably too much information for most use cases.
> That said I wouldn't mind a debug window showing us the live serial
> comms between RMS-E and the TNC. As it is I'll probably put a COM port
> monitor in between so I can see what's going on.
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LA7UM 13 years ago
Maybe a clear upload/download counter for KPC9612+ in HOST mode, giving an idea how far the transfer has come?
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