LOGic 5.3 Maintenance Update

Get the latest update to LOGic 5.3. This update is available free to all LOGic 5.3 customers. If you do not have LOGic 5.3, click here for purchase info. This update cannot be installed until you have first installed LOGic 5.3 from CD-ROM.

You will need your 5.3 update CD to install the update. The update permits us to add new reports, utilities, radio drivers, minor features, and bug fixes. See below for the current list.

We frequently update our CD-ROMs, so you may already have this update. To see what version of LOGic 5 that you are running, click Help/About.

Click here to download the update. The file size is about 4 mb. The update is a self-installing executable program. Simply download it and run it. Or in Internet Explorer, select "Run this program from it's current location" . It will install directly from the internet.

This update includes all changes made to LOGic 5.3. There is no need to install previous internet updates.

Important installation notes:

Exit LOGic before attempting to install the update.

LOGic will ask for your CD-ROM to verify registration. If you have more than one CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, remove ALL disks except your LOGic 5 CD. Place the LOGic 5 CD-ROM in the lowest-lettered drive.

If you download the update and can't find it on your hard drive, don't call us. We don't know where you put it either! Use the Windows Search utility to find LOGIC53UPDATE.EXE. This utility is in Start Menu/Search or Start Menu/Find depending on what version of Windows you have.

What does this update include?

(Build 5.3.128 (again) Nov 13, 2001)

MIXW interface now supports the MIXW delete button. If you add a QSO in MIXW, then erase it, LOGic will perform an Undo. You must get the latest MIXW, or LOGic will generate errors!

(Build 5.3.128 Oct 3, 2001)

Support for MixW multimode communications program.
Yaesu FT-817 interface (not tested)
Better error reporting. Errors are logged to ERRORLOG.DBF and ERRORLOG.FPT. PDA may ask for them for assistance in troubleshooting. You may delete these files--they will be recreted when needed.
Problems related to errors in Japanese versions of windows may be fixed.
Radio Memory and Rotor Control Head window status saved and restored on startup.
New Change size of log fields Misc utility automatically updates the size of Actual Mode in the Modes table.
Fixed bug where error would occur if using the Confirm Saving Changes option (tools/options), and quitting LOGic without saving.
Grid square is not logged for portable calls.

(Build 5.3.127 Jun 14, 2001)

Improvement in Cabrillo export. You may now enter expressions for the transmitted exchanges as well as the received exchanges. This is necessary because sometimes the serial# goes in the serial# field, and sometimes it goes in the tx exchange field.

The expressions are entered in log/setup/contest/cabrillo. Leave the TX exchange fields blank and it will prompt for the exchange values as before. There are new fields for RX exchange expressions. Previously, it used the expressions for printing exchange info in the contest report, and permitted modification when exporting. In most cases, you can copy the report expressions here.

Get the new WPX logform.

(Build 5.3.125 Apr 25, 2001)

Scroll lock option on spot log prevents scrolling when new spot is received.
Second instance of DX Summit web cluster added. See the Forms menu.
Report writer now permits full Visual FoxPro language in scripts.
You can now change fonts in the Awards Progress List and the forms related to the awards progress report.
New command line parameter REPORT= changes default report folder. Create a shortcut to LOGic.EXE, and modify it. After LOGIC.EXE in the Target entry, put a space followed by REPORT=, then the report path. Here is an example of what the modified shortcut target:

C:\LOGIC5\LOGIC.EXE REPORT=C:\USR\MYLOGICREPORTS
Support for the Ten-Tec Omni 5 with N4PY's Omni 5.9 mod.
Problem exporting to Cabrillo format fixed. The 160M band was exported improperly if the frequency was not logged.
Fixed problems with Pegasus and Paragon interface when setting band and mode simultaneously.
Fixed problem with losing spots from TNC when not connected.

(Build 5.3.122 Feb 13, 2001)

Now considers the cutoff date for WAS in tools/update progress info for grid squares also.

(Build 5.3.120 Jan 24, 2001)

Fixed problem exporting VHF bands in Cabrillo format.
Fixed problem in Filter screen. Doing a Clear before setting a filter, then adding a record would cause an error.

(Build 5.3.119 Dec 26, 2000)

New feature to turn matching of portable/mobile callsigns on and off in the Other QSOs window.

(Build 5.3.118 Dec 12, 2000)

Fix problems with Cabrillo. Do not export ON and OFF records, put comments in CREATED-BY records instead of SOAPBOX. Fixed formatting of frequency--removed decimal. Tnx N5KO.
Added three decimal places to PWR for ultra-QRP fans. To utilize this feature, you must change the database with tools/misc utilities/change size of log fields.
Support for Create RC5A-x rotor (SARtek needed).

(Build 5.3.117 Nov 30, 2000)

Fix problem with DigiPan interface. LOGic was not picking up info when double-clicking to log in DigiPan.

To use the interface Start DigiPan, then run LOGic. Go to the Log menu and click DigiPan Interface. Any log data captured by DigiPan will be automatically logged in LOGic.

Be sure to click the Save button in DigiPan before pressing the Clear button to start a new QSO. If you make changes to DigiPan's data, and click Clear, LOGic will perform an Undo.

Be sure to download the latest DigiPan.
Fix problem with spot long sometimes showing improper direction.
Fix problem with setting rig by clicking on a DX spot on the map. When the control panel decimal was set to a comma instead of a period (as common in Europe and elsewhere), kilohertz were ignored. For example, if the spot frequency were 14.123, the rig would be set to 14.000.

(Build 5.3.115 Nov 10, 2000)

Includes support for PSK31 via DigiPan.
Fixes a problem with error message on Cabrillo export.
Fixes problem with DXTautloink Not Found error with DXTelnet interface. But, see notes on the DXTelNet.interface from Fabrizio.