[amateur-radio-guide] Documentation for xwota
John J. McDonough
jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Tue Nov 9 01:58:47 UTC 2010
commit 50a72ad9448dd072bb6aa794f0bbb045cdae8706
Author: John J. McDonough <wb8rcr at arrl.net>
Date: Mon Nov 8 20:58:28 2010 -0500
Documentation for xwota
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en-US/others-xwota.xml | 88 ++++++++++++++++++----
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diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
index b823c12..5333ea6 100644
--- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml
+++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
<member>Documentation for gEDA</member>
<member>Documentation for gerbv</member>
<member>Documentation for pcb</member>
+ <member>Documentation for xwota</member>
</simplelist>
</revdescription>
</revision>
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diff --git a/en-US/others-xwota.xml b/en-US/others-xwota.xml
index 1259798..74b57ae 100644
--- a/en-US/others-xwota.xml
+++ b/en-US/others-xwota.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,76 @@
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docarticle/xml/4.5/docarticlex.dtd" [
]>
-<section id="others-xwota">
- <title>xwota</title>
- <para>
- <figure float="0"><title>Who is on the air</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata scale="99" scalefit="1" fileref="images/others-xwota/xwota.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
- <textobject><para>
- Who is on the air
- </para>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- </para>
-</section>
+ <section id="others-xwota">
+ <title>xwota</title>
+ <para>
+ <package>xwota</package> allows for monitoring and querying the WOTA
+ database. It operates much like a DX Cluster client, except it uses the
+ database rather than a cluster. Refer to <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://www.wotadb.org" /> for information about the WOTA database.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Selecting <guimenuitem>Connect</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>Xwota</guimenu> menu will connect to the database. New reports
+ will appear on the screen as they arrive.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <figure float="0"><title>Who is on the air</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject><imagedata scale="99" scalefit="1" fileref="images/others-xwota/xwota.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
+ <textobject><para>
+ Who is on the air
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The user may also query the database by selection
+ <guimenuitem>Query</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Show</guimenu> menu. A
+ dialog will appear allowing the user to enter specific location,
+ frequency, and/or call to be searched for. The results will be returned
+ at the bottom of the main menu.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <figure float="0"><title>Xwota query window</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata scale="99" scalefit="1"
+ fileref="images/others-xwota/xwota-Query.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <para>
+ Xwota query window
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The user may also enter his own report. Before doing this, station
+ iformation should be entered by selecting <guimenuitem>Station
+ Info</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu and filling
+ in the dialog:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <figure float="0"><title>Station Info window</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata scale="50" scalefit="1"
+ fileref="images/others-xwota/xwota-Station_Info.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <para>
+ Station Info window
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The user may then enter the frequency and optionally a comment, and click
+ the <guilabel>Send</guilabel> button to cause the report to be sent to the
+ database.
+ </para>
+ </section>
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