JAGUAR's basic SETTINGS are controlled in the SETTINGS dashboard which consists of two panels, the left and right panel ("KIT" and "KAT").
On the left, you'll find the "server" settings (RECORDING, OPTIONAL, LIVESCAN, ANTENNAS, MESTOR) and the currently-active recording scheduler list. On the right, there is a menu for all the "client" (= mostly playback-related) settings.
The settings defined in the left/right SETTINGS panels are always used as your defaults when JAGUAR is started. Some of the settings can also be changed via the buttons on SLIDER and AUDIOBAR, but those changes are valid only for the duration of the current session. When JAGUAR restarts, they are overridden by the settings defined via the SETTINGS panels.
In JAGUAR LITE, only the RECORDING and MESTOR settings can be modified.
The basic settings can be changed by clicking the SETTINGS icon on TOOLBAR: the SETTINGS panels will be opened. Clicking any of the menu entries will open a "setting window" where the specific settings related to that group can be set and changed.
All the setting panels use the same display format. Each parameter can be set/changed by left/right-clicking the CHANGE button. Some parameters have only the YES / NO values; some parameters can have many pre-defined allowed values. These values can be rotated by a mouse left-click (next value), by a mouse right-click (previous value), or the values can be scrolled using the mouse wheel and/or the left/right arrow keys. Furthermore, some parameters will prompt a text box into which you must enter the desired parameter value (e.g. the disk/folder name used for saving the recordings). In these cases, the changes have to be confirmed by clicking SAVE.
For example, the SETTINGS > AUDIO window can look like this:
The parameters of the left-hand side settings panel are described as follows (the lower area in the left panel shows your currently-active scheduler action list (the time slots to be recorded next)
Only 2 MHz and 1.6 MHz are supported (1.6 MHz available only in JAGUAR PRO).
The defaults suggested by the system can be accepted unless you have a specific reason for changing it.
The given disk (and the recording folder, if also a folder is given) must exist in the PC setup.
The given disk (and the recording folder, if also a folder is given) must exist in the PC setup.
Three parameters must be given: QTH name, latitude, longitude. The longitudes in the Western Hemisphere must be given as negative values. This data is used in calculating the sunrise/sunset times for SR/SS-based recordings.
If your setup has only one antenna in use, there is no need to define anything to ANTENNAS. You can define an "antenna label" to KIT_SUFFIX and it will become a part of the rec file name.
If STANDARD or ZOOMED is selected, JAGUAR creates/updates the daily thumbnail images from YASLOGs. The thumbnails ("x.gif") are saved in recording-day folders, and can be uploaded to the kapsi.fi server if "IMG_SERVER" is enabled. The STANDARD gif contains one snapshot line per two minutes, the ZOOMED option gives one snapshot line per one minute starting from 22 UTC. Using the ZOOMED option, your x.gif files show less hours per day but with a better resolution.
This parameter defines the "frequency selection" in the YAS thumbnail images.
If enabled, JAGUAR automatically uploads the YAS LOG thumbnails to the server at kapsi.fi. The thumbnails on the server are refreshed once in a minute, and they can be viewed with any browser using this URL: http://jaguars.kapsi.fi/jagnet/jagthumb_12345678.gif . Replace "12345678" with your JAGUAR key, as shown in INFOBOX.
If disabled, you'll get a performance benefit but the spectra may suffer from spurious signals, so normally this should be YES.
See the LIVESCAN help for details.
See the ANTENNAS help for details.
See the MESTOR help for details.
The parameters of the right-hand side settings panel are described as follows.
This enables/disables JAGUAR's AUTONOTCH. JAGUAR also offers a maximum of 20 manual notches, and they must be invoked in AUDIO WINDOW. See NOTCH for more details.
Click Remover OFF (NO), or the click removal level by scrolling the button (the allowed values: LEVEL 1 <> LEVEL 9). More about this in CR and APPLETS > WAVE.
Automatic Gain Control, rotate the AGC mode: AGC ON > AGC OFF > AGC OFF+. More information in AGC.
Your favorite filter.
Your favorite filter mode (filter curve).
Your favorite filter bandwidth.
Your favorite filter offset.
See DIALS for details.
JAGUAR's color theme (DARK changes only the text background color).
If enabled, SLIDER will never cover DATABASE BAR, instead when SLIDER is closed, it is docked below DATABASE BAR.
If enabled, a flag marker is shown at the "runspot" (playback position) on the SPECTRA and YAS displays.
Define the desired map presentation style.
Select the desired presentation format for the station pointer on the maps:
Select the data shown on the top of the graphics area.
Select the data shown on the bottom of the graphics area. SCOPE and STREAMS have own section in this GUIDE.
JAGUAR will use (P1) WHITE for the QSLed stations on MAPS / TURTLE by default. This can be overriden with LOGTAG. For example, P2 (RED) will change the default to red.
JAGUAR will use (P4) BLUE for the logged stations on MAPS / TURTLE by default. This can be overriden with LOGTAG. For example, P3 (BLACK) will change the default to black.
You can customize the default log format JAGUAR produces in many ways. The output row can be freely customized with fixed literal strings and LOGMODE parameters. Each parameter is four characters long, preceded by #. JAGUAR translates the parameter name to its value while logging. The valid parameters are as follows:
#NAME #FREQ #DATE #TIME #CALL #ITUC #USER #USRN #OFFS #QSAC #ZONE #YYYY #MMMM #DDDD
#HHHH #MINS #MNTH #SECS #FILE #LINE #DIST #COMM #TENT #SINP #CLAT #CLON #SSBC #CALX
#NAMX #ANTX #LPRF #TABS
For example, when the LOGMODE is
#FREQ #TIME #NAME #COMM #USER
the log line contains frequency, time, station name, comments and userid.
When the LOGMODE is
#FREQ;#CALX;#NAMX-#COMM;#SINP;#HHHH#MINS;#DDDD/#MMMM;USER
it will generate an optimal logging line for the MWC log format; #CALX and #NAMX will generate strings designed for MWC in mind. USER must be replaced by the user initials used in MWC, which may be different from #USER which generates the JAGUAR userid. All values are separated by a semicolon, so the output file can also be loaded to Excel.
If enabled, clicking SUBMIT in the LOGBOX adds the logging to the LOG.CSV file.
If enabled, clicking SUBMIT in the LOGBOX adds the logging to DAYLOG.
If enabled, clicking SUBMIT in the LOGBOX sends the logging to MWLI. If defined, you will also need to set your MWLI email address and omid. See MWLI for details.
If enabled, you can define the "density" of the HOMESCAN spectrum run. See HOME for details.
Define what happens when the playback reaches the end of the file. By default, JAGUAR continues to play back the next file (NEXT) when the end-of-file is reached in the current file. This behaviour can be changed with this parameter.
The other options available are:
If enabled, the loop can be simply painted on PLAYBAR using the mouse cursor.
Override the default clipname with your own naming format. When making audio clips with CLIPPER, the default naming format is:
DATE TIME CLIP FREQ.mp3
or, if you have clicked the station name on the map, or in the station database before starting CLIPPER:
DATE TIME NAME FREQ.mp3
You can customize the default name, using 4-character symbols:
#FREQ #DATE #TIME #NAME #CALL #SSB #LPRF (=log profile) and literals
For example, if you want your audio clip names to start with the frequency and use underscores in the name so that the clip files can be used in URLs, you can create the following naming template:
#FREQ_#CALL_#DATE_#TIME_IPA
which will generates clip names such as "1030_WBZ_2015-11-08_06'00'00_IPA.mp3"
See GUIDE > PLUGINS for details.
Frequencies are given without decimals, e.g. 828 (single frequency) or 828,1413 (frequency list). More details in KALIBRATE.
If enabled, automatic calibration will be performed all the time in the background, based on the current calibration frequency. The default is NO. AUTO\_CALIBRATE = YES is useful only if you have a stable calibration frequency or an external GPSDO; otherwise this continuous auto-calibration mode may cause annoying left-right spectrum jumps on the display. AUTO\_CALIBRATE cannot be used if FAST\_CALIBRATE is not enabled.
The default SPECTOR (and spectrum) display range (in kHz).
The style how the spectrum is presented. More information in HOME.
The default value for the spectrum gradient color power ("contrast"). Define a low value in the high-signal-level areas and higher value in the low-signal-level areas. SPECTRUM\_CONTRAST is the general default value used for spectra when JAGUAR is started. Normally, the optimal CONTRAST value depends on the spectrum style used and the frequency. CONTRAST can be be finetuned via SLIDER > CONTRAST during the DX session whenever needed.
If enabled, SPECTOR peaks are displayed transparent, i.e. FLAGS, etc. can be seen behind the SPECTOR peaks.
Select the color scheme for the offset FLAGS (see FLAGS for the details).
Select the display screen what is shown right after the JAGUAR start. If START\_AS MINIMIZED is selected, JAGUAR will stay idle (no connection to Perseus) until a playback or recording request is activated.
If enabled, short help texts will be shown when the mouse hovers over the buttons on SLIDER / AUDIOBAR / TOOLBAR.
If enabled, JAGUAR will automatically keep TURTLE up-to-date (and also fetch the correct TURTLE-YYYY-MM edition automatically when listening to old ARCHIVE files).
If enabled, JAGUAR will stay in the full-screen mode. JAGUAR will not automatically enter the minimized mode. Normally, the minimized mode is invoked if there is no user activity in one hour. It is not recommended to keep this enabled in unattended operations: the minimized mode minimizes the resource consumption.