SWITCHING FROM ONE LOGGING SESSION TO ANOTHER WHEN MONITORING:

If the person who is doing the Logging on Netlogger closes his "net" your "Nets Online" button will turn green again. Then you should click on that to see if another YL member has picked up where the first Logger left off. If you see any "nets" that look like they could be the YL System, whether it's called the exact same or a bit different than what you were monitoring, just choose "Monitor" on that "net". You will also be able to see the call sign of who is doing the Logging of that session. Just remember, it takes a minute or so for the new Logger to get his/her "net" set up and online, so if you don't see one online, wait a minute and check again.
If you want to leave the net you are monitoring and look for a different one, go to "Function" and "Stop Monitoring". This is also useful if your AIM window seems not to be picking up all the words that are being typed. You can Stop Monitoring and then get back to it via the "Nets Online" button. This will refresh your windows.

TO VIEW YOUR NET MONITORS WINDOW CLICK ON "NET MONITORS" UNDER "VIEW":

If you click on "Net Monitors" under "View" you can see all those who are monitoring the net, this will open a green window on the left.
Put a checkmark in the Auto Refresh box at the bottom of that window. These call signs remain on there even if they have left, it's called "ghosts", so they may not still be watching.

TO QUICKLY LOOKUP A CALL SIGN ON QRZ.COM:

You can Right click on a call sign (if it is highlighted) and choose "QRZ Online Lookup" to quickly access their qrz.com page. This can also be done with the keyboard shortcut of CTRL + Q.
There are many keyboard shortcuts. To see hints of what they are and do: Right click on an item and look to see what they are and what they should do. These may or may not work for you. It seems to depend on what Operating System you have.

TO PRACTICE ENTERING CALL SIGNS AND TO SEE HOW NETLOGGER WORKS:

If you just want to practice logging, you can put some call signs in on a blank line and hit your TAB key on your keyboard. If you have your YLsystem.prf in the right folder, and you have selected it under "Setup"/"Club Profile", you will see how the line gets filled in automatically.
You do not need to be online with Netlogger (Function/Start Logging a Net) in order to practice with Netlogger or to do some general logging with it. In fact, for general logging, it is recommended that you not be online with it so as not to have the distractions of the AIM window being used by inquisitive onlookers.
To practice logging an imaginary net, you can call your net "Testing" or "Practicing", not a name of a real Club's Net, thus eliminating confusion for those folks who are looking for that Club's Net.
If you wish to practice Logging online of a YL System session it is okay to use a "Net" name such as "Testing YL System" or "YLSYSTEM Testing" or "YLpractice" or something that denotes the YLISSB System but that you are not doing a real Logging session, you are just practicing.

TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANOTHER MONITORING PERSON IS IN OUR "CLUB PROFILE":

I usually use a line lower than what the person Logging would be using real soon, as a way to see if the person is a member and is listed in our "Club Profile". Don't worry that your typing in a box on there would interfere with the Logger's logging, theirs would still come through and would wipe out your line that you typed if it should come out on the same line. No one but you will see your log. The only way for others to see your logs would be if you do the "Start Logging a Net" option stated above in #s 1 or 2. So, using an empty line, type in a call sign and hit your TAB key on your keyboard. Their info should show up to you, but it won't go out over the internet.

THE "CONTACT" SECTION OF YOUR NETLOGGER WINDOW:

If you are doing the Logging, or if you want to save one of the Check-ins, you can highlight their call sign and hit your "Log Contact" button. Their info will then go to the bottom left section of your Netlogger screen, called the "Contacts" grid. You can then "Export" that contact, or all your contacts that are in that section, to either an ADIF file or an EXCEL file for saving on your computer. (The EXCEL format saves them with more detail than the ADIF format does.)

TO DELETE THE CONTACTS IN THE "CONTACTS" SECTION:

Once you have some contacts in that lower right section of your Netlogger screen, you will want to delete them to get your Netlogger ready for your next session. Highligt one of the contacts in that section (lower right, blue lettering), and click the big minus sign just above those. It will ask you if you want to delete that record, click "OK". Unfortunately these must be done one at a time. I have found no way to do them all at once.

STATUS BOX (COLUMN):

The Status box shows if YOU have logged that contact and will show to you that it is "Worked" by putting a "w" in there. If you see one that shows up as "c/o" that means he has checked out. You can click that Status box and then Right click it to get a menu of what can be inserted there, or to clear that box.

WIDTH OF YOUR COLUMNS:

The width of the columns can be stretched or shrunk according to YOUR preference. We have the Single Sideband Number and TFO numbers under the "QSL Info" as we like to use the "Remarks" column for other, temporary info, such as MOBILE IN __ or whatever fits the situation. Having that much info in the QSL box makes it hard to read it all unless you stretch that column wider by clicking on it's right 'wall' at the top header portion of the column and dragging it to the right. Once done, this setting will remain until you change it again. You can also stretch any of the other windows the same way, by dragging the walls over or up or down.

GLITCHES AND ERRORS:

You may lose your "Almost Instant Messages" window sometimes. If you don't see it, and you do have it check marked under "View" it will mean that it has gotten squeezed shut. This seems to happen quite often. When it does, just grab hold of the left wall with your cursor, where the AIM window should be, and drag it to the right to open it back up.
Sometimes your "Net Monitors" window may refuse to be there no matter what you do. We found a little trick to work around this glitch: When you log onto your Netlogger, use a slightly different Call Sign, try adding a number, or your first name.
If some things seem to have frozen up, such as you are not seeing any new messages in the AIM window, try this: "Stop Monitoring" (under "Function") and then get back to the same net via the "Nets Online" button. This will refresh your windows.
Sometimes you may get an error message like the one below:

Exception occurred.
ClassName: EDatabaseError
ErrorMsg: Field 'Date' must have a value
or Field 'Time(UTC)' must have a value

Any of these error messages refer to the "Contacts" grid, so just put any call sign and any date and any time in there to stop the error message. Later after you have Logged some more into the "Contacts" grid, you can then delete that erroneous contact.

NUMBERED ROWS

Sometimes the numbers of your rows might get mixed up. Simply click on the # sign at the top to make them line up correctly again.

USING THE "FIND" FUNCTION:

If you want to look up someone in the "Check-Ins" grid you can use your keyboard keys of ctrl and f rather than scrolling through all the logs to search for them.

NET GETS STUCK ON SERVER AND WON'T CLOSE:
This sometimes happens, and is no fault of your own. You can try to get back on Netlogger and see it it will let you continue Logging your Net but if it won't, don't worry. The OMISS folks have assured us that their server will eventually drop that Net, it may take up to 3 days, but it will go away eventually. In the Meantime, you can just change the name of your Net slightly and it will let you Log your Net. Just keep the name similar enough that your folks will know it's for them.

If your net does seem to close, and no longer shows up under Nets Online, but your computer thinks it is still open, you can go into your Netlogger folder and delete the .ini file associated with the call sign you were using that is having this problem. Such as kk4yl.ini, that would delete my saved nets under my call sign. It would not hurt Netlogger, but I would have to retype the info into the "Function/Start Logging a Net" box if I wanted to Log a session using that same call sign again.

ABOUT UTC AND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME:

You may notice that Netlogger doesn't show the correct UTC time after we go through a time change. To get Netlogger to register the correct UTC time you may need to change your computer clock's Time Zone to reflect the correct - or + hours.

MORE ABOUT SAVING YOUR LOGS:

If you want to save your Logs when you are Logging or monitoring or just for your own general logging, here is how to make them save with the times that you logged them. First, they have to be in the "Contacts" grid...i.e. the blue lettering on the bottom right, so hit "Log Contact" on them in the top "Check-ins" grid. When you have all the ones Logged that you want to save, go to "File" and "Export Contacts" and "To CSV file..." then find a place (within your Netlogger folder) to store them by making a new (sub) folder, name it something like "Saved Contacts" or something, and name your new file either by the date or some distinctive name. This method will save either all your contacts, or just the ones you have "Selected" by holding down the ctrl key and clicking on the ones you want to save. Then do the Export as stated above. You will be able to read that log with Excel best. However, just like on Netlogger in the Contacts grid, they will be lined up upside down. So that your earliest contact will be at the bottom and your last contact will be at the top. You do not have to be online with your Netlogger to get those saved as long as they are still in your "Contacts" grid, and they do stay there until you hit the big minus sign above them to delete them one by one. (They can only be deleted one by one, not all at once).
You can also save your "Contacts" by exporting to ADIF but that method lacks some details.

IMPORTANT NOTE!:

Remember that the Almost Instant Messages window is a real favorite and we have recruited some new members just by them Monitoring and chatting with us. This window does get a glitch sometimes though and gets itself squeezed shut. When that happens, just grab the left wall where it should be, and drag it open to the right. As a Control or a Logger you may have occasion to help someone else with getting their AIM window back.

Also, IF you are the Logger, be watchful of anyone saying they don't see all the check-ins, you may need to Refresh your list. Go to "Function" and hit "Refresh List". You, as the Logger, are the only one that can do that.
You are also the one to make sure the "Enable Almost Instant Messages" window is Enabled in order for the monitoring people to get theirs to Enable also.

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