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Version
1.5 released 7-31-2002
WxByte
1.
Changed the file name validation routine to agree with
WxIngest.
2.
Added a menu option to change the default WxMesg Server
ingest directory. The
program will default to the one entered in the WxMesg Setup program.
WxIngest
1.
Writes the total block count, bad block count and
error percentage to the log file once an hour.
It also resets the stats every hour.
2.
Corrected an Error # 5 in the program.
3.
Added the ability to enter the ingest path.
The program will default to the one entered in the WxMesg
Setup program.
WxMap
1.
The setup screen has been reorganized and now uses tab dialog
boxes.
2.
Added the ability to play sounds. Operates like the message client.
3.
If you click on a message type, like “Tornado Warning”,
the county list will appear as it has in the past.
You will now be able to click on the county name and see the
message text.
4.
When you change colors on the setup screen, the color dialog
box will show the previous color.
5.
You can now set the text color for the watch/warning types.
To change this color, right click on the watch/warning’s
color button on the setup screen.
6.
The size of the status box has been increased.
The size of the font used in the status box has been
increased.
7.
Corrected a problem in WxFtp that was causing the ftp
transfer of the map image to fail.
8.
If no alarm sounds have been defined, the program will not
play the default windows beep.
9.
Pressing control-s while the map program is active will cause
the program to save the map image using the “save map on change”
routine. If you are
using a ftp command, the ftp transfer will be started.
10.
The Settings tab now has an option to
set the “Status Message” style.
The status message, below the map, shows new alarms as they
are received. You can now select whether to show these messages in the
color of the type of alarm that is being received.
Messages not related to arriving alarms are displayed with a
white background and black text. The Status Message Style can be set
to Default – background is white, text is black; Map Color –
background is text color, text is map color; or Text Color –
background is map color, text is text color.
These colors are setup on the Alarm Colors setup tab.
WxMcli
1.
The setup screen has been changed to support 9 different
alarm types/sounds.
2.
When you change colors on the setup screen, the color dialog
box will show the previous color.
3.
The dividing line between messages has been changed from a
dash to a solid line.
4.
Corrected the way the separator lines
were being show, when the connection to the WxMesg Server was
rejected.
WxMesg
1.
Now supports 9 alarm types.
2.
Updated product.dat to include messages codes; STA - SPC
Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Reports, SWX - Space Weather, WOU -
Watch Outline Update.
3.
If the message file name and path are wider than the
“Processing File Name Box”, only the file name will be shown.
4.
Corrected a problem that caused the WAR code to fire an alarm
inappropriately. Although
this did not cause a problem, it caused some messages to be sent
twice.
5.
Modified all programs to close files in their respective
error routines. In
order to make the programs continue to operate under error
conditions, these changes were necessary.
6.
Will now decode the SAW product. To alarm this product, enter a state on the alarm setup
screen. The product
description will read “Preliminary Notice Thunderstorm Watch” or
“Preliminary Notice Tornado Watch”.
WxMesg Setup
1.
The alarm setup screen will now allow you to specify 9
different alarm types. These
types correspond to sounds that can be played on the message client.
WxPager
1.
Added a 1 millisecond delay to the comm. port read and write
routines. This
alleviates the 90 to 100% cpu usage.
2.
Added additional error checks. The program will now record additional error information in
the pagerlog.txt.
WxMesgText
1.
Selects the WxMesg ingest path as default.
If it is not present, it will default to the RealEMWIN ingest
directory.
2.
Shows the ingest path on the screen.
WxFtp
1.
Corrected a problem with long file
names. Some ftp servers
and this ftp control do not like long file names.
The program now converts these to short file names before
sending them.
WxSched
1.
Added an option to the menu to launch
notepad. This will
assist with editing custom messages.
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