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This
page contains sounds, map
base, product files,
land marks, and
presentations. You will also find
miscellaneous setup documents,
and user contributed files to enhance your system.
Sounds
The
following sounds can be used with the Message Client. These
sounds were found on the web from sites that advertised them as
free.
Updated
Map Base Files 8-19-2005
To
get an updated map base files (county outlines), click on the following
link Map
Base Update.
Updated
FIPS Product File
11-2-2007
To
get an updated FIPS product file, right click on the following
link and select "Save Target As". WxCType.dat
After this file has downloaded, copy it to your ..\WxMesg
directory, overwriting the existing WxCType.dat. This file
contains a list of products coded as FIPS.
Updated
Product File 11-22-2006
The
product file contains the product prefixes and descriptions for
all products present on the EMWIN data stream. This file is
updated as new products are added by the National Weather
Service.
To
get an updated Product file, for version 2.7 and up, right click on the following link and
select "Save Target As". Product.dat
After this file has downloaded, copy it to your ..\WxMesg
directory, overwriting the existing Product.dat. For
versions 1.0 through version 2.6, using this link Product.dat
2.6.
Sample
WxWords.dat - For Parsing Messages
Here
is a sample WxWords.dat file created by Tom Moore, WX4TM.
Right click on the following link and select "Save Target
As". WxWords.dat After
this file has downloaded, copy it to your ..\WxMesg directory,
overwriting the existing WxWords.dat.
PowerPoint
Presentations
Weather
Message presentation to the Alabama EMWIN Users Conference
9/17/2002. WxDemo02.ppt
Weather
Message presentation to the Alabama and Florida EMWIN Users
Conference 10/2003. WxDemo03.ppt
Weather
Message presentation to the Southeastern EMWIN Users Conference
10/2004. WxDemo04.ppt
Weather
Message presentation to the Southeastern EMWIN Users Conference
10/2005. WxDemo.ppt
and X10Demo.ppt
Miscellaneous
Documents
Setting
up a custom weather product and scheduling it for email or paging.
WxSchedCustom.pdf
Setting up Weather Message for
secure SMTP using SSL or TLS.
SecureSmtp.pdf
Map
Legends for WxMap
If
you are using WxMap to update a web page, you already know that
you have to create your own map legend. A sample map legend
has been created by Todd Sherman, KB4MHH. Click on this link
to download Legend.zip.
Map
Landmarks
If
you want to see the position for each Radar Site, Weather Forecast
Office, and Weather Service Office, download the following
following file for the version of Weather Message that you have
installed. Right click on the following link and select "Save Target
As".
For Version 3.x
WxLandMarks.xml
, for Version 2.X
WxLand.txt
Save it to your Weather Message directory. For version 3.0,
"C:\Program
Files\WxMesgNet". For version 2.x "C:\Program
Files\WxMesg". This will overwrite any existing
landmarks.
The radar sites show up in black, weather forecast offices in
green, and weather service offices in black. If the radar
site is located at the weather service office, it will be
displayed in black.
Thanks
to Jeremy Ruck, WM9C, for providing this landmark file. He
gathered and entered the information for each of the 229 sites.
Java
Applet to Scroll Text
If
you like the scrolling text on our sample weather page, you can
implement that feature by using this java applet. These
applets were found on the web and are provided without any support
.
Vertical
text scrolling - ScrollItUp.zip
Horizontal text scrolling - TextScroll.zip
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