[OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir

Geoff geoff at gatwards.org
Thu Nov 27 17:19:53 EST 2008


David,

Check the implementation page on wxsvr.aprs.net.au and let me know if there
is enough info there....

Geoff

-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of David
Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 4:07 PM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir

Hi Geoff....working very well here....its adding the areas as the BOM 
updates the warnings

Shapefile support and other map support should be compiled in right from 
the start with Xastir.....there are now good How Tos for most major 
Linux Distros as well as Mac

the only problem i had with the .dbfwak files was the "z" one and put a 
copy into counties and that fixed the problem

the NWS shapefiles must be in the Counties dir

make sure that the buttons for Enable Color Fills and Enable Weather 
Alerts in the Maps dir are ON

OK each to there own with the solid fills or the overlays that are in 
Xastir at the moment...i personally like the present way.....

would be good to have the .dwfawk and shapefiles together on the WXSVR 
website.....
would save anyone missing them....

I cant write in the daytime as i went to night school ;-)  but i think a 
HowTo for NWS-AU wold be a good thing....save any newbies falling into 
any pit falls....

Thank you Geoff for all your hard work on this for us few Xastir 
uses...i very much appreciate the time you have taken

73 David VK4BDJ


Geoff wrote:
> Excellent - Glad to hear that it's working now :-)
>
> SO - To summarise what we needed to do to make this all work (once we
> confirm this I'll update the website so that it's public record)
>
> - Ensure shp support is compiled into Xastir;
> - Create new .dbfawk files in the /config dir for the Aussie zones;
> - Stick the Shapefiles in the Counties dir;
>
> Did I miss anything from our debugging ???
>
> I'll upload the .dbfawk files along with the Shapefiles to the
site+mirrors
> for everyone to grab - It'll save making errors in the future :-)
>
> Still to be resolved is the MZ file, but this is an action on me to verify
> with our US counterparts and implement.
>
> Maybe it's because I'm only using the default maps in Xastir at the
moment,
> but I must admit, the shapefile overlays do look better in UI-View (Solid
> areas rather than the ---ALERT--- fill that Xastir does)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff VK2XJG
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Ray Wells
> Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 3:24 PM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir
>
> I'll make this public so nobody else gets caught by it.
>
> Prior to Andrew Errington making me aware of qgis I used Microsoft Excel 
> to view the dbf database files. I created the dbfinfo line in dbfawk 
> based on what Excel reported.
>
> In the case of c_aus20no08.dbf, Excel didn't report the first field, ID. 
> Column A was the second field, STATE..
>
> Not having the first field included obviously screwed up reading the 
> database.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has been involved in trying to sort this, but 
> especially thanks to Geoff, David and Andrew.
>
> As David said, perseverance paid off.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
> Ray Wells wrote:
>   
>> I've just discovered an error in my c_aus20no08.dbawk file. The first 
>> field in the dbf, ID, wasn't present. Since adding that field to the 
>> dbfinfo line in dbfawk, I'm now getting warnings in the warning zones, 
>> four of which are present on the map in western Queensland and South 
>> Australia. The format of the warning is horizontal red lines with the 
>> word ALERT, also in red, appearing frequently within the affected areas.
>>
>> Ray vk2tv
>>
>> David wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Geoff...have done a ./update-xastir from the CVS in case something 
>>> got broke.....
>>> an NWS_WARN came in for NEP_STS and now i have a Red Alert area
>>> looks like things are getting there.....
>>> what you thought was YN as yellow well the Red one is YF....my cyan 
>>> one may be missing dont know yet
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Geoff wrote:
>>>       
>>>> BINGO.
>>>>
>>>> Problem with the Marine zones and Xastir found.
>>>>
>>>> Xastir has been HARD CODED so that only certain state prefixes will 
>>>> look at
>>>> the MZ file.   From  maps.c:
>>>>
>>>> case 'Z':
>>>>   // Zone, coastal or offshore marine zone file z_????? or mz???? or 
>>>> oz??
>>>>   // oz: ANZ081-086,088,PZZ081-085
>>>>   // mz: AM,AN,GM,LC,LE,LH,LM,LO,LS,PH,PK,PM,PS,PZ,SL
>>>>   // z_: All others
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SO - I'll need to "fool" Xastir somehow by giving all products in 
>>>> the MZ
>>>> file a state from the hard-coded list above.....   I'm not sure if 
>>>> this will
>>>> cause issues to the US folk - I'll check with Dale & Peter.
>>>>
>>>> I'll get back to you on this one.....
>>>>
>>>> Anyway updated z_aus27no08 fileset is now available, and the code 
>>>> change has
>>>> been done to send all alerts as NWS_xxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Geoff   VK2XJG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Geoff [mailto:geoff at gatwards.org] Sent: Thursday, 27 November 
>>>> 2008 12:53 PM
>>>> To: 'Australian APRS Users'
>>>> Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir
>>>>
>>>> OK I've got my Xastir up and running, and after conducting a few 
>>>> tests, I
>>>> think I found a problem (with Xastir!)
>>>>
>>>> It looks like Xastir ONLY accepts alert messages with NWS_xxxx as the
>>>> destination.  The WXSVR protocol allows for both NWS_xxxx AND NWS-xxxx.
>>>> I was sending out WARN severity messages with the latter format, in 
>>>> order
>>>> for these to trigger additional messages on mobile units.
>>>>
>>>> So,  Fix 1 is for WXSVR-AU to only send alerts with the Underscore 
>>>> method...
>>>>
>>>> I have the dbfawk files working in the /config dir - BUT I had to 
>>>> RENAME the
>>>> existing US versions (nwsz_ddmmyy became _nwsz_ddmmyy etc). Xastir 
>>>> refused
>>>> to see the z_ausddmmyy file until I did this - don't know why.
>>>>
>>>> I have also REMOVED the additional column from the end of the dbf 
>>>> file for
>>>> the z_aus product, as it also seems to have been causing issues with 
>>>> Xastir
>>>> (look out for updated z_aus file later today on the site)
>>>>
>>>> I'm still trying to look at the issue with the MZ warnings - I still 
>>>> can't
>>>> trigger any areas on the map although there seem to be no errors in
>>>> Xastir...   Will keep looking at this one, but it only affects coastal
>>>> waters areas at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Geoff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>>> Behalf Of David
>>>> Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 10:04 AM
>>>> To: Australian APRS Users
>>>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir
>>>>
>>>> Hi Geoff....e-mail was getting too long
>>>>
>>>> your comment about th ?N or ?Y being a missing color for the area 
>>>> alert may be spot on.....
>>>> however i cant find ..after a lot of trawling of my h/d...the 
>>>> file(s) where the colors are listed for the ADVIS  etc.....
>>>> i got an Alert for CNTFLW again and the area color was YY and that 
>>>> showed up the Yellow area on the map down the bottom of Victoria
>>>>
>>>> i think you are onto something there
>>>>
>>>> give me the clues and i'll do the searching etc....ive got all day 
>>>> hi hi
>>>>
>>>> David VK4BDJ
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