[OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir
David
djmunn at bigpond.com
Thu Nov 27 17:39:23 EST 2008
Hi Geoff....looks pretty good ....
you may need to leave out the piece about renaming the .dbfawk
files.....it would be better to have ops d/l the dbfawk zip file and use
those files
too much info only confuses the mind hi hi
David
ps will d/l the new .dbfawk files and try them out
Geoff wrote:
> 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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