[OZAPRS] Message Traffic and WX Alert list in Xastir

Ray Wells vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Thu Nov 27 17:52:33 EST 2008 

Andrew has raised a point re the ID field and I don't know the answer. 
All I know is that mine started working after I added that field.

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 :-)
>   
Geoff, I split the large shapefile into tiles courtesy of shp2tile. I 
can ftp the parts to you if they're of any value. xastir can read the 
tiles which are in the format c_aus20no08-#.shp where # is a number 
dependent on the number of parts, but I don't know about UIView. Maybe 
somebody can test this out. The file loads much more quickly as tiles.
> 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)
>
>   
Isn't this configurable in the dbfawk file? The US example maps have 
complete fill.

Ray vk2tv
> 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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