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BETA upload Mark Gilmore Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:52:06 -0500

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Hi all,
The ECS/Win 4.4.014 BETA has been uploaded
to http://omnipotencesoftware.com/ecsb.zip,
and incorporates the changes below.
I will upload the LINUX beta shortly.

	4.4.014 (01/06/01)

   102)	The TV-LISTING web server (tv.excite.com) now sometimes returns
a web page
	denoting a "currently unavailable" status, resulting in a missing
3-hour
	block wherever this occurs. So I have enhanced WPDL.EXE so as to
support
	a "minimum file size" argument (if the downloaded file is smaller than
	this setting, it retries). When creating the TVLDL.BAT/TVLDL.SH
	download batch files, TVL0.EXE now appends this argument to all
	WPDL commands.

*  103)	All "MESSAGE ITEM" Parameters in ECS.CFG which denote a blank
	must be changed to "(none)".
	I.E., all occurrences of this:
		Message Item :
	must be changed to this:
		Message Item :(none)

*  104)	Please either edit the TVL PARSE Event, such that the top of it
	appears as follows, OR just copy the entire Event from EXAMPLE.CFG:
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	; Clear all
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	Do	TVL Code		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Minutes		Set		0
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 1		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 2		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 3		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 4		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 5		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 6		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan		Set		Unknown
	Do	TVL Show		Set		Reset
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	; Parse TVL record
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	Do	Character-A		Set/Char	Text-A
	If	Character-A		Is		<NUL>
	Then	Event-Exit		Set		True
	;
	Do	TVL Code		Set		Character-A
	;
	Do	Character-A		Set/Char	Text-A
	;
	; Skip date:
				. . .
				. . .

*  105)	If, when writing diagnostic/status info to ECS.LOG, the size of
this
	file exceeds 1 meg, then ECS will copy ECS.LOG to ECS.LOG.0, and clear
	ECS.LOG for subsequent writes. The next time, ECS will save to
	"ECS.LOG.1", "ECS.LOG.2", etc. After "ECS.LOG.9" is written, ECS
	will start again at "ECS.LOG.0". This was done to guard against
	"run-away" error logging that could fill up the hard disk
	(by limiting the max logging data to 10 megs).

*  106)	A new Parameter ("LN Address") has been added to the ISP Type,
so as
	to denote any local-network address(s) which are to be ignored when
	looking for an ISP address. Please append this new Parameter as follows
	to the ISP Items in ECS.CFG (if any):
	Item:ISP			Type:ISP			Acc:User/User
		Initial	State:(none)					Backup:No
		ISP address  :
		LN address   :

   107)	If an Event sets a SERIAL-BYTE Item to a TEXT Item, ECS will now
	send all characters in that Item's Text-Line to the serial port.
	Likewise, if an Event sets a SERIAL-BYTE Item to a FILE Item,
	ECS will now send all characters in that Item's file to the port.

   108)	An SR-SESSION bug has been corrected which prevented commands
from
	becoming PENDING when appropriate.
	For example, if the command was "LIGHT ON:LIGHT ON ?, YES:O K" and
	"LIGHT ON" was spoken, then ECS will now properly set the Item to
	PENDING. Then when "YES" is spoken, the Item will become ACTIVE for
	one Event-pass (as documented).

*  109)	The States for the ECS-EXIT Type have been changed to FALSE &
TRUE.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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