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4.1.009 release notice Mark Gilmore Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:50:06 -0700

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ECS 4.1.009 has been released/uploaded, and incorporates the changes
below. For upgrade instructions, see "DOWNLOADING/INSTALLING UPDATES"
in ECS.HTM.

The EXECUTE/NW problem has been corrected.

	4.1.009 (09/17/99)

    97)	A new Type (HUNDREDTHS) is now supported (for 0.01...327.67)

*   98)	The following WEATHER-IFC-A Settings are now denoted in
hundredths
	(instead of tenths):
		Barometric-Pressure
		Daily-Rain
		Yearly-Rain

*   98)	The OFF/ON States of the LIGHT/B Items now send only OFF/ON
commands
	to the module, so that ON will restore the previous DIM level.
	The previous OFF/ON States have been renamed to 0%/100%.

    99)	A strange problem has been "corrected" (coded around) whereby
the
	CM11A would fail to transmit multiple/consecutive 6381 commands.

   100)	Corrected an oversite which resulted in Event-execution
exceeding
	4 per second when the mouse was active in the ECS Window(s).

*  101)	The default output file for WPDL.EXE (web page download utility)
	has been changed from WPDL.TMP to WPDL.HTM. PLEASE CHANGE ANY
	APPLICABLE COMMANDS AND/OR BATCH FILES ACCORDINGLY.

   102)	EXAMPLE.CFG now supports the ability to announce your favorite
	TV shows as they air, per schedule listings which are downloaded
	weekly (see "TVL" Items).

   103)	A bug has been corrected which could cause "funny" characters to
	be pasted into an Event if you selected the destination line by
	clicking the line # (to the left) instead of the line itself.

*  104)	Having discovered a nasty conflict when attempting to execute
	two programs simultaneously (without waiting), I have implemented
	a more "robust" method of executing Text Items and other programs:

	Each execution is now assigned a dedicated/TEMPORARY console
	window (the permanent ECS console Window has been eliminated).

	To view the output of a command(s) for verification, you must
	now re-direct its output to a text file (e.g. "DIR *.* > DIR.TXT").
	But note that output/input re-direction is ONLY supported via the
	EXECUTE & EXECUTE/ND States (execute with WAIT). To re-direct
	withOUT waiting, place the re-directed command in a batch file
	and execute it (via EXECUTE/NW or EXECUTE/NW/ND).

   105)	The AUTHORIZATION-CODE Item State now reflects the authorized
mode
	(LITE or STANDARD).

   106)	A bug has been corrected which could cause IS NOW statements to
	fail in CALLED Events.

   107)	ECS normally executes 4 Event-passes per second, via a timer set
	to 250 (milliseconds). This time may now be overridden by placing
	the command "SET ECS_TMR_MSECS={d}" in \AUTOEXEC.BAT, where {d}
	is the desired # of milliseconds. Settings below 100 are NOT
	recommended, as this may cause Win to fall behind.

   108)	Fixed recently-introduced bug whereby FILE and PARALLEL-BYTE
Items
	were read at the start of every Event-Pass (they should be read
	ONLY when referenced in an Event).

*  109)	The LIGHT/B State value for OFF has been changed from 64 to 0,
	and the percentage States values have been incremented by 1
	(0%=1, 1%=2, etc).

*  110)	A bug has been corrected which could cause statements following
	an ELSE-IF to be erroneously executed if the ELSE-IF was
	followed by a comment-line:
		If		True		Is	True
		Else If		False		Is	True
		; The bug could cause the following line(s) to be executed:
		Then	...

   111)	EXAMPLE.CFG now supports automatic announcing/viewing/recording
	of TV shows (see EXAMPLE.CFG for instructions).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026

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