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| Subject: From: Date: | ECS 4.2.007 release notice Mark Gilmore Mon, 03 Jan 2000 18:37:06 -0500 |
Hello all,
ECS 4.2.007 has been released/uploaded and incorporates
the changes below.
Latest upgrade instructions are attached.
Beta testers who downloaded the last announced beta
need not download this update.
4.2.007 (01/04/99)
* 171) TVLFAVS.TXT has been renamed to TVLFAV.TXT.
Please rename this file and update all refs in ECS.CFG accordingly.
172) 3 new States (OPEN, RE-OPEN, & CLOSE) are now supported for the
FILE Type (see ECS.HTM for details).
173) A new Type (MENU-FILE) is now supported which allows text files
to be used as "menus" in separate windows.
* 174) The new TV-GUIDE Event in EXAMPLE.CFG maintains a separate menu
window which lists all TV shows currently on the air, plus shows
which will air within 2 hours (adjustable). Favorites are marked
with an asterisk ("*"). See EXAMPLE.CFG for instructions on how to
use this window to select channels and announce/view/record shows.
When inserting the TV-GUIDE Event in your cfg, also insert the
new TVL PARSE Event.
175) The max size of a Text-Line has been increased from 65 to 128.
176) The Message Screen is now re-sizable.
* 177) TVL listings now display times in AM/PM format (verus military).
To update your cfg, replace your TVL Event with that listed
in EXAMPLE.CFG. To modify other related files, execute TVLUPD.BAT
(note that this will take a while). Then edit TVLFAV.TXT and make
sure that all time fields have the added character (for "a" or "P"):
C Date Weekday Time Len Chan# Channel Show
* ***** ********* ****** *** ****** ********** ****
R --/-- --------- --:--- --- ------ ---------- Super Bowl~
R --/-- --------- --:--- --- ------ ---------- World Series~
* 178) EXAMPLE.CFG (TVL Event) now checks for TV shows every 5 minutes,
so as to account for unusual start times.
179) Corrected a remote phone session problem whereby ECS could
hangup
too quickly after playing messages and issuing the 15-second warning
("please respond within 15 seconds").
180) ECS now supports the NAPCO GEMINI security systems via these new
Types:
Security-IFC-C
Security-RTS-C
Security-Zone-C
Security-Area-C
181) Corrected a bug which caused certain hundreth values to be
misinterpreted in Events. For example
182) Corrected a TVL problem caused by shows (usually on
special-feeds)
which are NOT followed by another show within a "reasonable" time
frame (on the same channel). This would cause TVL2.EXE to calculate
a VERY long (and erroneous) duration for that show (i.e. over 999
minutes), which would cause "***" to be placed in the show length
field of that show's TVL.TXT line. To account for this, show "lengths"
over 480 minutes are now treated as 60 minutes.
* 183) EXAMPLE.CFG (via TV-GUIDE Event) now supports the ability to
filter unwanted shows from your TV-Guide listings. To do so, just
delete those shows in the TV-Guide window (via <DELETE> button).
* 184) In TVLFAV.TXT, ONLY dashes are now treated as "don't-care"s.
Previously, ALL non-alphanumeric characters were ignored,
but this resulted in erroneous channel-name matches
(e.g. "USA " would be considered a match for "USAP").
* 185) A new argument is now required for TVL.BAT (to denote if you
wish
to override the default channel #'s). Please append 0 (no override)
or 1 (override) to your TVL.BAT Text Item:
EXAMPLE:
| Text :TVL.BAT TZ-E 0
* 186) The new TV-LISTINGS Event in EXAMPLE.CFG maintains a separate
menu
window which lists the ENTIRE TV-listing file. See EXAMPLE.CFG for
instructions on how to use this window to select channels and
announce/view/record shows.
* 187) When processing the SET/CHAR operator, ECS now resets the
character
position index at the start of every Event (INCLUDING called Events),
and when the Text-Line differs from the last one referenced with
SET/CHAR. Previously, the index was reset only at the start of
NON-called Events.
188) Corrected a bug which could keep the "SIGNAL DELAY" from having
the desired EFFECT FOR IR-INTERFACE-2B and IR-INTERFACE-2C Items.
189) Any/all paging "parity errors" are now suppressed/ignored.
* 190) E.EXE (my editor) has been renamed to EDM.EXE.
If you have any batch files which reference E.EXE, please
change them accordingly.
--
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
To download/install updates from the Internet:
| ECS 1.0...3.3 | $105 |
| ECS 3.4...4.0 | $ 60 |
| ECS 4.1 | $ 20 |
We do not require payment before providing the code (your notice of intent to pay is sufficient). Send payments to:
Omnipotence
604 County Rd 181
Decatur, TN 37322
| ECS 1.0...4.1 | $80 |
| ECS 3.4...4.0 | $40 |
| ECS 4.1 | $10 |
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