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Re: [ECS] problem upgrading Mark Gilmore Wed, 05 Jan 2000 20:14:20 -0500

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Hi Tom,
In my defense, I did document in the update chapter
to save/restore any .CHN files that you modified :-).

Yes, you can change the VCR:REC/etc as desired per
your hardware.

You might want have your TVR Event announce only when
AWAKE is TRUE (which is set per AWAKE TIME & ASLEEP TIME).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026


> Tom Hutchins wrote:
> 
> Mark, Don, Paul,
> 
> Thanks to all your help I have TV-Guide / TV-Listings up and running
> great!!!!!!!!
> I had two things wrong first of all I didn't realize that my TZ-E file
> was overwritten when I upgraded so I had to go back in and "start from
> scratch" adding "*"'s and changing the channel #'s. Secondly, when I
> cut and pasted some of the TVL items into ecs.cfg somehow some extra
> spaces got into the 'FILE : ' lines and so ECS was looking for "   :
> TVL.TXT" for example. So , a little editing repair work and now
> everything works great!!
> 
> Now for a question. I want to get the VCR to record my favorites! I
> understand the selection of favs no problem. Now I need to get the 'IR
> stuff' working using my HV-PC w/ Xantech dual emitters plugged into
> the back. Help file describes how to input the IR signal data but I
> want to know if I can simply edit the existing VCR:REC ect items
> instead of starting over. Also, I don't need the Announcement along w/
> the Record (am using the bedroom TV/VCR for this and the 'BOSS' will
> get very upset if the computer starts announcing that it will 'Record
> Poirot in 60 seconds' at 2am!!!). Can this be done?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Don Stephens
>      To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>      Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:13 AM
>      Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading
> 
>      Tom:
> 
>       And I thought I got up early. :-)
>      OK, here's TVL.BAT. It requires three arguments, Time
>      Zone,Amount of Days forward, and the last number channel
>      override. In my case it looks like this.
>      TVL.BAT TZ-P 8 1. This is reflected in the TVL.BAT Item in
>      your ECS.CFG.
>      If you run this manually....
> 
>      DEL ISPSTAT.DAT
>      Deletes file ISPSTAT.DAT
> 
>      IF "%1"=="" GOTO ERR
>      If there is no argument (TZ-P) the batch file jumps to ERR,
>      else..
> 
>      rem Generate TVLDL.BAT to download listings starting at
>      12:00AM
>      rem (%2 is the day-count - default is 8 days)
>      TVL0 %1 %2
> 
>      TVL0 Runs with 1st and 2nd arguments, TZ-P and 8 or TVL0
>      TZ-P 8
>      rem Download listings:
>      CALL TVLDL
>      Calls the batch file TVDL and then returns here...
>      START /W RASDIAL /DISCONNECT
>      This is some of Mark's magic stuff to deal with the state of
>      the modem..
>      IF NOT EXIST TVL.HTM GOTO ERR
>      If the file TVL.HTM isn't found then jump to ERR...
> 
> 
>      rem Convert HTML to text file and assign chan #s if
>      applicable
>      rem (%3 denotes channel# override):
>      TVL1 TVL.HTM %1.CHN %3 TVLNEW.TXT
> 
>      This converts TVL.HTM to TVLNEW.TXT parsing the stuff in
>      %1.CHN or in my
>      case, TZ-P. At this point TVLNEW.TXT should exist...The 3rd
>      argument tells the
>      executable TVL1 if you want to override the channel
>      numbers...
> 
>      rem Delete unwanted channels:
>      FILTER @%1.CHN TVLNEW.TXT 0 29
>      Throw out unwanted channels from %1.CHN or in my case
>      TZ-P.CHN...
> 
>      rem Calculate length (minutes) of each show:
>      TVL2 TVLNEW.TXT TVL.TMP
>      Like Mark says in the comment...TVL.TMP is a temporary file
>      storing the future
>      TVLNEW.TXT
>      COPY TVL.TMP TVLNEW.TXT
>      DEL TVL.TMP
>      Coping the TMP file to TXT file, and then deleting the TMP
>      file
> 
>      rem Save original TVLNEW.TXT (for possible reference)
>      COPY TVLNEW.TXT TVLNEW0.TXT
> 
>      creating a TVLNEW0.TXT, mirroring the TVLNEW.TXT file..
>      And So on. You can copy TVL.BAT to another file and place
>      pauses (PAUSE)
>      between the commands of this new file and watch it execute.
>      Just make sure you include the three arguments TimeZone,
>      Amount of Days, Switch for channel override (0 or 1) and see
>      what happens. I'm going to be home for part of the day, so
>      drop me a note if you have any questions.
> 
>      Don
>

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