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Re: [ECS] Beta (with "skip" fix) joerut.epix.net Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:46:54 -0500

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Hello All

I would just like to express my thanks to Mark for taking the time to
correct this problem for me in such a short time period. I wish there
were more programmers like him.

Thanks again
Joe Rut





Mark Gilmore wrote:
> 
> I found/corrected the problem with "skips" during phone playback:
> Joe's modem (COMSTAR 28.8) was using XON/XOFF protocol, and sending
> an XOFF when it's buffer was full (which ECS was not handling).
> ECS now turns on XON/XOFF during playback.
> 
> JOE - THANKS for your help/patience :-).
> 
> Just uploaded:
> 
>         4.2.009 (01/19/00)
> 
>    192) Corrected problem with KEYBOARD-EVENT recognizing class names.
> 
> *  193) Corrected mistake in the TV-GUIDE and TV-LISTINGS Events
>         (see #194 below before making this change):
> 
>         THIS:
>         |       ; If user enters A, S, or V, append to TVLFAV.TXT:
>         |       BEGINIF Character-A             Is              A
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              a
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              S
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              s
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              V
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              v
> 
>         SHOULD BE THIS:
>         |       ; If user enters A, V, or R, append to TVLFAV.TXT:
>         |       BEGINIF Character-A             Is              A
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              a
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              V
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              v
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              R
>         |       Or      Character-A             Is              r
> 
> *  194) Added support for a TVL "F" code, so as to mark shows as
> favorites
>         in the TV-Guide Window withOUT announcing them. To support this
>         feature, copy the TV-GUIDE/TV-LISTINGS Events and the
>         "TVL6 FAVORITE MSG" Item from EXAMPLE.CFG to ECS.CFG.
> 
>    195) Corrected problem whereby lower-case characters could not be
>         specified as a State for CHARACTER Items in the Event-Editor.
> 
> *  196) ECS.HTM/EXAMPLE.CFG now document/use the RADMIN shareware ($25
> reg)
>         to access the ECS PC via the internet, as it appears to be much
>         faster and easier to use than the VNC freeware.
>         To support RADMIN in ECS.CFG:
>              1) Replace all VNC/WINVNC Items with the R_SERVER Items in
>                 EXAMPLE.CFG.
>              2) Replace the WINVNC Event with the R_SERVER Event in
>                 EXAMPLE.CFG.
>              3) Customize the POSTIE command in R_SERVER0.BAT as you did
>                 with the similar command in WINVNC0.BAT.
> 
> *  197) SERIAL-BYTE and I/O-PORT-BYTE Items are now read when referenced
>         (instead of at the start of each Event-Pass).
> 
>    198) TVL setup/usage instructions have been moved from EXAMPLE.CFG
>         to ECS.HTM (see "TV SHOWS").
> 
>    198) The TV-GUIDE window now displays the codes (F/A/V/R) of
> favorites
>         the leftmost column (as read from TVLFAV.TXT).
> 
> *  199) In EXAMPLE.CFG, I have increased the TV-GUIDE "look-ahead" from
>         2 hours to 12 hours. If you wish to do so, set your TVL4.EXE
>         Item's Text-Line as follows (12 hours = 720 minutes):
>                 TVL4 TVL.TXT TVLFAV.TXT 720 TV-Guide.TXT
>         Note that this change will significantly increase the time it
>         takes to run TVL4.EXE.
> 
> *  200) To mark/announce/view/record TV shows ONE TIME ONLY, you may now
>         enter the same codes keys with <Shift> (<Shift-F>/<Shift-A</<Shift-V>/
>         <Shift-R>). To incorporate this enhancement, replace your TV-GUIDE/
>         TV-LISTING Events with those in EXAMPLE.CFG.
> 
>    201) Fixed a bug which would occur if you created an Item and then
>         deleted it (or deleted the LAST Item in the cfg).
> 
> *  202) For CBAND/TVL users: I modified the following Events in
> EXAMPLE.CFG,
>         so that they use the PARSED sat & transponder when applicable.
>         Otherwise (if the CBAND CHAN is set via the user or a non-TVL
>         Event), the sat/transponder are calculated from the State of
>         the CBAND CHAN Item.
>                 TVR
>                 TV-Guide
>                 TV-Listings
>                 CBand Chan Monitor
>                 CBand Chan Set
> 
> *  203) FREE-MEMORY has been renamed to FREE-PHYSICAL-MEM.
> 
>    204) A new Type (FREE-VIRTUAL-MEM) now denotes free virtual memory
>         (which can included disk space).
> 
>    205) Corrected a problem whereby the "wrong" window could sometimes
>         be restored after executing another program (with WAIT).
>         For example, if you deleted a line in the TV-GUIDE window
>         (triggering the execution of TVL5.EXE), then the Group window
>         could be displayed afterwards.
> 
>    206) Corrected bug which could cause a crash on startup if a FILE
>         Item had an Initial State of OPEN.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026

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