| ECS-L Home Automation and Security Archives |
| Subject: From: Date: | 4.2.009 release notice Mark Gilmore Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:50:47 -0500 |
Hello all, ECS 4.2.009 has been released/uploaded and incorporates the changes below. Latest upgrade instructions are attached. 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
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 |