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BETA upload (with local-network address Param) Mark Gilmore Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:37:14 -0500

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Hi all,
A 4.4.014 BETA (containing ECS.EXE, ECS.HTM, & UPD.TXT only)
has been uploaded to http://omnipotencesoftware.com/ecsb.zip
and incorporates these changes:

	4.4.014 (12/19/00)

	NOTE: This particular upload does NOT contain WPDL.EXE:
   102)	The TV-LISTING web server (tv.excite.com) now sometimes returns
a web page
	denoting a "currently unavailable" status, resulting in a missing
3-hour
	block wherever this occurs. So I have enhanced WPDL.EXE so as to
support
	a "minimum file size" argument (if the downloaded file is smaller than
	this setting, it retries). When creating the TVLDL.BAT/TVLDL.SH
	download batch files, TVL0.EXE now appends this argument to all
	WPDL commands.

*  103)	All "MESSAGE ITEM" Parameters in ECS.CFG which denote a blank
	must be changed to "(none)".
	I.E., all occurrences of this:
		Message Item :
	must be changed to this:
		Message Item :(none)

*  104)	Please either edit the TVL PARSE Event, such that the top of it
	appears as follows, OR just copy the entire Event from EXAMPLE.CFG:
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	; Clear all
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	Do	TVL Code		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Minutes		Set		0
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 1		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 2		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 3		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 4		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 5		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan Ch 6		Set		<NUL>
	Do	TVL Chan		Set		Unknown
	Do	TVL Show		Set		Reset
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	; Parse TVL record
	;----------------------------------------------------------------
	Do	Character-A		Set/Char	Text-A
	If	Character-A		Is		<NUL>
	Then	Event-Exit		Set		True
	;
	Do	TVL Code		Set		Character-A
	;
	Do	Character-A		Set/Char	Text-A
	;
	; Skip date:
				. . .
				. . .

*  105)	When writing diagnostic/status info to ECS.LOG, ECS now "limits"
the
	file to 10,000 lines (i.e. if the file exceeds 10,000 lines, ECS will
	discard the oldest lines). This was done to guard against "run-away"
	error logging that could fill up the hard disk.

*  106)	A new Parameter ("LN Address") has been added to the ISP Type,
so as
	to denote any local-network address(s) which are to be ignored when
	looking for an ISP address. Please append this new Parameter as follows
	to the ISP Items in ECS.CFG (if any):
	Item:ISP			Type:ISP			Acc:User/User
		Initial	State:(none)					Backup:No
		ISP address  :
		LN address   :	
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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