Yes, there's another new release of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile. Mostly
this release is about fixing up some screen layout issues on different
shaped phones and phones with different font sizes. If you've had
screen layout issues, check this one out!
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile
Here's what's new in APRSISCE6P091105.zip
Those that had screen layout and font size issues, give this version a
try and read #2 and #16.
1) Corrected a spontaneous exit issue if OSM Tile loading fails.
2) Support operator selection of Orientation via View/Map Menu. Options
are Automatic (what it originally
was), Wide (stuff at the top), or Narrow (stuff at the left). The
choice is recorded in the XML configuration
file and is used on restart. (For you XML hackers, the tag is
<Orientation> and 0=Narrow, 1=Wide, 2=Auto).
3) Support XML configuration of the toggle between Date and Time. The
originally coded value of 2367 is the
default. The value is which units digits of the seconds will display
the Date. To have only time displayed,
the value should be empty. To only display the date, the value should
be 0123456789. Get it?
4) Detect and track time-delayed duplicate track entries caused
(apparently) by KPC-3+ Digis in KISS mode.
These display as yellow squares in the tracks which no longer ping-pong
back and forth if the duplicate is
detected. Dupes are also counted and displayed in the station
Information window. Hopefully in the future
I'll be able to highlight the Digi and/or IGates that are causing the
delayed duplication.
5) Did some work with rejecting position updates that are too far away
or too fast of moving, but I still
don't like it so it mostly just complains into the .LOG file and accepts
the position update anyway...
6) Ability to filter what stations are displayed via a View menu
option. Choices are All (original and
default), Buddies (only those stations listed in a b/ in your filter),
Duplicates (only those stations with
detected duplicates), and Tracks (only stations that have moved). The
View filter is NOT recorded and reverts
back to all on a restart. There will be future additions to the filter
options.
7) Only treat a { in a message as the ack delimiter if it is within 6
characters of the end of the message.
8) Improve drawing performance of max-ed or min-ed colored bar charts
(empty rectangles).
9) Display local date/time when the GPS is disabled
10) Suppress Lookup and Message menu options for Objects
11) Added the ability to Retry or Abort a pending (non-acknowledged)
message. No auto-retry yet, though.
12) The map is no longer clipped to the circle but overflows and fills
between the other boxes. The circle is
still there to provide for a scale. Let me know what you think about
this change. I kind of like not wasting
the screen estate and seeing the stations outside the circle.
13) Satellite PRNs (numbers) are shown in a smaller font both in the
circle and at the bottom of the screen.
I can still read them on my phone, but I'm anxious to see if I made them
too small for some platforms.
14) Fix leaking GDI brush in painting the Pending Message window. This
would cause the client to lock up your
phone if you left it running for a LONG time.
15) The Win32 version of the client detects and complains about leaking
GDI resources (this is how I figured
out #14).
16) Made some MAJOR revisions in how the various information rectangles
are positioned during resizing.
Nearly all of it is based on fonts now, so those of you that had trouble
with the satellites at the bottom or
the stations on the left should see a HUGE improvement. Let me know
what you think. If you don't like one
layout, toggle the View/Map and try it the other way.
17) Warn if closing the client with non-acknowledged messages pending.
18) Ack indicators ({nnnnn) are removed from messages
19) Much improved and extended Platform detection using ToCalls
Completed ToDo from previous release:
Fix up fonts for VGA (640x480) devices (test with Noel W8TVI)
To Dos: (Incomplete)
Automatic, decaying retransmission of non-acked messages (start at 30+
seconds due to APRS-IS dupe checker)
Read message display (they disappear now once read)
Tile ager/purger - Critical now that you can center on other stations!
Parse and display Frequency object information
Parse, use, and transmit !DAO! (APRS PRECISION AND DATUM OPTION)
Support the -180/180 latitude wrap with closest display tile
Find a better icon scaling algorithm based on screen size & scale
Allow configuration of location for OSMTiles cache (w/o editing XML)
Allow configuration of date/time display & GMT vs local (Dave N8PU)
Allow configurable removal of some screen elements (Satellites, John N8JJ)
Pan (Drag) screen for browsing the map
Record/Recall last DNS/IP for OSM/APRS-IS (in config file, for
connecting without DNS)
Asynchronous TCP/IP connections & reading (solves hangs)
Timeout on OSM Tile fetcher (solves stalls)
Implement whatever results from the Zoom +/- Poll
Win32 client only for the following:
Simultaneously track multiple targets in separate circles
Support NMEA GPS
Extreme future:
Support KISS TNCs
Detect and highlight source of delayed duplications
Better speed/distance rejection algorithms
Additional View/Filter options based on symbol types
Auto-retry Pending Messages
Feed-through APRS-IS with local filters (for multiple instances of Win32
version with a single full feed to
APRS-IS).
