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NWS Weather Alerts


 

Could someone give me the steps needed to get the NWS Warnings from ICT in Wichita, KS into UI-VIEW., I had this feature working sometime ago, but is not working now. I have changed the server in UI-view to Firenet.US:14580 and have changed the two Ini Files in UI-View. I think I am missing something. Thank You
KC?WNY


 

On 5/13/2015 1:51 PM, tbanks204@... [ui-view] wrote:

Could someone give me the steps needed to get the NWS Warnings from ICT in
Wichita, KS into UI-VIEW., I had this feature working sometime ago, but is
not working now. I have changed the server in UI-view to Firenet.US:14580 and
have changed the two Ini Files in UI-View. I think I am missing something.
Thank You
KC?WNY

Are your NWS shapefiles current? There are three sets of these transparent
overlays that are used by UI-NWS: COUNTIES, NWS ZONES and COASTAL MARINE
AREAS. The counties don't change very often, but the other two are updated
2-3 times a year. If your local NWS office recently re-arranged the zones in
your area, you may not get any displays or incorrect displays if you are not
using the latest sets.

Links to download the shapefile sets are here on my website:

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Also, have you put "t/n" into your "Extra log-on text" filter expression?

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--

Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
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Teddy Banks
 

Also, have you put "t/n" into your "Extra log-on text" filter expression? FILTER M/175 is all I had, I will have to check the shape files, but I thought they were current. Thanks Steve

--
Amateur radio operators KC?WNY & KD?ACN Teddy and Kay Banks
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. -- John F. Kennedy


 

What does t/n do?


Gerhard.F5VAG
 

What does t/n do?
It lets pass NWS format messages and objects.



73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


 

WW5RM (gleaned from your email address) wrote...

What does t/n do?
Added to your filter, it will retrieve NWS Weather and NWS Area Objects.

You can download an updated copy of filter.txt from..



It can replace filter.txt in the DOCS folder below
where you installed UI-View.

from filter.txt...

#4 Type filter t/type OR t/type/call/dist

#4 Type filter
The type filter will pass traffic depending on the packet type.
More than one type can be defined in one single command. You can
also limit this to a distance around a station or object.

Syntax: t/type
t/type/call/dist

Where: t = type command

type = is one or more of the following letters
p = Position packets
o = Objects
i = Items
m = Message
n = NWS Weather and NWS Area Objects
w = Weather
t = Telemetry
q = Query
s = Status
u = User-defined
call = call of a station or object
dist = distance in km from call to pass this type

Samples: t/p This will pass all traffic with a position
t/w This will pass all weather traffic. For
positionless weather objects the corresponding
position packet will also be sent when it is
next heard
t/mos This will pass all messages, objects and
status traffic
t/p/SM5NRK/500 Pass all position packets within
500 km from last known position of SM5NRK

Remember that the APRS message must start with the word filter
and the the commands.

The above filters can be combined as explain above. Each filter
will however working independent of the others, for example:

filter r/63/16/1000 r/55/-4/600 p/F b/AE5PL t/s

The above filter will pass all traffic within Nordic (range#1)
AND UK (range#2) AND stations starting with F (prefix) AND from
AE5PL (budlist) AND all status traffic (type).

--
73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"


 

Intresting! Ive never seen tgat before...... Been running UIview for almost 10 yrs now.

TNX

WW5RM


Gerhard.F5VAG
 

You can download an updated copy of filter.txt from
This is valid for the old version 3 servers.

The link I quoted is for the current version 4 servers and contains some
updates.

73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


Gerhard.F5VAG
 

Intresting! Ive never seen tgat before...... Been running UIview for
almost 10 yrs now.

There is unfortunately much old and outdated information circulating.

73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


 

Gerhard F5VAG wrote...

This is valid for the old version 3 servers.

The link I quoted is for the current version 4 servers
and contains some updates.
Thanks for the info. I'll get the file on the UI-View site
updated, and add a link to the one you quoted.

--
73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"


Gerhard.F5VAG
 

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Keith VE7GDH ve7gdh@... [ui-view] <
ui-view@...> wrote:

Thanks for the info. I'll get the file on the UI-View site
updated, and add a link to the one you quoted.
Thanks Keith.

The server guys did a lot to improve the APRS-IS and the user experience in
the last years, but their information policy is borrowed from the NSA.

73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


 

Gerhard
when i go on the aprs.fi site and looked at Quebec for an example i can see the Echolink node there,is there any filter i could add here at uiview so i would see on my map these Echolink nodes?
I am running a node here and on APRS.FI ,bizarre i dont see it,can i edit a line somewhere so i would ,,,broadcast my station?
thanks for all you are doing for uiview as for Keith and all the others that we dont see73gervais ve2ckn

To: ui-view@...
From: ui-view@...
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 14:15:23 +0200
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Re: NWS Weather Alerts


























> Intresting! Ive never seen tgat before...... Been running UIview for

almost 10 yrs now.



There is unfortunately much old and outdated information circulating.



73 de Gerhard, F5VAG



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Seems like i remember this filter stuff now but if i remember correctly the server i use to connect to didnt require filter settings. Thus leaving it blank gave you all data. Filter being used for what you wanted filtered out not in. Seems backwards to me. I dont know i barely remember what day it is sometimes but it use to work just fine until a year two ago.

WW5RM


Gerhard.F5VAG
 

Gervais

If you want to see all Echolink objects, use the symbol filter. The symbol
for Echolink is E0, so the filter is s/E0.

If you want to send an object, click on the map at the future object's
position and open the object editor, probably F5.

Many Echolink objects are generated automatically by SvxLink by SM0SVX .

73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


 

On 5/15/2015 12:57 PM, Gervais Fillion ve2ckn2@... [ui-view] wrote:
Gerhard
when i go on the aprs.fi site and looked at Quebec for an example i can see the Echolink node there,is there any filter i could add here at uiview so i would see on my map these Echolink nodes?
I am running a node here and on APRS.FI ,bizarre i dont see it,can i edit a line somewhere so i would ,,,broadcast my station?
thanks for all you are doing for uiview as for Keith and all the others that we dont see73gervais ve2ckn
Echolink has a built-in APRS announce feature that can transmit the node's
current status; i.e. in use or available as people connect and disconnect. It
is on the "RF Info" tab of the "Sysop Setup" menu. However it is fatally
flawed: 1) It only offers obsolete RELAY and PLAIN wide paths. 2) if you are
using UIview (or any other APRS application) at the same time it can't access
your TNC.

The Echolink announce function must completely take-over a normal command-line
TNC by itself. I.e. it CAN'T share a TNC with another application like UIview.


Years ago, I wrote the author of EchoLink and suggested he make it compatible
with the port-sharing function in the AGW Packet Engine. This would would
allow Echolink, UIview and any APRS programs to share a single TNC. I never
got any response back.

If you want your EchoLink node to actively announce when it is up or down, you
will have to setup another radio and TNC, separate from the one UIview is
using. If all you want to do is broadcast the presence of your Echolink node
(but not show it's current status), you could easily create an object in UIview
and have it transmitted periodically. Note that if it is at the same
location as your UIview station, Uiview's own beacon and the Echolink object
will be on top of each other - whichever was the most recently beaconed is what
others will see.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

---> Dayton TOTAL APRS OVERLOAD! <--
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
<>


 

well stephen"you could easily create an object in UIview and have it transmitted periodically"
i think it is the only option i have nowthanks i will edit an icon
73great week endGervais ve2ckn

To: ui-view@...
From: ui-view@...
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 14:13:13 -0400
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Re: NWS Weather Alerts


























On 5/15/2015 12:57 PM, Gervais Fillion ve2ckn2@... [ui-view] wrote:

Gerhard
when i go on the aprs.fi site and looked at Quebec for an example i can see the Echolink node there,is there any filter i could add here at uiview so i would see on my map these Echolink nodes?
I am running a node here and on APRS.FI ,bizarre i dont see it,can i edit a line somewhere so i would ,,,broadcast my station?
thanks for all you are doing for uiview as for Keith and all the others that we dont see73gervais ve2ckn


Echolink has a built-in APRS announce feature that can transmit the node's

current status; i.e. in use or available as people connect and disconnect. It

is on the "RF Info" tab of the "Sysop Setup" menu. However it is fatally

flawed: 1) It only offers obsolete RELAY and PLAIN wide paths. 2) if you are

using UIview (or any other APRS application) at the same time it can't access

your TNC.



The Echolink announce function must completely take-over a normal command-line

TNC by itself. I.e. it CAN'T share a TNC with another application like UIview.



Years ago, I wrote the author of EchoLink and suggested he make it compatible

with the port-sharing function in the AGW Packet Engine. This would would

allow Echolink, UIview and any APRS programs to share a single TNC. I never

got any response back.



If you want your EchoLink node to actively announce when it is up or down, you

will have to setup another radio and TNC, separate from the one UIview is

using. If all you want to do is broadcast the presence of your Echolink node

(but not show it's current status), you could easily create an object in UIview

and have it transmitted periodically. Note that if it is at the same

location as your UIview station, Uiview's own beacon and the Echolink object

will be on top of each other - whichever was the most recently beaconed is what

others will see.



----------------------------------------------------------

Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com

Skype: WA8LMF

EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]

Home Page:



---> Dayton TOTAL APRS OVERLOAD! <--

<>



Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF

<>























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Gerhardwell i add the line and i dont see my node here,ve2rxy-r
but i can see at QuebecER-VE2SIG on my uiview,
bizarre
Gervais


To: ui-view@...
From: ui-view@...
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 20:09:23 +0200
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Re: NWS Weather Alerts


























Gervais



If you want to see all Echolink objects, use the symbol filter. The symbol

for Echolink is E0, so the filter is s/E0.



If you want to send an object, click on the map at the future object's

position and open the object editor, probably F5.



Many Echolink objects are generated automatically by SvxLink by SM0SVX .



73 de Gerhard, F5VAG























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Gerhard.F5VAG
 

Gervais

It is visible on the Internet. There is no echo and you do not see you own
beacon.


73 de Gerhard, F5VAG


 

yes Gerhardi can see my uiview/igate do you see my Echolink station ?if yes than everything is ok

thanks for your helpgervais

To: ui-view@...
From: ui-view@...
Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 05:46:03 +0200
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Re: NWS Weather Alerts


























Gervais



It is visible on the Internet. There is no echo and you do not see you own

beacon.





73 de Gerhard, F5VAG



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Gerhard.F5VAG
 

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Gervais Fillion ve2ckn2@...
[ui-view] <ui-view@...> wrote:

yes Gerhardi can see my uiview/igate do you see my Echolink station ?if
yes than everything is ok
Yes, Gervais. I see you Echolink object. No problem.

Bon dimanche/WE

73 de Gerhard, F5VAG