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Bug Reports / Re: Traffic Incidents glitch

« on: October 31, 2008, 08:10:37 AM »

stephen, thats quite interesting.. it seems as though your local traffic agency wants to write a book when it comes to incidents .. i can change the font size and that would allow the entire text to show, although it would not be easily visible if shown on a tv or online stream..

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Latest Release Information / Re: Emulator Release- Get Your Copy Here!

« on: October 31, 2008, 08:07:03 AM »

My config is set up, but I was never given a Key to run the program. I also tried using the trial key posted at the beginning of the topic and that didn't work.

mike, drop me an IM with your hardware ID and ill get you going again

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Foot Note for Another Project -- Jr!

« on: October 31, 2008, 01:55:27 AM »

Wow, I was looking for something just like this the other day, to maybe pick up in the future and start tinkering with it. This is exactly what I wanted to find! Awesome.

well.. i stumbled onto this and i figure i would make a project out from it..

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Latest Release Information / Re: Emulator Release- Get Your Copy Here!

« on: October 31, 2008, 01:33:17 AM »

I'm having troble with my emulator. I keep getting a dialog box that says:
"The STAR ID does not exist, check the spelling and try again."
What did I do wrong?

What ID are you using ?? Did you establish a login with Martin ? You can't randomly make up one without configuring one on our side

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General Emulator Discussion / Foot Note for Another Project -- Jr!

« on: October 30, 2008, 07:50:53 AM »

I'd figure I would also spill the beans on another project that I decided that I would invest the time (and money) into. While the Weatherscan emulator is my flagship emulator that I've spent and still spend time working on, I stumbled onto something interesting a few weeks ago. Because I also work on electronics in my spare time, I've ordered many parts from an online retailer called Jameco, so in the mail i receive their catalog. So I flip through the catalog and find something interesting on November 2008's page 125. The item is called "XBOB-NC Video Text Module". The unit is basically a on-screen text generator, so I went to the company's website Decade Engineering www.decadenet.com and did a little research of my own on the device. What I found out is that I could almost seemlessly integrate it into a Weatherstar Jr emulator.. in a more of a real hardware sense. So I bought the XBOB-4 off their website for about $250 and I tinkered around with it the other day and i think it would work out just perfectly for displaying text weather data overtop any composite video source, be it blue background or something else you push through it. The fonts builtin to the device are very sharp and not only that, you can make your own fonts using their free XBOB-4 Conscriptor program to use on the device! It interfaces over your serial port so theres no crazy or funky wires going all over the place, just data/video in/video out/power ! So how about them apples??

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General Discussion / Re: How about those Phillies ??

« on: October 30, 2008, 07:30:30 AM »

Lucky ya'll.

It would've been like that here if the Rays won.

Probably so, all i know is that our philly teams have been on a bad drought and most fanatics feel as though we've been cursed! a coworker was sporting this teeshirt about the curse of William Penn's statue in Philadelphia. The curse goes like this: william penn's statue used to be the tallest figure overtop the city and he (his statue) would "overlook" the city, and ever since a building was built taller than William Penn, no Philadelphia teams have won. He mentioned to me that if Philadelphia won, that not to put it past him that someone would be crazy enough to burn down a building. i dont endorse into any of those supersticions, and i havnt heard in the news any building being burnt down! haha

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Latest Release Information / Re: Get your copy here!

« on: October 30, 2008, 06:31:43 AM »

Updated

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General Discussion / How about those Phillies ??

« on: October 30, 2008, 05:38:48 AM »

Hehe.. I had to do it!!
Just to note, people were crazy in my area, loitering in the streets, setting off fireworks, honking horns without a care and flocking to Dicks Sporting Goods to get gear!

Go Phillies

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Bug Reports / Re: Before Posting A Bug Report...

« on: October 30, 2008, 05:33:55 AM »

Maybe I should mention something in here about the "How do i quit or close the emulator?" bug. Its not a bug, its by design! If you must close the emulator, use task manager

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Latest Release Information / Emulator Release- Public Beta 1

« on: October 30, 2008, 04:16:39 AM »

READ THIS FULLY!!!

First, I will preface this and say that Windows Vista has got to be the most uncooperative operating system, not only because of security but because of legacy compatibility!

Anyway, with that out of the way, I would like to invite you to download a copy of the emulator and try it for yourself! If you find that you enjoy the emulator, with the assistance of Martin and I, you can customize the emulator to your local area and select which packages you wish to view.

Although much consideration has been put into this program to run on older-style computers, the rendering time/transition effects depend on how fast your computer can crunch those routines and produce output.

Incase you are not familiar with this project, to customize the emulator to your local area, you must establish a login and password with the configuration server, and then you may configure the emulator to your likening. Martin will assist you with this task because I am generally working while alot of fans populate this site.
To demonstrate the emulator's function, you may use Martin's or my ID until you establish a login, then you may configure the emulator to your local area.

To download the emulator setup file, visit this link: http://copper.yi.org/wsl/setup.exe

After you install the program, a set of 3 icons are created on your desktop and also in your Program's (from the start menu). Each are to: Set the affilate ID, Manually Update the program(in the event i change how the emulator functions on startup, this will download the executible automatically), and the Core program file.

NOTE!! Windows Vista!! NOTE!!
To run this program, you MUST run this as "administrator" by right-clicking on the icon and selecting "Run as Administrator", or else you will experience major trauma!!

To locally configure the emulator for the first time, open the "Set Affiliate" program (Vista note above). To demonstrate the emulator, you may use either: "Martin" or "brian" (without quotes) to test-drive the emulator, I live in Philly Metro area, home of the Phillies World Series Champs. Martin lives in Norfolk, Virgina, home of the cargo ships (just kidding!)

To run the emulator for the first time, run "Weatherscan Local XL" (Vista note above). A box will appear mentioning that this program is copy-controlled. That means we want to know who is using this program!
A temporary 3-day key is provided here:
Name: Trial
Key: 0J3F98-6TXEY5-GX6Q66-NJT5TW

If you would like to use this emulator for your local area, please contact either Martin or I .. (try Martin first) and we will assist you on that task! After your 3-day trial expires using the program, contact either one of us to recieve a key which will allow you to continue using the program.

Please note how you like the program, or if you have any problems! We are looking for feedback. This is the first time this emulator has been released out from beta onto the public.

Happy Emulating!

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News and Updates / Re: Release Date

« on: October 29, 2008, 07:45:50 AM »

With that "your logo here" spot, might I be able to insert this logo:

i suppose? except its not HD.. but if you want it to be HD, thats fine with me

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News and Updates / Re: Release Date

« on: October 29, 2008, 06:22:32 AM »

hey guys..
i spent all night cleaning up the sources and preparing an installation executable to install the emulator, and upon installing the emulator on windows vista, i noticed one small huccup .. vista is incompatible with the Type 1 fonts that i was installing along with the emulator.. so for the last hour i have converted all the fonts from Type 1 to TrueType fonts. easy?.. thats what you think.. so i cut the emulator over to the new TTF, and one font doesnt seem to display the right way.. i will work on this later this evening.. other than that.. the release before halloween seems to be happening.. anyway.. to see what i mean by the font not displaying properly, i took a screenshot of the traffic incident frame.. this frame was funny too..

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News and Updates / Re: Release Date

« on: October 26, 2008, 03:39:09 AM »

We are very close to a release date everyone! The release should happen before October 31st. Thanks for your patience! 

i would like to note that a goal was set at the beginning of this month to have a release ready to go by the 31st. i had a family obligation i needed to attend to last week which was for the span of the entire week, which pushed any progress ahead for another week. in my upcoming days off, i will attempt to finalize any work i have done up to this point and create a release out from it. there are a number of technical back-end routines that i am not completely satisfied with, but those have been noted and will be worked on through time. i am welcome to anyone who is Visual Basic/Linux savvy to assist me in any programming (note, programming, not testing) because for any major project i have ever worked on, it is always a learning curve: coding things i have never thought to work on before.. always fun anyway.. as for release dates, i am aiming before Halloween, although if i cant meet that period, it would have to be around the first week of November.
Cheers!
(and if you were Canadian, you would say: Eh?)