IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[Mike M]

Anyone else have changes made to their IS2? Here in Topeka we had another city added to our "mini" radar in the bottom left corner and also "The Week Ahead" screen has moved down some. I don't see any other changes right now. Wish the Precip screen would be added to either the LOT8's or the LDL.

It seems most if not all I2HDs have had their corner radars updated. Doesn't really bother me since the domestic IS/weatherscan have been like this.

[Robert]

Woah.. I just tuned into TWC today for the first time in a couple weeks and now I don't have the IS 2 anymore  Down for an update I guess? Don't know if this has been discussed yet.. Haven't had time to look on the forums much so I'm completely unaware right now whats going on  lol

[WeatherWitness]

Woah.. I just tuned into TWC today for the first time in a couple weeks and now I don't have the IS 2 anymore  Down for an update I guess? Don't know if this has been discussed yet.. Haven't had time to look on the forums much so I'm completely unaware right now whats going on  lol

Uh yeah, this has been discussed. Just look at the few pages preceding this one. We are not 100% sure why some of the IS2s are going out, but it could be for an update.

[KevOwensby]

I'm kind of surprised the IS2 didn't have Halloween as a holiday like it has for everything else so far...

[TWCCraig]

I'm kind of surprised the IS2 didn't have Halloween as a holiday like it has for everything else so far...

I think that's for more important holidays. Halloween isn't really a true holiday.

[Mike M]

I'm kind of surprised the IS2 didn't have Halloween as a holiday like it has for everything else so far...

Only national holidays are, I believe.

[WeatherWitness]

I'm kind of surprised the IS2 didn't have Halloween as a holiday like it has for everything else so far...

Only national holidays are, I believe.

Yeah, agreeing with Mike, I think the IS2 will only show holidays as the NWS shows them (i.e. they would be national holidays). Look next Friday for Veterans Day, and that will give us a clue.

[TWCCraig]

IS2 is out again for me. This is the 8th time in the past 2 months that my IS2 has failed. Come on now...

[Localonthe8s]

Guys, you can't expect the IS2 to be perfect. It, just like the Intellistar or any other STAR, is prone to outages and glitches so we will just have to deal with it.

[TWCToday]

Guys, you can't expect the IS2 to be perfect. It, just like the Intellistar or any other STAR, is prone to outages and glitches so we will just have to deal with it.

This is a different. Members are welcome to mention when their unit is out or not operating properly.

[toxictwister00]

I'm not sure how much different (internally) the IS2 is from the IS, but it doesn't seem like it should be this problematic. To me, it seems like it's very unstable or some of the units are defective.

[TWCToday]

I'm not sure how much different (internally) the IS2 is from the IS, but it doesn't seem like it should be this problematic. To me, it seems like it's very unstable or some of the units are defective.

Think of it like Microsoft deciding that instead of building Windows 7 on top of Vista that they would start from scratch and use no code from Vista. The hardware and software are completely new here. Not to mention this is the first product of its kind to do this in HD. With the XL and IS at least there were some similarities. I would imagine the XL and first IS versions were just as problematic

[Mike M]

I can recall several bugs and glitches on my IntelliStar and especially Weatherscan IS when they first debuted, so this is nothing new.

[toxictwister00]

I'm not sure how much different (internally) the IS2 is from the IS, but it doesn't seem like it should be this problematic. To me, it seems like it's very unstable or some of the units are defective.

Think of it like Microsoft deciding that instead of building Windows 7 on top of Vista that they would start from scratch and use no code from Vista. The hardware and software are completely new here. Not to mention this is the first product of its kind to do this in HD. With the XL and IS at least there were some similarities. I would imagine the XL and first IS versions were just as problematic

Ah well when you put it that way it makes sense. I didn't think about the fact that the IS might have had similar problems. I didn't notice any myself since I didn't watch TWC much then and plus I confused it with the XL anyway. 

[yourweathertoday]

I'm not sure how much different (internally) the IS2 is from the IS, but it doesn't seem like it should be this problematic. To me, it seems like it's very unstable or some of the units are defective.

Think of it like Microsoft deciding that instead of building Windows 7 on top of Vista that they would start from scratch and use no code from Vista. The hardware and software are completely new here. Not to mention this is the first product of its kind to do this in HD. With the XL and IS at least there were some similarities. I would imagine the XL and first IS versions were just as problematic

And if I recall, Frank Batten mentioned the numerous headaches and "growing pains" with the XL. Just give them some time to work it out, guys.