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Help and Support / Re: Configuring the emulator troubles

« on: November 08, 2008, 06:17:05 AM »

I'm still having my problem too! :p

fixed, Reg Obs #7 Ocala was suffering the short name syndrome.. it just needed to be readdressed from configurator.

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Help and Support / Re: Configuring the emulator troubles

« on: November 08, 2008, 06:01:38 AM »

Hi martin,

Man, I hate to be a pest, but...

My account is working. I re-read the instructions and saw the Coastal Waters Forecast zone you recommended, and it still doesn't work; I get local forecast unavailable, and then my barker page. By the way, it appears all of the data is downloading fine; I have a ~40 megabit Internet connection(!) where I am at work, and I'm not afraid to use it,  but nothing will come up other than Local Forecast Unavailable, with "Unavailable" spelled wrong. I'm stumped on what to do next. Can you help, please? Thanks for any help!

Gilbert

problem fixed, cause: capital letters in coastal waters forecast zone

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Help and Support / Re: Runtime Error

« on: November 08, 2008, 05:35:30 AM »

just an update to this thread, the problem has been resolved with the short named cities. this was a server side issue

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Animated Satellite/Radar Map Idea

« on: November 07, 2008, 05:51:42 AM »

this isnt fun.. i release an update and get back barely any constructive feedback..

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Help and Support / Re: Configuring the emulator troubles

« on: November 06, 2008, 03:51:20 AM »

Any info on my problem?

give me an example of what your trying to do.. and which washington? state or dc??

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News and Updates / Update #1 since release: Radar/Satellite

« on: November 05, 2008, 05:50:52 AM »

Well.. I am hoping for more feedback on the whole Radar/Satellite map.. so i've decided to include it in the Local Forecast lineup. It is located in place of Local Doppler after Regional Doppler.
The original discussion is here: https://twctodayforums.com/forums/index.php/topic,1626.0.html

The emulator will auto-update on start up to download necessary components.. The only problem I can see is Vista users will need to run "Manual Update" as Administrator.

Feedback!!

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General Emulator Discussion / Animated Satellite/Radar Map Idea

« on: November 04, 2008, 11:14:51 PM »

Would any of you like to see this image appear in the "Local Forecast" package?
If so, would it replace any existing maps ?
How should the map cut appear, Local/Regional/National?
Thanks for your input!

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Help and Support / Re: Runtime Error

« on: November 04, 2008, 12:58:56 AM »

I'm actually having this problem myself. Is there a resolution for it yet?

i solved beanboy's problem.. but what is your login id so i can check whats going

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Help and Support / Re: Local Weather Data Temporarily Unavailable

« on: November 03, 2008, 11:35:44 PM »

the coastal waters forecast is for the atlantic/gulf/pacific waters.. the great lakes follows a different structure.. but if it will be used, i can include it!

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

« on: November 03, 2008, 11:34:37 PM »

the program is created more for weather awareness and safety, expressly used for personal enthusiastic purposes, not even a profit.. although the NWS is established by the department of commerce.. go figure..

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Suggestions

« on: November 03, 2008, 11:31:12 PM »

the radar/satellite images i use with the emulator are latitude/longitude centered, this helps for a more local radar in terms of the maps. in my opinion, i do not like the other maps. there are other maps that can be used, but i can post a few samples of those and get some opinions of those

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Help and Support / Re: Official Keys

« on: November 03, 2008, 03:11:59 PM »

Keys posted for wxWindsor, Stephen, and snowyiet inside original post.

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Post Logos Here

« on: November 03, 2008, 12:58:02 AM »

COX Logo

Great! I noticed some screens have the Comcast logo embedded in to them. Will that be changed?

when i finish my plan on the package selection method, the upnext page will be dynamically created with your logo instead of the fixed comcast logo

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Suggestions

« on: November 02, 2008, 04:08:23 AM »

off topic.

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Help and Support / Configuring the emulator troubles

« on: November 01, 2008, 07:21:35 AM »

I've noticed a number of users attempting to configure the emulator, but getting snagged along the way with some configuration problems.. I cant stress enough that you should not rush while configuring the emulator on the site. Even if you are not using all the packages that are inside the emulator, all elements must be correct. The emulator relies on all packages being correctly configured. I working on a plan to change that dependancy, to only require packages used to be configured. Just in the mean time, all packages need to be correct. A major problem I have noticed is that the coastal waters forecast zone is not properly set up. This *must* be a coastal zone, not a county zone! If you are not using the coastal waters forecast, just use the example zone of "anz451". This is also case-sensative!!

I enjoy everyone wishing to try out and use the emulator. Expect there to be bugs, although as I say, most problems are with configuring the emulator and not the emulator itself. Alot of the internal bugs of the emulator have already been corrected.

There are a few forecast offices in this country which follow an irregular format than the prescribed "directives" by the NWS, and the configuration server can pick up on that while configuring the emulator. As for the Extended Forecast/Boating Forecast, one of the forecast offices in Flordia follows an irregular format. I would also assume there are other forecast offices that follow this irregular format. The proper format used by the emulator is the "Tabular State Forecast" (SFT). Please don't become frustrated, there is always something that Martin and I can do for you to make this work!

I know not all "preffered" cities are in the Regional Weather Roundup (RWR) for the Current Conditions/Regional Observations. I may change or mingle this with Airport codes (those metar things) so you can pick exactly which location you would like.

If you are having a difficult time configuring the emulator on your own, drop your user name in a post below, and I will check out what the problem is and note what the issue is and correct the problem for you, and make sure the emulator will run properly.

B