[Xastir] Emergency in beacon

[Gerry Creager]

In a week or so, when he's back, I'll ask Steve Dimse about how he 
captures EMERGENCY on findu unless I can divine it otherwise first. 
That'd be the definitive case.  Comparing Xastir to a piece of software 
that isn't under maintenance and never will be (UI-view) isn't too good 
an idea in my view.  He sounds like someone who got caught with his hand 
in the cookie jar and doesn't want to admit it.
gerry

Earl Needham wrote:
> 
>         I've been having a conversation with KC5FM-9, and not sure what 
> to think here.
> 
>         Thursday, when I was home, I was using Xastir with the internet 
> feed, and KC5FM-9 had the word "EMERGENCY" in his position comment field 
> -- I think it originally said "EMERGENCY MANAGER" or something similar.
> 
>         Every time I'd receive his position, Xastir would pop up a 
> window asking if I wanted to find that station.  I finally asked a 
> friend of mine, who lives close to him, to ask him to change the 
> beacon.  I get the impression that I offended him, and the last thing I 
> got from him was:
> 
>> The Status text has been changed.
>>
>> The more I think of this, the more I am convinced that your choice of
>> software is the culprit.  I don't show up in the emergency beacons at
>>
>> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/emergency.cgi
>>
>> as well as UI-View over the internet and the Kenwood radio in the EOC.
>>
>> I am interested (and will check soon) what effect the emergency beacon
>> that triggers the Findu output has on the software and radios.  I am
>> told that the Kenwood locks up until the operator attends to the
>> alarm.  I am also told other software reacts differently, from Bells
>> and Whistles to nothing at all.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
>>
>> 73
> 
>         So, MY question -- is Xastir perhaps "too sensitive" to the word 
> "EMERGENCY"?  Is this something that needs to be looked into?
> 
>         I'm currently running version 1.9.1 under VMWare.
> 
>         7 3
>         Earl
> 
> KD5XB -- Earl Needham
> Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
> Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT
> 
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