[Xastir] Weather Alerts: WXSVR down. Replacement Server.

[Tony Hunt]

Curt,  Thats interesting.. We have a server here in VK called WXSVR-AU  .. I 
wonder if they will follow the same changes on that server?? If not then 
will future versions of Xastir work on the old formats still??

Tony VK5AH

----- Original Message ----- > Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer at eskimo.com>
> Subject: [Xastir] Weather Alerts:  WXSVR down.  Replacement Server.
> To: xastir at xastir.org
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> As some of you know WXSVR has been down for a month or so.  This
> means the NWS weather alert packets that light up zones on our maps
> have not been happening.
>
> Pete Loveall, AE5PL, has been working on a replacement server.  It's
> generating packets now and I've been asked to make a change to
> support a slightly different format in Xastir.  I've done so in a
> temporary fashion and committed the change to CVS.
>
> Pete is going to enable the old format shortly and sent it out for
> perhaps six months or so.  That should give the majority of Xastir
> users time to upgrade before the old format is turned off again.
> This change in formats is to support alert packets to Kenwood radios
> on RF.
>
> Like I said, the change to decode the new format in Xastir is not
> the permanent change.  Anyone wishing to see weather alerts RIGHT
> NOW (instead of tomorrow) can upgrade to the latest CVS and take
> advantage of the temp change.  As of midnight or early morning hours
> all of you should start seeing alerts again whether you've upgraded
> Xastir or not.
>
> I'll see to implementing the permanent change then notify everyone
> when it's ready.  I'll probably put out new snapshots once we're
> happy with it.  I don't know yet whether this would be enough reason
> for a new stable release, but it might.
>

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