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UI-View32 Schedule Editor

Ui-View32 supports a simple form of scheduling.

Creating And Editing The Schedule

The default is that there is no schedule. To create the schedule, or edit the existing schedule, you use the "Schedule Editor" option on the File menu.

You create a new entry in the schedule by using the New button. To edit an existing entry you highlight it in the list and click the Edit button. To put an entry you are editing into the list you use the Yes button. To abandon editing an entry you use the No button. To delete an entry you highlight it in the list and press the Delete key.

When you exit, the schedule is saved as SCHEDULE.TXT. Cancel abandons any changes you have made.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! If a file name used with the CAPTURE_MAP, COPY or RUN commands contains spaces, then it MUST be surrounded with "". E.g. COPY "C:\A FOLDER\TESTA.JPG" "C:\ANOTHER FOLDER\TESTB.JPG". Note that each individual file name is surrounded with "". (This is standard Windows practice when using long file names that contain spaces.)

Each schedule entry consists of a time and a command that you want to execute at the specified time.

There are three different formats for the time -

•	hh:nn - The command will be executed at this time. E.g. "15:30".

•	+nnn - The command will be executed this number of minutes after UI-View32 is started. E.g. "+30" means 30 minutes after UI-View32 is started.

•	Ennn - The command will be executed every "nnn" minutes. E.g. "E10" means the command will be executed every 10 minutes.

Valid Commands

Commands can be selected from the drop-down list. Some commands take arguments.

APRSERVE_CONNECT - connect to the APRS server that you have selected in "APRS Server Setup".

APRSERVE_DISCONNECT - disconnect from the APRS server.

BCN_INTERVAL <number> - set the beacon interval to this number of minutes. The setting is not saved, so UI-View32 will revert to the value set in Station Setup if you restart the program.

CAPTURE_MAP <file_name> - Capture the current map image in one of the supported graphics formats (BMP, JPG, or PNG). If <file_name> is omitted, then a default name of Capture.PNG will be used. If the file name has an extension, then it must be BMP, JPG, or PNG, if it doesn't have an extension, then PNG is used. If the file name doesn't have a path, then the Capture folder in the UI-View32 program folder is used. The following date/time tokens are supported in the file name:-

$yyyy - the year as four digits

$yy - the year as two digits

$mmm - the month name abbreviated - e.g. "Jan"

$mm - the month as two digits

$dd - the day of the month as two digits

$hh - the hour as two digits

$nn - the minute as two digits

$ss - the second as two digits

An example of a file name with tokens - If you input a file name of "$yyyy-$mmm-$dd $hh-$nn-$ss.PNG", when the file was saved, the name would be (at the current time) "2002-Feb-03 23-08-15.PNG".

COPY <file_name> <file_name> - copy a file. If the file names don't include paths, then the files are assumed to be in the UI-View32 program folder.

EXIT - close UI-View32.

RESTART - restart UI-View32.

RUN <program name> - run a program. Example - "RUN C:\RIG\FREQ.EXE". You should give a full path for the program.

SNAPSHOT <number> - take a snapshot of the station list if there are at least <number> stations in the list. If <number> is omitted then a snapshot is always taken.

START_METEOR_MODE <number> - enable meteor mode for this number of minutes. <number> must be between one and 30. If you wish to enable meteor mode for more than 30 minutes, then you can use a series of "START_METEOR_MODE 30" commands, with times separated by 30 minutes.

WX_INTERVAL <number> - set the wx beacon interval to this number of minutes. The setting is not saved, so UI-View32 will revert to the value set in WX Station Setup if you restart the program.