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Skytap™ for Weather Wire software runs under Microsoft WindowsNT or Windows2000 operating systems. The software is available separately for use on customer supplied PC systems. Skytap™ for Weather Wire software acquires the National Weather Service's (NWS) Weather Wire data via the PC's serial port from DynCorp's C-band or Ku-band satellite receiver systems, or from a "socket" connection via DynCorp's Internet delivery method. User specified alphanumeric Weather Wire products are automatically saved to the hard disk for display, print, re-direction out the computer's serial port for third party application support, and more. The alphanumeric product viewing portion of the software is capable of running separately in the Windows environment on multiple networked workstations (requires site license). Optionally, Skytap™ for Weather Wire software can also support Redbook Graphic products, which are to be made available on the Weather Wire circuit by the NWS in year 2002. The Skytap for Weather Wire GRAPHICS Option enables the user to view, loop, pan, zoom, print and export Redbook Graphic products. View sample Redbook Graphic Products. Marta Systems' ROUTER program module performs background data processing functions, such as autoprint, file purging, export, etc., and is included with the Skytap™ for Weather Wire software. |
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WeatherWire |
Data
can be recalled by any of the following means:
Data is flagged if older than 2, 4, 12 or 24 hours to alert the operator. Ten user-programmable "Hot Buttons" for each recall method (Station, Route, and Area) are available. Each button may be individually programmed to display products by type and age. Multiple, simultaneous display windows may be open at one time. Each display window may be update enabled, so that if new products of that type are received, the display is updated with the new data. Each display window is a full text editor, allowing the addition or deletion of comments, or items as necessary. The modified text can be saved to any disk or network path, or printed as required. |
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Automatic
Data Handling Functions
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The software automatically performs multiple functions in the background,
without user intervention. The user is given complete control of each
product in the system, and can tag each individually for any or all
of the functions listed below.
Purging of old data - The user specifies how many of each type of product to maintain. The software will remove the oldest version of each product when the number of products of that type exceed the specified count. Alarms - The user may control which products, if any, cause alarms to be generated when those products are received. In addition, software alarms are generated if the system has difficulty performing background operations. The alarms can use any Windows-NT/2000 supported sound cards with wave files (special effects, voice, or any other sound can be used), or the internal speaker of the PC, or be silent alarms which are logged, but do not enunciate. Disk Mirroring - A designated disk drive or network server can be specified as the target device for the built-in disk mirror. This function allows the user to specify on a per-product basis which products should be mirrored to the specified device. This function maintains an exact copy of the specified products on the target device, adding new ones and removing old ones as appropriate. AutoPrint - Four separate printers are supported simultaneously, one each for Text, Satellite, Difax and Nexrad radar. Each printer has a separate seven-day, 24-hour availability schedule, allowing the user to enable/disable autoprinting automatically throughout the week. Text autoprinting can be specified to occur by station and product as data is received, or by city-pair route and product, or geographical area and product, or station and product on a timed basis. Archive - The software can archive selected products to separately specified destinations. Re-Transmitter - The software can resend text products through a specified serial port in either ASCII or BAUDOT codes at speeds up to 19200 BPS. ROUTER Features - Please refer to ROUTER features for additional information. |
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Pricing |
Skytap™ for Weather Wire Software Skytap™ for Weather Wire Software with Graphics Option $2,800.00 Prices are F.O.B. Santa Paula, California Software is provided on CD-ROM with user manual. One Year Limited Warranty includes software updates as they are
released, and technical phone support. Optional annual software
maintenance support (software updates and technical support) after
the initial one year warranty period is available for $175.00 annually.
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System
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Minimum System Requirements Recommended System
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Skytap™ is a trade mark of Marta Systems, Inc. |
