WiRES-II Ver.3.301

OctOctober 14, 2005 UPDATE

WiRES-II Ver. 3.222->3.301
New Features

1. Initial Logo Display

Upon startup, an initial logo display now appears. Additionally, your node's Callsign, Node ID, and QSO Room ID (if you have a Round Table QSO Room registered on your node) will be displayed.

2. Expansion of Announcements
(When "Voice" is turned on)

(1) After the announcement of your node's Callsign, "WiRES" will now be added.
Example:
This is W6DXC. WiRES. Not connected.

(2) Node frequency and access tone information can now be forwarded via the Announcement process.

Setup Items:
General settings -> Announcement
*Freq info
*Tone info
(Default is off for both items; set to On to enable)

3. Location Info Function

Location information for your node can now be shared, in the following formats:
* Grid Square Locator Format
* Latitude/Longitude Format

Setup Technique:
Click on the [Loc] button in the "Personal settings" screen, and then input your Latitude and Longitude in the appropriate boxes.
(Maidenhead Grid Square Locator is automatically calculated based on Latitude/Longitude data entry).
Place a "check" in the check box according to your preferred selection.

(Note)
Remember that the data saved via the "Make list file" command will be in either Latitude/Longitude or Grid Square format; if you are using Web output, please note the format to be used.

Personal settings Window	Latitude/Longitude Input Window

4. Announcement Muting Function

During an Internet connection, this function will temporarily silence announcements.
(It may be used when the "Announcement" selection within General settings has not been changed, and "Mute" been canceled.)

Setup Technique
In the bottom-right area of the main window, you will find the ANNOUNCEMENT/ANNOUNCEMENT MUTE button.
If you click on this to change the setting to ANNOUNCEMENT MUTE, announcements will temporarily be silenced.

Canceling the Temporary Announcement Muting
You may click on the ANNOUNCEMENT MUTE button, or just disconnect the link (the muting will automatically be cancelled when the "disconnect" command is executed).

(Note)
If automatic operation such as "Return to resident Round Table QSO Room" is engaged, at the time of a transition to a new operating state, the announcement muting function will be cancelled.
To stop announcements completely, use the "General settings" setup folder and disable the output of announcements.

5. ON AIR LOCK Function

If you click on the ON AIR indication, the software goes into the ON AIR Lock (inhibit) state, where transmission is prohibited. Clicking on this box once more restores normal operation.

It is now possible to control the ON AIR LOCK function via the Remote monitor software (wiresmon.exe) main window.

(Note)
When using this latest version of WiRES-II (version 3.301), you must use the latest version of the Remote Monitor software (wiresmon.exe version 1.200).

6. Automatic Return to resident Round Table QSO Room: Restricting Polling Attempts

The software has been modified to restrict the frequency of attempts to return automatically to the Round Table QSO Room. There now is an automatic restriction of the time frame and number of attempts

*In previous WiRES-II versions, the "Error" message transmitted after an unsuccessful connection attempt to the QSO Room would continue on indefinitely, causing annoyance to you and other local users. This update relieves much of the potential for this annoyance.

Setup Technique
Go to Call options
[Return counter](parameter=1-30)
Default=10
When this parameter is set to "10",
the software will attempt a connection ten times, and then will automatically suspend the connection attempt process.
To restart the automatic reconnection capability, reset the setting in Call options,
or issue the DTMF command #55555.

7. Expansion of Capabilities of the Connection ID when Connecting to a QSO Room

(1) When connecting to a QSO Room or making a Group Call, a new window was added that provides summary information about the node participants in the Room or Group.

(2) Doing a right-click on the node number in the connected-node summary will now perform an instant "Get Info" operation, displaying any provided information about that node.

(3) When viewing the connected nodes in a QSO Room, you now may move the position of the display window. And clicking on CLOSE on the right side will close the window. To restore the Connect ID window, go to [View] then click on Connect ID Window.

8. Remove Control ON/OFF Function

To improve security, a setup function has been added allowing you to enable or disable the capability to exercise control over your node from a remote PC. The command is [Remote Control], and the default setting is OFF.
[Remote Control](default=off)

Leaving this setting at OFF prohibits the exercise of remote control from a remote PC, using the wiresmon.exe software.
When Remote Control has been enabled by setting this parameter to ON, we recommend that you engage the Remote Password feature, to ensure security of control over your system.

9. Expansion of the Web Monitor Function within the Remote Monitoring Feature

(1) When using the Remote Monitor software, we have expanded the capabilities you have for monitoring operations on your home WiRES-II node, using the Web Monitor function within wiresmon.exe.

(2) For example, the MCU/Room Info area previous only let you observe status; now a Remove/Mute capability has been added, allowing you to Remove, Reject, or Mute audio from an annoyance node.

For details, please refer to the documentation for the Remote monitor software download site

(NOTE)
When using this latest version of WiRES-II (version 3.301), you must use the latest version of the Remote Monitor software (wiresmon.exe version 1.200).

10. Other Operating Upgrades

(1) We've added the capability to modify items in the "Personal settings" are even during a "NET" connection (Round Table QSO Room settings, however, may not be modified while connected).

(2) During the announcement of a Callsign, if the Callsign contains a slash bar (" / "), the announcement of this character has been changed from "Slash" to "Stroke."

(3) Improvement in overall stability during Group Calling (there were times when a Group Call could not reliably go through). Because it affects the operating environment of all nodes, a version upgrade was required.

(4) Changes have been made with respect to the way that voice capability is initiated, using Microsoft(R)Speech. Microsoft(R) Speech SDK5.1 may be downloaded, if you do not already have it, at http://www.microsoft.com/speech/download/sdk51.

(5) Coded "Call Failed" information has been added to the window display, to explain the reason for a filed connection attempt.
(The codes are detailed below)

Call Failed (code=xx)

The Error Message Codes for failed connection attempts are detailed below.

00:An invalid DTMF code was attempted.
Example: Attempting to initiate a Group Call by pressing the [B] DTMF key when "FRG Group Dispatch" was set to "Off".

01:Attempting to reconnect using the [#88888] command does not succeed, because the previous node ID number was not remembered.

02:A connection request was sent to a station on the "Reject" list.
("call to Rejected ID No [XXXX]" appears in this case.)

03:The ID number you sent a connection request to is for a node not currently communicating with the host server, or the ID you sent is not a valid ID on the WiRES system.
("No entry on ILS Server" appears in this case.)

04:Connection to a Round QSO Room was denied.
("DO NOT CONNECT ROUND QSO ROOM No. XXXX" appears in this case.)

05:A Group Call was placed to an undefined Group (A, B, C, or D).

06:Transmit Data Error.

07: Not defined.

08:The connection process could not be completed.
Example: When placing a call on an unused SRG list.

09:Could not connect to other node because it is busy.
("Socket Connection Canceled [] Code=0") appears in this case.

10:Could not connect with the Vertex Standard WiRES-II server.
(This code will appear if you have not properly opened ports and otherwise correctly configured your PC's firewall or router, or if the Vertex Standard host server is down for maintenance).

11:The node that you sent a connection request to did not respond.
("No answer from called PC" appears in this case.)

12:Sound recording could not be accomplished due to a sound card problem
(probably a hardware problem).

13:No audio data response from the called node was received.

14:Transmission of image data could not be completed.
(A time-out occurred due to poor Internet communication quality, etc.)

15:Reception of image data could not be completed.
(A time-out occurred due to poor Internet communication quality, etc.)

(6)Latest Log window Messages Click Here

Conditions of Use

While we believe that this new Version 3.301 of WiRES-II is fully operational, it is possible that there may be some incompatibility, as always, with some sound cards and/or versions of the operating software on your computer. If a problem occurs, please revert to the use of Version 3.141, and report the problem(s) to Vertex Standard. Vertex Standard necessarily must disclaim any liability for any problems associated with the performance of this software and system.

OS:Windows XP, Windows 2000
CPU:Intel Pentium II at 400 MHz or faster
Memory: At least 128 MB
Hard Disk Space: At least 100 MB available
Display: Resolution of 1024 x 768 preferred, 256 colors
Sound Card: 8 kHz sampling rate
Internet Connection: At least 56K dial-up; Round Table QSO Room requires DSL at 8 MB/second or faster

For use of the Voice function, Windows(R) 2000 requires the installation of Microsoft(R) Speech SDK5.1; this is installed in Windows(R) XP, but for some features you must download audio modules from the Microsoft(R) download site.

WiRES-II Ver 3.301 Download Here

Revision record: WiRES-II Ver. 3.141 -> 3.222