[NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade

Tue Jan 5 07:57:30 AKST 2010

John,

401 thru 409 are just identifiers that are used as the key to the class /
schedule data, it just happen to be the AMA class / schedule numbers. Go
figure. You can make those identifiers anything you want, at Contest Setup
it asks you to "Name" the classes. You can also assign any schedule to any
class in your contest. The way the system works today is that by default it
assigns the AMA / FAI schedules in effect as of the date of the contest. 

Currently the key to the schedules is the ID  mentioned above and the
schedule effective date. You can create a new schedule without deleting the
AMA schedule by simply assigning a different effective date and then change
the schedule assigned to the class in Contest Setup.  Part of the upgrade
will be to add and Organization identifier, ie. AMA, SPA, GBRCAA, MAAC,
etc.. in addition then it can default to the schedule in effect for that
organization but still allow you to select and assign any schedule. 

Every release of PACSS has included a file conversion program that converts
the existing user data to whatever that new file format is. It is my intent
to do that this time also. I will do everything I can to preserve any custom
data. 

Hope this helps.....

Gene Maurice

gene.maurice at sgmservice.com

Dallas, GA

AMA 3408

NSRCA 877

PACSS.sgmservice.com

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of John Gayer
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:45 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade

Gene,
The Schedule Maintenance appears to allow only schedules between 401 and
409. Doesn't this mean you need to replace the current AMA/FAI schedules in
order to set up for SPA or a foreign county. Wouldn't you lose your modified
schedules with a PACSS update?

I think what Phil is suggesting is an external text file that can be used to
input the schedules  for any contest, foreign or domestic. If you provide
the layout, there are plenty of folks around the world that would keep their
version up to date and send you the file for inclusion in updates.

Here's the url for the current British patterns:
http://www.gbrcaa.org/schedules.htm

John

Gene Maurice wrote: 

Phil,

You CAN add / maintain your own schedules.  "System Maintenance" tab,
"Schedules" button.

Gene Maurice

gene.maurice at sgmservice.com

Dallas, GA

AMA 3408

NSRCA 877

PACSS.sgmservice.com

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Phil Spelt
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:32 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Cc: Bruce Underwood; Ed Hartley
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade

Happy New Year, Gene!!!

The SPA schedule will remain the same for 2010.  We will probably change it
for 2011-2012.  If we do, I'll send the new patterns to you.  How 'bout just
making an app to let us update the schedules ourselves.  Would that be too
much work for you, or would it reduce your work every couple of years?

We sure do appreciate the work you do on PACSS!!!  I believe it is THE
scoring program for SPA, at least here in the Southeast...

At 08:04 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote:

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All PACSS Users,

I am in the process of making a number modifications to PACSS. One of the
changes is to make the use of "foreign", other than AMA / FAI, schedules
easier to use. In order to do this I need to know what are the Organizations
and associated schedules that are being used today. I have the SPA and
Canadian schedules from last year but don't know if they are changing in
2010 so updated schedules from those two organizations would be helpful.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated    

Gene Maurice
gene.maurice at sgmservice.com
Dallas, GA
AMA 3408
NSRCA 877
PACSS.sgmservice.com

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