[NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade

Atwood, Mark atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
Wed Jan 6 10:39:47 AKST 2010 

This has huge potential (pun intended).  We can set Ron up at sight 3 where there's no electrical hook up, and everyone can just plug in.  How many watts do you think you can produce???

Mark Atwood
Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President
5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 
Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102
mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com


-----Original Message-----
From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ronald Van Putte
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:21 PM
To: mklein25 at roadrunner.com; General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade

OK, I am a marathoner, but SOME of you whippersnackers might be able  
to beat me.  Most are afraid to find out, because being whipped in a  
long race by an old guy would be humiliating.

Mike - I am also an engineer and I want a piece of the design action  
on your large hamster charging wheel project.

Have we taken everyones' eyes off the airplane weight rule change  
long enough yet?

RVP

On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:58 PM, mklein25 at roadrunner.com wrote:

> That's great news Tony!  Given my Jewish heritage, I have been  
> trying to find a less expensive way to charge batteries.  I have  
> been designing a large hamster wheel to generate power, but have  
> been looking for someone with the stamina to run in the wheel.   
> Looks like RVP is my man!  Lord knows my fat self wouldn't get but  
> a couple mah in a pack and I'd be dialing 911.
>
> Give RVP his due.  That man is fit as a fiddle.  I sure as heck am  
> not going to take him up on his challenge.
>
> RVP, how tall are you so I can make sure the hamster wheel is  
> comfortable?
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tony" <tony at radiosouthrc.com>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:49:11
> To: 'General pattern discussion'<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade
>
> No, RVP is a Marathoner.....  I wouldn't challenge him!
>
>
> Tony Stillman, President
> Radio South, Inc.
> 139 Altama Connector, Box 322
> Brunswick, GA  31525
> 1-800-962-7802
> www.radiosouthrc.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of  
> Atwood, Mark
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:29 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade
>
> Careful guys... he's probably setting us up.  He probably knows a  
> short cut,
> having seen that path before there was dirt...
>
> Mark Atwood
> Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President
> 5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124
> Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102
> mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron  
> Van Putte
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:17 AM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade
>
> Any participants in this discussion who comment negatively on RVP's
> ancientness and show up at the 2010 Nats will be challenged to a foot
> race from the Farm House porch to the Site 4 scoring trailer and back.
>
> RVP
>
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Stuart Chale wrote:
>
>> Ed I was trying to make sense of your humor.  Couldn't figure it
>> out.  Thought it might have been a response about RVP?
>> Stuart
>>
>> Ed Alt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Argh - replied to the wrong message  - sorry!
>>>
>>> From: Ed Alt
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:17 PM
>>> To: 'General pattern discussion'
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade
>>>
>>> Something that old is filled with dried up capacitors in the power
>>> supply.  When they dry up, nothing is likely to work
>>>
>>> From: Gene Maurice
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:57 AM
>>> To: 'General pattern discussion'
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [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:
>>>
>>>
>>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>>>          boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01CA8DDD.B09C42C0"
>>> Content-Language: en-us
>>>
>>> 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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>>> --> There are only two types of aircraft -- fighters and targets.
>>>
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>>>        URL: http://www.kcrctn.com
>>> AMA--1294,  Scientific Leader Member, SPA--177
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