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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, January 6, 2010 12:29:25 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR></FONT><BR>Careful guys... he's probably setting us up. He probably knows a short cut, having seen that path before there was dirt...<BR><BR>Mark Atwood<BR>Paragon Consulting, Inc. | President<BR>5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 <BR>Phone: 440.684.3101 x102 | Fax: 440.684.3102<BR><A href="mailto:mark.atwood@paragon-inc.com" ymailto="mailto:mark.atwood@paragon-inc.com">mark.atwood@paragon-inc.com</A> | <A href="http://www.paragon-inc.com/"
target=_blank>www.paragon-inc.com</A><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>] On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte<BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:17 AM<BR>To: General pattern discussion<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR><BR>Any participants in this discussion who comment negatively on RVP's <BR>ancientness and show up at the 2010 Nats will be challenged to a foot <BR>race from the Farm House porch to the Site 4 scoring trailer and back.<BR><BR>RVP<BR><BR>On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Stuart Chale wrote:<BR><BR>> Ed I was trying to make sense of your humor. Couldn't figure it
<BR>> out. Thought it might have been a response about RVP?<BR>> Stuart<BR>><BR>> Ed Alt wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Argh - replied to the wrong message - sorry!<BR>>><BR>>> From: Ed Alt<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:17 PM<BR>>> To: 'General pattern discussion'<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR>>><BR>>> Something that old is filled with dried up capacitors in the power <BR>>> supply. When they dry up, nothing is likely to work<BR>>><BR>>> From: Gene Maurice<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:57 AM<BR>>> To: 'General pattern discussion'<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR>>><BR>>> John,<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> 401 thru 409 are just identifiers that are used as the key to the <BR>>> class / schedule data, it just happen to be
the AMA class / <BR>>> schedule numbers. Go figure. You can make those identifiers <BR>>> anything you want, at Contest Setup it asks you to "Name" the <BR>>> classes. You can also assign any schedule to any class in your <BR>>> contest. The way the system works today is that by default it <BR>>> assigns the AMA / FAI schedules in effect as of the date of the <BR>>> contest.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Currently the key to the schedules is the ID mentioned above and <BR>>> the schedule effective date. You can create a new schedule without <BR>>> deleting the AMA schedule by simply assigning a different <BR>>> effective date and then change the schedule assigned to the class <BR>>> in Contest Setup. Part of the upgrade will be to add and <BR>>> Organization identifier, ie. AMA, SPA, GBRCAA,
MAAC, etc.. in <BR>>> addition then it can default to the schedule in effect for that <BR>>> organization but still allow you to select and assign any schedule.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Every release of PACSS has included a file conversion program that <BR>>> converts the existing user data to whatever that new file format <BR>>> is. It is my intent to do that this time also. I will do <BR>>> everything I can to preserve any custom data.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Hope this helps.....<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Gene Maurice<BR>>><BR>>> <A href="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com" ymailto="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com">gene.maurice@sgmservice.com</A><BR>>><BR>>> Dallas, GA<BR>>><BR>>> AMA 3408<BR>>><BR>>> NSRCA 877<BR>>><BR>>> <A
href="http://pacss.sgmservice.com/" target=_blank>PACSS.sgmservice.com</A><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A> [mailto:nsrca- <BR>>> <A href="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>] On Behalf Of John Gayer<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:45 AM<BR>>> To: General pattern discussion<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Gene,<BR>>> The Schedule Maintenance appears to allow only schedules between <BR>>> 401 and 409. Doesn't this mean you need to replace the current AMA/ <BR>>> FAI schedules in order to set up for SPA or a
foreign county. <BR>>> Wouldn't you lose your modified schedules with a PACSS update?<BR>>><BR>>> I think what Phil is suggesting is an external text file that can <BR>>> be used to input the schedules for any contest, foreign or <BR>>> domestic. If you provide the layout, there are plenty of folks <BR>>> around the world that would keep their version up to date and send <BR>>> you the file for inclusion in updates.<BR>>><BR>>> Here's the url for the current British patterns: http:// <BR>>> <A href="http://www.gbrcaa.org/schedules.htm" target=_blank>www.gbrcaa.org/schedules.htm</A><BR>>><BR>>> John<BR>>><BR>>> Gene Maurice wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Phil,<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> You CAN add / maintain your own schedules. "System Maintenance" <BR>>> tab, "Schedules"
button.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Gene Maurice<BR>>><BR>>> <A href="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com" ymailto="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com">gene.maurice@sgmservice.com</A><BR>>><BR>>> Dallas, GA<BR>>><BR>>> AMA 3408<BR>>><BR>>> NSRCA 877<BR>>><BR>>> PACSS.sgmservice.com<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A> [mailto:nsrca- <BR>>> <A href="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>] On Behalf Of Phil Spelt<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:32 AM<BR>>> To: General pattern discussion<BR>>> Cc: Bruce
Underwood; Ed Hartley<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] PACSS Upgrade<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Happy New Year, Gene!!!<BR>>><BR>>> The SPA schedule will remain the same for 2010. We will probably <BR>>> change it for 2011-2012. If we do, I'll send the new patterns to <BR>>> you. How 'bout just making an app to let us update the schedules <BR>>> ourselves. Would that be too much work for you, or would it <BR>>> reduce your work every couple of years?<BR>>><BR>>> We sure do appreciate the work you do on PACSS!!! I believe it is <BR>>> THE scoring program for SPA, at least here in the Southeast...<BR>>><BR>>> At 08:04 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;<BR>>>
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000D_01CA8DDD.B09C42C0"<BR>>> Content-Language: en-us<BR>>><BR>>> All PACSS Users,<BR>>><BR>>> I am in the process of making a number modifications to PACSS. One <BR>>> of the changes is to make the use of "foreign", other than AMA / <BR>>> FAI, schedules easier to use. In order to do this I need to know <BR>>> what are the Organizations and associated schedules that are being <BR>>> used today. I have the SPA and Canadian schedules from last year <BR>>> but don't know if they are changing in 2010 so updated schedules <BR>>> from those two organizations would be helpful.<BR>>><BR>>> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Gene Maurice<BR>>> <A href="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com"
ymailto="mailto:gene.maurice@sgmservice.com">gene.maurice@sgmservice.com</A><BR>>> Dallas, GA<BR>>> AMA 3408<BR>>> NSRCA 877<BR>>> PACSS.sgmservice.com<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>>> <A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR>>><BR>>> --> There are only two types of aircraft -- fighters and targets.<BR>>><BR>>> Phil Spelt, Past President, Knox County Radio Control Society, Inc.<BR>>> URL: http://www.kcrctn.com<BR>>> AMA--1294, Scientific Leader Member, SPA--177<BR>>> My URL: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/~chuenkan/<BR>>> (865) 435-1476 v (865)
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