* VERSION 2.16 UPDATE * 1) ADDED A WINDSPEED FACEPLATE TO ANALOG #8. THIS ALLOWS THE RLC-ANG THE ABILITY TO CONVERT AN EXTERNAL PULSE STREAM INTO A WIND SPEED. THE DEFAULT CALIBRATION IS SET TO HANDLE THE DAVIS INSTRUMENTS WIND SPEED SENSOR. ANY PULSE WIND SENSOR CAN BE USED. TO CALIBRATE THE WIND SPEED TO VOICE CONVERSION: WIND_SPEED_CALIBRATION = 60 / (WIND_SPEED_SENSOR ) FOR EXAMPLE: THE DAVIS WINDSPEED SENSOR STATES ITS SENSOR OUTPUTS 26.6 PULSES PER SECOND PER MILE PER HOUR. WHEN DIVIDED BY 60 THE RESULT IS 2.256 SECONDS. TO CALIBRATE THE SENSOR YOU WOULD ENTER: 8 226 . SPECIAL NOTES: A) YOU WILL NEED TO ADD A PULL-UP RESISTOR OF 10K TO YOUR WIND SPEED SENSOR IF THE OUTPUT IS OPEN-COLLECTOR (STANDARD) INORDER TO CREATE A VOLTAGE PULSE OUTPUT. THE RLC-ANG REQUIRES THE WIND SPEED PULSES TO BE A VOLTAGE OUTPUT, NOT JUST A PULSED INPUT. B) YOU MUST REMOVE THE 10K DIVIDER (R41) INORDER TO HANDLE THE PULSE VOLTAGE INPUT. C) YOU MUST ASSIGN THE WINDSPEED FACEPLATE TO ANALOG 8: 8 19. THIS ASSIGNS THE WIND SPEED CONVERSION TO ANALOG 8. FACEPLATE 19 IS THE WINDSPEED FACEPLATE. D) WHEN THE WIND IS CALM, THE VOICE WILL SPEAK "ZERO" 2) ADDED THE VOICE WORDS: "EAST" AS WORD 219 "NORTH" AS WORD 220 "SOUTH" AS WORD 221 "SPEED" AS WORD 222 "WEST" AS WORD 223 "WIND" AS WORD 224 3) CHANGED COMMAND <15> TO SUPPORT WINDSPEED READINGS COMMAND <15> FORMAT IS: # XXX ; ANALOG LINE CALIBRATION - # IS THE ANALOG LINE - XXX IS THE WIND SPEED CALIBRATION COUNTER 4) ADDED A WIND DIRECTION FACEPLATE THAT SPEAKS THE DIRECTION AS NORTH,SOUTH ECT. FACEPLATE 20 IS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. 5) REMOVED THE TIME-OUT TIMER MESSAGE THAT WAS SPOKEN DURING A REPEATER WHEN A TIME-OUT CONDITION OCCURRED. WHEN A TRANSMITTER TIME-OUT OCCURS NO MESSAGE WILL BE SPOKEN. 6) ADDED A UTILITY THAT IS RUN WHEN YOU SET-UP YOUR FACEPLATES THAT AUTO- WRITES A MESSAGE IN THE ANALOG LINE SLOT YOU ARE SETTING UP. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO SIMPLY SETS AN INPUT AS, FOR INSTANCE, TEMPERATURE AND THE PROGRAM WILL WRITE A MESSAGE "THE TEMPERATURE IS XX" INTO ANALOG LINES MESSAGE SLOT. THIS SIMPLFIES THE SET-UP OF THE RLC-ANG'S MESSAGE STRUCTURE. THE MESSAGES ARE: FACEPLATE: MESSAGE; 00 THE VOLTS IS XX 01 THE VOLTS IS XX 02 THE VOLTS IS XX 03 THE VOLTS IS XX 04 THE VOLTS IS XX 05 THE VOLTS IS XX 06 THE TEMPERATURE IS XX 07 THE TEMPERATURE IS XX 08 RADIO INPUT IS XX 09 THE WIND IS FROM THE XXX 10 RADIO INPUT IS XX 11 THE INPUT IS 12 THE INPUT IS 13 THE INPUT IS 14 THE INPUT IS 15 THE INPUT IS 16 THE INPUT IS 17 THE BATTERY VOLTS IS XX 18 THE CURRENT INPUT IS XX 19 THE WIND SPEED IS XX 20 THE WIND IS FROM THE THIS SHOULD GREATLY SIMPLIFY THE SET-UP OF THE RLC-ANG'S ANALOG INPUTS. ********** THIS UPDATE REQUIRES RE-INITIALIZATION **************** **** WHEN INITIALLY RUNNING V2.16, THEN RLC-ANG WITHH SELF INITIALIZE ****