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Patches and Problems |
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Listed below are
known problems and solutions of ASAPS. |
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Date: 4 April 2010 |
Comment: ASAPS V5.4 Patch
for version ASAPS V5.3
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1. Compatibility with 64-bit
Windows 7 operating system. Backwards compatibility with 32-bit
Windows operating systems.
2. VBX grid component used in
the T-index and Antenna dialogues in versions up to ASAPS 5.3
has been replaced by a custom spread sheet.
3. The ASAPS 5 User Guide has
been converted from Windows Help format (.hlp) to HTML Help
format (.chm) so that it can be viewed with Windows Vista and
Windows 7.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive ASAPS54Patch.exe
- To install, run the
ASAPS54atch.exe program and enter the directory where ASAPS
V5 was installed. Usually, this directory will be one of the
following:
- For ASAPS V5.3
Originals: C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5.3
- For ASAPS V5.2
Originals: C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5.2
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 4 June 2008 |
Comment: ASAPS V5.3 Patch
for all previous versions of ASAPS V5 to ASAPS V5.2
Contains all previous V5 patches and upgrades below.
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1. Updated Tutorial for
version 5.3
2. Multi-surface: Implementing
the Rec 368-5 Annex II Millington ?Application to mixed Paths?
method. Calculating Field Strength over multiple surface types
as described in CCIR recommendation 368-5
3. "Surface Wave" and "Multi-Surface"
displays modified to use the Prediction Confidence parameter in
the Station Configuration menu.
4. Modify computation of All
Modes Score for SNR Frequency Set Test and Frequency Selection
to use the logarithmic average of the maximum SNR value from all
modes that satisfy the required criteria for each frequency.
5. User Guide: ITU vs CCIR
noise method explanation to clarify use of Atmospheric, Man-Made
and Galactic noise components calculations if they are selected
for Atmospheric noise in Station Config menu.
6. User Guide:"Database
restrictions" updated regarding Tx power, Rx bandwidth and
frequency limits in a Frequency Set for the skywave and surface
wave.
7. Antenna Database: CODAN
Antenna gain patterns added.
8. Antenna Database: bugfixes
for (a) deleting 2D frequency & elevation angle records (b) 3D
antenna database problem (c) caching
9. Frequencies above 32.77MHz
allowed: BUF and Surface Wave displays in ASAPS could previously
only display frequencies up to 32,766 KHz in the specified
Frequency Set for Skywave and Surface Wave.
10. Area Predictions: Units
stated corrected to dBuV/m (dB above a microVolt per metre).
Changed the units title above the colour scale from "dBW/Hz" to
"dBuV/m" and also changed the title in the Area Prediction table
from "Noise @ BUF" to "Noise field strength @ BUF"
11. Area Prediction: Mouse
position now displays range, bearing and units as well as
latitude, longitude and data
12. Area Prediction: Correction
to SNR Area Prediction and Area Table to show dB values below
zero.
13. Area Prediction: "Ionospheric
modes" display changed to interpolate better between modes (eg.
1E to (100 by 100 grid points) grids and higher frequencies (40
MHz).
14. Area Prediction: Bugfix
that now allows for high density (100 by 100 grid points) grids
and higher frequencies (40 MHz).
15. Corrected minor problem
with the labelling of the 1st E-mode and 2nd E- and F-modes for
hop lengths in the range 2025-2050km. Now the EMUF mode extends
to hop lengths up to 2050 km, as stated in the Original Model
document, and is not rounded off to 2025 km as in previous
versions of ASAPS5.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive ASAPS5Patch.exe (it contains replacement and
additional files FPLOSS.DLL, FPRED.DLL, FPATH.DLL,
TINANT.DLL, WASAPS5.HLP, GWPS.DLL, FDC.SDB, PTINDEX.EXE,
WASAPS5TUT.PDF, WASAPS5.EXE, WASAPS5UPGRADE.EXE, HRNOSITU)
- To install, run the
ASAPS5Patch.exe program and enter the directory where ASAPS
V5 was installed. Usually, this directory will be as follows:
- For ASAPS V5.2
Originals: C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5.2
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 31 March 2006 |
Comment: ASAPS V5.2 Patch
for all previous versions of ASAPS V5 |
Changes:
1. Modification to SNR Frequency Set Selection algorithm when
calculating the top frequency.
2. A choice between ITU and
CCIR Atmospheric Noise maps.
3. Multi-Surface groundwave SNR
contour plots available for specific frequencies as part of Area
predictions.
4. Area predictions now have a
maximum of 100 x 100 coordinates in the grid, as opposed to 50 x
50 for earlier versions.
5. 2D antennas - bug fix for
problem importing antennas with non-integer frequencies.
6. EZNEC antenna files:
i) files including "Azimuth bearing =" string can be imported.
Only files including "Azimuth angle =" string were allowed in
earlier versions.
ii) multiple frequencies files can be imported.
7. FST 16 months / T index
selection - bug fix to allow this option to be 'de-selected'
from the FST dialog box.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive v5.2patch.exe (it contains replacement files
FPLOSS.DLL, FPRED.DLL, FPATH.DLL, TINANT.DLL, WASAPS5.HLP,
GWPS.DLL, FDC.SDB, PTINDEX.EXE, WASAPS5TUT.PDF, WASAPS5.EXE,
WASAPS5UPGRADE.EXE)
- To install, run the v5.2patch.exe
program and enter the directory where ASAPS V5 was installed.
Usually, this directory will be as follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 27 April 2005 |
Comment: ASAPS V5.1 Patch
for all previous versions of ASAPS V5 |
Changes:
1. GRAFEX Frequency Set Test to include 'all modes' score and
the availabilities of the main and all modes.
2. "SNR confidence level"
renamed to "Prediction Confidence" (or PC) level, with a link to
this provided in the Station Configuration.
3. Titles for the method to be
used to calculate PCL (polarization coupling loss), i.e., "Old
algorithm" and "New algorithm", replaced by "Approximation" and
"Full calculation".
4. SNR Frequency Set Test - E
mode inclusion for 3000-4000km
5. GRAFEX - View|Select
Frequency Set Cancel button erases current frequency set
selection in all Views using it.
6.SNR Frequency Selection:
i) List the Scores for each Frequency Set before the best one is
selected in the Verbose view.
ii) SNR Scores are now being averaged by dividing the sum of the
dB values by the number of hours, circuits, months and
frequencies in the Frequency Set.
7. Improve the algorithm to
select the Best Frequency Set.
8. EMUF factor-distance table
improved.
9. Include the 'All Modes'
score in the GRAFEX and SNR Frequency Set Selection and Test
Concise formats.
10. Latest magnetic field model
IGRF10 included, valid for predictions to 2015. This updates
Field Strength through pathloss and polarisation coupling loss
calculations.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive v5.1patch050427.exe (it contains replacement files
FPLOSS.DLL, FPRED.DLL, FPATH.DLL, TINANT.DLL, WASAPS5.HLP,
GWPS.DLL, FDC.SDB)
- To install, run the v5.1patch050427.exe
program and enter the directory where ASAPS V5 was installed.
Usually, this directory will be as follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 30 April 2004 |
Comment: ASAPS V5 Patch for
versions of ASAPS V5 prior to 30 April 2004. |
Changes:
1. Points 1., 2. and 3 as listed below in the Patch dated 31
October 2003.
2. Points 2., 3. and 4 as
listed below in the Patch dated 12 March 2004.
3. A problem was found with the
ASAPS5 Surface Wave prediction when the Atmospheric Noise switch
is toggled "on" and "off". The noise module "frno_new1.cpp" that
was plugged into the GWPS3 Kernel did not have a flag to switch
off the Atmospheric Noise. Hence there was still a diurnal
variation in the Surface Wave SNR calculation, even if the
Atmospheric Noise was switched "off" and the Man Made Noise was
lower than the CCIR Atmospheric Noise (e.g Remote or -164 dBW/Hz
@3MHz).
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive v5patch040430.exe (it contains replacement files
FPATH.DLL, FPLOS.DLL, FPRED.DLL, TINANT.DLL, WASAPS5.HLP and
GWPS.DLL)
- To install, run the
v5patch040430.exe program and enter the directory where
ASAPS V5 was installed. Usually, this directory will be as
follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 12 March 2004 |
Comment: ASAPS V5 Patch for
versions of ASAPS V5 prior to 12 March 2004. |
Changes:
1. Points 1., 2. and 3 as listed below in the Patch dated 31
October 2003.
2. There was a bug in the
ASAPS5 Kernel when calculating the bearings between the
Transmitter and Receiver locations, when they are aligned with
the North-South meridian. This was inserted to prevent a
division by zero error and the programmer used Pi/2 instead of
Pi for a bearing of 180 degrees. The bearing in GRAFEX and Field
Strength predictions is not only used for display purposes, but
is also used for the 3D Antenna Gain calculation. This means
that for Circuits aligned with due North (0 degrees) or due
South (180 degrees), the 3D Antenna Gain calculation was using a
bearing in error by 90 degrees. For example, the bearing between
Transmitter and Receiver and vice versa was 0, 270 degrees
instead of 0 ,180 degrees and 90, 360 degrees instead of 180
,360 degrees. This bug has now been fixed in the ASAPS5 Kernel
via the FPATH.DLL, FPRED.DLL and FPLOS.DLL files included in the
patch below.
3. EZNEC antenna gain patterns
can now be imported to the antenna database. When importing
EZNEC antennas, the filename is used as the antenna name and the
text on the 3rd line is used as the antenna description. This
facility is incorporated in the updated TINANT.DLL included in
the patch file below.
4. The ASAPS on-line User Guide has been updated to reflect the
ability to import EZNEC files, and also highlights the
availability of 44 Andrew Canada antennas, located in the
sub-directory “Antennas”, that can be imported as required..
This information is incorporated in the updated WASAPS5.HLP
included in the patch file below.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive v5patch040312.exe (it contains replacement files
FPATH.DLL, FPLOS.DLL, FPRED.DLL, TINANT.DLL AND WASAPS5.HLP)
- To install, run the
v5patch040312.exe program and enter the directory where
ASAPS V5 was installed. Usually, this directory will be as
follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 31 October 2003 |
Comment: ASAPS V5 Patch for
versions of ASAPS V5 prior to 31 October 2003. |
Changes:
1. The latest release of ASAPS5 does not crash when attempting
to open ASAPS4 prediction files, but displays an error message "Could
not open document". ASAPS5 can open ASAPS4 GRAFEX (.PRD) files
but not ASAPS4 Field Strength files (.FSH), because there is
extra data for the new Polarisation Coupling Loss algorithm and
SNR confidence levels. Therefore, you can still open an ASAPS4
GRAFEX file and "Recompute", selecting a Frequency Set to
regenerate the Field Strength prediction with ASAPS5.
2. While calculating Antenna
Gain patterns or when doing the Surface Wave calculation, ASAPS5
now displays an appropriate message in the Status Bar at the
bottom left hand corner of the main application window,
indicating the reason for the delay.
3. The TinAnt.DLL containing
the T-index Grid and Antenna Dialogue has been changed, removing
debug output that produces gcache.out and toagb.out files.
ASAPS4 did not generate gcache.out or toagb.out files and they
are only used for testing, slowing down ASAPS5 considerably
especially when using 3D antennas.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive
v5tinant031030.exe (it contains a replacement file
TINANT.DLL)
- To install, run the
v5tinant031030.exe program and enter the directory where
ASAPS V5 was installed. Usually, this directory will be as
follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 13 October 2003 |
Comment: ASAPS V5 Patch for
versions of ASAPS V5 prior to 8 October 2003. |
Problem:
When importing T-indices from a text file in the T-index
Dialogue and importing / exporting Antennas with text files in
the Antenna Dialogue, the ASAPS V5 application window lost
precedence, popping behind other windows on the screen.
Also, when selecting a T-index text file in the T-index Dialogue,
the "Cancel" button caused ASAPS V5 to "freeze" and become
unresponsive.
Furthermore, clicking the buttons multiple times in the T-index
Dialogue and Antenna Dialogue now only carries out the command
once, waiting until the user is finished. These problems with
the T-index Dialogue and Antenna Dialogue have been fixed in the
new tinant.dll dated 8 October 2003.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive
v5tinant.exe (it contains a replacement file TINANT.DLL)
- To install, run the
v5tinant.exe program and enter the directory where ASAPS V5
was installed. Usually, this directory will be as follows:
- For ASAPS V5 Originals:
C:\Program Files\IPS\ASAPS5
- For ASAPS V5 Upgrades:
C:\WASAPS
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Date: 12 February 2002 |
Comment: ASAPS for Windows
V4.0 and MS Windows 2000 |
Problem:
ASAPS V4 is a 16-bit program. As such, there may be some
instances in which it does not perform as expected when run
under MS Windows 2000. For example, users may find that when the
cursor is located over the minimise/maximise/close buttons at
the top right-hand side of the ASAPS screen, the following error
message appears:
WASAPS caused an access violation in wow32.dll
ASAPS V5, a 32-bit program due for release in 2003, has been
tested successfully on MS Windows 2000. |
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Date: 6 July 1999 |
Comment: ASAPS for Windows
V4.0 update of fpath.dll |
Problem:
For near vertical incidence propagation predictions performed at
the end of a month and at begining of the next month the
differences in MUF's for an hour were greater than expected.
Installation:
Automatic:
- Download self extracting
archive
v40fpath.exe (it contains a replacement file FPATH.DLL)
- To install run the
V40FPATH.EXE program and enter the directory where ASAPS 4.0
was installed (C:\WASAPS is its default).
Manual (for the paronoid):
- Download self extracting
archive
v40fpath.exe (it contains a replacement file FPATH.DLL)
- To install run the
V40FPATH.EXE program and enter the path to a temporary
directory.
- Rename FPATH.DLL in the
directory where ASAPS v4.0 is installed . Usually C:\WASAPS
for new installations or C:\ASAPS for upgraded ASAPS v2.X.
- Copy fpath.dll to the
directory where ASAPS v4.0 is installed.
Note:
This file has only been tested with ASAPS v4.0.
MD5:
fpath.dll = 0f5d809739f12349d0d9fa8bf844be39
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Date: 17 June 1998 |
Comment: ASAPS for Windows
V4.0 update of TEXT2TDB.EXE |
When you run TEXT2TDB and it
goes SPLAT this patch is for you.
Note: You can get around this problem by using the Update
from file button on the T-index DB dialog.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive
TXT2TPAT.EXE (it contains a replacement file for
TEXT2TDB.EXE)
- To install run the
TXT2TPAT.EXE program and enter the directory where ASAPS 4.0
was installed (C:\WASAPS is its default).
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Date: 15/06/1998 |
Comment: ASAPS for Windows
V4.0 update of ANTENNA.DLL |
If you get the message
ERROR: AntRec: SetAngs when converting/importing an ASAPS
2.x antenna database this patch is for you.
Installation:
- Download self extracting
archive
ANTDBPAT.EXE (it contains a replacement file for
ANTENNA.DLL)
- To install run the
ANTDBPAT.EXE program and enter the directory where ASAPS 4.0
was installed (C:\WASAPS is its default).
- ASAPS and CONVANT will
then work as they should.
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