APRS-SCS
Version 1.30
APRS-SCS IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED

The end of an era. APRS-SCS is no longer being supported by me.
At the end of this Web Page there is a link where you can download the
APRS-SCs source code. Note APRS-SCS is written in VB6. Microsoft is no longer
supporting VB6. If someone wanted to continue APRS-SCS they would have
to port APRS-SCS over to another programming language such as VB.net.
Anyone is free to use this source code in their programs. All I ask is that
on their about page they give credit to APRS-SCs and kb2scs.
It was a fun ride while it lasted.

Why was APRS-SCS created?
APRS-SCS was created to fill the perceived need for a Windows Based APRS Client Software
that not only follows the APRS Spec to the letter but also does APRS as APRSdos does.
APRS-SCS also follows Microsoft's guide lines for Windows programs. In other words the user
interface looks and acts like all other Windows software.

If This Is The First Time That You Are Down
Loading APRS-SCS Do Not Forget To Down Load The Map Data
You have to at least down load and install the Dosmaps using the
dosmaps.zip link at the bottom of this page. If you do not down load
and install the Dosmaps APRS-SCS will display an error message and then
the program will terminate gracefully.
You down load the USGS map data by
Using The mapdata.zip Link At The Bottom Of This Page.

I Do Not Have Any Virus Checking Programs On My PC
So Please before you Unzip APRS-SCS check it with a Virus Program.
Having informed you of this I am not responsible for any or all out comes if the
user does not check APRS-SCS for viruses

I would like to thank the following.
First my 2 Alpha testers. Many applied for the job only two did not disappear.
Charles AB1CR and Bill W1GTT Thanks guys. Without your help APRS-SCS would not be where it is today.

Frank WB5IPM Thanks Frank for your help and constant support.

Ken WB6MLC Thanks Ken for all your help with PSK63srv

System Requirements
Windows 98se,XP
APRS-SCS has been tested out on 98se and XP and runs just fine on these two OS's.
I do not have Windows 2000 or NT so APRS-SCS has not been tested out on either.
APRS-SCS has known issues With WIN2K so it probably also has problems with NT.
So if you are using WIN2k or NT please do not install APRS-SCS.
I have also gotten 3 reports that users had no trouble installing and running
APRS-SCS on Win2k. Maybe the Win2k systems that had problems were corrupt.
Maybe a Microsoft Win2k Service Pack fixed the problem. I do not know.
At this time all I can say is "Your Millage May Vary"

My 98 machine is a old 120 MHZ 16 Meg Lap top. While APRS-SCS does run on such a system
the drawing of the USGS map data is very slow. Also 16 megs of ram is not enough to display
any USGS map above a Map range of 64.

The recommended system that is using APRSdos maps or Bitmaps would be any PC
that is capable of running Windows 98se.

The recommended system that is using USGS map data
would be a 1 gig or higher cpu. with 512 or more ram.

Please do send me E-Mails
letting me know what you think overall and of course any bugs you find.
VERY IMPORTANT! I like everyone else get a lot of spam please include "APRS-SCS" in your subject
line or there is a very good chance I will not read your E-Mail.
My E-Mail address mycall@arrl.net replace mycall with kb2scs

What's New

APRS-SCS Registration
I have thought long and hard about weather or not to charge for APRS-SCS.
I have decided to charge a one time $20.00 US Dollars Fee.
All upgrades are free.
As of version 1.25 APRS-SCS now has the ability in addition to the Dosmaps
and USGS map data to use user supplied Bitmaps as its map display.
Now with the addition of using Bitmaps APRS-SCS is useable World Wide.
The only difference between the unregistered version of APRS-SCS and the registered version is
the registered version saves your configuration.
Click on the Register menu item located inside the Help menu item for more information on
registering APRS-SCS.

If someone is interested in making an APRS-SCS USGS map data making program
I will gladly share the APRS-SCS USGS Map Data protocol
with them. You can use any programing language you want as long as the map data your program
makes follows the protocol. So please step forward do not let me have all the fun.

Features not Implemented at that Time:
There are some features that are not Implemented at this time.
Anything that you Click on and nothing happens is a feature that is not implemented
At this time.

VERY IMPORTANT.
Read the General Information topic located on the main Help page inside APRS-SCS.
That is where you will find important information on setting up your ports.
Such as your TNC, Sound Card and Internet ports.
APRS-SCS only uses Frank's WB5IPM Sound Card TNC Software.
Use your browsers back button to see the link to Frank's software.

How to Down Load APRS-SCS:
Make a Junk subdirectory called "Junk" any where on your hard drive.
Left Click on the aprsscsfull.zip Hyper link below. This should cause
your browser to start the Down Load
Note Save aprsscsfull.zip to the Junk Sub Directory that you just made.
This is so after you have installed APRS-SCS you can delete the no longer needed files
in this junk directory. Please follow the setup instructions below.

APRS-SCS Setup Notes:
1) Use an unzipping program such as PKunzip or Winzip to extract aprsscsfull.zip
   Double click on the Setup icon.
   APRS-SCS will now be installed on your PC.
   That is all there is to it.

Do not forget to down load the dosmap.zip and mapdata.zip files and install them using the
instructions below.

aprsscsfull.zip

How to Down Load APRS-SCS Up Grade:
Make a Junk subdirectory called "Junk" any where on your hard drive.
Left Click on the upgrade.zip Hyper link below. This should cause
your browser to start the Down Load
Note Save ugrade.zip to the Junk Sub Directory that you just made.
Please follow the setup instructions below.

APRS-SCS Up Grade Setup Notes:
1) Use an unzipping program such as PKunzip or Winzip to extract upgrade.zip
   Make sure you command your unzipping program to unzip sub directories
   In PKUNZIP the command would be as follows.
   PKUNZIP -d upgrade.zip
   Read the upgrade.txt file that is inside of ugrade.zip
   upgrade.txt contains very very important information on how to
   upgrade aprs-scs.
   That is all there is to it.

upgrade.zip

How to Down Load USGS Map Data:
Note before down loading the Map Data first down load and install APRS-SCS.
This is so you can follow the following instructions.

If you installed APRS-SCS to its default directory then the following path is
what you should end up with.
C:\Program Files\Aprsscs
If you installed APRS-SCS to a different directory then the above path will be different
The only important part of the above path is the \AprsScs\ part.

Left Click on the mapdata.zip Hyper link below. This should cause
your browser to start the Down Load.

When your browser asks where to save mapdata.zip point it to the \AprsScs\ directory.

Map Data installation Notes:
1) Use an unzipping program such as PKunzip or Winzip to extract mapdata.zip
   Note instruct your unzipping program to unzip subdirectories.
   In PKunzip the comand would be as follows
   PKUNZIP -d mapdata.zip
   If your are using the unzipping wizard that is part of XP then change the
   directory so the files unzip to the subdirectory where mapdata.zip
   is located.
2) After unzipping mapdata.zip delete mapdat.zip.
      That is all there is to it.

mapdata.zip

How to Down Load the APRSdos maps:
Note before down loading the APRSdos maps first down load and install APRS-SCS.
This is so you can follow the following instructions.

Left click on the dosmaps.zip Hyper link below. This should cause
your browser to start the Down Load.

When your browser asks where to save the dosmaps.zip point it to the
directory were you installed APRS-SCS.

DosMap Data installation Notes:
1) Use an unzipping program such as PKunzip or Winzip to extract dosmap.zip
   Note instruct your unzipping program to unzip subdirectories.
   In PKunzip the comand would be as follows
   PKUNZIP -d dosmap.zip
   If your are using the unzipping wizard that is part of XP then change the
   directory so the files unzip to the subdirectory where dosmap.zip
   is located.
      dosmaps.zip contains the followig sub directories
      dosmaps and maplist
2) After unzipping dosmap.zip delete dosmap.zip.
      That is all there is to it.

dosmaps.zip

aprsscssource.zip

Enjoy 73 de John,KB2SCS