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FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
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INFO ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS FT HUACHUCA AZ
ZEN/CHIEF AIR FORCE MARS SCOTT AFB IL
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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 02-08 - TRANSITION FROM MDS TO WL2K
A. CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA 221800Z MAR 2007 (CMB04-07)
1. REF A ANNOUNCED THAT THE WINLINK 2000 (WL2K) PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE
WAS BEING CHANGED SO THAT NAVMARCORMARS TRAFFIC HANDLING REQUIREMNTS
WOULD BE MET. CURRENT DEVELOPMENT HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT
ALL NAVMARCORMARS REQUIREMENTS (INCLUDING HANDLING MESSAGES IN
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE) HAVE BEEN, OR WILL SOON BE, MET. THIS BROADCAST
ANNOUNCES A TRANSITION PLAN TO MOVE FROM OUR CURRENT MARS DATA SYSTEM
(MDS) TO THE WL2K SYSTEM.
2. ALL NAVMARCORMARS STATIONS ARE IMMEDIATELY AUTHORIZED TO SEND
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC TO OTHER STATIONS KNOWN BY THE MESSAGE ORIGINATOR TO
BE UP ON WL2K.
3. CURRENT NAVMARCORMARS FIVE CHARACTER ROUTING INDICATORS FOR NOASA,
ALL AREA AND REGION DIRECTORS AND ALL STATES ARE CURRENTLY BEING
CREATED IN THE WL2K SYSTEM. ONCE THESE E-MAIL ADDRESSES ARE
IMPLEMENTED AND YOU KNOW THE STATE HAS TRAFFIC REPRESENTATIVES
CHECKING WL2K FOR TRAFFIC, YOU MAY SEND TRAFFIC TO THAT STATE.
4. MULTI-ADDRESSEE MESSAGES WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER AS THE
MULTI.COM PROGRAM MUST BE CONVERTED SO IT CAN BE RUN ON WL2K SERVERS
AND OUTPUT PROCESSED MESSAGES IN THE PROPER WL2K FORMAT. A SEPARATE
BROADCAST WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN THIS FEATURE IS AVAILABLE. ONCE THE
MULTI FEATURE IS IMPLEMENTED IN WL2K, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHIFT
COMPLETELY OVER FROM THE CURRENT MDS TO WL2K.
5. IT IS HOPED THAT STATIONS CURRENTLY RUNNING MDS MESSAGE SWITCHES
WILL BE ABLE TO SHIFT OVER TO RUNNING WL2K RADIO MESSAGE SERVERS
(RMS'S). HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE AN RMS:
  A. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: PENTIUM II OR ABOVE WITH AT LEAST A 1.0
GHZ PROCESSOR AND 512MB RAM AND AT LEAST A 20 GB HARD DRIVE. SINCE
THE RMS USES A DATABASE, IT WILL BE HITTING THE HARD DISK
CONTINUOUSLY. THEREFORE, IF POSSIBLE, A 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE IS
PREFERABLE. AN ETHERNET CARD IS REQUIRED FOR PERMANENT ACCESS TO THE
INTERNET.
  B. BACKUP POWER: A 'SMART' UPS IS PREFERRED OVER A STANDARD UPS
BECAUSE IT HAS THE ABILITY TO SHUT WINDOWS PROGRAMS DOWN PROPERLY
BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF BATTERY POWER. CURRENTLY, WL2K RMS'S UTILIZE AN
MSACCESS DATABASE THAT DOES NOT LIKE TO 'CRASH.' THE WINDOWS
OPERATING SYSTEM HAS THE APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE BUILT IN FOR MOST UPS
OR SERIAL INTERFACED SMART UPS APPLICATIONS. ONE ONLY NEEDS THE SMART
UPS AND REQUIRED CABLE TO INTERFACE TO THE COMPUTER. APC HAS
REASONABLE SMART UPS OPTIONS.
  C. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL, WINDOWS XP
HOME OR WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL (PREFERRED.)  PLEASE USE WINDOWS
UPDATES TO BRING THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM UP TO CURRENT
STANDARDS, INCLUDING THE MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 1.1.
6. THE NAVYMARS.ORG WEB SITE WILL SOON HAVE THE BASIC SETUP AND USERS
GUIDE POSTED. IT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE 'WINLINK 2000' TAB ON
THE HOME PAGE IT SELF. THE WL2K FREQUENCY/RMS MATRIX WILL BE POSTED
BEHIND THE FIREWALL.
7. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE WL2K USER
PROGRAM - AIRMAIL - MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM:
   HTTP://WWW.AIRMAIL2000.COM
8. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW AS FEATURES ARE IMPLEMENTED.
9. MARS: TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
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