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DESCRIPTION

This free tool converts a 3.1.x SEDRIS transmittal to a 4.0 SEDRIS transmittal.

USAGE

Command

          convert_3.1_to_4.0 [options] -t <source> -f <destination>

Options

          -o <file> : log file
          -u <nn> : object update count
          -v : verbose error and warning output
          -h : show help

The converter does not 'fix' invalid transmittals. If a transmittal fails Syntax Checker or Rules Checker, the converted transmittal is likely to produce similar errors or to be missing the failing objects altogether.

Errors and warnings are displayed to the screen, or to a log file if the "-o" option is used. The default behavior for error messages is to print only the first message of a given type and then display a total count for each type of error or warning encountered. To print out all errors and warnings in detail, use the "-v" option.

If a transmittal contains Inter-Transmittal References (ITR), the same URNs and object labels from the original transmittal are used. Hence, a new URN resolver file (either "sedris.rsl" or "<transmittal_name>.rsl") must be created that maps the new version URNs to the converted transmittals.

RELEASE INFORMATION

The current release version of this application is 1.5. This tool is SEDRIS 4.0 compliant.

The application is linked statically. You do not need to download or install the SEDRIS SDK to use this tool.

Change Log:

• Version 1.5: Improved performance in handling <Hierarchical Table> instances and strings with invalid country codes (in the latter case, rather than logging error messages, an invalid 2-character country code is now converted to the reserved user-defined 3-character country code zzz rather than simply failing). Also addressed a problem with handling unused File Block Object (FBO) entries within a transmittal file.

  Corrections to EDCS mappings for the following EEs:

  EA	EE
  AERONAUTICAL_LIGHT_TYPE	APAP_ALIGNMENT
  AERONAUTICAL_LIGHT_TYPE	APRON_FLOOD
  AERONAUTICAL_LIGHT_TYPE	ARTICULATED
  AIRSPACE_LIMITATION	HAZARD_TO_AIRCRAFT
  AIRSPACE_LIMITATION	NON_FREE_FLYING
  ATS_USE_TYPE	CONTROL_VFR
  ATS_USE_TYPE	REFUELING
  INTERCHANGE_TRAVERSIBILITY	improved handling of EEs with special case mappings
  NATIONAL_PAINT_SCHEME	improved handling of EEs with special case mappings
  OBJECT_CONFIGURATION	POORLY_DEFINED
  OBJECT_CONFIGURATION	WELL_DEFINED
  PRECIPITATION_TYPE	improved handling of EEs with special case mappings
  RECOMMENDED_TRACK_TYPE	replaced one-to-zero mappings with one-to-one mappings

  
  
• Version 1.4: Bug fixes in Hierarchical Table handling.
• Version 1.3: Bug fixes in Image data handling and small memory model, and better reporting of failing objects.
• Version 1.2: Internal release.
• Version 1.1: Corrections to EDCS mappings for ECC_TRANSPORTATION, EAC_LENGTH and EAC_LEFT_BANK_VEGETATION_DENSITY.

FEATURES

• Verbose output. Separate message and object id for each warning or error.
• Error, warning, and informational message logging.

LIMITATIONS

SEDRIS transmittals that yield Syntax Checker or Rules Checker errors are not guaranteed to convert correctly.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Hardware

• There are only minimal memory and disk space requirements, except for enough space to store the converted transmittals.

Software

• Sparc, SunOS 5.6/5.7
• Linux Red Hat 7.2
• Windows 98/Me/2k/NT/XP

POINT OF CONTACT

Send email to help@sedris.org for questions or assistance in using this application.

As a minimum, please provide the following in your email:

• application name
• application version
• hardware architecture
• OS name and version
• detailed problem description

PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS

This application will be upgraded with the next release of the SEDRIS SDK, to allow conversion of 4.0.x transmittals to transmittals of the next higher release.

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ARCHIVES

Previous releases of STF Converters are available for those users who may desire to convert older versions of SEDRIS transmittals.