from:ax07
to:lu02@noaa.gov
subject:Re: Re Just checking
Scratch part of my last message. I'm going to skip the ship starts moving alarm. For drifting like this, it doesn't really work. The ship starts to move 100 feet because of drift and the alarm is triggered. 

Also, Amverseas apparently still has problems with detecting when to do a drop with the distance plan when the ship is not moving or is drifting. 

So for now, I've got the drop plan disengaged and the alarm not set as it will go off in 10 minutes. 

I've got some suggestions in the report already for ways to improve amverseas' reactions when not moving or moving very little. I don't know how easy they'll be. One of them is to be able to set the ship starts moving alarm based on speed, not GPS position. Current situation would allow me to set that at something like 5 knots. Unlikely to be because of wind, but low speed enough to catch the ship when they fire it back up to start moving again. The other might be a little more tricky, but it would also be nice to be able to pause the drop plan until a certain speed is reached also. Basically, if the ship were to begin going over 5 knots, then start checking the distance. I know there's a weird way that distance is calculated and it's not always that simple, but I'm going to mention it in the report. 

Best regards,
Zach


lu02 wrote:
from:lu02
to:ax07@noaa.gov
subject:Re: Just checking

Hi Zach,

All is good in the world, we are communicating.

When will you be back?

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ax07 wrote:
from:ax07
to:lu02@noaa.gov
subject:Just checking
Hi Pedro,

Just wanted to check in on things. I haven't heard from anyone in a couple of days and I want to make sure that the messages are actually going through. 

When I do get messages, it goes through fine and says that CWD was successful but then just says goodbye. I believe that this is the correct activity, but I had thought I'd hear something from someone today, so I'm getting a little paranoid that things aren't working right. 

If you could just let me know you got this message, that would be great. 

Best regards,
Zach