Special notes for IRIS release 8.08.2

This release is not recommended for dual polarization systems.  The
IRIS 8.09.2 release notes did not make it on the release
media.  You can load them from our ftp site, or  read them here:


Installation Changes

1. IRIS speech no longer uses the dictionary.  After upgrading be 
sure to upgrade your /usr/sigmet/config/profile file to match the 
/usr/sigmet/config_template/init/profile file.  This includes 
removing the IRIS_DICTIONARY env variable.  You should also remove 
the dictionary from your config directory as follows:

$ cd /usr/sigmet/config
$ rm -r dict

New Features

1. The maximum number of minor tasks in an IRIS hybrid task was 
raised to 26 from 3.  This will allow much more complicated volume 
scans such as the NEXRAD VCP, and can use all suffixes from "_A" 
to "_Z".  We also raised the maximum number of tasks in the task 
scheduler from 16 to 100.  The maximum number of major tasks 
remains at 8.

2. Improvements in ingest related to detecting the end of a sweep 
in continuous PPI scans.  It will now stop as soon as the sweep is 
filled. Previously ingest would require 1 or 2 extra rays after 
filling the full 360 degrees.  This is particularly important in 
passive mode where there may not be any extra rays.

3. In passive ingest, the end of sweep detection is improved for 
time series playback.  It will now also also force an end if we 
detect a 1 second gap in the time series, or if we detect a change 
in the sweep number.

4. The rays utility now displays Batch mode options and point 
clutter options.

Bug Repairs

1. The tsarchive utility was inserting a small pause between files 
when playing back a group of files.  The pause was after the first 
pulse rather then before it.