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TOA setup questions

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DaleReid:
I've been waiting for a storm to move through to see how the TOA service works.
I must admit, that the configuration sort of sucks, or I do since I can't figure it out.

I have the alarm giving me nothing, then see that despite me being at about 44 lat and -91 long, the center is set to 10 km about a point at 35 lat and 85 long or some such.

I've clicked on and tried to read the FAQ on how to reset that (despite the heading being correct for the box as my home town) and cannot find anyway to correct those numbers.  I see that in the demo pages that several warning regions can be set, but I have hovered over all the page and cannot find any way to configure another region.

Anyone know how to do that?


Also, when I download the file to trigger Google Earth Pro, it circles the globe and zooms in, and once over my location, it sits there, especially if I zoom in closer.  While Blitz shows plenty of nearby strikes, Google just smiles and does nothing.  I can't find a force refresh to make it show either real time strikes or to click to refresh.

Any help on this one?
Thanks guys.
Dale

WeatherHost:
That's all part of the restricted access we get as hosts.  You ONLY see strikes in the 10K alarm zone, or at least that's all I see.  There is no configuration access either to my knowledge.  You have to contact their Tech Support to reset the coordinates.  They had mine set to 0 Lat, 0 Long ...  way out in the central Pacific.

DaleReid:
OK, I'll call Matt or Sandy about the alarm zone reset.  I thought they'd just have some way to let us do it, but if they want to go to the trouble, that's fine with me.

Oh, can you see auto update of strikes on the map when a storm is in progress or do you have to close and reopen to get it to replot?

Thanks again. Dale

WeatherHost:
I just sent an email to the support address and got a response in a couple of hours (weekdays).

The GE display is 'live' and updates itself as strikes appear.  I found it to be quite a resource hog though (GE Pro in general) so I don't keep it open unless I need to see something.

hankster:
I don't know about anyone else but I can zoom out and view strikes anywhere in the world. Your location should be set automatically since the system that is installed has a GPS receiver. The alarm zone is around your location.  You can't change the location on purpose.

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