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Downloads:

371

Downloads of v 1.7.4.000:

42

Last Update:

19 Feb 2023

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Victor Poor (W5SMM)
  • Rick Muething (KN6KB)
  • Phil Sherrod (W4PHS)
  • Peter Woods (N6PRW)

Tags:

winlink-express ham amateur radio

Winlink Express

This is not the latest version of Winlink Express available.

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1.7.4.000 | Updated: 19 Feb 2023

Downloads:

371

Downloads of v 1.7.4.000:

42

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Victor Poor (W5SMM)
  • Rick Muething (KN6KB)
  • Phil Sherrod (W4PHS)
  • Peter Woods (N6PRW)

Winlink Express 1.7.4.000

This is not the latest version of Winlink Express available.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

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Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Winlink Express, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Winlink Express, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Winlink Express, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade winlink-express -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.4.000'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade winlink-express -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.4.000'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install winlink-express
  win_chocolatey:
    name: winlink-express
    version: '1.7.4.000'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'winlink-express' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.7.4.000'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller winlink-express
{
    Name     = "winlink-express"
    Version  = "1.7.4.000"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'winlink-express':
  ensure   => '1.7.4.000',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

WARNING

There are versions of this package awaiting moderation . See the Version History section below.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator flcdrg on 08 Apr 2023.

Description

Winlink Express

Winlink Express (formerly RMS Express) is the preferred Winlink radio email client because it supports all new system features, and it is the only client supporting the Winlink Hybrid Network for email delivery with or without the internet. Winlink Express is designed to be easily used by single users with a single call sign but it may also be used to simultaneously send and receive mail with one or two more tactical addresses or alternate Winlink accounts. It supports a wide selection of transceivers, TNCs and multimode controllers, sound card modes using the ARDOP, and VARA HF and FM virtual TNCs (ARDOP software TNC included), Pactor, SCS Robust Packet, VHF/UHF AX.25 packet radio, and direct telnet to CMS servers or RMS Relay (for amateur radio High Speed Multimedia [HSMM], Broadband HamNet, D-Star DD mode, internet, and any other TCP/IP network).

Winlink Express is built by the Winlink Development Team and leverages its features with simplicity as the prime design objective. It uses the open B2F extension radio transfer protocol that supports attachments, multiple addresses and tactical addresses. Winlink Express may be used in the peer-to-peer mode (connecting directly via RF to other Winlink Express or Airmail clients). Winlink Express also contains manual and automated GPS position reporting abilities, support for the Winlink catalog of downloadable weather, information and help bulletins, Saildocs and Globalmarinenet for obtaining GRIB files, and a propagation prediction feature to help determine which of the participating Winlink RMS gateway HF stations are best to connect to from anywhere on earth.

Winlink Express may be used as a client for emergency communications. It has special features for EmComm, such as HTML forms creation and compact, formless content transport, plus a growing library of automatically-updated, included forms to use. Before adopting Winlink Express as your program for EmComm, please check with your local EmComm group for their plans. This may be your ARES, RACES, ACS, AuxComm, SHARES or MARS organization that will be responsible for providing training and support.

System Requirements: Microsoft-supported 32 or 64 bit Windows OS (Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 10 or Windows 2003 Server, or later, or under Windows on Apple Mac and Linux machines using a VM engine or dual boot arrangement. Windows XP or earlier OS are not supported. The program makes minimal CPU demands except in modes using sound card modems. The heavy DSP demands of these modes require a computer of at least 700 MHz Pentium/Celeron class and at least 512 Meg of memory. It runs well on all modern computers and Windows tablets. If multiple applications are running concurrently, we recommend a fast, late-model computer with 2-4MB RAM or more.

Built-in Customizable HTML Forms allow input and reading on exact-likeness or just "pretty" forms in a browser using form widgets like selection boxes, check boxes, and more. Further, lightweight form contents can be transmitted without the form itself, then automatically read at the other end inside the electronic form with a browser. A large, automatically-updated common library of forms is included with each copy of Winlink Express. And, the forms and templates are transportable across a radio connection as attachments.

Built-in Message Log Report Generator creates automatic reports from your local Winlink Express message records. Generates ICS-309 reports for ICS compliance and comma-separated text files. Lets you choose what logs to include in the report (Inbox, Read items, Outbox, Sent items, Saved items, Drafts, Deleted items).


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/Winlink_Express_install_1-7-4-0.zip'
$checksum   = '84443560d480fa3fab788bbded24a8955c73c6ba9697c37665a26bc39027707c'
$setupName  = 'Winlink_Express_install.exe'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = 'exe'
  url           = $url

  softwareName  = 'Winlink Express*'

  checksum      = $checksum
  checksumType  = 'sha256'

  silentArgs    = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
  validExitCodes= @(0)
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs
$packageArgs.file = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $setupName
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  softwareName  = 'Winlink Express*'
  fileType      = 'exe'
  silentArgs    = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
  validExitCodes= @(0)
}

[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName']

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
  $key | % {
    $packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)"

    Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
  }
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
  Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
  Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!"
  Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
  Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
  $key | % {Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)"}
}

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Winlink Express 1.7.14.000 8 Monday, April 15, 2024
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Winlink Express 1.7.12.000 21 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.12 21 Sunday, December 24, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.11.000 21 Sunday, December 17, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.10.000 32 Sunday, October 15, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.9.000 23 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.8.000 42 Sunday, July 9, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.7.000 50 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.6.000 36 Sunday, April 16, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.5.000 19 Sunday, April 9, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.4.000 42 Sunday, February 19, 2023 Approved
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