Changelog

BACKGROUND

enac_lpfm (every nook and cranny) is a legacy (pre-eLMS) table that is used in several REC systems to store specific critical data elements in a single file instead of in a relational database (which is the basis for CDBS, LMS and eLMS).  This table is used mainly for FM channel searches, bulk reports and similar functionality where search speed is essential.  enac_lpfm is updated directly from the daily FCC LMS data load and does not use eLMS as a data source and therefore is authoratative for filings.

ISSUE

On Thursday, August 4, 2022.  REC has received a bad load from the FCC.  This will impact many tools throughout the REC universe.  Recovery attempt in progress.

REPORTED ISSUE

When the call sign in FCCdata is entered for an FM station, the information is not being retrieved. 

OBSERVATIONS

This is an issue that is happening mainly with new FM facilities that were authorized as a result of Auction 109 and the 2021 NCE Filing Window.  

REPORTED ISSUE

FCC AM facility records are not properly displaying in FCCdata.  When the default facility page is retrieved (not narrowed down to a speciifc application), no current engineering record shows on the left side thus not creating a map on the right side.   While the current facility record does show in the application history, it does not show an engineering record on the left, even collapsed. 

ROOT CAUSE

eLMS has added a new table silence_log that will track silent station and resumption applications in both CDBS and eLMS real time. 

The data in the silence log will be updated once per day during the daily system update.

The silent history of a FM, AM or TV facility in FCCdata has been modified to use the new silence log. 

eLMS has been modified to support the new call sign change functionality in LMS.  

8 new application type codes have been established:

Over the Juneteenth US federal holiday weekend, REC is planning to perform maintenance on behind the scenes functionality as well as internal and public applications.   Maintenance will start on Saturday, June 18 and will run through Monday, June 21. 

No full outages are expected, but users may experience temporary disruptions or error messages on FCCdata and other systems while development is taking place.

LMSbot routine updates and eLMS are not expected to be interrupted during this maintenance window.  

REC Networks announces the full release of Enhanced Licensing Management System (eLMS) version 2.  Version 2 is a complete rewrite of the eLMS software.  eLMS is the internal REC system that reads broadcast applications and saves the information to our database.  Combined with our LMSbot software (which just upgraded to version 4 last week) provides the real-time information that normally updates REC websites such as FCCdata.org and FCC.today within 20 minutes of the application filing.

We are currently working issues with LMSbot v4.  These are some "first day" bumps in the road that we would expect. 

ISSUE

System locked for a long period of time.  Once unlocked, the system is not displaying applications from the previous business day in Classic Mode. 

eLMS-PN v2 release

eLMS-PN makes an hourly query to the FCC Electronic Documents (EDOCS) system to obtain the LMS Broadcast Applications public notice to determine which applications are accepted for filing and then updates various eLMS tables to indicate the status change. 

On May 23, REC plans to do a "partial" cut over of eLMS.  With the partial cut over, only application types that are new to v2 will be handed by v2 in the production environment.  This includes:

FCC.today will be unavailable on Saturday and Sunday, May 21~22, 2022. 

ISSUE:

FCCdata.org:

The "Tower Payload" function on FM engineering function as well as the "What's That Tower?" on the mobile version is not displaying all broadcast facilities on the tower. 

CAUSE:

This is likely due to some changes in tables that we are making for eLMS v2, including the phase-out of a pre-eLMS legacy table.

RESOLUTION:

Resolution is in progress.  Until then, not all broadcast facilities will show as being resident on a tower.    

During this past week, we have been doing extensive development in getting eLMS version 2 ready for production deployment.  Unlike version 1, eLMS version 2 is more script and table driven as opposed to hardcoded.  This allows us to easily add new application types into the system.  New scripting and table support has been added for various types of non-engineering television applications as well as certain radio application situations that were not previously supported in eLMS version 1.  This includes: