FLDigi/FLMessage NBEMS Suite FLDigi for Narrow-Band Emergency Messaging System 02/14/18 1 1 1

The FLDigi Suite fldigi flwrap flmsg Digital sound card modem Checksum verifier and (un)compressor flmsg Form-based Message Generator 02/14/18 2 2 2

Flmsg-Message Form Editor Flmsg has common message forms templates Incident Command System forms Radiogram or just a blank page 02/14/18 3 3 3

Flwrap-Outgoing Message Wrapper Delineates Message with start/end text markers Binary files are first converted to a base-64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base-64 Adds a checksum Can compress a message 02/14/18 4 4 4

Flwrap output in fldigi 02/14/18 5 5 5

Flwrap-Incoming Message Unwrapper Verifies Checksum Recover Binary file from any base-64 text Uncompress Message if needed 02/14/18 6 6 6

fldigi Windows Installation The three setup files install in the same steps: fldigi-3.21.9_setup.exe flmsg-1.1.6_setup.exe flwrap-1.3.1_setup.exe The Default setting should be fine. Do the four steps for each program Window Security may require you to verify additional steps Be aware the programs are being actively developed and updates are frequent 02/14/18 7 7 7

Open flmsg too 02/14/18 8 8 8

Config flmsg Open flmg Click on flmsg's “Config” Menu Edit Settings and Click “close” Button 02/14/18 9 9 9

FLMSG Initial Configuration on startup

You can access the message forms by pressing Expert Dialog Menu

Many Different Report Format Templates are Available

ARRL Radio Gram Standard Template

Net Log Report Message Form

Red Cross Safely & Welfare Form

Red Cross Damage Assessment Form

ICS 203 Incident Report Form

ICS 204 Incident Report Form

ICS-213 Report Form

ICS Division Report Form

The compression panel at the bottom of the form allows for different types of message compression Help/Event Log is useful for debugging messages

Custom Forms FLMSG now has the capability to support custom made forms using Libra-Office

Comma separated (spread sheet) messages are also supported

Drag-And-Drop is a simple quick way to send messages

Cut and paste text from a text editor to FLMESG edit pane

Drag file, placing content of the file into the edit pane

FLMESG Auto Send flmsg can connect directly to fldigi using one of fldigi's socket services. Fldigi acts as the server and flmsg the client. Pressing the "AutoSend" button will initiate an immediate transfer of an encapsulated file to fldigi. You should have fldigi prepared to accept the file for transmission. The frequency (radio and audio) and modem type should be correct and if you are in a QSO then your contact should be prepared to receive the transmission. Automatic Reception When fldigi recognizes the conclusion of an flmsg 'autosend' data stream it will take one of two actions: • Start a new instance of flmsg using the data stream file contents • Pass the data stream contents directly to the currently executing flmsg The selection of the flmsg transfer option is made on the fldigi configuration tab for NBEMS. If the data stream is sent to the current flsmg then the following action occurs in flmsg: • The data stream is saved to the Messages folder using the originators filename • A popup dialog will open which gives the operator the option of immediately loading and viewing that new message file.

Flmesg Summary: Provides flexible suite of functions that support may different types of message formats. Automatic sending/receiving and ‘on-the-fly’ message handing is supported. Custom message formats can be made and imported into Flmesg. Flmesg is tightly integrated with Fldigi and Flwrap. 02/14/18 28 28 28