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The software "OBSJMA" realizes easy and accurate coding of weather reports

The latest version is "OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00". You should make an update to the latest version, if you are using the previous version.

Download and Distribution of OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

Outlines of the OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

OBSJMA is designed to help encode observational data (a weather message and a marine meteorological logbook) on your PCs. It has the following features as below.

• To facilitate encoding, users can display various auxiliary input screens while inputting observational data in another window.
• Observational data are automatically saved in the designated folder in the form of weather report and marine meteorological logbook.
  - You can send a weather report from the Inmarsat transmitter by uploading the weather report file (yymmddhh.tlx).
  - In addition you can send a floppy disk or CD-R saving the marine meteorological logbook file (immt5.log) by mail in lieu of a paper logbook when you make a port call at a Japanese port. You can send it by e-mail to .
• The software's checking of weather reports greatly reduces the incidence error.

Download and Distribution of OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

Outlines of the OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

Download and Distribution of OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

Please download the software and its operation manual as follows:

Download

• OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00 (zip file 38.3 MB)
• OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00 OPERATION MANUAL; (PDF 778 KB)

Outlines of the OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00

Available for Windows 7/8

OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00 brings new areas of functionality including compatibility with Windows 7/8. OBSJMA for WIN Version 3.00 works with all of the following OS.

• Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Japanese versions.
• Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 English versions.

Change of Swell Coding

In the previous versions, no distinction has been made between no swell and swell unknown or not observed in encoding weather reports. However, they are distinguished in the latest version.

Requirements

• OS

  Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Japanese version
  Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 English version

• CPU

  Pentium III 500 MHz or higher.

• Memory

  128 MB or more.

• Hard disk drive

  50 MB of free drive space required for installation.

• Display

  Japanese OS: 800 x 600 pixels or higher, 16-bit color or higher.
  English OS: 1,024 x 768 pixels or higher, 16-bit color or higher.

Version information

• March 2002 Software "OBSJMA for WIN" Version 1.00
• March 2004 Software "OBSJMA for WIN" Version 1.01
• March 2009 Software "OBSJMA for WIN" Version 2.00
• February 2014 Software "OBSJMA for WIN" Version 3.00

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