Overview Video:

HELP SECTION:

WeatherCall PLUS lets you identify areas of concern and draw a polygon; then, record a message and compose a text message that is sent ONLY to those WeatherCall subscribers whose registered addresses lie within the polygon.

Here is an outline of the menu options at the bottom of the screen:

NEW ALERT

This is the default option that appears when the app is first launched. To begin, give your alert a name; the app prefills a prefix in the format YYYYMMDD_HHMM, where YYYY is year, MM is month and DD is day. HH is hour in 24 hour format and MM is minutes.

Once a name has been entered, you can choose to associate this alert with a new polygon or one previously created. See the Polygon help section for more detail about creating polygons.

After drawing a polygon, you have the option of creating a text message and/or recording an audio to accompany the polygon.

When entering the text message, note that there is a limit to the number of characters allowed. If you leave the text message field blank, you will only send an audio recording.

You can choose to create a new audio recording or use one previously created. See the Audio help section for information about making recordings. If you don’t make a recording, only a text message will be sent.

Once all components have been created, click on the ‘Send Test’ button. Enter up to five (5) numbers that will receive the calls and texts. Then click on ‘Send Test’.

A confirmation screen will appear. When you select ‘Confirm’, the calls and texts will be sent and a confirmation dialog pop-up box will appear. Click ‘OK’ to remove the box.

Once an alert has been sent, the polygon, text and audio recording are archived and appear in the Alert History tab.

After composing an alert, you also have the option of selecting Send. Doing so creates a message indicating how many phone and text subscribers lie within the polygon you’ve drawn. Note that this can take a while to process depending on how large you draw the polygon and in what part of the country it’s drawn.

Also, after creating an alert, you can select Save, which moves the alert into the Alert History, but does not send anything. See Alert History help section to learn how to send a Saved alert.

POLYGONS

Once selected, you are shown a map of the U.S. with current radar. See the Account tab to learn how to create a default map view that appears.

Navigation tips:

Use your finger to pan, or move around the screen.

Use the “+” and “-“ keys to zoom out and in, respectively.

In the upper-right hand corner is a box containing an opacity slider for the radar data to allow you see map features beneath the reflectivity. The check box next to “Show Radar” let’s you toggle the radar display.

To draw a polygon, click on the Draw Polygon box.

Then use your finger to place dots on the screen which are connected sequentially to create a closed shape.

Select Undo to remove the dots in the order placed.

When finished, click Save and give the polygon a name.

Select Cancel to quit without saving the polygon.

Select View Saved to show all saved polygons, polygons can be deleted by selected them from the list and clicking on Remove Items. Then click on the red Delete word.

AUDIO

When this is selected, you will see a listing of previous recordings.

MAKE A NEW RECORDING

In the upper right-hand corner, use the “+” to add a new recording.

Give the recording a name.

Click on Begin Recording and start talking. Recordings cannot exceed 45 seconds in length.

When done, click on Stop and wait for the Uploaded Successfully message to appear and click OK

Afterwards, you can Listen to the recording, Redo Recording or Accept.

DELETE A RECORDING

In the upper-left hand corner, use Edit to delete recordings. Click on the red Delete word.

Universal recordings may be created and saved for use when creating alerts

ALERT HISTORY

This section contains a copy of all messages sent from the wizard. You can delete them by clicking on the blue Edit word in the upper-left hand corner. Then click on the red Delete word.

Alert items in the history denoted as “send test” or “send” can be re-sent by selecting them.

If an item is denoted as “save’, you can select it and then act on it either with a “send” or “send test”.

ACCOUNT

Logout - Use this tab to log out when the app is not in use. For best results, do not leave the app running in the background. Log out when you are done sending out alerts.

Set Default Map Location - selecting this reveals a map of the U.S. with composite radar. Use your finger to pan and the “+” and “-“ keys to zoom in and out. Position the map to your preference and then click on save. This will be the view that automatically appears when you create a polygon.

HELP

Display help instructions.