Updates and fixes to FCCdata/eLMS. Retire CDBSbot.
EDOCS data capture:
EDOCS is the FCC's repository for daily releases such as public notices, decision documents, etc. REC captures this data from an API once every 5 minutes throughout the day. This data is displayed on the desktop version of FCCdata.org as news items in the middle area of the page.
The FCC Content API appears to no longer allow a value of more than 10 items displayed. This has caused some daily release items on FCC.today to be missed. We have released a new version of the back end program that captures this data to page through the data, ten items at a time. There are no expected changes to the user experience as a result of this change.
Dingers database:
The data in the Enforcement Information (Dingers) database now covers January 1, 2018 through the present. This completes the initial deployment of the Dingers data, which corresponds with the start of the current license terms for radio broadcast stations. Additional past time may be added in the future.
FCCdata & eLMS:
Fixed bug in the application list where it was not properly linking to CDBS assignment of license and transfer of control applications.
The silence log (which appears as "Periods of Silence" in FCCdata) will now run once Monday through Friday as part of the morning update routine.
Some applications are not being properly parsed by eLMS causing strange displays (such as assignment applications appearing in the left engineering information). This is happening mainly when the application experiences a status change as a result of Media Bureau action. To address these applications, a new program has been built that will audit through the list of eLMS applications to identify those with these anomalies and then attempts to re-run them again. This program will be run once per day, Monday through Friday in the morning update routine.
In FCCdata, modified the first column of the header bar to use the subsequently developed eLMS primary station history table as the source to show which station an FM translator is rebroadcasting.
In FCCdata, on the left side, the system will now display any results from the Enforcement (Dingers) Database at the facility level. Clicking on the date will launch the listing in the Dingers Database as a separate browser tab. As previously released, the "Enforcement Activity" indicator in the header will still be available and that indicator activates on either the facility or the FRN levels.
CDBSbot retirement:
We have stopped the CDBSbot background application.
CDBSbot accesses the CDBS public data system periodically throughout the day to check for application activity similar to the LMSbot system, which is the heart of FCC.today. While AM broadcast is still being handled in CDBS, application activity is mirrored into LMS, which explains why sometimes you may see two listings in FCC.today for an AM application activity. AM engineering activity is very few and far between right now. All other AM applications are going to LMS and in most cases, are supported by eLMS full processing. The removal of CDBSbot will be minimally impactful, especially if Audio Division staff enter an application action in both CDBS and LMS at the same time. We also note that unlike LMSbot, CDBSbot is only used for actions and not for applications due to the design of the CDBS system (we get no indication of an application filed until the next business day as opposed to LMS where we immediately see the newly filed application.
CDBSbot has served REC for the past 10 years. It was originally used to track only the original construction permit grants from the 2013 Second Generation LPFM Filing Window but then was eventually extended into what we now know as FCC.today.
The LMSbot application, which is the equivalent system to interface with LMS and serves as the triggering for the eLMS processing system will remain active and supported.
