OTA Ottawa
Version 2.0 is now available (Sept.13).
Version 2.0 changes:
•Added Ottawa area antenna scan info. Hourly antenna scans from East end Ottawa.
•Removed link to blog pages
•Fixed small bug in mail program function
•Added iAds in version as a test for doing this for future applications.
Version 2.0 changes:
•Added Ottawa area antenna scan info. Hourly antenna scans from East end Ottawa.
•Removed link to blog pages
•Fixed small bug in mail program function
•Added iAds in version as a test for doing this for future applications.
OTAOttawa, a free iPhone/iPad app providing TV listings to Ottawa over the air viewers. It is now available in the app store. A free web widget version is also available here.
OTA Ottawa
OTA Ottawa primarily does one thing: Shows all the current TV listings for TV Stations available to Over the Air (OTA) users. There are a possible 25 stations available to Ottawa antenna users. Extra features include station prefs/web links/ota news/alarms/watchlist etc. My contact email is [email protected]
Reviews/Questions
OTAOttawa is a quick app I wrote for the use of Ottawa Over The Air (OTA) enthusiasts. I wrote it in 4 days, if you have any ideas for new features or questions email me, please dont flame me in iTunes. Remember it is a quick semi-useful free app! Sure there are many things I could do to add functionality, but I could never justify the time spent. I will consider your ideas and time/wife/babies permitting, I will implement any suggestions.
Station Listings Data
Please note, occasionally my data may get lost for a particular station. If so, you are welcome to email me and I will restore. Also I am having problems with obtaining listing data from two Ottawa french stations - CFGS 34.1 and CIVO 30.1
Settings
Under the preference section, you may remove or add from your listings any Ottawa OTA station. Although I believe that I have included all possible OTA stations, if you do receive regularly a station not listed, please contact me and I will try to add it. 5 Station presets are provide to help set your received station list. None, All, Ottawa, Ottawa English, or US Stations. All pref. changes made come into effect the next time you enter the app. From the settings page you can also access the wikipedia page of any station.
Alarms
On the program detail page, an alarm may be set to notify you when this TV program is on. At the moment your iPhone notifies you 5 minutes before the show beginsEmailOn the program detail page, an email may be sent with the details of the program
Watchlist
On the program detail page, a program may be added to your watchlist. The watchlist will highlight the program everytime it appears in your listing from then on. On the same page (program detail page) you may access the Watchlist and remove any entries.
Station Home Page/Wikipedia Page
When in the station listings, you may click on the station icon, in the top right corner, to allows you the option of accessing the stations home page or wikipedia entry
My Server
To keep costs down and ease of maintenance, OTAOttawa currently resides on my home server. The server currently serves OTAOttawa, another app Word-A-Maze and some of my websites. My provider is Rogers. While both my server and ISP have been fairly reliable, occasionally it may go down. If so please be patient. As soon as I notice an issue or service is returned, I will restore. If the app is down for an extended time, please email in case I havent noticed.
Software
This particular app was written using Perl and dynamically generated HTML on the server and OOC on the iPhone/iPad. It was tested on an Original iPad, latest iPad, iPhone 3g, iPhone 4 and an iPhone 5. Upon startup, file sizes will be typically 50k - 100k. Larger for the lucky ones who can receive more stations. Loading time is usually 5 seconds.
ResumeWare
I did the app as a new genre, since it is not a paid app, ad subsidized or even donerware. I call it "Resumeware". Due to the arrival of my beautiful baby twins Annika & Thomas, I may need a regular job again. I am an ex-Nortel/BNR designer with lots of experience in all kinds of software, project management and product support. My CV is available upon request anytime. I am willing to work in any area, for a large company or even a startup. I have to buy diapers for the kiddies!
