ZipTrain is a utility to collect and compress diagnostic data from the APU into a .zip file. It collects the 100 most recent train acquisitions (pre- and post-processed) by default, as well as configuration settings.

The number of train acquisitions can be specified using a positive integer, if more or less than 100 is desired.

Alternatively, all files can be specified using the --all parameter.

Specific file extensions can be specified using the --all parameter in conjunction with *.

In-terminal help is available via the --help parameter as well.

Regardless of which parameters are specified, configuration files are always collected.

The generated .zip file can be found in D:\AEI and will be named after the date as set on the APU.

The naming format is TRYYMMDD.zip, e.g. a file compressed on December 1st, 2024 would be TR241201.zip.

Any previously compressed train acquisitions made by ZipTrain will be deleted when running the ziptrain command.

Instructions

Telnet

LX-800 Systems

Copy ziptrain.bat to D:\AEI

Enter shell ziptrain.bat in the Telnet session, including any parameters desired. The utility will run and report back how many files it zipped.

The generated .zip file can be found in D:\AEI

T10 Systems

Copy ziptrain.bat to D:\AEI\util

Enter shell ziptrain.bat in the Telnet session, including any parameters desired. The utility will run and report back how many files it zipped.

The generated .zip file can be found in D:\AEI

Local

LX-800 Systems

Copy ziptrain.bat to D:\AEI

Open the Windows command-line to D:\AEI

Enter ziptrain.bat in the Windows command-line, including any parameters desired. The utility will run and report back how many files it zipped.

The generated .zip file can be found in D:\AEI

T10 Systems

Copy ziptrain.bat to D:\AEI\util

Open the Windows command-line to D:\AEI\util

Enter ziptrain.bat in the Windows command-line, including any parameters desired. The utility will run and report back how many files it zipped.

The generated .zip file can be found in D:\AEI

Do not attempt to retrieve the compressed file using the serial port. This may result in extended file transfer times. The file can be transferred using normal means.

Syntax

ziptrain.bat	Compresses 100 most recent trains' pre- and post-processed acquisitions.
ziptrain.bat <int>	Compresses the specified number of most recent trains' pre- and post-processed acquisitions.
ziptrain.bat --all	Compresses all train files
ziptrain.bat --all *<extension>	Compresses all files of the specified file type extension. Only one extension can be specified at a time.
ziptrain.bat --help	Displays help

Note: When using ZipTrain over Telnet, the ZipTrain command must be prepended with shell. See examples.

Examples

Note: the shell command is prepended here to represent usage over Telnet. Using the utility locally, shell would not be used.

shell ziptrain.bat

Compresses the 100 most recent trains' pre- and post-processed acquisitions, along with configuration settings.

shell ziptrain.bat 83

Compresses the 83 most recent trains' pre- and post-processed acquisitions, along with configuration settings.

shell ziptrain.bat --all

Compresses all train files in the trains' directory, along with configuration settings.

shell ziptrain.bat --all *.035

Compresses all .035 files in the trains' directory, along with configuration settings.

shell ziptrain.bat --help

Displays help.

" _______ _______ _ " " \|___ (_) \|__ __\| (_) " " / / _ _ __ \| \|_ __ __ _ _ _ __ " " / / \| \| '_ \\| \| '__/ _` \| \| '_ \ " " / /__\| \| \|_) \| \| \| \| (_\| \| \| \| \| \| " " /_____\|_\| .__/\|_\|_\| \__,_\|_\|_\| \|_\| " " \| \| " " \|_\| " Version 1.1 Parameters: First: Can specify number trains to zip or --all for all files. Files are zipped in order of modification, newest to oldest. Second: If using the --all command, you can specify all of which file, such as .060's, rather than entire trains. Examples: ziptrain.bat (will zip 100 POST.SZP's and their _PRE.SZP pair if they exist, 100 trains (all their files) if not) ziptrain.bat 83 (will zip 83 of POST.SZP and their _PRE.SZP pair if they exist, 83 trains (all their files) if not) ziptrain --all (will zip all files) ziptrain --all .060 (will zip all *.060's) Notes: -If a file is not found, a message will be displayed informing that 0 of that file were zipped. -If you pass in 92 but there are only 3 of that file, it will zip 3 and display that it zipped 3. -Configuration information, such as parameters and software version, are always zipped no matter the command. -Since the loop is based on last modified date, if you are not getting a train you expect, make sure that you are zipping enough trains to get files from a while back, or use --all to zip all.

Changes in 1.1.0

By default, ZipTrain now only collects the pre and post-processed acquisition files instead of all train files.

ZipTrain now also only collects the 100 most recent trains unless otherwise specified.

Functionality of configuration file collection remains the same.