Topic: Station webcam improved updating

[dcsmith]

Helping reduce load on server by not updating more than 4-5 minutes and keep image size reduced may work toward keeping WU accepting images and everyone happy. Then it may not matter as more and more jump on board and server can't handle the traffic.

You hit the nail on the head.  I update every five minutes.  I'd be willing to go to 10 minutes to prevent the lack of updates for over an hour because the FTP servers were congested.

[dcsmith]

Running an FTP test each server seems to be limited to 2,000 simultaneous connections.  I don't know how many FTP servers they have though.

[ValentineWeather]

Helping reduce load on server by not updating more than 4-5 minutes and keep image size reduced may work toward keeping WU accepting images and everyone happy. Then it may not matter as more and more jump on board and server can't handle the traffic.

You hit the nail on the head.  I update every five minutes.  I'd be willing to go to 10 minutes to prevent the lack of updates for over an hour because the FTP servers were congested.

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[PaulMy]

My Bloomsky https://www.wunderground.com/webcams/PaulMy/4/show.html is showing on WU,
however my other webcam https://www.wunderground.com/webcams/PaulMy/1/show.html is not  https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IONTARIO226.  I have this using the URL method.

I have the webcam/yawcam set to FTP to my website www.komokaweather.com/weather/wu/image_wu.jpg. 
The webcam images are saved with date/time stamp on my computer, and after FTP as a static file name on by webserver.

I would like to try FTP to WU as well.  Since Yawcam does one FTP only how can I FTP?

I've looked at the WU instructions but haven't understood how to do that.

Step 2 - Use the following information to start sending your images to Weather Underground using FTP.

• FTP SERVER: webcam.wunderground.com
• Username: You will be provided with a Camera ID on the sign up page in the "Your Current Cameras" box.
• Password: You will need to log in with the same password you use to access the Weather Underground site.
• Directory: We actually move the file for you, so if your software requires a directory you should set it as '/', but otherwise leave it blank.
• Filename: We also change the filename of your image, so a default name can be almost anything you'd like but 'image.jpg' is preferred.
• Binary: Please make sure that you are uploading your images through FTP using the binary setting.
• Image Resolution: There is no minimum or maximum resolution. However, the larger the resolution, the larger the file size, so please adjust your resolution and image quality settings to get the best image within the size limitations.[/l][/l]

Paul
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[jpk1018]

I was sending FTP I signed up for the http upload two days ago, lets see how long it takes to get it approved.

[dcsmith]

Running an FTP test each server seems to be limited to 2,000 simultaneous connections.  I don't know how many FTP servers they have though.

I just heard from Jeff Masters.  If everyone would reduce their update frequency to no less than 5 minutes, there would be much less network congestion and missed updates due to FTP Server loads.  I have always been updating every five minutes.

[jpk1018]

I was sending FTP I signed up for the http upload two days ago, lets see how long it takes to get it approved.

Maybe they are watching this forum, my webcam showed up after I posted this. Hope they can maintain it better then before.

[Aardvark]

Running an FTP test each server seems to be limited to 2,000 simultaneous connections.  I don't know how many FTP servers they have though.

I just heard from Jeff Masters.  If everyone would reduce their update frequency to no less than 5 minutes, there would be much less network congestion and missed updates due to FTP Server loads.  I have always been updating every five minutes.

I tried once an hour and still no dice.  I think Iwill continue to send them data, but as far as a picture, go fish.

[dcsmith]

Running an FTP test each server seems to be limited to 2,000 simultaneous connections.  I don't know how many FTP servers they have though.

I just heard from Jeff Masters.  If everyone would reduce their update frequency to no less than 5 minutes, there would be much less network congestion and missed updates due to FTP Server loads.  I have always been updating every five minutes.

I tried once an hour and still no dice.  I think Iwill continue to send them data, but as far as a picture, go fish.

Hang in there.  They just started up yesterday.

[ValentineWeather]

FTP side is working.  For those having WU grab image not sure. 
Just tested and results.
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[halifax]

I was sending FTP I signed up for the http upload two days ago, lets see how long it takes to get it approved.

Maybe they are watching this forum, my webcam showed up after I posted this. Hope they can maintain it better then before.

I use FTP method and was updating every minute. Had about 50 or so successful uploads in the last 24 hours. Just dropped my update rate to every 5 minutes.

Maybe WU should do a blitz email asking that everyone limit the upload frequency to 5 or 10 minutes? Because if that's the problem, just tell the community.

[ValentineWeather]

They should but I don't have much faith in their ability of getting the word out.
Allowing the community to help out seems like the sensible way of doing business. Just asking would be a start and warning anyone violating the 5 minute (300 second) uploads get camera privileges revoked. 

[92merc]

I flipped my Bloomsky back on when I heard they were taking pictures again.  Only took a few minutes and that station was back.  IIRC, Bloomsky is sending every 10 minutes?   Good enough for me.

I just want my Bloomsky up so I can use the picture location of that image, and use it on a second camera that points back to WU's own picture location.  Then I can attach it to my Davis station.  So one camera supports 2 WU sites.  That picture I have set to 10 minutes.  But since it's pointing to their own site, you'd think that would be even better for traffic.

[dcsmith]

I'm back off the air again.  FTP Connection failures.

[casa manana]

My webcams are off the air again too, been so for about a day or so.  I notice they are having trouble displaying archived weather data from the past few days too.

Situation "normal" again I guess.

[antstrafer]

My webcams are off the air again too, been so for about a day or so.  I notice they are having trouble displaying archived weather data from the past few days too.

Situation "normal" again I guess.

yep mine working just fine   Updated: 1:09 PM GMT on December 24, 2017 (9 hours ago)

[dcsmith]

Are you using FTP or HTTP?

[dcsmith]

I'm getting successful FTP tests now.  Still not up on WU.

[PDM1964]

About every 3rd ftp works here.  Mostly it is login failures...

Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

[zackdog]

My two cams are up, both have uploaded within the last five minutes.  Have been checking most of the day and they have not been longer than 20 minutes between uploads, when I checked.  Most of the time they had uploaded within the last ten minutes.

Mark

[dcsmith]

Still not up on WU.  Getting intermittent login failures.

[zackdog]

Just checked mine.  One updated 4 minutes ago and the other 1 minute ago.

Mark

[dcsmith]

My FTP client is built into the camera.  This is what I am receiving when I try a simple test using ftptest.net:

Status: Connected, waiting for welcome message...

Reply: 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------

Reply: 220-You are user number 527 of 10000 allowed.

Reply: 220-Local time is now 15:48. Server port: 21.

Reply: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login

Reply: 220 You will be disconnected after 60 seconds of inactivity.

Command: CLNT https://ftptest.net on behalf of 24.117.152.36

Reply: 530 You aren't logged in

Command: USER DCSmithCAM1

Reply: 331 User DCSmithCAM1 OK. Password required

Command: PASS **********

Reply: 230-OK. Current directory is /

Reply: 230-0 files used (0%) - authorized: 100 files

Reply: 230 0 Kbytes used (0%) - authorized: 1024 Kb

Command: SYST

Reply: 215 UNIX Type: L8

Command: FEAT

Reply: 211-Extensions supported:

Reply: EPRT

Reply: IDLE

Reply: MDTM

Reply: SIZE

Reply: REST STREAM

Reply: MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNIX.gid*;unique*;

Reply: MLSD

Reply: AUTH TLS

Reply: PBSZ

Reply: PROT

Reply: UTF8

Reply: ESTA

Reply: PASV

Reply: EPSV

Error: Carriage return without line feed received

I am logging in successfully.  However, webcam still offline.  I have notified WU Support AGAIN.

[gellenb]

For the most part, I've been ignoring the webcam...working or not, and it appears there are still problems.  Anyhow, I went out and did a complete ftp session.  I took the last image sent (or attempted) to WU and used that for my manual ftp session.   The first three I was able to connect, and then WU immediately disconnected.  (An after thought may be that the cam may have been sending a image at the same time as I was testing - causing the disconnected session for me shown below).  This is a copy of that session.  I also did a second session that went out the first time without issue to an older webcam no longer being updated to WU.


H:\>ftp webcam.wunderground.com
Connected to webcam.wunderground.com.
Connection closed by remote host.

H:\>ftp webcam.wunderground.com
Connected to webcam.wunderground.com.
Connection closed by remote host.

H:\>ftp webcam.wunderground.com
Connected to webcam.wunderground.com.
Connection closed by remote host.

H:\>ftp webcam.wunderground.com
Connected to webcam.wunderground.com.
220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
220-You are user number 585 of 10000 allowed.
220-Local time is now 16:15. Server port: 21.
220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
220 You will be disconnected after 60 seconds of inactivity.
User (webcam.wunderground.com:(none)): gellenbCAM3
331 User gellenbCAM3 OK. Password required
Password:
230-OK. Current directory is /
230-0 files used (0%) - authorized: 100 files
230 0 Kbytes used (0%) - authorized: 1024 Kb
ftp> bin
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
ftp> put z:\pictures\snapshot2.jpg
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 54865
226-1 files used (1%) - authorized: 100 files
226-160 Kbytes used (15%) - authorized: 1024 Kb
226-File successfully transferred
226 1.256 seconds (measured here), 128.03 Kbytes per second
ftp: 164611 bytes sent in 1.13Seconds 145.93Kbytes/sec.
ftp> bye
221-Goodbye. You uploaded 161 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
221 Logout.

H:\>

[dcsmith]

Good info.  What ae you using to upload your snapshot?  As I wrote, my FTP client is built into the camera.  I cannot expose the actual exchange as you have done.  Unless they have changed something at their end, I am dead in the water.