1. Date: Updated September 9, 2009
2. Version: 14.00p100
3. Download Location: http://site.ambientweatherstore.com/vws/beta/vws_install.exe
P100. Supports the new Vantage Vue by Davis Instruments.
So what did he change between P97 and P100? I've got p99 running.
http://ambientweather.wikispaces.com/Beta+Version+Instructions# P93. Added functionality to determine why excessive data is being downloaded from the WMR200 weather station. The file \vws\data\wmr200archive.txt includes a time stamp for each record downloaded from archive. If you are having problems with random data being downloaded from archive memory, send me this file and I will review it. Send the file to ed@ambientweather.com for review.
Changed the way Heavy Rain in area is reported on METAR icons.
# P94-95. Another stab at fixing CWS rain issue. Added functions for Rainwise and Columbia that drops out of download state if the OK flag is missed and the maximum number of download records are exceeded.
# P96. There has been an ongoing problem with calculating daily, monthly and yearly rain. To provide some background, most weather stations do not calculate this data, so VWS must calculate it. It is usually calculated by subtracting the daily minumum total rain from the current total rain, or:
Daily rain = current total rain - daily minimum total rain
The issue is that the quality of the data from the weather station may be questionable, causing a 0.00 reading in total rain, resulting the daily rain equalling the total rain, or:
Daily rain = current total rain - 0 = current total rain
To limit these issues and band-aid this problem, it will only calculate the daily minimum rain when the date changes. Since rain is always increasing, this is not an issue, it will always be the minimum value at midnight.
# P97. Addressing Columbia Weather Stations. Total rain still not correct. Also, does not stop downloading records. To troubleshoot, I added a text file \vws\data\columbia.txt that tracks some of the critical paramters for both issues. If you are having problems with random data being downloaded from archive memory, send me this file and I will review it. Send the file to ed@ambientweather.com for review. Make sure run it for a few days and make sure rain is accumulating.
# P100. Supports the new Vantage Vue by Davis Instruments.