Author Topic: SkySpy Software (Read 36483 times)

gpiveta · « **Reply #125 on:** September 15, 2015, 11:34:52 AM »

Excelent work anda thanks for the soft

Skydvrz please i can use more than one station in the program ???

how is the configurate for the station? simple the serial number ???

gpiveta · « **Reply #126 on:** September 15, 2015, 11:35:53 AM »

Quote from: jflowers on September 15, 2015, 10:57:36 AM

Skyspy software is specific to Windows PCs and yes, to be useful the PC should be on all the time with a 24x7 Internet connection. A low power PC with minimal memory is all that is required. Costs me about 15 cents a day for my XP.

thanks

jljflys · « **Reply #127 on:** September 22, 2015, 06:10:30 PM »

Just thought I would check in. Have had my site up and working since early July, thanks for all the info available and the SkySpy software. My PWS is KMNFERGU7

Jarhead · « **Reply #128 on:** December 01, 2015, 02:47:38 AM »

I do appreciate your looking at my post. I am at a loss, and a lot of what are in the threads is a bit above my understanding, but I do understand opening a window, pinging and IP addresss, and the more simple stuff.

Folks around here seem to be a lot more saavy than I am, reading through the threads, and picking up pieces here and there, but just understanding little pieces and slowly learning.

Is there a guide all in one place, to setting this all up?

I have the Win 7 PC plugged into a wireless router, and the Lacrosse module plugged into the same router, both on Ethernet basically.

It doesn't report anything within SkySpy program yet, I think I did the firewall software change in Win 7 okay?

I did put in the WX underground station ID and such, but not sure where to get the 7FFFxxx... PWS serial number from?

What is the GAS tool, does it talk to the GW-1000U Gateway and modify the IP it talks to? Where do I find it?

"So... ... If restarting SkySpy didn't work then you might want to run GAS on the SkySpy PC and make sure that the settings are correct in the Gateway. Did you see a restart message in the Monitor when you restarted SkySpyService? It should show the version number of SkySpyService."

jljflys · « **Reply #129 on:** December 01, 2015, 10:42:19 AM »

If your station is registered with Lacrosse then you find the assigned Serial number under settings in Lacrosse Alerts Mobile. Lacrosse changed their software and access late summer or early fall of 2015. The serial number is assigned when you register with Lacrosse Alerts.

jflowers · « **Reply #130 on:** December 01, 2015, 12:27:51 PM »

GAS references the Weather Direct Gateway Advanced Setup module available here: https://www.weatherdirect.com/help/software.aspx . Yes, it is how you talk to your gateway and tell it where your skyspy software is running and is useful for both setup and troubleshooting.

Jarhead · « **Reply #131 on:** December 02, 2015, 02:22:23 AM »

Okay, that helps explain why things aren't working, I haven't used the GAS tool yet.

Sorry, I am a bit of a noob at this, but I certainly appreciate the help a lot!

So, which Values do I change to what?
PC is on 192.168.1.2

Actual IP: 192.168.1.8

IP:192.168.1.206
Netmask: 255....
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
DNS IP: 192.168.1.253

Use DHCP is checked
Proxy server is not checked.

Do I need to change the values here, or take values from here and put them in the SkySpy program, or both?

Did I miss a post anywhere with all these setup instructions on how to get everything going? I know reading through the two threads, maybe I missed a page of posts somewhere, all the buzzword monkiers kinda threw me for a bit of a loop, I've read through this whole thread twice, didn't find anything here either.

Or am I just dense and going blind?

jljflys · « **Reply #132 on:** December 02, 2015, 08:06:52 PM »

Do you have the installation Manual for Skyspy? If not you can find access to it on reply #234 on this page http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=14299.225

Jarhead · « **Reply #133 on:** December 03, 2015, 12:10:06 PM »

That was what I was looking for, awesome, thanks!

I got it reporting to SkySpyMonitor now, but I get a WU invalid password error.
I've cut and pasted the Station ID from WUnderground page directly, and logged out of WUnderground, and re-logged in, using the password, then entered this same password into SkySpyMonitor.

Am I missing something?

jljflys · « **Reply #134 on:** December 03, 2015, 10:01:47 PM »

I have had trouble with cut & paste picking up some control character or something. Did you trying clearing the entry and typing the ID in? If you don't mind sharing your WU ID I will try to see if it reports no data.
I think I found your PWS #22 in your area but no data reported.

Jarhead · « **Reply #135 on:** December 04, 2015, 02:34:01 AM »

That is mine. I looked for the .ini file, but could not find it, as the info should be in there. Yes, that is mine.

I will try that, thanks!

Jarhead · « **Reply #136 on:** December 04, 2015, 03:43:16 AM »

So I tried lots of things, including re-entering by keyboard, that didn't do it. Even re-booting to start all the software up again.

However, I changed SkySpy Monitor to run as Administrator, and when I went in to look at the Station ID and password, it was now bogus. So I re-entered the information, and now no errors on WU update Service Debug.

So, I am looking forward to Weather Underground to start reporting.

Still curious where that .ini file is hidden.

jljflys · « **Reply #137 on:** December 04, 2015, 08:34:19 AM »

Skyspy.ini is found in the Program Data folder where you find a Skyspy Data folder. I had to save the edited ini file with a different name then rename the original to something like Skyspyo.ini then rename the new file to Skyspy.ini. hope this works for you

jljflys · « **Reply #138 on:** December 04, 2015, 08:49:54 AM »

I see you are now reporting data. Looks Good

Jarhead · « **Reply #139 on:** December 08, 2015, 10:00:02 AM »

KORMOLAL22 is my station, the rain totals are acting a bit weird. We did get 3.5 inches yesterday according to the radio, in many areas, I noticed. It is interesting, weather.com is even reporting the total yesterday wrong.

Many stations in the local area are definitely greatly underreporting rain on WUnderground.

One that looks more correct for the total is KORCOLTO7, this one looks correct- KORMOLAL8. KORMOLAL8 is up in the mountains a bit, and it seems that often more rain gets dumped here, maybe due to terrain.

Are there any known quirks with this model we all have, for rainfall?

jljflys · « **Reply #140 on:** December 08, 2015, 12:02:15 PM »

It seems that usually the Skyspy software has been maxing out at .36 " for any 24 hr period. But I see your station started reporting 3" plus midmorning yesterday. That is very interesting but probably still a problem with the software. - Jerry

Joelm · « **Reply #141 on:** March 06, 2016, 06:14:11 PM »

Hi - we're back and running with our lacrosse at http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCABENIC2#history
Thanks again Dev for the great software!

I've forgotten how I can set the interval of data capture - and interval of data posting to Wunderground and Weatherflow. Help pls

Thanks - Joel

jljflys · « **Reply #142 on:** March 09, 2016, 11:43:59 PM »

The only place for changing the interval that I could find is in the skyspy.ini file in the skyspy data folder within the program data folder. I have never tried changing the sampling rate or interval.

Joelm · « **Reply #143 on:** March 15, 2016, 11:08:26 AM »

Skyspy.ini lines with Interval are:
AlertsMessageIntervalMinutes=10
WUupdateIntervalMinutes=3

I've tried a few different settings with no change in the 13 minute interval we're seeing.
It's funny because before our 13 month outtage WU confirms my memory: 6 minute interval.

Any tips out there?

PDM1964 · « **Reply #144 on:** March 15, 2016, 11:17:25 AM »

I've never tried changing the any of the settings. My WU updates about every 4 minutes which would coincide with the WUupdateIntervalMinutes=3

I believe the alert line was supposed to control the email alerts, but I have never been able to get those working. Unfortunately the original Author of this had some employment issues last year and has been offline since...

http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KUTPLAIN2

Joelm · « **Reply #145 on:** March 15, 2016, 12:18:15 PM »

Tks PDM1964
I'm still wondering what I can do - will dwell on it awhile.

Summary:

Your WU has been up since June 2015. Presume thats when you implemented SkySpy. you report no changes in INI to achieve 4 minute interval.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KUTPLAIN2#history

My PC died Feb 2015 after a year of 5-6 minute interval reporting. 13 months later, a fresh SkySpy install in March 2016, I can't improve on my present 13min interval on SkySpy Monitor which is also reflected on WU.
http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCABENIC2#history

Joel

PDM1964 · « **Reply #146 on:** March 15, 2016, 11:02:22 PM »

I tried a few different settings in the ini with no change from the 4 min interval. I ran the Skyspy monitor as well with logging set to INFO. I can see the exchanges from the Gateway, below is a snipet from where I restarted the service after setting the interval to 1. It appears the SDP from the station drives the WU Update.

DateTime   Packet
3/15/2016 20:58   Ping Received
3/15/2016 20:58   RTC Packet Request
3/15/2016 20:57   WU Update
3/15/2016 20:57   SDP Received
3/15/2016 20:54   Service Startup v1.2.0.439
3/15/2016 20:54   Service Shutting Down
3/15/2016 20:53   Ping Received
3/15/2016 20:53   RTC Packet Request
3/15/2016 20:53   WU Update
3/15/2016 20:53   SDP Received
3/15/2016 20:49   Ping Received
3/15/2016 20:49   RTC Packet Request
3/15/2016 20:49   WU Update
3/15/2016 20:49   SDP Received
3/15/2016 20:45   Ping Received
3/15/2016 20:45   RTC Packet Request
3/15/2016 20:45   WU Update
3/15/2016 20:45   SDP Received
3/15/2016 20:42   Ping Received
3/15/2016 20:42   RTC Packet Request
3/15/2016 20:41   WU Update
3/15/2016 20:41   SDP Received
3/15/2016 20:40   Service Startup v1.2.0.439

markmanxp · « **Reply #147 on:** March 27, 2016, 09:38:54 PM »

Is it safe to say this project is officially dead?

PDM1964 · « **Reply #148 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:12:50 PM »

Unless someone with the original programmers skill and drive picks it up I would agree. Its been a year since the last version...

skydvrz · « **Reply #149 on:** April 09, 2016, 06:51:04 PM »

Hi guys!

Well, I just completed my move from Washington State to Central Florida. Unfortunately, I had to leave my La Crosse weather station at my old house in Washington. It was pretty much shot anyway with a couple dead sensors. I had to get packed up and leave quickly, since I just started a new job here in Florida and didn't have any vacation time saved up.

Sooo....

Due to the new job, I have zero time to work on SkySpy and it would be very difficult to continue without the hardware.

If there are any Embarcadero Delphi programmers out there I'd be happy to pass the torch on to them and help them get up to speed. Feel free to translate it from Object Pascal to some other language, but this would be a huge effort. SkySpy is multi-threaded and uses some pretty intense algorithms to decode the various data packets that the Gateway sends out.

The SkySpy installer copies most of the source code to your hard disk so you can see all of the important algorithms. This code lacks all the expensive GUI libraries I used (DevExpress VCL). If you own a copy of DevExpress, then you could probably compile most of it. I'd be happy to turn over all the forms code, but please note that it is completely useless without a recent DevExpress VCL installation that costs $800-$1500 USD. I used DevArt MyDAC components to manage the SkySpy database. I think you can get a low-end version of MyDAC for a couple hundred bucks - and it is useful for lots of other projects.

Contact me via private mail here on the forum if you'd like to take a crack at a new version of SkySpy.

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