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Weather Software => WeatherLink/weatherlink.com by Davis Instruments => Topic started by: stanleyjohn on June 24, 2015, 01:05:34 PM
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Hello all!! Been looking for a weather site that will best fit my needs and looks like this is it.I have been into weather a long time now and i have a active Davis Monitor ll complete weather station that i have been keeping data with for over 10 years now.I have recently finally found the time to try and put my station on the web.Working with a friend! I got a domain name and a web server site.After some painfull time of getting my davis monitor station with weatherlink 5.9.3 to work with the web page i have had some success. Having a web page is very new to me and i sure can use some help on getting a nice weather page set up.This is what i have so far! Must be missing something because whilw the graphs do update every 5 min! the text data on the left side isnt. www.stansweatherpage.com
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When I tried the site out, it says the Java version being used is unsupported.
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Have you looked at this helpful document from Davis?
http://davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/app_notes/AN_26-weather-data-web-page.pdf
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When I tried the site out, it says the Java version being used is unsupported.
That's the scrolling text bar.
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Yes Delcoy! i have that link saved and its been a help! Been finding bits and pieces of info on the web for help.Yes! the java application on top is a scroll bar which shows my local sunrise and sunset.I had i go to the java security settings and exclude this app from being blocked.I got lots of work to do on getting this web page to work correctly and then later on expand on a better one.Its nice to find a forum like this where i can get some help when panic mode sets in :grin:
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While WL will get you started it's website is very much stuck in the 80's. If this is for your own viewing it will do nicely. However, if you want to provide weather stats for your area you might want to look at Cumulus (donationware) if you want to keep it inexpensive. If you have a few bucks to burn then you might want to look at either VWS (Virtual Weather Station) or WD (Weather Display). One thing both have is a live weather page like mine www.twincitywx.com/wdl/wdlmain18.html (http://www.twincitywx.com/wdl/wdlmain18.html). If you have any questions always feel free to ask here. If you have questions that involve making a purchase....we will gladly help you spend your money.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Must be missing something because whilw the graphs do update every 5 min! the text data on the left side isnt. www.stansweatherpage.com
Those are tags that are uploaded when you say to upload a template. (from the .htx file). The graphs are separate things.
In the profile (where you told it to upload the graphs), also tell it to use whatever template you set up.
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Must be missing something because whilw the graphs do update every 5 min! the text data on the left side isnt. www.stansweatherpage.com
Those are tags that are uploaded when you say to upload a template. (from the .htx file). The graphs are separate things.
In the profile (where you told it to upload the graphs), also tell it to use whatever template you set up.
So what your saying is that the monitor htx that i have only deals with controlling the right side gifs and i need some other file for getting the info on the left side text.? or the other way around?
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Got all the graphics work! I think i know how to get the text data on the left to work but missing the file for it.From what i have been reading i think its called a weather summary template that i don't seem to have.Anyone know what file im talking about and where to get it?.
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Probably in an older version of Weatherlink. Google is your friend.
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Got all the graphics work! I think i know how to get the text data on the left to work but missing the file for it.From what i have been reading i think its called a weather summary template that i don't seem to have.Anyone know what file im talking about and where to get it?.
What version is your WeatherLink? It can be updated - downloads are available from the Davis site.
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Thanks bush! Ok! i did find the summery htx file and put it in the templates to be uploaded and its being uploaded but still see no change on the summer text on my web page! what am i still missing LOL
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i found it dalecoy but!! read my above post
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Thanks bush! Ok! i did find the summery htx file and put it in the templates to be uploaded and its being uploaded but still see no change on the summer text on my web page! what am i still missing LOL
What did you name that template? [See page 6 of the application note 26].
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found the other sample htx files named weather_summery_monitor in summery folder and history_monitor plus data in the history folder.placed these all for upload and still nothing: are you supposed to use a different profile for each htx??
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Pics tell a thousand words LOL heres whats set up now.
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It looks like you are doing everything correct. I would think 5.9.3 SHOULD work with the monitor 2.
But instead of the monitor.htx Try the vantage .htx just for the heck of it.
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thanks chief!! enough playing tonight! will try in the mourning! Using a older laptop with xp on it! would that make a differance?
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The only other thing I can think of is the variable
On the .htx Does the Temp say 79 or does it say <--currenttemp--> ( what ever it should be)
XP or win 8 should not matter.
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This blows my mind First pic is the of the current monitor.html on the local drive which shows all ok then on the web server it gets changed to a htm file which looks like second pic
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second pic
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Yes, the names of things are important. Try looking at:
http://www.stansweatherpage.com/Current_Monitor.htm
http://www.stansweatherpage.com/data.htm
http://www.stansweatherpage.com/Weather_Summary_Monitor.htm
Please believe that the following sentences are not intended to be insulting - they are intended to be helpful, and get your site to look like you want it to look.
Now, if you don't understand why stuff looks that way, read the AN26 again.
If you still don't understand why stuff looks that way, please find a high school or college student who know how web sites and HTML work. They will be happy to help you.
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You are a life saver dalecoy! True im just a rookie with this web stuff but im willing to learn and you have really shown me something here tonight! Thank you so much! One question! The java script on top! is there any way to fix so others dont have to change java security settings to see like i had to do.
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! The java script on top! is there any way to fix so others dont have to change java security settings to see like i had to do.
It can't be "fixed". The straightforward solution is to edit the .htx, uploads, etc. to get rid of the ticker.
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Thanks again! I want to see how much father i can go with the software i got! Moneys tight and cant really afford to spend too much right now
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It takes time, patience and tinkering. I did a wayback of my site, looked just like yours does now.
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Thanks again! Anyone know how to get my location added to the text.The current monitor htx code looks for a station location but its not showing on web site! dont know where the station location comes from.I can just edit the htx file and put my town and state in there but that would be cheating LOL
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From the HELP file...
Open WeatherLink.
If WeatherLink has more one than one weather station installed, select the weather station you want to provide data for your web page. This should match the station selected above.
Choose NOAA Setup from the Reports Menu. In the City and State fields, enter your city and state. These entries are used to create the City and State HTML tags.
Choose Set Latitude/Longitude from the Setup Menu. Enter your latitude and longitude settings. These settings are used to calculate the sunrise and sunset HTML tags.
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With a bit of fiddling, perhaps it will look like mine:
http://www.thecoys.net/weather/Current_Vantage_Pro_Plus.htm
Yes, I know it's "old style". But I'm that way, too.
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Good mourning all! I only have one weather location used and when i look at my NOAA monthly report all the location data is present on top.Now i checked off the NOAA current monthly in the upload box in profile 1 and no location data in my current monitor html on the drive.Do i need to add a path for the NOAA monthly data to see? UPDATE!! I see that a NOAA monthly text file is uploaded but thats all! now i know im missing something LOL
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When you view the uploaded NOAA report (on the remote server) does it show the location info?
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What i have read and heard is that the stations location is reverenced in the noaa station file.When i bring up my monthly noaa info the station location is there on top.I checked off the monthly noaa to be uploaded which sends a noaa monthly text file to my web server.Any other file i should be looking for?Station location still not being displayed on my web page
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Does the station line in your .HTX (not the HTM!!) file look EXACTLY like this?
<TITLE>Current Weather Conditions at <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--></TITLE>
Note that things like line feeds, returns etc. can muck this up. How are you editing the .htx file?
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I view the htx with free file viewer
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Current Weather Conditions at <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="150";>
<BODY bgcolor=PaleGoldenrod>
<table border="1" bordercolordark="#000000" bordercolorlight="#000000" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2>
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The only thing I can think of is that your station name/location has illegal characters in it (spaces, punctuation) or its directory is not where Weatherlink expects it to be. But that doesn't explain why it finds the data.
You could create a new station and just load it with one of your .WLK files to test it. BTW, what operating system are you using?
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on my xp labtop! this i will use 24/7 when web page complete. I could load software on my win 7 tower to check things out! but wont do that unless i get no solutions.Its not a real big deal and i can live with it for now.Another thing i might try is use a newer stations templates to try out.
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Try a different template. Over the years/versions have behaved differently. Who knows if the Monitor template is correctly supported in your version of WL?
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Stan, what version of WeatherLink are you using?
Now, what happens if you:
Click on Setup
Choose Set Latitude/Longitude
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5.9.3 is the version! i got that when i upgraded from 4.0 a few yrs back.I checked long and lat in set up and thats still set from when i got the new software.
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5.9.3 is the version! i got that when i upgraded from 4.0 a few yrs back.I checked long and lat in set up and thats still set from when i got the new software.
...so, what are they set to? (just checking that the settings follow what WeatherLink wants)
And upgrading to version 6.0.1 or so might be a reasonable thing to do.
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6.0.3 is available if wanted.
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ok heres a update! i have two weatherlinks on my drive! one was the original in the c directory called pc link ver 4. This is where i started using weatherlink years ago on this laptop.The other was a upgrade that davis gave me a few years ago which im thinking is not a upgrade because that went into its own folder on the c drive! that ver is 5.9.3.(the current one im using).I just did a upgrade from davis web site and it was installed over the original pc link 4.0 software.This version is 6.0.3.What files do i need to bring over to the pc link folder with the 6.0.3 version on it from the 5.9.3 folder where all my current data is stored.
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I view the htx with free file viewer
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Current Weather Conditions at <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="150";>
<BODY bgcolor=PaleGoldenrod>
<table border="1" bordercolordark="#000000" bordercolorlight="#000000" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2>
Just replace <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--> with your city and name. Don't worry about inputting in into WL.
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dont know if this makes a difference but when i started with 5.9.3 i got confused on importing the data so i started a new station name with all new data! that old data is still back on the orignial
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I view the htx with free file viewer
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Current Weather Conditions at <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="150";>
<BODY bgcolor=PaleGoldenrod>
<table border="1" bordercolordark="#000000" bordercolorlight="#000000" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2>
Just replace <!--StationCity-->, <!--StationState--> with your city and name. Don't worry about inputting in into WL.
Except that if City and State are not right, then lat/long might also be off which messes up a whole bunch of other things, like sunrise/set.
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What im going to do is set up a new station in that pc link folder and name it the same as what i have been using and change any other setting to what i have been using then start using it!I should be able to inport all the other data later into the new one without a problem i hope
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the new version is working! it will take alittle time to reset up the internet part again! i will keep all informed
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New software fixed it LOL take a look! my link is my signature
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Congrats man! Now you can tweak it to your design.
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Congrats man! Now you can tweak it to your design.
And feed the obsession!!!!
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New software fixed it LOL take a look! my link is my signature
Now put the graphs (and the rest of the stuff) in the upload profile.
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LOL all! I see that the new software has a link for wunderground! I have been a member of them a while now and i have been thinking of adding my station to the pws network.I all ready resistered but have been clueless on how to link my station up with it.Is it easy with this new software and i think i should be able to use my monitor weather station with it. Comments on this would be helpfull Thanks!! PS can i run both my web page and wunderground at the same time?
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WL will run will even with uploads to WU
sign up for WU
WUnderground-get the expansion module. Put it in the correct folder.
Restert Wl
enable module
Restart WL
It will take a while to hear back from WU
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New software fixed it LOL take a look! my link is my signature
Now put the graphs (and the rest of the stuff) in the upload profile.
I dont know how much more i can do with this Template without some HTX editing which i would need to experiment with LOL.Do the newer templates have more stuff on them?! and will it work with the monitor ll.? Yes its like out of the 80s but i like it.
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As long as you make copies before editing... Any way, good freeware editors include Arachnophilia, http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.php NVu http://www.nvu.com/ and Komposer http://www.kompozer.net/ The real trick is to make sure that you use the WL weather tags and save the file as .htx (Weatherlink converts the tags in the .htx to their values in the HTML)
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And get fancier! http://weatherscreensaver.com/pws_weather_link.php :)
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looks cool! I have done some basic visual basic,c,c++ and have modified codes before so this cant be that much different
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yes, php is better.
I edit all my .htx files in notebook (always hit save) then have WL save it as .php (put that in the box that says .htm in data upload screen)
You will get there. Patience. Time. Don't listen to the significant other telling you to stop.
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that YoWindow sure likes like fun! hope to find some time to work on that
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Set up for Wunderground PWS complete.I will see how good it works.here is my ID KCTHADDA4
Didnt take long! seems active now after a very short time.