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VPLive 1.1.4 released
tinplate:
I just put up a new version of VPLive (v. 1.1.4)
http://www.softwx.com/weather/vplive.html
What's new:
* Significantly improved the robustness of the serial communications code to better handle catastrophic communciations failure of the device or device driver.
* Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the communications retry logic from functioning properly.
* Changed the timing of attempts to re-establish communications - quickly at first, then scaling back to less frequent intervals if met with no success.
* Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the Connect/Disconnect menu item to fail to switch from Disconnect to Connect after an externally caused failure of the communications.
* Added feature for automatically restarting the console's USB device driver after a catastrophic failure.
* Added tray icon feature.
One of the features may help people who have the USB data logger on their Vantage Pro, and sometimes experience connection loss between the weather program and the console. In the past you had to unplug and replug the USB connector or reboot the computer to re-establish connection when this happened. This new VPLive feature can automatically restart the Davis USB device driver when connection is lost, without the need of human intervention. However, to use this VPLive must be connected directly to the console. VirtualVP owners, don't despair. I will be adding this same feature to VirtualVP very soon.
This feature is not turned on by default (since many users don't have the USB data logger). But you can enable it in the Com Settings dialog.
Steve
Mark / Ohio:
Thanks Steve,
I have it up and running now. 8)
Dragonfly:
Thanks Steve,
Been waiting for the Tray Icon feature. :D :D :D :D
kray1000:
Steve,
I'm currently running VP Live 1.1.4.61...
I just recently started playing around with VP Live. I'm currently using it to output the data.csv file, but it apparently is in a different format than what my version of VWS (13.00p02) produces. I'm guessing the first element in these data sets indicates the format used?
Here's a sample VWS data2.csv file I used (which appears to be exactly the same as the data.csv file)...
1.01,2006,10,25,10,36,58,1,7,97,31,48,74.7,44.3,30.23,27.38,0.00,0.00,3,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.0,0,0.00,0.0,0,44.3,74.0,44.9,25.9,0.00,1.7,-0.2,0.00,0.0,0.0,0.0,4.78,0.00
... and a sample file from VP Live...
1.00,2006,10,25,16,6,48,1,3,119,31,31,76.1,53.5,30.110,27.38,0.00,0.0,0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,--,53.5,0.0,0.0,23.6,0.00,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0
VWS changed the format of its output .csv file, but that was quite some time ago. I don't know what format other weather applications are using.
I use the .csv file in ImageSalsa to show the current conditions for my webcams. Beginning with version 1.9.12 of ImageSalsa, the new 1.01 .csv format was used. When I use the file output by VP Live, the weather values shown in ImageSalsa do not agree with what's shown in VP Live or the console. Frequently, the gust is less than the wind speed itself. It appears that averages are being used for one or both values, but I haven't been able to figure out what values correspond with wind speed and wind gust in ImageSalsa.
Some other thoughts/wishes...
Being able to tell VP Live what filename to use (data.csv or data2.csv or whatever) and where to put the .csv file would be helpful for applications running on network machines that need the .csv file.
I'd like to be able to tell VP Live how many decimal places to use for the barometer and temperature in the .csv file. And being able to choose the sea-level barometer rather than the CWOP value would be nice as well.
I'd like to be able to specify the interval used in creating the .csv file. I'd like VP Live to create the file, but every 2 seconds is more than I need.
I'd like an option to choose whether to use a 2-minute average or the instantaneous speed for wind speed.
All that being said, I'm happy with VP Live as a whole, and thrilled with VirtualVP. I realize you're busy working on other stuff at the moment, so whenever you can address my concerns is fine.
Thanks,
Kevin
ncpilot:
--- Quote from: "kray1000" ---Steve,
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Thanks,
Kevin
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What, it's Christmas time already?? :lol: :lol:
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