Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
Well, a start would be the spec/format of the wxnow.txt file and some samples. I googled it and really couldn't come up with anything too useful. Thanks! Clay == On Dec 2, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2008, at1:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> So, I'll look at integrating support for that into Xastir directly >> and/or >> writing a quick and dirty 'translator' to create an APRS weather >> string >> out of it. The Xastir integration will take a bit, because I'll >> have to >> get into the code that selects interfaces, which I haven't really >> looked >> at, yet. The translator SHOULD be fairly easy, then one could just >> feed >> the APRS string to Xastir ala the other daemons. There might also >> be >> some value in an APRS=>WXNOW translator. > > Let me know if you need some testing help. > > Currently I've got a PC running Weather Display which generates the > wxnow.txt file and stores it on the local drive. Ui-View running on > another PC reads that file and generates the weather beacon. > > I managed to get Xastir running on my OSX machine so it would be nice > to move the TNC and radio over to it and shut down the PC. > > -- > Steve > > > > ___ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2008, at8:18 AM, C. Griffin wrote: > >>> What devices produce that format? > > I'm using Weather Display which generates the file for use with Ui-View. > > Davis Weatherlink, WxSolution, Wuhu?, VPLive are also other programs > which support the wxnow file. > > -- > Steve Interesting. I see Weather display supports the weather stations listed at http://www.weather-display.com/supported.php, and there is a free linux version. Lee - K5DAT ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Steve Jones wrote: > I managed to get Xastir running on my OSX machine so it would be nice > to move the TNC and radio over to it and shut down the PC. Or throw Linux on it so that it is as reliable as your OSX box. ;-) -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Dec 2, 2008, at1:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, I'll look at integrating support for that into Xastir directly > and/or > writing a quick and dirty 'translator' to create an APRS weather > string > out of it. The Xastir integration will take a bit, because I'll > have to > get into the code that selects interfaces, which I haven't really > looked > at, yet. The translator SHOULD be fairly easy, then one could just > feed > the APRS string to Xastir ala the other daemons. There might also be > some value in an APRS=>WXNOW translator. Let me know if you need some testing help. Currently I've got a PC running Weather Display which generates the wxnow.txt file and stores it on the local drive. Ui-View running on another PC reads that file and generates the weather beacon. I managed to get Xastir running on my OSX machine so it would be nice to move the TNC and radio over to it and shut down the PC. -- Steve ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
OK! Steve, thanks for the pointer; exactly what I was looking for. So, I'll look at integrating support for that into Xastir directly and/or writing a quick and dirty 'translator' to create an APRS weather string out of it. The Xastir integration will take a bit, because I'll have to get into the code that selects interfaces, which I haven't really looked at, yet. The translator SHOULD be fairly easy, then one could just feed the APRS string to Xastir ala the other daemons. There might also be some value in an APRS=>WXNOW translator. Curt - any suggestions here? I'm thinking of another interface at this point. I'll also have to figure out if I want to try to read a file or a socket. Clay > On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Steve Jones wrote: > >> On Dec 1, 2008, at12:36 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote: >> >>> format that is common, but I can't for the life of me remember what >>> it was now. It might be listed in one of our Feature Request items. >> >> Probably WXNOW.TXT which seems to be readable by almost anything >> except Xastir. > > Yep, that's the one. At the time we received the first request for > that I believe we were only capable of running under Cygwin on > Windows machines, and the package that wrote the WXNOW.TXT file was > a Windows-only package, so we didn't give it much priority. > > Since then we've had maybe one or two requests a year for support > and Xastir runs under Windows using at least two more methods. > Perhaps the weather program runs on Linux now too. > > In any case it's probably time to think about adding in support for > the format, which can give us more ability in the future for > supporting more formats if it's written in a general fashion. > Hopefully Clay will get some time to look at that in the near > future. I'll be glad to help here and there with integration but > can't be point-man on the project right now. > > -- > Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com > http://www.eskimo.com/~archer >Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown > Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. > The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > ___ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Steve Jones wrote: > On Dec 1, 2008, at12:36 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote: > >> format that is common, but I can't for the life of me remember what >> it was now. It might be listed in one of our Feature Request items. > > Probably WXNOW.TXT which seems to be readable by almost anything > except Xastir. Yep, that's the one. At the time we received the first request for that I believe we were only capable of running under Cygwin on Windows machines, and the package that wrote the WXNOW.TXT file was a Windows-only package, so we didn't give it much priority. Since then we've had maybe one or two requests a year for support and Xastir runs under Windows using at least two more methods. Perhaps the weather program runs on Linux now too. In any case it's probably time to think about adding in support for the format, which can give us more ability in the future for supporting more formats if it's written in a general fashion. Hopefully Clay will get some time to look at that in the near future. I'll be glad to help here and there with integration but can't be point-man on the project right now. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Dec 2, 2008, at8:18 AM, C. Griffin wrote: >> What devices produce that format? I'm using Weather Display which generates the file for use with Ui-View. Davis Weatherlink, WxSolution, Wuhu?, VPLive are also other programs which support the wxnow file. -- Steve ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Dec 1, 2008, at 19:56, Steve Jones wrote: > Probably WXNOW.TXT which seems to be readable by almost anything > except Xastir. What devices produce that format? 73, --de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Dec 1, 2008, at12:36 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> There have been requests periodically to support a particular file > format that is common, but I can't for the life of me remember what > it was now. It might be listed in one of our Feature Request items. Probably WXNOW.TXT which seems to be readable by almost anything except Xastir. -- Steve ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
Interesting idea! It seems it would be pretty simple to change one of the daemons (which I believe all have roots in the wx200d daemon) to read a file rather than a socket. I'll take a look later this week. Clay N7QNM == > On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, ml41782 wrote: > >> I have a separate weather system. That monitors my solar and wind >> farm as well as the one wire weather system. I only monitor >> temperature and wind data as it rlates to my Solar and wind >> energy. >> Is there a specific file name and directory that I can put the >> wind and temperature data into on my debian box for xastir to pick >> it up and transmit it. > > Xastir provides no facilities to snag weather data from files. It > can receive weather data in these ways: > > *) Directly from devices. > *) From a database fed by an actual device (Davis w/Meteo daemon or > LaCrosse w/open2300 daemon). > *) From daemons which get their data from actual devices (OWW or > wx200d daemons). > > It's possible one could modify one of the daemons to pull from a > file instead of a device, but to my knowledge noone has done that > yet. > > -- > Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com > http://www.eskimo.com/~archer >Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown > Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. > The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > ___ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting idea! > > It seems it would be pretty simple to change one of the daemons (which I > believe all have roots in the wx200d daemon) to read a file rather than a > socket. > > I'll take a look later this week. There have been requests periodically to support a particular file format that is common, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was now. It might be listed in one of our Feature Request items. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] question on weather setup
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, ml41782 wrote: > I have a separate weather system. That monitors my solar and wind > farm as well as the one wire weather system. I only monitor > temperature and wind data as it rlates to my Solar and wind > energy. > Is there a specific file name and directory that I can put the > wind and temperature data into on my debian box for xastir to pick > it up and transmit it. Xastir provides no facilities to snag weather data from files. It can receive weather data in these ways: *) Directly from devices. *) From a database fed by an actual device (Davis w/Meteo daemon or LaCrosse w/open2300 daemon). *) From daemons which get their data from actual devices (OWW or wx200d daemons). It's possible one could modify one of the daemons to pull from a file instead of a device, but to my knowledge noone has done that yet. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
