BT's Global Sager Weathercaster PHP Scripts For CumulusMX

GraemeT · Post by **GraemeT** » Fri 26 Jul 2013 10:26 pm

Oops!

I went away for a couple of weeks and in my rush to get out the door, I put up the old page by mistake.

It should be visible now.
http://weather.gktnet.com/index.php

sgrmick · Post by **sgrmick** » Tue 20 Aug 2013 8:30 pm

Just downloaded and installed. Appears to be working fine and looking forward to seeing how it performs.

http://www.conisbroughweather.co.uk

Buford T. Justice · Post by **Buford T. Justice** » Wed 06 Nov 2013 2:30 pm

I am still working on what I think will be the final version of this. Using the current version should work fine. I plan to release the final near the end of the year.

darren · Post by **darren** » Wed 06 Nov 2013 11:55 pm

Hi All

First post..

Thanks Steve for a wonderful piece of software, has been up and running for a fair few days now no problems - a donation is imminent!

Buford, I have downloaded and am running your JavaScript on my website, installed and followed your instructions and it is running fine.

http://www.martonweather.webspace.virginmedia.com/

Just need to get my low humidity sorted out, new temperature/humidity sensor on order...

honestjohn · Post by **honestjohn** » Sat 28 Dec 2013 10:54 pm

Hi BT
I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your hard work on this software.
I have spent this evening loading it and configuring and it appears to be running really well.

Your instructions were first class.

http://www.rushden-weather.co.uk

It's currently reading in line with Cumulas forecast.

Many thanks, it's a great addition to my weather template.

Best regards

John

Buford T. Justice · Post by **Buford T. Justice** » Sun 29 Dec 2013 1:21 am

@darren and @honestjohn
Glad you guys like it. In a couple of days, the new version will be released. I am still testing it. It is much faster and gets the cloud condition automatically to name a few improvements.

Buford T. Justice · Post by **Buford T. Justice** » Tue 31 Dec 2013 7:01 am

The new version is now available! I killed off JavaScript and now PHP is used as it is much faster. You no longer need to use the Current Condition box in Cumulus to type out the sky condition as it is now automatic! Your web server will have to support PHP for this to work which pretty much all website hosting companies should.

For you guys trying this for the first time, go to the first post in this thread and follow the directions. Ignore what follows below.

For you guys who are using the old and no longer supported JavaScript version, you will have to make the following changes depending on what templates you are using on your website.

First you will need to download BT's Global Sager Weathercaster PHP Scripts For Cumulus.zip at the bottom of the first post in this thread. When you open it, you will see 4 files:

bt-metar.php
bt-sager.php
bt-sager-cu.php
bt-sager-var.php

Save them to your Cumulus web folder. Open the web folder.

Delete "bt-sager.js" and "bt-sager-cu.js" if they are there. Now open "bt-metar.php" with an editor like Notepad++. You will need to know your closest METAR station which hopefully uses the standard report format and doesn't add a bunch of crap to it. On Line 14, change XXXX between the quotes to your preferred METAR station. Save the file then close Notepad++.

You will now need to upload the 4 files once to your web server into the same directory Cumulus uses when it uploads files during a web update. Also, delete "bt-sager.js" and "bt-sager-cu.js" if they are on your web server.

In Cumulus, click on CONFIGURATION>INTERNET then click on the FILES tab. You should see a REMOTE file listed as /{YOUR FOLDER}/bt-sager-cu.js ({YOUR FOLDER} is optional) which you will need to change to /{YOUR FOLDER}/bt-sager-cu.php and then click on the BROWSE and select "bt-sager-cu.php" in the Cumulus web folder as the LOCAL file to upload. Verify both LOCAL and REMOTE now say bt-sager.cu.php then click OK.

On the following templates, the line 3s are approximate so be prepared to do some searching if you cannot find the code. Once again, use Notepad++ which will make editing much easier.

If you are using the default Cumulus indexT.htm file:

CHANGE: