Cumulus RealTime Data Grabber - Tool

[Solorize]

New release version: 1.4.7

Sorry had to do a quick bugfix !


Download 1.4.7

CRTDGv147.zip

Version 1.4.7 - (12-07-13)

1.
Corrected code for Humidex "Description", as it was incorrectly
displaying descriptions.

[Solorize]

Hi Paul,

I have just checked on your website and the version number seems to be displaying
correctly see below screenshot:

I guess it could be a cached version of the webpage that still holds the old graphic
of the version number. You could try cleaning your browsers cache and restart your
browser and see if that helps.

How to clean your browsers cache: http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahic.html

btw.
I have just had to do a new release ver 1.4.7 as I had to correct a bug, see my previous post.

[PaulMy]

Thanks Mark,
I have cleaned the cache and all seems to be okay, and have also updated to v.1.4.7

Much appreciated,
Paul

[Solorize]

No problem Paul, glad it's all working for you now.

[meteotortosa]

What about to include more graphs in webpage? Like wind direction, Solar Radiation, etc...

Regards,

Lluís

[Solorize]

Hi Lluís,

I will see what I can do for you in the next release.

I may have a bit of trouble with the Solar graph
as I do not have Solar on my weather station so
wont be able to test, but I will see what I can do.

All the best.

Mark

[Warrandyte]

All I get is URL not valid, even when I use the URL in the application.

paste the same URL into the browser and see the realtime.txt file

maybe some firewall issue

[Solorize]

Hi Warrandyte,

Hmm I am not sure why that is happening, as if you can view the url in a browser
you should be able to access it with my program.

Like you say it could be a firewall setting on your pc that is blocking the programs
access to the internet. It may be worth having a look at your firewall settings
and making sure my program is not getting in and out going requests blocked.

Also if you are using a proxy server that may be a problem as well.

-Mark

[meteotortosa]

Hi,

every time I've to restart the Davis station PC, I've to open Grabber and click on "start" and "start-export charts". Can you configure it to do it auto? The Davis station PC is not in my home, it's two floor under

Sorry, but my english is a little bad

regards,

Lluís

[Solorize]

Hi Lluís,

When you open the program it should automatically start grabbing the data
at the set interval. So you should not need to press the [START] button.

But to export the charts you do "currently" have to press the [Start - Export Charts]
button.

In the next release I will add the "Auto Start" option of the Exporting Charts, without
the need to press the button, funnily enough I actually have this on my ToDo list

At the moment I do not have a lot of free time, so am finding it hard to get chance to
sit down and code. But as soon as I get some time I will try and get this implemented for you.


Also, I have been trying to sort out getting the wind direction map you requested in an earlier
post to capture and save as an image to put onto the website.

But due to the nature of the way it is displayed within the program, I have to switch tabs to
the WindCompass tab , then capture the tab area, then switch back to the tab that the user
was previously looking at, which means that the user will see the tab area switching back and
forth between tabs while the image is captured. I have tried various ways of trying to capture
the image, but I don't think there is another way around it.

Obviously I would rather not interrupt the users view of the program by having it switch between
tabs, and have it do it behind the scenes, but I don't think it is possible unless I create a completely
new wind direction graph.

Anyway, once I have come to a conclusion of how to do the Wind Direction image I will then have a
look at implementing a Solar Radiation graph for you too.

Regards,

Mark

[meteotortosa]

A lot of thanks for your answer Mark

[Solorize]

Hi Lluís,

Just to give you a quick update on my progress.

I went away on holiday last week so could not do any coding.

But now I am back I can start up again implementing the features you requested.

I have the Auto Export charts & Wind Direction Chart features
enabled and am just sorting out the Solar Radiation graphs.
I just need to wait until it is is sunny to test that the data is displayed correctly.

As soon as I have finished and tested that all the new features work and there
are no bugs, I will post up the new release for you to download.

Thanks for your patience.

Regards

Mark

[meteotortosa]

Hi Solorize,

First of all, thank you for your program and for taking my request. If you need to test the program before making it public, you can count on me.

Best regards,

Lluís

[Solorize]

New release version: 1.4.9

Download file:

CRTDGv149.zip

NOTE:
This release also includes new features from version 1.4.8, which was not publicly released.

Please see below for all new features.


Version 1.4.8 - (06-09-13) - not publicly released

1.
AutoExport Charts option added to Config Screen.


PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The program start-up will be longer as it has to capture and upload initial images before the program screen appears.

The file "AutoExport.txt" must be present and reside in the application folder.

AutoExportCharts.PNG

2.
Added Current Wind speed to "Wind Graph"

CurrentWindSpeed.PNG

3.
WindCompass screen added to exported images and updated HTML templates to suit.

4.
"Average Wind Direction" added to WindCompass screen, this is show at bottom left of screen,just above the
Compass point language box.

average wind direction.png

5.
Solar Radiation Graph added.

solar_graph.PNG

NOTE:
The "Does station have Solar Sensor" TickBox must be ticked, on the "Extra Data" tab, for the Solar Radiation Graph
tab to be displayed.

5a.
Solar Radiation graph added to FTP upload, only if the TickBox (mentioned in above item 5), has been ticked.

solar_tickbox.PNG

6.
Webpage templates now ver. 1.7, updated to display SolarRadiation graph.

7.
Added new day stamp into Prediction Log files.





Version 1.4.9 - (07-09-13)

1.
Export of Weather Prediction Log files to FTP site included within "Export Charts" function.


2.
New Webpages (to view log files remotely) added into the local "\logfiles" folder, these files shown below
will be uploaded to the remote "/grabber" folder via the "Export Charts" function.


weatherpredictionlogs.htm <-- Main webpage used to display log files

fog_prediction.php <-- PHP file to load data from TEXT file
frost_prediction.php <-- PHP file to load data from TEXT file
rain_prediction.php <-- PHP file to load data from TEXT file
snow_prediction.php <-- PHP file to load data from TEXT file

LOG_fog prediction.txt <-- TXT files generated and update by program
LOG_frost prediction.txt <-- TXT files generated and update by program
LOG_rain prediction.txt <-- TXT files generated and update by program
LOG_snow prediction.txt <-- TXT files generated and update by program


PLEASE NOTE:
All these above file MUST be present and reside within the "\logfiles" folder, otherwise if any are missing this
can cause the program to error!

To get an idea how these logs webpages look, you can view my log webpages with the URL below:
http://www.wokinghamweather.co.uk/grabb ... onlogs.htm



Lluís
After a week of coding in the evenings, hopefully all the above with cover what you had requested and more

Please let me know if you find any bugs etc..

All the best,

Mark

[Solorize]

Just a quick follow up on the above new version.

Even if your station does not have a solar sensor, if you tick the
"Does station have Solar Sensor" TickBox (on the "Extra Data" tab).
You will still get the Theoretical Max figure plotted onto the chart.
As seen in my screen shot in the previous post for the Solar Radiation graph.

Also the current Daylight condition (yes/no) will be displayed under
the "Theoretical Max" chart legend, which is worked out via Cumulus.

So in summary, even if your weather station does not have a solar sensor
it may be worth just ticking the box anyway as you can still have the above
displayed on the graph.