Cumulus Support

steve wrote:You can't just randomly invent things to add to the charts (or any other part of the user interface) and assume that they will magically somehow work. Cumulus doesn't provide heat index data in the chart data. Maybe it will at some point.

mcrossley wrote:You need to look at the data Cumulus is providing before trying to use it. As Steve says, just adding code to use data doesn't magically make Cumulus supply it.

logjam wrote:Grimers: I think it is great you are trying to push the boundaries of the software, but as you have found out this is rather more complicated than it seems. However, 'Heat Index' is one set of data stored in the recent history array. The tag is <#RecentHeatIndex> (check out the Cumulus wiki) That data can be displayed on a user web page. It would also be possible to make a graph web page with javascript using this data too. Having been introduced to 'High Charts' on CumulusMX, I went to this web page http://www.highcharts.com/ and started at the beginning. After I eventually understood the principle, I put in the recent history tags from Cumulus and made my own charts. If a decrepit old has-been like me can do it, I'm sure an adventurous experimenter like you can!

logjam wrote:I think you are making the same mistake as before. Cumulus doesn't provide that particular data to make the charts in that particular way. The tags I mentioned could only be used in your own High Chart script to make a graph. There are no short cuts if you want to make your own graphs. Take a look at the high charts web site and try some of the examples if you want to learn how to do it. Otherwise you will have to be content with the graphs that are provided.

philpugh wrote:I would suggest you read the wiki (link at top of forum) to understand what data is made available via Cumulus e.g. the webtags. And how it is made available to we end users. There are lots of ideas contained in the forum,some easier to implement then others.

mcrossley wrote:No, Steve was saying that the data you wanted - Heat Index in this case - is not available in the built-in JSON data that MX supplies. But there is nothing stopping you creating your own data files using the 'recent' web tags.

creating your own data files using the 'recent' web tags

water01 wrote:

creating your own data files using the 'recent' web tags

Mark said as above "using webtags", so make a file (say heatindexT.txt)using the Cumulus "recent" webtags, get Cumulus MX to "process" it and upload it (either as a realtime file or a normal upload file) and upload it as say heatindex.txt and then use the fields from that file in your code.

$.ajax({
        url: 'tempdata.json',
        cache: false,
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function (resp) {
            chart.hideLoading();
            chart.series[0].setData(resp.temp);
            chart.series[1].setData(resp.dew);
            chart.series[2].setData(resp.apptemp);
            chart.series[3].setData(resp.wchill);
        }
	});
	$.ajax({
		url: 'heatindex.txt',
		cache: false,
		dataType: 'txt',
		sucess: function (resp) {
			chart.hideLoading();
			chart.series[4].setData(resp.recentheatindex);
		}
		});

{"recentheatindex":"<#RecentHeatIndex>"}