New addon: Live data on the web

[Stig]

thanks for all your efforts DAJ, I have just installled your weather console as a meny option on my website,
but do not get any data into the console, it writes undefined in all boxes, could you tell me what I am missing
kind regards
Stig

my site: www.hareskovvejr.dk

[steve]

thanks for all your efforts DAJ, I have just installled your weather console as a meny option on my website,
but do not get any data into the console, it writes undefined in all boxes, could you tell me what I am missing

You've entered the URL of your realtime.txt file in wconsole.js as http://www.hareskovvejr.dk/realtime/realtime.txt which gives a 404; it looks like it should be http://www.hareskovvejr.dk/realtime.txt

[daj]

You could also get away with this...

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var realtime_location="realtime.txt";

As your realtime file seems to be in the root of your web server

[Stig]

thanks DAJ, i had uploaded the wconsole.js from a weather console map copy on another computer-
thank you for your help

Stig

www.Hareskovvejr.dk

[Synewave]

Yes, I'm trying to capture that problem and get it to ignore it. For now, I resolve it by staggering the timing. So if Cumulus is updating every 5 seconds, refresh the console maybe every 7

David how about a loop within the JavaScrip file ... and no, I do not know how to do it...

In one of my PHP script I have the following:

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$realtime = 'realtime.txt';  // relative FILE location of realtime.txt
$fileOpenTries = 3;          // number of open retries for realtime files
$retrySleepTime = 5;       // seconds to wait before next open retry
...
  for ($i = $fileOpenTries; $i > 0; $i--) {
    $dataraw = file_get_contents($realtime);
    if ($dataraw===false)
    {
      sleep($retrySleepTime);
    }
    else
    {
      break;
    }
...

What the code snippet basically do is:
- it tries to open the file;
- if it cannot get the content of the file, it waits for 5 seconds (as setup) and tries again to open the file;
- it will repeat the same open/wait loop 3 times (as setup) and then give up...

But, that is a 15 seconds loop and that might be what is needed inside the JavaScript to eventually get the 'realtime.txt' information...

Just a suggestion...

Hi David,

Did you come up with anything based on Ray's suggestion to prevent the 'undefined' data problem?
I've just been playing with the code for the past few hours and not really got anywhere with it. It's not just for the wconsole, I'm using a modified version of your script to drive most of my pages as realtime.

[gemini06720]

...Did you come up with anything based on Ray's suggestion to prevent the 'undefined' data problem?
I've just been playing with the code for the past few hours and not really got anywhere with it. It's not just for the wconsole, I'm using a modified version of your script to drive most of my pages as realtime.

Paul, I have been looking at other forums where similar questions/requests have been made, about some JavaScript code to check if a file exist and do something if it does exist and something else if it does not exist.

From what I have read, here are the consensus seems to be: "For security reasons JavaScript does not have any functions for file handling... Javascript is called "client-side programming" for a reason - it cannot manipulate server files or client files... Would you really want a JavaScript deleting your hard drive while you were surfing the Net...".

One user suggested the use of XMLHttpRequest Object - also check XMLHttpRequest Object for the use of the code...

The W3Schools site has, indeed, great information (ressources)...

[n9mfk]

David,
the pop out does not seem to work in ff it works in ie
http://www.n9mfk.com/wconsole.html
Beau

[gemini06720]

...the pop out does not seem to work in ff it works in ie...

Beau, on my computer in the four browsers that I have installed, the pop-up weather console only works properly (opening in a new smaller window) in the Google Chrome browser:

- in Opera, it opens what appears to be another windows but it is more like a frame within the original (starting) windows;
- in Internet Explorer, it opens a new full size window (because that is the way I have Internet Explorer setup);
- in Firefox, it also opens a full size window (because that is the way I have Firefox setup).

But the small lower-right-corner click-on box does open a new weather console in all 4 browsers...

[n9mfk]

Ray, what is odd this on works http://www.grantownweather.co.uk/wconsole.html
but mine does not

[gemini06720]

...but mine does not

Beau, your weather console might not work with your Firefox, but it does work with my Firefox...

Try running Firefox in safe mode, meaning that Firefox will not load any of it extensions ... might be worth the try...

[Arnie]

Hi David
Great program, unfortunatly I can't seem to get it to work
Ive saved all the files to the root directory
www.wentworthvilleweather.com/wconsole.html

The "Weather Console" just does not load the data
Msg on screen "Reading data, one moment please"
That's as far as it goes
Any ideas

Regatds
Brian

[steve]

The "Weather Console" just does not load the data
Msg on screen "Reading data, one moment please"

You've got an extra 'var' keyword in your wconsole.js:

var var realtime_location="realtime.txt";

It should be:

var realtime_location="realtime.txt";

[Arnie]

Working great

Thanks Steve

[Areco747]

Why is not forecast in my "Weatherconsole" http://www.arecoclima.com.ar/console/wconsole.html
Can you help?
Many Thanks!

[gemini06720]

Mauricio, when I access the link you provided, the weather console was displaying weather information - see the clip from your Web page: