Can I add information to local Dashboard?

[Ken22]

I have searched the forum for information and not found anything to help me.

I wish to add additional rain information to my local Dashboard. Do I have the ability to do this? What file do I need to modify?

[mcrossley]

What data to which page?

[Ken22]

What data to which page?

I would like to add LastRainTip and IsRaining to the Dashboard page.

[mcrossley]

LastRainTip is sent in the data, so you could utilise that.

Israining is not sent, but it is just a non-zero rainfall rate anyway, and rainfall rate is already displayed.

[mcrossley]

Actually the last rain tip is sent as LastRaintTipISO - format = YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

[Ken22]

LastRainTip is sent in the data, so you could utilise that.

What file do I modify to use LastRainTip?

[mcrossley]

Which page do you want to modify?
Take a look at the HTML and it should be clear how to add LastRaintTipISO.

Note that you will have to be careful, every time you upgrade you will have to merge any changes you make in the standard files that come with MX. It isn't recommended to do it.

[Ken22]

I have found my basic problem. I was editing \interface\index.html and nothing happened. I was just refreshing the web page, and did not realize that the server process had to be restarted to pick up my changes.

Actually the last rain tip is sent as LastRaintTipISO - format = YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
Israining is not sent, but it is just a non-zero rainfall rate anyway, and rainfall rate is already displayed.

Could I get access to "LastRainTip" to use instead of "LastRainTipISO"?

Also, assuming future support for Ecowitt "srain_piezo" being tied to "IsRaining", it would be good to have access to "IsRaining" as well.

[mcrossley]

I have found my basic problem. I was editing \interface\index.html and nothing happened. I was just refreshing the web page, and did not realize that the server process had to be restarted to pick up my changes.

There is no requirement to do that, the HTML is independent of the process.

Could I get access to "LastRainTip" to use instead of "LastRainTipISO"?

Not without coding something yourself - some JS code to get it now via the local web tag API.

Also, assuming future support for Ecowitt "srain_piezo" being tied to "IsRaining", it would be good to have access to "IsRaining" as well.

On the possible list, or write some JS code to get it now via the local web tag API.

[Ken22]

I have found my basic problem. I was editing \interface\index.html and nothing happened. I was just refreshing the web page, and did not realize that the server process had to be restarted to pick up my changes.

There is no requirement to do that, the HTML is independent of the process.

I guess I did not fully describe what I was doing wrong. I had the Dashboard up in Firefox (http://localhost:8998/). Then I edited \interface\index.html and saved it. Then I went back to Firefox and hit the refresh button. My changes did not appear. Even if I closed the Cumulus tab in Firefox (leaving Firefox up in another (non-Cumulus) tab), and then reopened the Cumulus Dashboard, my changes were not there. However, if I restarted the server process ***OR*** closed ALL tabs in Firefox and restarted FireFox, my changes do show up.

Could I get access to "LastRainTip" to use instead of "LastRainTipISO"?

Not without coding something yourself - some JS code to get it now via the local web tag API.

I will look for some examples of how to use JS code via the local web API. Is there an example I can look at in the \interface folder?

Thanks much for your help.