A couple of basic Cumulus ability questions

[kineret]

Hi,

I am using a LaCrosse station, and I am looking for a more sophisticated software than the one that comes with the station, both in terms of display on my PC and on the web. My problem is this:
I need to upload weather data to two different locations. The data needed on each site differs (one site needs only basic temperature/humidity/percipitation data, preferably as text, and the other can be more detailed).

I'd like to know if Cumulus can upload data to two (or more) different servers, and if so, can it send different data sets to each location?

Also, I would like to know if it is possible to send xml data to a server, rather than upload a whole web page?

Thanks.
Kineret

[steve]

I'd like to know if Cumulus can upload data to two (or more) different servers

No; you could get Cumulus to generate the data and make some other arrangement for uploading it (timed ftp etc).

Also, I would like to know if it is possible to send xml data to a server, rather than upload a whole web page?

Yes. Using 'web tags' (placeholders for actual data) you can create files in any format you wish, providing that a web tag exists for the data you wish to convey. An example is here: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/Xml_webtags

A list of web tags available in 1.9.0 is here: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/Webtags

A list of additional web tags in 1.9.1 is here: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/BETA_webtags

[mcrossley]

No; you could get Cumulus to generate the data and make some other arrangement for uploading it (timed ftp etc).

Another instance where having the option to shell a command line at realtime and ftp intervals would be useful

[steve]

No; you could get Cumulus to generate the data and make some other arrangement for uploading it (timed ftp etc).

Another instance where having the option to shell a command line at realtime and ftp intervals would be useful

Hmm. Good point. Maybe in 1.9.2.

[steve]

Another instance where having the option to shell a command line at realtime and ftp intervals would be useful

Right, that's in the next build. Seems to work OK, from a bit of quick simple testing. I was going to offer one before all the processing and uploads etc and one after, but it's a bit of pain to have to wait for the command to finish, so it's just one after for now.

[mcrossley]