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As long as they allow ftp, most of it should be fine. Some free hosting doesn't allow .txt files, so that means the Flash gauges I provide (which are pretty poor anyway) won't work (they need the realtime.txt file and it has to have that name).StuartaGray wrote:they said i can run Cumulus but as a newbie am not sure. will prob need some help on how to upload to web
It's certainly possible, technically. A few people here do that and will hopefully advise. You need to run a web server (e.g. WampServer) and you need to make a hole in your firewall for the web server, and you need to be sure you have enough bandwidth on your internet connection. You only need a few MB of disc space.Ridgekid wrote:OK. Stupid question. Why can't I use my desktop computer to host my weather station? Are there security measues to prevent hacking in these cases? I have 200 GB of space available. How much room would someone need?
As with Mark, I have been hosting my Cumulus pages using XAMPP for Windows - the required software, such as the Apache server, PHP, the MySQL server, phpMyAdmin, and FileZilla FTP Server are iinstalled on their own hard drive and are all running under Windows 7 32bits.Ridgekid wrote:OK. Stupid question. Why can't I use my desktop computer to host my weather station? Are there security measues to prevent hacking in these cases? I have 200 GB of space available. How much room would someone need?
Are you writing about this New V1.3 - Live Personal Weather Station data Vista/Windows 7 Desktop Sidebar gadget? If so, once downloaded, it should be saved with the '.gadget' extension (such as 'PWS.v1.3.gadget') - NOT with the '.zip' extension. By default, when Vista/Windows 7 sees a file with the '.gadget' extension it knows what it needs to do...Ridgekid wrote:If you read my previous post it was noted that I attempted to install the gadget per creators instructions. I did not have a stack of books icon. I had the winzip Icon. When I changed the extention and clicked on it, it wanted to extract the files. For me, having a executable file inside a zip file is must easier. Please advise If there is a differant procedure.
Indeed, the 'Ambient Weather WeatherHub2 Universal IP Ethernet Server' is using a Linux-base software (I think) from Meteohub, "...a miniaturized weather server, that records weather data from a weather station, evaluates this data, draws user defined weather graphs and uploads these via ftp to a web server; furthermore, Meteohub can upload weather data to Internet weather networks and can export recorded weather data in WSWIN or WD format to allow for further processing on a PC; Meteohub supports a wide range of weather stations and allows to record these data ongoing and to transport the information to the Internet, without having your PC switched on..." Unfortunately, Cumulus being a Windows-base software, cannot be installed into any of the devices mentioned on the Meteohub Web site.Ridgekid wrote:I'm more of a plug and play type. I was looking at the weatherhub2 ... but from what i read it comes with it's own software and thus I could not use cumulus.
But, but, I have not shown you my weather station ... unless you drove in front of my house without stopping to say hello... But the weather pages are not bad looking either...Ridgekid wrote:BTW- Very nice weather station!
