Fire Index for Cumulus

[gemini06720]

By the way stormchaser911 (whatever your name is), I always sign my messages - just look at the end of it...

As Steve indicated, his free time is in short quantity and improvements to Cumulus are made during his free time - many time I have complained to Steve that he should spend more of his free time with his spouse rather than with Cumulus...

The point I was trying to communicate to you and which you seem to have miss completely is that all advice (assistance) provided in the forums is made free of charge - thus, do not expect to get a step-by-step installation guide for every utilities used by or with Cumulus.

You write that "Nothing seems to be working" without a hint on what you have tried (or not tried) - how do you expect anyone to provide you any assistance with such limited information - remember that 'the amount of assistance one will get is directly proportional to the amount of information one will provide'.

Again, if you want to have the fire weather information (FWI) available on your web site, tell us what you have tried and where you have failed...

[JennyLeez]

Hi Storm,

Yep agree more info.
However my suggestion is to use the Help that comes with FWI. Mr Kates has gone to great lengths explaining it all with step by step instructions for setting up. Screenshots are also used.
I am not sure why you want any of this uploading more than once a day. The data/report change would be minimal if any over a 24 hour period. I guess 100mm rain during a day may alter things a wee bit
My point the software is designed to upload once a day and this appears to be enough.
If you follow the Help instructions configuring Cumulus should be clear plus the link above: https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3294 also lays it out.
Meanwhile you need to make your own web page to display the data FWI can display. This works the same as using webtags in Cumulus. There is quite a list of fwi tags now and these are being added to all the time. The Help files provide a sample page you could base your page off.
I could send you screenshots of mine if you wish plus here is what I did as far as a web page is concerned if this helps.
http://wairoa.net/weather/fwi/fire_index.php
Cheers
Jenny

[MickinMoulden]

Hi Storm dude, I too would like to have the accuracy of the FWI calcy program, but haven't bothered to get into that. Instead what I did, before finding out about FWI calc, is find formula's on the web and the Bureau of Meteorology, on calculating the Fire Danger Indexes (there are different ones), and displaying them on the main page of the website. It will display the Low, Medium, High that you are talking about (although technically they have a specific terminology dependant on what FDI you go with) and also display the appropriate background colour that goes with that warning eg. green, blue, yellow, orange, red, red/black etc. I have also done a graphic display based of the FDI, but have used it for wind run. I am looking at also making one for the FDI myself, but just haven't got around to it yet.
To implement this, you would need to add code to your indexT.htm page (or a new page if you like, I use Javascript), and make the pictures of the FDI rating (I searched Google images, then modified it for wind run in a picture program).
Hope this helps.

[stormchaser911]

Hello Jenny wow yes i like your page on your website in Reguards to the fire index. if i could figure out how to do this and get the webpage screen shots or what i need like u have on your webpage i would be all set. If u can email those to me i would apreshiate it. My email is stevep9111@yahoo.com Again i need the displays for FWI that will go on my website. I would love everything that u have. im gunna keep trying to figure out the FWI we will see. And jenny i ment i need the tags that u use on your website.

[JennyLeez]

Hey Storm, so do you need me to brush you teeth as well

Getting ones weather station going, learning the software, tweaking the software, building a web site, adding pages etc etc is part of the hobby. You read and you learn and you build.
Like you I knew nothing when I started out. I spent hours reading and following instructions. I used the search in this forum and found my answers. If I hit a brick wall I asked but I rarely needed to as the answers are here.
I then got bold and spent weeks redoing my website to make it more my own. Again I read and read. I borrowed scripts from here and the smart people who help us. I changed and tailor made again to give a little personalization for my site. Only when I was really stomped did I ask for help and the likes of steve, beteljuice, gemini06720 and David helped me heaps.

The point I am making is this is your hobby and you need to deal with it. Learn and manage it. What is the point of a hobby if everyone else is doing it for you. Like me read, try, learn, upload, delete when all wrong and try again.

So nope of course I am not going to email you my hours of work, you like me must read, learn and make for yourself.
At the end of the day you will find this much more rewarding.
Cheers
Jenny