Humidity Unit Tag?

[William Grimsley]

Hi Steve,

Is it possible to put a unit tag into the realtime.txt for humidity? e.g <#humidityunit>

If not, can it be made possible in the future?

Thanks

Will

[steve]

No, that wouldn't be at all sensible. It's always "%".

[William Grimsley]

Steve,

What I'm saying is is that the humidity in realtime.txt is just a figure with no "%".

I hope you can tell what I mean by this.

Will

[steve]

Yes, just like all of the other data in realtime.txt. If they had units, then most software (e.g. gauges) which used the file would have to strip off the units again in order to use the values. If you want an equivalent of realtime.txt with a "%" symbol after the relative humidity, create your own using web tags, and put the "%" in yourself.

[William Grimsley]

Ok.

So, would I just use a Cumulus web tag and then try to add a "%" after it?

[steve]

Yes, just like in the standard Cumulus web page templates:

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<td>Humidity</td>
<td><#hum>%</td>

[William Grimsley]

Thanks!

Right, I did that but now I'm stuck with "90" and not "90% in realtime.txt...

Here is what my realtime.txt looked like before Cumulus processed the tags.

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<#date format=dd/mm/yy> <#timehhmmss> <#temp> <#hum>% <#dew> <#wspeed> <#wlatest> <#bearing> <#rrate> <#rfall> <#press> <#currentwdir> <#beaufortnumber> <#windunit> <#tempunitnodeg> <#pressunit> <#rainunit> <#windrun> <#presstrendval> <#rmonth> <#ryear> <#rfallY> <#intemp> <#inhum> <#wchill> <#temptrend> <#tempTH> <#TtempTH> <#tempTL> <#TtempTL> <#windTM> <#TwindTM> <#wgustTM> <#TwgustTM> <#pressTH> <#TpressTH> <#pressTL> <#TpressTL> <#version> <#build> <#wgust> <#heatindex> <#humidex> <#UV> <#ET> <#SolarRad> <#avgbearing> <#rhour> <#forecastnumber> <#isdaylight> <#SensorContactLost> <#wdir> <#cloudbasevalue> <#cloudbaseunit> <#apptemp> <#SunshineHours> <#CurrentSolarMax> <#IsSunny>

[steve]

I copied your text into a file and got Cumulus to process it:

14/01/13 17:29:47 5.1 77% 1.4 11 11 158 0.0 2.4 1008.17 SSE 3 mph C mb mm 115.1 0.73 40.2 40.2 6.0 20.1 51 1.6 +0.3 5.3 13:09 4.2 14:20 22 15:33 35 15:24 1008.17 17:21 1005.19 13:04 1.9.3 1058 22 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.25 0 136 0.0 7 0 0 SE 461 m 0.0 0.8 0 0

[William Grimsley]

Strange.

Is this file in the C:/Cumulus directory? Or do I just create the file realtime.txt stick it anywhere and use the "Files" tab in Internet Settings in order to achieve what you did?

[steve]

Put it anywhere you want and use the Files tab. Note that Cumulus will overwrite it, of course, if you call the output realtime.txt and create it in the Cumulus folder, unless you turn off the 'standard' one.

[William Grimsley]

Hi Steve,

Thanks! I've got it working now!

Will

[William Grimsley]

Hi Steve,

Ok, I'm trying to put the same file in Cumulus but as you said it's getting overwritten. What do you mean by turning the "standard" one off?

Thanks

Will

[steve]

You can't, actually, if you still want the realtime function to operate. Put yours somewhere else.

[steve]

You can't, actually, if you still want the realtime function to operate.

Just to clarify - you can't turn off the creation of the realtime.txt file, but you can turn off the upload, using the internet settings.

[William Grimsley]

Hi Steve,

Ok, I've put the "standard" realtime.txt in the C:\Cumulus folder and I've put the "new" realtime.txt in the C:\Cumulus\web folder.

Now, it's all working.

Thanks again,

Will