Alternate dashboard help

[MesquiteWx]

I see what you are saying. I went into WD and manually uploaded the file and everything is correct now. I just need to figure out why this is not being updated. Where do I set the upload times in WD to upload the testtags.php. I thought I had it set but maybe I don't so just want to make sure I have it set correctly....

[HometownZone]

I see what you are saying. I went into WD and manually uploaded the file and everything is correct now. I just need to figure out why this is not being updated. Where do I set the upload times in WD to upload the testtags.php. I thought I had it set but maybe I don't so just want to make sure I have it set correctly....

Check out this section:  From WD click on Control Panel, then WebFiles/Web Page Real Time FTP/WDL (yellow Icon)
then the tab called custom Web Page Setup and see if it looks like the image below.

Scott

[MesquiteWx]

Yes That is all correct but does that control the upload times of it as well? Isn't that set under a web files upload times?

[MesquiteWx]

Yea for some reason it is not getting uploaded. I am manually having to upload this. What controls the upload time for this file?

-Thanks

[linuxfreak]

It is controlled by file #29 in the internet file creation & upload tab next to the web file/realtime ftp icon in the control panel, see pic below.

George

Yea for some reason it is not getting uploaded. I am manually having to upload this. What controls the upload time for this file?

-Thanks

[HometownZone]

It is controlled by file #29 in the internet file creation & upload tab next to the web file/realtime ftp icon in the control panel, see pic below.

Beat me to it!  Thanks 

Scott

[MesquiteWx]

Yep it was set and turned on and set to upload every 5 mins. I wonder why it is not uploading. If I manually do it with WD it works, but won't automatically upload otherwise.

[HometownZone]

Yep it was set and turned on and set to upload every 5 mins. I wonder why it is not uploading. If I manually do it with WD it works, but won't automatically upload otherwise.

Check your FTP logs in the View menu of WD. It might give you a hint as to why, it could be a bad password or username or even a bad directory!

Scott

[MesquiteWx]

Check your FTP logs in the View menu of WD. It might give you a hint as to why, it could be a bad password or username or even a bad directory!

Scott

That is very possible, but doesn't those files upload off the main FTP settings? If so it wouldn't explain why the clientraw.txt is uploading without problems and those aren't. You know what I mean? I will definitely take a look at the logs though to see what is going on. It is not the first time I have had problems with those files before with a different issue.

[MesquiteWx]

Well it seems to be uploading now, but for some reason for example the Heat Index on my Davis console is reading currently 74 degrees but on the dashboard it shows 69.3 with the High at 12:18 am 73.4. So that is not getting updated correctly even after manually uploading the file even though the file is getting updated. 

[tonyva]

My currents conditions at the moment are Sunny, Windy but no icon is displayed.

[HometownZone]

My currents conditions at the moment are Sunny, Windy but no icon is displayed.

Ok, your wind-rose icons are listed as http://www.mangawhaiweather.co.nz/ajax-images/wr-SSW.jpg <<<-- Note the .JPG but once the ajax updates it is .PNG.  This means you didn't change the config for wind-rose in ajax-dashboard.php

Code: [Select]

// optional settings for the Wind Rose graphic in ajaxwindiconwr as wrName . winddir . wrType
$wrName   = 'wr-';       // first part of the graphic filename (followed by winddir to complete it)
$wrType   = '.jpg';      // extension of the graphic filename     <<<<--------------- This needs to end in .PNG for your site

// Webster Weather LIVE Mod Note:
// Set $wrHeight and $wrWidth to 74 for larger graphic, set to 25 for standard size graphics

$wrHeight = '74';        // windrose graphic height=
$wrWidth  = '74';        // windrose graphic width=
$wrCalm   = 'wr-calm.jpg';  // set to full name of graphic for calm display ('wr-calm.gif')  <<<---This needs to end in .PNG for your site
$haveUV   = true;        // set to false if no UV sensor
$haveSolar = true;       // set to false if no Solar sensor
$WXtags  =  'testtags.php';  // source of our weather variables
$fcstorg =   'NWS'; // default forecast organization ('NWS','EC','WU','WXSIM')
$fcstscript = 'advforecast2.php'; // default forecast script
//            NWS - 'advforecast2.php', EC - 'ec-forecast.php',
//            WU - 'WU-forecast.php', WXSIM - 'plaintext-parser.php',
$UVscript = 'get-UV-forecast-inc.php'; // worldwide forecast script for UV Index

The current conditions icon seems to be working when I looked at it but it was only cloudy.  If only a couple are not showing, be sure the correct images are uploaded to your site with the correct type.  I see that wind.jpg is missing in that directory.

Also, you are a few revisions behind in code, there have been some changes that fix some of the other cosmetic issues on the script.


Scott

[tonyva]

Scott do I need to change? $wrType   = '.jpg'; to $wrType   = '.png';

revisions behind do you mean the Alt Dashboard revision?

Many thanks

[HometownZone]

Scott do I need to change? $wrType   = '.jpg'; to $wrType   = '.png';

revisions behind do you mean the Alt Dashboard revision?

Many thanks

Yes since you seem to be using the .png images.  You also need to change the calm image a bit below that to .png too.  (see the arrow I put in the example code)

The current revision of the alternative dashboard code is version 3.2

Scott

[tonyva]

Scott I have updated as you suggested and all seems to work good.

Many thanks