APRS Data from Ultimeter 2100 (Raw Format Posted to findu.com)

i have the hex format working…
just need to get it to use the last data on the findu.com page////tomorrow…bed time here

i got it working, from what i can see, to use the last data on that page…
so try a new 10.23c zip :slight_smile:

I’ll give it a shot! :smiley:

The test site will be running at http://nurcacwx.qrq.com and then I’ll move things over to http://www.nurcac.org

mg

looks to be working
amazing 8)

Yes, it’s working! But it looks like there are some tweaks to make. Humitity is not working and it’s not picking up the Wind Gusts, it’s using wind gusts as the normal wind speed. Plus, something happed that is really strange on the Temperature? It jumped into the 70 degree range and didn’t get fixed until I restarted WD. http://nurcacwx.qrq.com Take a look at the findu.com data.

Here is the raw $ULTW data where the newest data is at the end of the page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/rawwx.cgi?call=KE7CXV I think this is the URL you are using to get the data right?

Also, look at the data in a table form, where the newest data is at the top of the page: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=KE7CXV

You can see in the table format that you can get the wind speed and the gust. Here is a break down of some actual data:

KE7CXV>APRS,TRACE3-3,qAR,KD7GIZ-10:$ULTW005600B501F9000027DFFFFCC64E000102610040042900000041

Header $ULTW

Field #1 0056 = Wind Speed Peak over last 5 min. (reported as 0.1 kph increments) 56 hex = 86 decimal * .1 = 8.6 kph This wind gust speed over the last 5 minutes.

Field #2 00B5 Wind Direction of Wind Speed Peak (0-255) B5 = 181 Decimal.

Field #3 01F9 Current Outdoor Temp (reported as 0.1 deg F increments) i.e. 01F9 = 505 decimal * 0.1 = 50.5 deg F This appears to be working, but the display went goofy on my test site for some reason? http://nurcacwx.qrq.com

Field #4 0000 Rain Long Term Total (reported in 0.01 in. increments) 0.00 inches in this example

Field #5 27DF Current Barometer (reported in 0.1 mbar increments) 27DF= 10207 decimal = 1020.7, this looks good in WD now.

Field #6 FFFC Barometer Delta Value(reported in 0.1 mbar increments) Probably not used by WD?

Field #7 C64E Barometer Corr. Factor(LSW) Probably not used by WD?

Field #8 0001 Barometer Corr. Factor(MSW) Probably not used by WD?

Field #9 0261 Current Outdoor Humidity (reported in 0.1% increments) 0261 hex = 609 decimal * .1 = 60.9% (this is not working right now, see my site: http://nurcacwx.qrq.com)

Field #10 0040 Date (day of year since January 1) 58 decimal in this case… it was February 28th, 30 + 28 for Jan and Feb. Probably not used by WD?

Field #11 0429 Time (minute of day) 1295 in this case after conversion to decimal. Not used by WD?

Field #12 0000 Today’s Rain Total (reported as 0.01 inch increments)* 0.00 inches in this example (rain since midnight)

Field #13 0041 1 Minute Wind Speed Average (reported in 0.1kph increments) This is the Current Windspeed. 0041 dex = 65 decimal * .1 = 6.5 kph

I think it’s really close Brian! :slight_smile: Wind speed and wind gusts need to be fixed and the Humidity needs to be fixed.

How often are you polling for the data? Thanks again for working on this! :slight_smile:

mg NG7M

ok, it was the baro corrections that was the problem
uploading a new 10.23c zip (yes, again, LOL),.now

Nice! It’s amazing how fast you get things done Brian. I have the latest version running again with a clean database. http://nurcacwx.qrq.com Let’s keep any eye on it and see how it’s working. There is no wind at the site right now, so I’ll take a look at the gust and average once the wind starts blowing again.

Matt, NG7M

i was running it too, the last few hours
I dont think i have the windspeed correct yet, as it was constant 2.5 knots
but the humidity is working well!
will investigate the windspeed

i found the problem with the temperature glitch, i think, too
uploading another new 10.23c zip where the windspeed and direction should work ok now
(pitty there is no wind to check)

Yes, the wind is dead right now… I’ll get the new one installed.

The Wind Gust is in Field #1 and the current wind speed average is in Field #13. Is this how you fixed it? I’ll install the new version right now. :slight_smile:

mg

I have the latest version installed and the wind has picked up at the site. I also deleted all the WD data to get a clean start / reference with this lastest build.

As I mentioned in my previous message, it looks like you are using the same field for the current wind speed and the gusts. If you look on findu.com, it’s showing gusts. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=KE7CXV&last=6 I’m sure findu.com is using Field #1 for the gust data and Field #13 for the current wind speed. You can see in the Wind graph that the top of the bars are lighter to show the gust speed for that 5 minute sample. The raw data in table format will show this too (latest data at the top of table): http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=KE7CXV

The other data is looking good so far. :slight_smile:

Matt NG7M

Brian, another observation… the wind in the chart is not dropping down to zero after going up from zero. Right now the wind is zero, but the wind chart at http://nurcacwx.qrq.com is showing a flat line. You can see that the findu.com chart is back to zero for the wind: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=KE7CXV&last=6

Matt NG7M

i am uploading a new 10.23c zip now where it will use the max gust line (should do in theory)

I’ll give this new version a try as soon as I get home from work in a few hours.

Another thing to look at is a problem you can see with the humidity, temperature and dew point… plus the wind never drops back to zero. Hmmmm, I’ll leave the data on the site that has been collected over the last 8-9 hours and install the new version to see what we are getting. (I won’t erase the database before installing the latest version you posted)

Take a look at http://nurcacwx.qrq.com to see the problems I’m describing above. You can also compare the charts to findu.com where the graphs look good.

This is really going to be nice once every thing is working.

Thanks! mg NG7M

the DP is calculated from the temperature and the humidity…

when that step up in temperature is occuring, let me know…so i can pull the data and find out why
it sort of looks like it does it at a certain temperature…

The temperature went goofy, which caused the DP to go wacky. You can see the the problem on the graph at http://nurcacwx.qrq.com the findu.com charts look good for the same data.

I have the new version up and running now. As always, thanks for taking the time to work though the issues on this Brian! :slight_smile:

mg NG7M

Brian, I think I know where the spikes are coming from… it’s when I restart WD. It’s showing default data and storing it before it makes the first request to findu.com. This appears to be the problem. Can you make it so it won’t store or use any data until the first valid request comes back from findu.com? If you look right now, you can see a spike in the data, this happened when I restarted WD. Hmmmm, there may be something else going on here too, because I have seen spikes show up after it’s been running too.

Your thoughts?

mg NG7M

Brian, it’s getting closer, the wind gust appears to be working now, but the colors are backwards in the graph??? Red should be on the top for the gust and the current wind speed should be blue. Something is backwards. Take a look: http://nurcacwx.qrq.com

The wind as reported in kph is getting coverted to mph right? (in my case)

mg

Brian, I’m still getting spikes in the data… there is one in the wind now and others that you can see since I started running the latest build. Have you made more updates? http://nurcacwx.qrq.com

mg

it looks like the temperature spike is around 50oF
not sure why at this stage yet…i really need to get a sample of that data
for the average speed problem, I will check on that now…