HOMEWEATHERSTATION TEMPLATE WITH WEATHER DISPLAY API

after some trial and error periods brian at WD , paul wilman,steve t,piet have resolved and successfully manage to run the new HOMEWEATHERSTATION TEMPLATE WITH WEATHER DISPLAY API.

quite a few a exchanges of emails to resolve teething issues some may still arise but after a few days now all is running well and any issues going forward feel free to contribute and help resolve those…

you may download the API version of the template for weather Display note* there are two variants .

  1. WD-X5SQL supports mysql database storage
  2. WD-X5API supports the older method of retrieving your historical chart data from weather underground if you upload there.

*important you need to be running the latest version of Weather Display software available at http://www.weather-display.com/files.php

for the future not sure i can get it done before the end of the year so it may not happen but I will try and put together a script to enable you to import
your stored historical data from weather underground however note we are apporoaching end of the year and the template only displays current year in its
default format , you can add additional previous years data if you have some knowledge of PHP.the charts actually read csv files so it is not difficult to add
additional data ideas.

download available at https://weather34.com/homeweatherstation/index.html

some brief info which will be updated as time permits in the near future https://weather34.com/homeweatherstation/setupwdapi.html

*note includes some additional features . southern hemisphere moon position reversed optional set in easyweathersetup.php ,refined moonphase script,air quality index is set by your
lat/longitude setting and uses nearest air quality station accordingly…

full support is available by email if needed…

brian

I just want to publicly thank both Brians for getting this all done. There have been a few technical issues, but it

Hi Brian

Thanks for this awesome template.
I have the latest wd sql version downloaded, but how does wd produce the wd.txt file ?
My file does not change at all, do i miss something ?

Frank

[quote author=weatherist34 link=topic=65788.msg528579#msg528579 date=1510161502]
I

I just installed this new version and can not get the forecast to show.
Any ideas?

http://wxcalgary.com/dashboard

Blainec,

Have you got stationcron.php set to run every 10 minutes in weather display (in addition to empty.php and addtoyear.php)? Stationcron.php updates the forecast.

Hope that helps.

Paul

Well will probably get a few eye rolls with this question but I’m a total caveman when it comes to this but here goes. Where do I unzip this template? I put it in a folder on my computer but see nowhere to even start working on it.

Thanks
John

Quote from ‘Idesign Simplicity’ thread today: "standalone WD-API / MYSQL versions now merged into one template so you have a choice "

Looking good, but can’t get extra temp/hum sensor #1 data to show. Is it in the API yet?

And why is it looking for a MySQL database when I’m using API / Wunderground? (I chose chartswu, not WD charts.)

I’ve put in a WD feature suggestion here to get extratemp/hum#1 (at least) added to the end of the API.

Yes, Marty spent a few hours trying to sort this for me last night! I didn’t want to use MySQL but wd.php insisted we had to. . . he’s found a workaround. (I did ask the question last night, above: “And why is it looking for a MySQL database when I’m using API / Wunderground? (I chose chartswu, not wdcharts.)”)

In the meantime: what do the 4 cron jobs in WD API setup screen do? Do I need them?

OK, thanks. Note that WD doesn’t give you a choice for stationcron.php frequency, just specifies every 10 mins.

I must have misunderstood your original post - “standalone WD-API / MYSQL versions now merged into one template so you have a choice” - because I really only wanted the standalone WD-API and all the easysetup seems to be slanted towards MySQL. . .

You have an impressive grasp of the local patois. . .

Just discovered that my extratemp#1 is coming up under your extrasensor3 module! I am hoping Brian H can add humidity so you can also display that and the apparent (“Feels”) temp, just like the homeindoor module.

all I see are demands
where is the please or thankyou’s ?

I do apologise if you think I am demanding something. It started off as a feature suggestion/request because I hadn’t realised you had already put most of it in place, and I did say “thanks” over there, where I “asked” if you were intending to add the extra hums. Now I am saying “please” over here, after “hoping” that you would be able to.

Sorry, you’ve lost me. . . why do I need to do that? (I don’t have solar, only UV.)

Ah! Thanks for that. (The older version I run used to come up with a blank graph and “NaN.undefine” if you hovered over it.)

Sorry, but near total setup failure here. Readings are inaccurate and don’t change.
https://stillwaterweather.com/pws/index.php

Hi Brian,

I am running the WD Mac version 293 and have the template files upload, but it seems that I am unable to have the files upload for new data.
The site is http://millerbayweather.com.

Thanks in advance,

Sean

Didn’t seem to work. I replaced todaysolarradiation.php with latest todaysolar.php in /chartswu - is that right? (Even tried renaming the new file to todaysolarradiation.php, just in case. . .)

I’m not offended, I’m just very sorry if others have been affected and that they’re giving you grief.

Apologies to all concerned.

P.S. the weather up here is still pish. . .