My ID is KIAHAMPT1

Thanks,
Mike

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see if I
can
> make anything out of it.
>
> It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
comparing new
> readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New readings
should
> be within 10 degrees of the average.
>
> Will take a look.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on version 129.
> > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the hourly
> > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the previous
upload,
> > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next packet, it
> > showed back up as .16"
> >
> > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the early
morning
> > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I knew what
was
> > causing this.

Shaun from WU replied to me with the format his server expects to
get and this includes the UTC date time stamp so he could not see
any probems with sending 'historical' data up (presumably in the
correct order rather than randomly).

Sample line (its a formed URL)

/weatherstation/updateweatherstation.php?
ID=stationID&PASSWORD=password&dateutc=2005-01-28+05%3A41%
3A38&winddir=174&windspeedmph=33.0&windgustmph=40.0&tempf=40.80&raini
n=0.00&baro
min=30.24&dewptf=35.12&humidity=80&weather=&clouds=CLR&softwaretype=t
ype
&action=updateraw

Note that for '+05%3A41%3A38', the + means UTC is ahead of the
station's time, 05 is the UTC hour, 41 is the UTC minutes and 38 is
the UTC seconds.

I think the rest is pretty self explainatory.

Cheers

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> As far as uploading to CWOP, they only want the latest weather
data
> (if you want to upload once per hour, that is ok).
>
> I am not sure, but I do not believe that WU is prepared to deal
with
> queued data. I do not believe we send the time stamp of the
weather
> data to them. That being the case, they probably cannot deal with
> queued data either.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > Is there a way to send the stations history to WUHU as opposed
to
> > current values?
> >
> > I'll have my gear on and recording 24/7 but I will only connect
to
> the
> > web every now and then and want all that data to be uploaded.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David Higgins
> > E14
> > Canberra, Australia
> > http://users.bigpond.com/higginsdj

Mike,

I may have found the problem.

If an update was received from Heavyweather, and the fields were
completely bogus (fields will contain OFL or -999.0), and it was time
to upload (minimum upload time period expired), it might have been
possible that WUHU uploaded the garbage data.

I made a new version, 130, available at the alternative download site.

Please install and let me know if this version addresses the problem.

Thanks.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
<mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> My ID is KIAHAMPT1
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> >
> > What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see if I
> can
> > make anything out of it.
> >
> > It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
> comparing new
> > readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New readings
> should
> > be within 10 degrees of the average.
> >
> > Will take a look.
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on version 129.
> > > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the hourly
> > > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the previous
> upload,
> > > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next packet,
it
> > > showed back up as .16"
> > >
> > > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the early
> morning
> > > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I knew what
> was
> > > causing this.

Got my data flowing from my 2310 via WUHU to WUnderground today...  Thanks
to all who made this possible... it's uber-cool!

   http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KTXFREEP2


   -- Robert

Well I just tried the update data URL with some historical data and
each request received a 'Success' response so looks like I'll be
building a small app that will read history.dat and transfer it line
by line to weather underground.  I'll do this daily so I dont;' have
to rely being online all the time.

Is anyone else interested in this?

Cheers

David

David,

Let us know how it works out.

What did you write it in? VB?

Thanks.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> Well I just tried the update data URL with some historical data and
> each request received a 'Success' response so looks like I'll be
> building a small app that will read history.dat and transfer it
line
> by line to weather underground.  I'll do this daily so I dont;'
have
> to rely being online all the time.
>
> Is anyone else interested in this?
>
> Cheers
>
> David

Yes - it will be written in VB.

It will probably have to wait a while as my new unit appears to be
somewhat defective (WS2308 - reports my station air pressure some
430 hPa lower than it should be AND says that the air pressure
outside my house is 11 hPa lower than inside my house)  It makes me
wonder what other readings might be in error!

At least LaCrosse admit that the unit appears to be defective - now
all I have to do is convince the supplier and get a replacement!

Cheers

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Let us know how it works out.
>
> What did you write it in? VB?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > Well I just tried the update data URL with some historical data
and
> > each request received a 'Success' response so looks like I'll be
> > building a small app that will read history.dat and transfer it
> line
> > by line to weather underground.  I'll do this daily so I dont;'
> have
> > to rely being online all the time.
> >
> > Is anyone else interested in this?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David

Well I'm stumped already (I did say my skills were somewhat limited).
I have VB 6 and cannot make heads or tails of opening and reading a
Binary file like History.dat.  Can anyone shed some light?  (I do have
the fiel format)

Cheers

David

Dave,

Sorry, I am a C/C++ programmer. I have never really spent any time
with VB.

I have a friend who is a VB programmer, maybe they can help.

Any VB programmers here?

Thanks.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> Well I'm stumped already (I did say my skills were somewhat
limited).
> I have VB 6 and cannot make heads or tails of opening and reading a
> Binary file like History.dat.  Can anyone shed some light?  (I do
have
> the fiel format)
>
> Cheers
>
> David

Well history has a 'save as text' function so I can always do that
first then read the resultant file.

Interesting that Heavyweather doesn't give you access to the history
unless you are connected to your weather station!

Cheers

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> Sorry, I am a C/C++ programmer. I have never really spent any time
> with VB.
>
> I have a friend who is a VB programmer, maybe they can help.
>
> Any VB programmers here?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > Well I'm stumped already (I did say my skills were somewhat
> limited).
> > I have VB 6 and cannot make heads or tails of opening and
reading a
> > Binary file like History.dat.  Can anyone shed some light?  (I
do
> have
> > the fiel format)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David

If you have a chunck of C/C++ code (that does not use pointers) that
reads histroy.dat then I can probably decipher it!

Cheers

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> Sorry, I am a C/C++ programmer. I have never really spent any time
> with VB.
>
> I have a friend who is a VB programmer, maybe they can help.
>
> Any VB programmers here?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > Well I'm stumped already (I did say my skills were somewhat
> limited).
> > I have VB 6 and cannot make heads or tails of opening and
reading a
> > Binary file like History.dat.  Can anyone shed some light?  (I
do
> have
> > the fiel format)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David

Well oddly enough I couldn't do it with VB 6 but I could do the read
with VB.net!!!!

Anyway, I have (I think) successfully extracted the data but need some
way of interpreting the float values.  For example I extract the
following:

680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
656214392 = 11.91 mm Rainfall
656214392205 = 19.10 deg C Indoor Temp
65156204205 = 19.60 deg C Outdoor Temp

Also, Can anyone point me to an algorythm to add seconds to 00:00:00
01/01/1900 GMT to get actual time?

Cheers

David

A little whoopsie in my last mail.

680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
0000 = 0.0 m/s Wind Speed
656214392 = 11.91 mm (0.47 in) Rainfall
65152204205 = 19.10 deg C (66.38 f) Indoor Temp**
65156204205 = 19.60 deg C (67.28 f) Outdoor Temp

Cheers

David
--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> Well oddly enough I couldn't do it with VB 6 but I could do the
read
> with VB.net!!!!
>
> Anyway, I have (I think) successfully extracted the data but need
some
> way of interpreting the float values.  For example I extract the
> following:
>
> 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> 656214392 = 11.91 mm Rainfall
> 656214392205 = 19.10 deg C Indoor Temp
> 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C Outdoor Temp
>
> Also, Can anyone point me to an algorythm to add seconds to
00:00:00
> 01/01/1900 GMT to get actual time?
>
> Cheers
>
> David

AND, just in case it helps to have the byte values separated:

68 0 153 154
65 62 143 92
65 152 204 205
65 156 204 205

David
--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> A little whoopsie in my last mail.
>
> 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> 0000 = 0.0 m/s Wind Speed
> 656214392 = 11.91 mm (0.47 in) Rainfall
> 65152204205 = 19.10 deg C (66.38 f) Indoor Temp**
> 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C (67.28 f) Outdoor Temp
>
> Cheers
>
> David
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > Well oddly enough I couldn't do it with VB 6 but I could do the
> read
> > with VB.net!!!!
> >
> > Anyway, I have (I think) successfully extracted the data but
need
> some
> > way of interpreting the float values.  For example I extract the
> > following:
> >
> > 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> > 656214392 = 11.91 mm Rainfall
> > 656214392205 = 19.10 deg C Indoor Temp
> > 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C Outdoor Temp
> >
> > Also, Can anyone point me to an algorythm to add seconds to
> 00:00:00
> > 01/01/1900 GMT to get actual time?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David

OK - I've nutted out the binary to float conversion for VB.  Just
need to work out an easy method of adding x trillion seconds to
00:00:00 01/01/1900 to get the correct date and time.

Cheer

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> AND, just in case it helps to have the byte values separated:
>
> 68 0 153 154
> 65 62 143 92
> 65 152 204 205
> 65 156 204 205
>
> David
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > A little whoopsie in my last mail.
> >
> > 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> > 0000 = 0.0 m/s Wind Speed
> > 656214392 = 11.91 mm (0.47 in) Rainfall
> > 65152204205 = 19.10 deg C (66.38 f) Indoor Temp**
> > 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C (67.28 f) Outdoor Temp
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> > <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > > Well oddly enough I couldn't do it with VB 6 but I could do
the
> > read
> > > with VB.net!!!!
> > >
> > > Anyway, I have (I think) successfully extracted the data but
> need
> > some
> > > way of interpreting the float values.  For example I extract
the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> > > 656214392 = 11.91 mm Rainfall
> > > 656214392205 = 19.10 deg C Indoor Temp
> > > 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C Outdoor Temp
> > >
> > > Also, Can anyone point me to an algorythm to add seconds to
> > 00:00:00
> > > 01/01/1900 GMT to get actual time?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > David

David,

Found some info here that may help:
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-12573.html

a time_t value is a long (32 bit) that represents the number of
seconds since 1/1/1970.

Thus, you can convert it to a VB date:

' read yourLongValue from the file
dim epoch as date
epoch = #1/1/1970#
msgbox dateadd("s", yourLongValue,epoch)

Therefore, I think you can just change the 1/1/1970 to 1/1/1900.

The dateadd function should take care of all of the details.

I am not sure, but I think TimeValue may return the time of day from
the result of dateadd.

Good luck.

---

Here is an example of how to perform the calculations in C where
time_t is a 32 bit integer representing the seconds since 1/1/1970
(native C time format).

#define SECONDSPERMINUTE (cyg_uint32)60
#define SECONDSPERHOUR   (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERMINUTE * 60)
#define SECONDSPERDAY    (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERHOUR * 24)
#define SECONDSPERYEAR   (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERDAY * 365)

/* Convert a SNTP timestamp to a time_t. timestamps are seconds from
    1/1/1900. time_t is 1/1/1970.  That equates to 70 years, or which
    17 were leap years.*/

static time_t timestamp2time(cyg_uint32 timestamp) {

   return timestamp -
     (SECONDSPERYEAR *  (cyg_uint32)(70)) -
     (SECONDSPERDAY * (cyg_uint32)(17));
}

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
<higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> OK - I've nutted out the binary to float conversion for VB.  Just
> need to work out an easy method of adding x trillion seconds to
> 00:00:00 01/01/1900 to get the correct date and time.
>
> Cheer
>
> David
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > AND, just in case it helps to have the byte values separated:
> >
> > 68 0 153 154
> > 65 62 143 92
> > 65 152 204 205
> > 65 156 204 205
> >
> > David
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> > <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > > A little whoopsie in my last mail.
> > >
> > > 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> > > 0000 = 0.0 m/s Wind Speed
> > > 656214392 = 11.91 mm (0.47 in) Rainfall
> > > 65152204205 = 19.10 deg C (66.38 f) Indoor Temp**
> > > 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C (67.28 f) Outdoor Temp
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > David
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "David Higgins"
> > > <higginsdj@b...> wrote:
> > > > Well oddly enough I couldn't do it with VB 6 but I could do
> the
> > > read
> > > > with VB.net!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I have (I think) successfully extracted the data but
> > need
> > > some
> > > > way of interpreting the float values.  For example I extract
> the
> > > > following:
> > > >
> > > > 680153154 = 514.50 hpa Air Pressure
> > > > 656214392 = 11.91 mm Rainfall
> > > > 656214392205 = 19.10 deg C Indoor Temp
> > > > 65156204205 = 19.60 deg C Outdoor Temp
> > > >
> > > > Also, Can anyone point me to an algorythm to add seconds to
> > > 00:00:00
> > > > 01/01/1900 GMT to get actual time?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > David

LOL,

I wished I knew that yesterday.  Just finished writting a page of
code (using an algotithm I found in Meeus Astronomical Algorithms)
to work it out the hard way :-)  The Help/Search engine with VB.net
isn't as good as it used to be unless you knwo exactly what you are
looking for - which sort of defeats the purpose!

I have the code working spitting out correctly formed URL's.  All I
need to do no is convert my metric values to Imperial then work out
how to send the URL's (should be second nature for .net) and read
the response.

David

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Found some info here that may help:
> http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-12573.html
>
> a time_t value is a long (32 bit) that represents the number of
> seconds since 1/1/1970.
>
> Thus, you can convert it to a VB date:
>
> ' read yourLongValue from the file
> dim epoch as date
> epoch = #1/1/1970#
> msgbox dateadd("s", yourLongValue,epoch)
>
> Therefore, I think you can just change the 1/1/1970 to 1/1/1900.
>
> The dateadd function should take care of all of the details.
>
> I am not sure, but I think TimeValue may return the time of day
from
> the result of dateadd.
>
> Good luck.
>
> ---
>
> Here is an example of how to perform the calculations in C where
> time_t is a 32 bit integer representing the seconds since 1/1/1970
> (native C time format).
>
> #define SECONDSPERMINUTE (cyg_uint32)60
> #define SECONDSPERHOUR   (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERMINUTE * 60)
> #define SECONDSPERDAY    (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERHOUR * 24)
> #define SECONDSPERYEAR   (cyg_uint32)(SECONDSPERDAY * 365)
>
> /* Convert a SNTP timestamp to a time_t. timestamps are seconds
from
>    1/1/1900. time_t is 1/1/1970.  That equates to 70 years, or
which
>    17 were leap years.*/
>
> static time_t timestamp2time(cyg_uint32 timestamp) {
>
>   return timestamp -
>     (SECONDSPERYEAR *  (cyg_uint32)(70)) -
>     (SECONDSPERDAY * (cyg_uint32)(17));
> }
>

So far, so good. I'm on my third day with no zeroes after installing
wuhu version 130. I had been having errors at least every other day
prior to installing this version. Looks like it may be fixed. Of
course, I'm expecting the kiss of death having now said something,
they'll probably be back in the morning. Hope not, but for now, looks
great.

Much Appreciated

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I may have found the problem.
>
> If an update was received from Heavyweather, and the fields were
> completely bogus (fields will contain OFL or -999.0), and it was time
> to upload (minimum upload time period expired), it might have been
> possible that WUHU uploaded the garbage data.
>
> I made a new version, 130, available at the alternative download site.
>
> Please install and let me know if this version addresses the problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > My ID is KIAHAMPT1
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see if I
> > can
> > > make anything out of it.
> > >
> > > It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
> > comparing new
> > > readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New readings
> > should
> > > be within 10 degrees of the average.
> > >
> > > Will take a look.
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on version 129.
> > > > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the hourly
> > > > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the previous
> > upload,
> > > > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next packet,
> it
> > > > showed back up as .16"
> > > >
> > > > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the early
> > morning
> > > > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I knew what
> > was
> > > > causing this.

Mike,

Thanks for the update.

If you find any more anomalies in the upload data (or any other
malfunction) please let me know.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "sashsusco" <sase@p...>
wrote:
> So far, so good. I'm on my third day with no zeroes after installing
> wuhu version 130. I had been having errors at least every other day
> prior to installing this version. Looks like it may be fixed. Of
> course, I'm expecting the kiss of death having now said something,
> they'll probably be back in the morning. Hope not, but for now,
looks
> great.
>
> Much Appreciated
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > I may have found the problem.
> >
> > If an update was received from Heavyweather, and the fields were
> > completely bogus (fields will contain OFL or -999.0), and it was
time
> > to upload (minimum upload time period expired), it might have
been
> > possible that WUHU uploaded the garbage data.
> >
> > I made a new version, 130, available at the alternative download
site.
> >
> > Please install and let me know if this version addresses the
problem.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > My ID is KIAHAMPT1
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see if
I
> > > can
> > > > make anything out of it.
> > > >
> > > > It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
> > > comparing new
> > > > readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New
readings
> > > should
> > > > be within 10 degrees of the average.
> > > >
> > > > Will take a look.
> > > >
> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on version
129.
> > > > > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the
hourly
> > > > > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the
previous
> > > upload,
> > > > > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next
packet,
> > it
> > > > > showed back up as .16"
> > > > >
> > > > > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the
early
> > > morning
> > > > > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I knew
what
> > > was
> > > > > causing this.

No biggy, but it was me, ScottE, who sent that last reply, sorry to
have butted in, but I had been following the thread since, I too, had
reported the same problem a couple of weeks ago now.

I will definitely keep you and the group informed if I encounter any
further problems, but the data is still looking great now.

I'm sure you solved a lot of people's problems with the version 130
update.

THANK AGAIN,
ScottE

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> If you find any more anomalies in the upload data (or any other
> malfunction) please let me know.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "sashsusco" <sase@p...>
> wrote:
> > So far, so good. I'm on my third day with no zeroes after
installing
> > wuhu version 130. I had been having errors at least every other
day
> > prior to installing this version. Looks like it may be fixed. Of
> > course, I'm expecting the kiss of death having now said something,
> > they'll probably be back in the morning. Hope not, but for now,
> looks
> > great.
> >
> > Much Appreciated
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > I may have found the problem.
> > >
> > > If an update was received from Heavyweather, and the fields
were
> > > completely bogus (fields will contain OFL or -999.0), and it
was
> time
> > > to upload (minimum upload time period expired), it might have
> been
> > > possible that WUHU uploaded the garbage data.
> > >
> > > I made a new version, 130, available at the alternative
download
> site.
> > >
> > > Please install and let me know if this version addresses the
> problem.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > My ID is KIAHAMPT1
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see
if
> I
> > > > can
> > > > > make anything out of it.
> > > > >
> > > > > It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
> > > > comparing new
> > > > > readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New
> readings
> > > > should
> > > > > be within 10 degrees of the average.
> > > > >
> > > > > Will take a look.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > > > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > > > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on version
> 129.
> > > > > > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the
> hourly
> > > > > > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the
> previous
> > > > upload,
> > > > > > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next
> packet,
> > > it
> > > > > > showed back up as .16"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the
> early
> > > > morning
> > > > > > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I knew
> what
> > > > was
> > > > > > causing this.

Scotte,

Thanks for the correction.

I made a 131 version today.

I found a bad dewpoint temp in my own upload data, so added code to
catch it.

I also added retry logic to Weather Underground uploads. I noticed
that they fail occasionally. Maybe overloaded servers, I am not sure.

In any case, thanks for helping with the bug corrections.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "sashsusco" <sase@p...>
wrote:
> No biggy, but it was me, ScottE, who sent that last reply, sorry to
> have butted in, but I had been following the thread since, I too,
had
> reported the same problem a couple of weeks ago now.
>
> I will definitely keep you and the group informed if I encounter any
> further problems, but the data is still looking great now.
>
> I'm sure you solved a lot of people's problems with the version 130
> update.
>
> THANK AGAIN,
> ScottE
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Thanks for the update.
> >
> > If you find any more anomalies in the upload data (or any other
> > malfunction) please let me know.
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "sashsusco"
<sase@p...>
> > wrote:
> > > So far, so good. I'm on my third day with no zeroes after
> installing
> > > wuhu version 130. I had been having errors at least every other
> day
> > > prior to installing this version. Looks like it may be fixed. Of
> > > course, I'm expecting the kiss of death having now said
something,
> > > they'll probably be back in the morning. Hope not, but for now,
> > looks
> > > great.
> > >
> > > Much Appreciated
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mike,
> > > >
> > > > I may have found the problem.
> > > >
> > > > If an update was received from Heavyweather, and the fields
> were
> > > > completely bogus (fields will contain OFL or -999.0), and it
> was
> > time
> > > > to upload (minimum upload time period expired), it might have
> > been
> > > > possible that WUHU uploaded the garbage data.
> > > >
> > > > I made a new version, 130, available at the alternative
> download
> > site.
> > > >
> > > > Please install and let me know if this version addresses the
> > problem.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Frerkes"
> > > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > > My ID is KIAHAMPT1
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What is your weatherground ID? I will check it out and see
> if
> > I
> > > > > can
> > > > > > make anything out of it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is odd that WUHU would upload the zero as it should be
> > > > > comparing new
> > > > > > readings with those taken over the past 10 minutes. New
> > readings
> > > > > should
> > > > > > be within 10 degrees of the average.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Will take a look.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Mike
Frerkes"
> > > > > > <mfrerkes@m...> wrote:
> > > > > > > At 1:03 AM I received my first "Zero" reading on
version
> > 129.
> > > > > > > Everything except the wind reading was zero.  Even the
> > hourly
> > > > > > > precipitation total, which had a .16" reading in the
> > previous
> > > > > upload,
> > > > > > > registered as a zero.  Five minutes later in the next
> > packet,
> > > > it
> > > > > > > showed back up as .16"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Once again, it followed the pattern of occuring in the
> > early
> > > > > morning
> > > > > > > within the first five minutes of the hour.  I wish I
knew
> > what
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > causing this.

David

I'm pretty good with VB6 and I'd like to collaborate on parsing the .dat
file.

stevech@...

-----Original Message-----
From: wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Higgins
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 5:09 PM
To: wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [wuhu_software_group] Reading history.dat

Well I'm stumped already (I did say my skills were somewhat limited).
I have VB 6 and cannot make heads or tails of opening and reading a
Binary file like History.dat.  Can anyone shed some light?  (I do have
the fiel format)

Cheers

David





Yahoo! Groups Links

I upgraded to version 130 a week ago, and just switched to 131 this
evening.  During the last week I haven't experienced any erroneous
uploads, so it appears my problem has been corrected.  I'll keep you
posted if anything changes.

Thanks,
Mike Frerkes

Whao, i have not been here in a while...

any new updated or relase versions?


Miguel,

Miguel,

The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the bad data
received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of the bad
readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a shielded cable
myself).

The current release version is 131. It is available from the
alternative website given on the home page of the group.

I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version if you are
using versions less than 130.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
wrote:
> Whao, i have not been here in a while...
>
> any new updated or relase versions?
>
>
> Miguel,

Well, something went hywire because normaly after installing the
program it will transmitt the information and its not doing so... I
went to the findu and it says since 2 days ago no data transmission..

I do not know if the lastest microsoft patch is causing this...

miguel



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Miguel,
>
> The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the bad data
> received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of the bad
> readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a shielded
cable
> myself).
>
> The current release version is 131. It is available from the
> alternative website given on the home page of the group.
>
> I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version if you
are
> using versions less than 130.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
> wrote:
> > Whao, i have not been here in a while...
> >
> > any new updated or relase versions?
> >
> >
> > Miguel,

Miguel,

I am guessing that you have not been uploading for a while.

Is Heavyweather running?

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
wrote:
> Well, something went hywire because normaly after installing the
> program it will transmitt the information and its not doing so... I
> went to the findu and it says since 2 days ago no data
transmission..
>
> I do not know if the lastest microsoft patch is causing this...
>
> miguel
>
>
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Miguel,
> >
> > The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the bad data
> > received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of the bad
> > readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a shielded
> cable
> > myself).
> >
> > The current release version is 131. It is available from the
> > alternative website given on the home page of the group.
> >
> > I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version if you
> are
> > using versions less than 130.
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Whao, i have not been here in a while...
> > >
> > > any new updated or relase versions?
> > >
> > >
> > > Miguel,

That it was it was.. the heavyweather went off because 2 days ago,
microsoft release a patch and I did not load heavyweather and of
course no data means no data..

problem fix..

Thanks

Miguel



--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Miguel,
>
> I am guessing that you have not been uploading for a while.
>
> Is Heavyweather running?
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
> wrote:
> > Well, something went hywire because normaly after installing the
> > program it will transmitt the information and its not doing
so... I
> > went to the findu and it says since 2 days ago no data
> transmission..
> >
> > I do not know if the lastest microsoft patch is causing this...
> >
> > miguel
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Miguel,
> > >
> > > The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the bad
data
> > > received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of the
bad
> > > readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a shielded
> > cable
> > > myself).
> > >
> > > The current release version is 131. It is available from the
> > > alternative website given on the home page of the group.
> > >
> > > I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version if
you
> > are
> > > using versions less than 130.
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel"
<ai4em@y...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Whao, i have not been here in a while...
> > > >
> > > > any new updated or relase versions?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Miguel,

Miguel,

You may want to make a batch file to start Heavyweather on startup. I
created a batch file called "StartHeavyWeather.cmd" using notepad.

The contents of this file is:

@echo off
start /SEPARATE /BELOWNORMAL "" "heavy weather.exe"

I place this cmd file in the HeavyWeather directory, then add it to
the startup folder.

This will start Heavyweather with a below normal priority (since it
is a CPU hog). This frees up the CPU for other processes.

--- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
wrote:
> That it was it was.. the heavyweather went off because 2 days ago,
> microsoft release a patch and I did not load heavyweather and of
> course no data means no data..
>
> problem fix..
>
> Thanks
>
> Miguel
>
>
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Miguel,
> >
> > I am guessing that you have not been uploading for a while.
> >
> > Is Heavyweather running?
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Well, something went hywire because normaly after installing
the
> > > program it will transmitt the information and its not doing
> so... I
> > > went to the findu and it says since 2 days ago no data
> > transmission..
> > >
> > > I do not know if the lastest microsoft patch is causing this...
> > >
> > > miguel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Miguel,
> > > >
> > > > The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the bad
> data
> > > > received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of the
> bad
> > > > readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a
shielded
> > > cable
> > > > myself).
> > > >
> > > > The current release version is 131. It is available from the
> > > > alternative website given on the home page of the group.
> > > >
> > > > I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version if
> you
> > > are
> > > > using versions less than 130.
> > > >
> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel"
> <ai4em@y...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Whao, i have not been here in a while...
> > > > >
> > > > > any new updated or relase versions?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Miguel,

I will do that, I mean meaning to do this for a while, but lots of
work at work.. oh well..

thanks

miguel



-- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
<wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
>
> Miguel,
>
> You may want to make a batch file to start Heavyweather on
startup. I
> created a batch file called "StartHeavyWeather.cmd" using notepad.
>
> The contents of this file is:
>
> @echo off
> start /SEPARATE /BELOWNORMAL "" "heavy weather.exe"
>
> I place this cmd file in the HeavyWeather directory, then add it
to
> the startup folder.
>
> This will start Heavyweather with a below normal priority (since
it
> is a CPU hog). This frees up the CPU for other processes.
>
> --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel" <ai4em@y...>
> wrote:
> > That it was it was.. the heavyweather went off because 2 days
ago,
> > microsoft release a patch and I did not load heavyweather and of
> > course no data means no data..
> >
> > problem fix..
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Miguel
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Miguel,
> > >
> > > I am guessing that you have not been uploading for a while.
> > >
> > > Is Heavyweather running?
> > >
> > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel"
<ai4em@y...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Well, something went hywire because normaly after installing
> the
> > > > program it will transmitt the information and its not doing
> > so... I
> > > > went to the findu and it says since 2 days ago no data
> > > transmission..
> > > >
> > > > I do not know if the lastest microsoft patch is causing
this...
> > > >
> > > > miguel
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "wuhu_software"
> > > > <wuhu_software@y...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Miguel,
> > > > >
> > > > > The latest releases have a few enhancements to mask the
bad
> > data
> > > > > received from the stations on occasion. I believe most of
the
> > bad
> > > > > readings are due to the cabling (I have yet to make a
> shielded
> > > > cable
> > > > > myself).
> > > > >
> > > > > The current release version is 131. It is available from
the
> > > > > alternative website given on the home page of the group.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would definetly recommend updating to the latest version
if
> > you
> > > > are
> > > > > using versions less than 130.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In wuhu_software_group@yahoogroups.com, "Miguel"
> > <ai4em@y...>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Whao, i have not been here in a while...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > any new updated or relase versions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Miguel,