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Install the Leuven-Template step 5 of 7
WeatherLink - What to upload and how
This document is based on the Windows version of WeatherLink.
I am not aware of any real WeatherLink manual on-line or in a PDF file. Maybe its a good moment to check the help file on the install CD again.
Assumptions
The following assumptions are made for all text / examples on this page about locations of data:
The StationName used below is the name you assigned to your station in the setup of WeatherLink. You can see that name also in the top part of the WeatherLink window after the date field.
| what | where |
|---|---|
| WeatherLink is installed in: | C:\WeatherLink |
| Files to be uploaded are stored then in: | C:\WeatherLink\StationName\Templates |
| Default upload folder on your webserver: www.your-web-site.com/ | weather28/uploadWL/ |
WeatherLink - Which files are needed
| file to be used for | WeatherLink name | where to get that file | template file name | upload frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather-data values for all pages of the template | tags.wl.htx | scriptsWL/ | tags.wl.txt | 5 minutes |
| Yesterday values | tagsyday.wl.htx | tagsyday.wl.txt | at 23:55 | |
| Realtime weather-data values for all pages of the template | realtimev3.htx | realtimev3.txt | every minute | |
| Graphs, based on type and availability of sensors: | ||||
| trend and graph page | built in | built in | multiple | see example |
| Steelseries | ||||
WeatherLink - put the files in the weather-program folder
You have to download the three files from the scriptsWL/ folder (using your standard FTP program) and put them in the C:\WeatherLink\StationName\Templates folder on your PC where you are running WeatherLink.
WeatherLink - ftp settings
Here you find only basic information on the setup of WeatherLink. Please study the documentation and /or ask your questions on the VWS specific parts of the forum.
In this image you see all fields you should set. Your provider should has given you the details and the how-to. The default upload folder is weather28/uploadWL/
Sometimes you have to add extra information before the path, such as /html_public/ or /httpdocs/
WeatherLink - individual file upload settings
Now we are going to instruct WeatherLink to upload the files we need for the template. In WeatherLink go to:
- menu⇒Setup
- select Internet Settings
- select an empty Profiles and
- click button ⇒Configure
You can now set the number of minutes between uploads and the new extension Weatherlink have to use for the file to be uploaded.
You can than enter the files to upload by clicking on Select Template files.
One can only use 1 file type (php or xml or txt) per profile. Also 1 frequency (every n minutes) is possible. You need at least
- 1 profile for yesterday value (at 23.55 once per day)
- 1 profile for current weather values, every 5 minutes with extension php.
- 1 profile every minute for Steelseries gauges
WeatherLink - yesterday values
One file is a more special. The yesterday values are not kept by WeatherLink directly. Todays min/max are. So what we do (invented by Ken True of Saratoga.weather.org) is to use todays minimum and maximum values just before the end of the day. So at 23:55 (11:55 PM) we ask WeatherLink to upload a file with todays values and use that the next day as yesterday values. And after 23:59 they realy become yesterday values.
WeatherLink - Station graphs
The template uses some graphs for the page: Almanac=⇒Station Graphs separate If you want to use that page go to:
- menu⇒Setup then
- select Internet Settings then
- select an empty Profiles and
- click button ⇒Configure
- Below the Historical Data Images box click Select.
Select all graphs as in the folowing image:
WeatherLink - Steelseries graphs
Same procedure for the Steelseries graphs, but now we select the Current Images to upload.
