Hmmm - you're quite right. Turns out there's actually a bug in the
code. The Usage description says '-b'; but, the code looks for '-
d'. I'll see about fixing that in a future pass. But, as I
explained earlier, even if you do change the name of the database,
unless the tables created by wview are EXACTLY same (table names,
column names, etc) as meteo (which I strongly doubt); it won't do you
any good.
The whole 'read a different database and write something to a socket'
is really kind of a kludge anyway (and requires coding for specific
weather stations/programs); so I'm starting to focus my time right now
on setting up some more generic methods (XML or at least METAR based)
that would allow different types of stations/programs to use a more
standard interface.
Can wview put out a file of any sort with current weather in it? If
so, if you can send me a copy of that file, that would give me one
more bit of information.
Thanks!
Clay
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On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Barrie McConnell wrote:
I'm not too savvy in the programming world...I kludge my way through
it. I'm
running SuSE 11.1. I guess I didn't really clarify what I was
meaning when I
said the -b option didn't work... the program doesn't recognize the
option
-b not that it won't rename it
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I'd be completely amazed and flabbergasted if it did work; as I said,
the code is very specific about having the database tables be meteo
specific.
I just sent Andreas (Meteo author) a set of perl scripts to do
WeatherUnderground from Meteo - if you're interested in those let me
know and I can send you a copy. What OS/distro are you using?
Clay
On Jan 31, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Barrie McConnell wrote:
Yes I realize that it was setup for Meteo. Wview also uses a mysql
database,
the default db name in db2APRS is Meteo, the -b option allows you to
change
the db name but it doesn't work. I like Wview as you can also output
to
Weather Underground and Weatherforyou.
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Subject: Re: [Xastir] db2APRS
I think there may be some confusion here - db2APRS is (at least in
this incarnation) is really meteo/Davis specific. The -b option just
changes the name of the MySQL database that it looks at for the data.
The data still has to be in a MySQL database, with the sdata table
that meteo generates/loads.
I'm pretty sure that Wview uses a different table structure -
unfortunately, since I have a WMII and not a Vantage, I can't test
it.
I do have a different set of code (being 'alpha' tested now); that
takes a WXNOW.TXT file (2 lines, ala the one created by
WeatherDisplay) and writes an aprs formatted record to a socket, so
that might be an alternative. I'm also playing with a set of code
that will take an XML METAR feed and emit an aprs weather string.
Clay Jackson
N7QNM
On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Barrie McConnell wrote:
I have tried to use the -b option to change the database and the
program
says that it is not a valid option. Has anybody had any success with
this?
Also has anybody tried to use Wview in lieu of Meteo with any
success. I am
wondering if the database fields are the same etc?
Barrie McConnell
KA8UPW
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