Cumulus Realtime Gadget

wxsharp · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:24 pm

steve wrote:

dane wrote:

The Davis forecast may be better, but it's not in the realtime.txt

The problem is that there's no identifier for the Davis forecast (that Cumulus has access to) so it would have to include the text of the forecast, and that would typically double the size of the realtime.txt file. And how would you use that anyway, in your gadget?

What I could do is to always do the Cumulus forecast calculation, and include the identifier in realtime.txt, even if the Davis forecast was being used.

Edit: I've just realised that what I've just proposed is what wxsharp had already proposed in the previous message :lol:

I suppose the alternative would be realtime.txt and realtime-verbose.txt, and the developer can pick their poison (if they want more details at a bandwidth hit or not).

I was contemplating writing an Android app. I was kind of interested in using the realtime.txt for the sake of ease of use, if others are interested in using it. So in that case, full data would be nice..

steve · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:29 pm

wxsharp wrote:

I suppose the alternative would be realtime.txt and realtime-verbose.txt, and the developer can pick their poison (if they want more details at a bandwidth hit or not).

There's been some discussion about a 'realtime extras' file, and it's something I'll look at when I get more time.

I've changed the code for the next build so it always sets up the forecast number, so it's always valid in realtime.txt and the <#forecastnumber> web tag.

wxsharp · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:42 pm

steve wrote:

wxsharp wrote:

I suppose the alternative would be realtime.txt and realtime-verbose.txt, and the developer can pick their poison (if they want more details at a bandwidth hit or not).

There's been some discussion about a 'realtime extras' file, and it's something I'll look at when I get more time.

I've changed the code for the next build so it always sets up the forecast number, so it's always valid in realtime.txt and the <#forecastnumber> web tag.

Very cool - when do you expect the next build to go release?

steve · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:27 am

wxsharp wrote:

Very cool - when do you expect the next build to go release?

Hard to say; I'm in the middle of some large changes at the moment.

uncle_bob · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:17 am

This is very cool, excuse the pun (bet ya never heard that one before on here

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Lags up my Mac at work though lol.

blackpoolguy · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:24 pm

Hi,
The laptop I previously had died on me a few weeks ago so have now replaced it with a new one which uses windows 7 rather than vista which the other one used. I've added all my gadgets that I had on my previous one but I'm having problems trying to alter the settings so that it shows dewpoint on the gadget instead of the default windchill. I've altered the line to temperature2 = 4; in the settings.ini file but it still continues to show windchill, altering the other lines does change the settings on the gadget, I'm stumped on why that part won't change to read the dewpoint temperature.

Sean

William Grimsley · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:12 pm

Hi,

Mine works fine just copy and paste cumulusih.gadget into your gadgets folder. The path should be this. C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\ then paste the file cumulusih.gadget into that folder (Gadgets)

Smarmen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:00 pm

Hello everyone!
My name is Krzysiek and I come from Poland.
My PWS (Personal Weather Station) has been operating for three years.
I really liked your weather gadget and I would like to share it with others on my website . To do so, I have allowed myself to modify it a little bit.
My goal was to simplify the look of the gadget and the way the information is being shown.
Therefore, I have:
- added the name of PWS. I would also like to add a link on the gadget straight to the weather website,
- used the icons instead of the descriptions. Thanks to that, the gadget will be available and understandable for everybody,
- rounded the values that are being displayed,
- removed „feels like” temperature,
- removed the date of the update. There's only the time now.
All the changes I've implemented in the files: gadget.js and settings.js are properly marked

Be careful until Dane says it is OK.
What is sure is that one cannot use both versions in the same time. It results with the updating problems.

Hello Dane,
Thank you, your gadget is really cool:)
Please have a look if everything is correct and if I haven't broke anything.
I have remarked that one cannot use both versions in the same time because it results with the updating problems. Something jams when you try to do so. Perhaps both gadgets try to read the same file (local copy of realtime.txt)?
If you agree, I would like to add your gadget on my website to share it.

download:
my version cumulusih gadget

Thats all

dane · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:39 am

Nice work, Smarmen :clap:

Your modifications to cumulusih gadget look OK to me. So I have no problem with that.
Your XP gadget has the disadvantage that it updates less frequently than the realtime gadget.

To avoid confusion I suggest that you create a separate thread for your gadgets, so users can find the version(s) they prefer, and you can present updates outside this thread.

Smarmen · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:59 pm

You're right - I did it already

kb0mgh · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:36 am

i love your gadget but it seem to be stuck on the stormy when it is not stormy and it should be sunny or any thing else. How can if fix this? I have the realtime.txt as this going to the cumulus folder where the cumulus realtime is located at >> C:\Cumulus\realtime.txt

dane · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:04 pm

As stated in the 1st post of this thread:

Quote:

Do not use the local realtime.txt version "for real": the gadget will run fine for a while, but will hang after an unpredictable lapse of time

You seem to be running the gadget off a local realtime.txt.
The weather icons displayed by the gadget represent the forecast, not the current weather, and should match the forecast text displayed by Cumulus on its main screen.
If you believe the forecast is wrong, try adjusting the forecast pressure extremes on Cumulus's Configuration--->Station screen (lower right hand corner)

kb0mgh · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:33 am

Thank you

riordankj · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:33 pm

Hi, I've downloaded the gadget and I like it. Unfortunately I'm not much of a programer for this. Can anyone tell me exactly what the line for the date should look like to get a US format?

Thanks in advance
Kevin

dane · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:33 pm

riordankj wrote:

Hi, I've downloaded the gadget and I like it. Unfortunately I'm not much of a programer for this. Can anyone tell me exactly what the line for the date should look like to get a US format?

Thanks in advance
Kevin

try:
usdate = "/";

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