www.41south.net nz On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:54 PM Colin Larsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok working in test :) > > Couple of minor things with the Darksky forecast; > > I need to set the units to metric with kph wind - ?units=ca at the end of > the query string, is there a place to do that? > > There doesn't appear to be a "windy" icon > > Otherwise so far so good. I haven't delved into mqtt just yet. > > Cheers > Colin > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:11 PM Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not sure. It might be. Worth a try and see how it goes? >> >> On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7:50:34 PM UTC-4, Colin Larsen wrote: >>> >>> CloudMQTT with 5 connections and 10Kbit/sec might not be enough then? >>> I'll definitely look at setting up my own I think. Might even just whack it >>> on a Pi zero or something to play with >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:26 AM Pat <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry, meant to update that to say overlay=clouds if you wanted >>>> clouds. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7:24:19 PM UTC-4, Pat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> MQTT can be the tricky bit because some of the freebies out there have >>>>> limitations which your weewx may hit pretty quickly. If you're thinking of >>>>> trying to host your own MQTT, I'm working on a write up for how mine is >>>>> setup. >>>>> >>>>> I chose windy.com because it's free and you can do a fair amount of >>>>> customization. Except for the map color - gray is the only option... Looks >>>>> like you can only have wind, or cloud. The cloud option looks like it may >>>>> show both actually. >>>>> >>>>> Change the lat/lon for your area, but the bit I changed (and got lucky >>>>> with) was overlay=wind >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://embed.windy.com/embed2.html?lat=-26.195&lon=138.560&zoom=5&level=surface&overlay=wind&menu=&message=&marker=&calendar=&pressure=&type=map&location=coordinates&detail=&detailLat=-26.195&detailLon=138.560&metricWind=default&metricTemp=default&radarRange=-1 >>>>> >>>>> You're not married to windy though, if you find another radar you >>>>> like, you can use that instead. Just use the full HTML of <img src=" >>>>> http://thesite/radar.gif";> or something and making sure the width and >>>>> height matches the parameters for an easy swap out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 6:32:42 PM UTC-4, Colin Larsen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm down in New Zealand so a few hours out with you. Just created my >>>>>> Darksky account and reading about MQTT - so much to learn! Hopefully in >>>>>> the >>>>>> next few hours but will post my success (or otherwise). >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks again - really looking forward to getting this up and running. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1st question, can Windy.com be set to display wind/cloud rather than >>>>>> the radar image? We don't get that down here in NZ yet >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 10:27:40 UTC+12, Pat wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks! Have you got the skin setup? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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