Author Topic: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?  (Read 3072 times)

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DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« on: May 02, 2013, 10:58:35 PM »
Hello all.

What is the proper tag to display today's rain amount as it accumulates from midnight to midnight, then zeroes out at midnight?

The tag I have in place now is RS$. Is that the right one? Where do I find specific definitions of tags like that, because the tags page in the manual does not cover such details? I know I missed it somewhere. I didn't see anything searching this forum either.

Please help.

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2013, 11:47:58 AM »
Hi Keith

I use the tags from the individual stats. The definitions are from page 170 onwards in the manual.

For example:

      This year:</b> STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:THISYEAR$
      This month: STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:THISMONTH$
      This week:  STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:THISWEEK$
      Yesterday: STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:YESTERDAY$
      Rain since 9 a.m: STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:TODAYSINCE9$
      Today:  STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:TODAY$

Hope this helps.

JC

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2013, 01:14:42 PM »
Thanks JC!

Well, therein lies my problem: I don't have a page 170 onward in my manual that came with distribution. Mine only goes to page 167. My manual has very broad definitions of tags, but no specifics - like "so-and-so tag will reset to zero at midnight", etc.

Your STAT$RAIN:TOTAL:TODAY$ tag looks like it fits my needs, though, thank you very much! Does it reset to zero at midnight?

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2013, 06:38:45 PM »
Hi Keith

Yes, the TODAY tag resets to zero at midnight.

JC

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2013, 07:39:46 PM »
Perfect. Thanks again and again, JC !!!!!!!!

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2013, 02:14:10 AM »
See here for all the latest tag info and detail:

http://live.trixology.com/custom/

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2013, 02:35:17 AM »
Much appreciated, Rick!

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Re: DAILYRAIN vs. rain storm defined?
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2013, 09:12:50 AM »
Be aware that whilst that page is the ultimate reference (as it's live) - it's typically being generated by a development build and some tags on that page may not be publicly available yet. For example anything marked with V1.2.0 at the moment.

Typically a tag on that page will be marked with the earliest released version that can generate the tag if it wasn't available in V1.0.0.

Cheers,
Stu.

[Edit: I've moved this thread to the web templates forum]