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WeatherCat General Discussion / Check WeatherCat manual. (Re: Uploading Historical data to WU and CWOP)
« Last post by elagache on March 23, 2024, 10:09:25 PM »Dear Ray and WeatherCat troubleshooters,
If it doesn't show up on the dashboard, the data wasn't uploaded successfully.
Take a look at the WeatherCat manual (which you can access from the WeatherCat Help menu). On page 139 of the current manual is a screenshot of the preferences for Weather Underground. Start by turning off the Historical Uploads and making sure that your computer is connecting successfully to Weather Underground. Then, turn Historical Uploads back on. Also, check the Log Historical Uploads option in that same preference. You can then see if WeatherCat is successful making a Historical Upload by looking at the Log (which can be accessed from the Tools menu.)
I don't know much about the 'pmset' command. I don't know if your computer is completely cut off from power, if it can restart anyway. At the very least you would need to have WeatherCat automatically launched on startup and you would need to not use the quit check option (see page 178 of the user manual.)
You couldn't upload to Weather Underground without an Internet connection. Isn't the plan to upload to Weather Underground once a week? Sorry, I don't understand this particular question.
Let us know.
Edouard
How can I tell if WU accepted the historical uploaded ? I does not show on my WU dashboard.
If it doesn't show up on the dashboard, the data wasn't uploaded successfully.
Also I assume this 'trick' involves stopping Weather-Cat uploads, and then restarting the upload process again. Is this correct ? As I said I'm a novice so plain instructions are appreciated. Please assume I know very little of the process.
Take a look at the WeatherCat manual (which you can access from the WeatherCat Help menu). On page 139 of the current manual is a screenshot of the preferences for Weather Underground. Start by turning off the Historical Uploads and making sure that your computer is connecting successfully to Weather Underground. Then, turn Historical Uploads back on. Also, check the Log Historical Uploads option in that same preference. You can then see if WeatherCat is successful making a Historical Upload by looking at the Log (which can be accessed from the Tools menu.)
I understand occasional powering up the computer once a week won't help with CWOP but presumably it will with WU. I'm away all winter so really don't want to leave the computer running even with just one app. If I get a power-cut I can use the 'pmset' commands to reboot the system when power returns, so a UPS is not necessary for a once per week type operation.
I don't know much about the 'pmset' command. I don't know if your computer is completely cut off from power, if it can restart anyway. At the very least you would need to have WeatherCat automatically launched on startup and you would need to not use the quit check option (see page 178 of the user manual.)
Finally, does Weather-Cat upload from the cache or does it upload from the Weather-Cat database ? Looking at my local Weather-Cat database the entire Cached record from when I was away is there. If it uploads from the database can I assume that I don't need a internet connection while I'm away ?
You couldn't upload to Weather Underground without an Internet connection. Isn't the plan to upload to Weather Underground once a week? Sorry, I don't understand this particular question.
Let us know.
Edouard