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WeatherCat Version 2.4.0 Now Available
Administrator:
We are pleased to be able to announce that WeatherCat version 2.4.0 is now available!
Changes in this release include:
* Added monthly record emails - these are emails that are specific to the current month - for example a new high temperature for May. We process for high and low temperature, high wind speed, high and low pressure, high solar radiation and high U.V. These monthly records are checked every three hours (the same for all record emails).
* Fixed an issue whereby if more than 1 record was broken in any three hour period, only the first record email would be sent.
* We now show the percentage of packets sent versus acknowledgments in the WeatherCat status window for Wunderground, CWOP and custom CGI.
* Added STTHISMONTHOV$ and STLASTMONTHOV$ web tags. These generate an over-view of either the current or last month in terms of comparison of select variables against long term averages. For example:
STTHISMONTHOV$:
May so far has been...
Warmer than average (10.9?C versus an average of 10.4)
Dryer than average (43.80 mm versus an average total of 60.64)
Calmer than average (a wind run of 2554 miles versus an average of 3131)
STLASTMONTHOV$:
April was...
Cooler than average (6.4?C versus an average of 7.9)
Wetter than average (63.20 mm versus an average total of 47.98)
Calmer than average (a wind run of 2185 miles versus an average of 3116)
Notes:
1. These tags, like all 'ST' type tags, output pre-formatted text, therefore the tag needs to be surrounded with <PRE> and </PRE> tags (or equivalent).
2. These tags need at least 2 years of data to be able to compute the long term values for a given month - if there isn't enough data the tag will be replaced with text indicating there isn't enough data. Obviously the more years you have, the more accurate the long term average,
3. When computing the long term average for a month, the current month is NOT taken into account. The values given in STYEAROVERYEAR$ do take into account the current month.
* Change default imagery URL for Europe from http://image.weather.com/images/sat/europesat_440x297.jpg to https://i.imwx.com/images/sat/europesat_600x405.jpg
* Maximum period for Aux. FTP uploads increased from 1000 to 10000 minutes.
* Vantage Vue station driver - attempt to remove the odd CRC error.
* Fixed an issue introduced in V2.3.0 where some channels may not be generated on data export (annual rain for example).
* Latest German strings courtesy of Reinhard Unterwurzacher.
* Attempt a fix at an issue whereby auto-daily export may not export all the data for the previous day if WeatherCat was not running all the time.
* We now send the current conditions to clients - the data is appended to the end of the current data set so should have no affect on older clients. Client comms version changed from 4 to 5 to indicate this change.
* Fixed an issue where daily rain on an anchored annual custom graph may be misaligned in time.
* SQL driver - temperature type variables now use 2 decimal places resolution, previously was 1. SQL driver version goes to 1.0.3.
* Sylvester (Twitter client for WeatherCat) is now built into WeatherCat. Launching of Sylvester is controlled by a tick box in the Misc 2 pane of WeatherCat's preferences (off by default). Old Sylvester's can be removed.
* Fix a bug where daily wind run sent to clients would be 0 if units were km's.
* Documentation/manual updated.
OS X Client
* Preferences window was resizable - it shouldn't be.
* Change in the connection mechanism - we no longer try to connect whilst launching, but will immediately after fully launched.
* Current conditions are displayed in the title bar of the window when running with a version 2.4.0 (or later) WeatherCat.
Full release notes can be found in the 'Documentation' folder of the download or on the WeatherCat wiki.
As always, WeatherCat V2.4.0 (Build 198) is available for immediate download from our WeatherCat page (direct download link: WeatherCat 2.4.0).
elagache:
Dear WeatherCat faithful, . . .
--- Quote from: Administrator on September 03, 2016, 08:03:45 PM ---We are pleased to be able to announce that WeatherCat version 2.4.0 is now available!
--- End quote ---
Thanks Stu for always adding new goodies to WeatherCat! [cat]
You rock! [rock]
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
gb509:
Smooth change as always and purring along nicely! Been awarded goldstar status on Wunderground for which you as the Weathercat developer should also take credit!
johnpolak:
Maybe I am being a bit dum here, but how do you install the upgrade. I have an unzipped folder in my downloads folder - but what do you do with it then? I don't want to lose any existing data! Any help appreciated!
Regards, John.
Alan Rowley:
1. Close down the WeatherCat program.
2. Drag the WeatherCat application from the WeatherCat folder you just downloaded to the place where your WeatherCat program currently resides (usually your 'Applications' folder).
3. A pop-up will advise you that a file of that name already exists and you will be asked if you want to replace it. You should confirm this.
4. Re-start WeatherCat and you should have the new version.
ALAN.
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