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WeatherCat => WeatherCat General Discussion => Topic started by: johnpolak on December 28, 2015, 10:49:06 AM

Title: How to load historic data and show in graphs
Post by: johnpolak on December 28, 2015, 10:49:06 AM

Hi All

Forgive me but I am new to WeatherCat and can't as yet find an answer to any of the following queries in the user manual or on the forum.

I connected my Vantage Pro 2 Data Logger to WeatherCat for the first time two days ago, but it didn't download any historic data (even though I know the Data Logger would have been full). It only started recording data from the time of the first connection. Is there a fix for this - or did I do something wrong?

Also, I can't seem to work out how to create custom graphs using historical data for specific date periods. E.g. How would I look at, say last December's external temperatures in a graph. The only option seems to be to create a graph for the current month, week or day etc. Also, is it possible to overlay two months in a graph for comparison, for example External Temperatures from November 2014 v November 2015?

I know WeatherLink can do this - but perhaps WeatherCat doesn't as yet have this capability? Again, forgive me if i have missed something in the manual - but I can't see it anywhere!

Any help appreciated!

Regards John.

Title: Re: How to load historic data and show in graphs
Post by: Blicj11 on December 28, 2015, 06:17:04 PM

Quote from: johnpolak on December 28, 2015, 10:49:06 AM

I connected my Vantage Pro 2 Data Logger to WeatherCat for the first time two days ago, but it didn't download any historic data (even though I know the Data Logger would have been full). It only started recording data from the time of the first connection. Is there a fix for this - or did I do something wrong?

I'll tackle your first question. You didn't do anything wrong. The data logger only starts recording data for WeatherCat from the time of the first connection. A few users have tackled importing data manually from pre-WeatherCat files. Hopefully one of them will chime in here. In my case, I just decided to start over with WeatherCat data.

Title: Re: How to load historic data and show in graphs
Post by: WCDev on December 28, 2015, 06:23:17 PM

Blick is correct, it'll ignore anything in your logger prior to its first run, thereafter it'll download as needed.

WRT the graphs - both of these are on the feature request lists - it currently isn't possible to either plot stuff from prior years or comparative graphs.

Title: Re: How to load historic data and show in graphs
Post by: johnpolak on December 28, 2015, 07:18:01 PM

Thanks Guys. That will at least save me more fruitless searching!