SteelSeries Gauges version 2.5.4

[Randall75]

Hi Blick and Mark
 Not having any problem with it here


CHEERS 

[Blicj11]

Best thing to do if this sort of thing happens is to capture a copy of the realtimegaugesWC.txt file - there is probably something in there causing it - it looks like the problem has cleared now?

I should have thought of that. Next time ...
And you are right, it cleared itself up within a few minutes.

I really like the 2.5 improvements and have been studying the gauges.js file to see what I can tweak. Thank you again, for a brilliant piece of software and for accommodating WeatherCatters.

[Blicj11]

I am looking at the popup graphs and I notice that Reinhard and I (and most of the other WeatherCat installations of SteelSeries, display a popup graph that displays the time in HH:MM. However, Randall, has popup graphs (except for Cloud Base) that display the time in whole hours with no minutes. Where is this being controlled, in a SteelSeries file or in WeatherCat preferences?

Thanks.

[mcrossley]

Well it's not in the SteelSeries 

[Blicj11]

Well it's not in the SteelSeries 

OK Randall, how are you doing it?

[Randall75]

Hi Blick and steel gauge specialist


 Blick are you using basic graphs or custom graphs?
 If your are using custom graphs like me they need to be Type: Anchored Data to get to just hours if Scrolling Data it will show minutes


I just went in and changed my cloud base to anchored to match the rest of my graphs


cheers 

[Blicj11]

Ah ha. Thank you Randall. I am just using the basic graphs so thanks for the explanation. I may give the custom graphs a whirl. They look better in the popup window.

[Blicj11]

Mark:

A couple of new questions:

• In version 2.4.4 we changed gauge size by editing the gauges-ssT.htm and changing the gaugeSizeStd parameter. In 2.5.x there is no gauges-ssT.htm file and I cannot find this parameter in the other files: <canvas id="canvas_dew" class="gaugeSizeStd"></canvas>. Is there a new way to change gauge size?
• If I want to play with adding a new gauge, like the clock, is the general idea that I copy the entire Clock section from the Canvas-master/steelseries.js file into the 2.5.5 steelseries.js file or do I replace the entire file?

Thanks.

[wurzelmac]

Hi Blick,

maybe with your first question I can help: As far as I understand this one you can only give the gauge size three parameters: 'gaugesSizeSml', 'gaugeSizeStd' and 'gaugeSizeLrg'. Those sizes are predefined within the 'gauges-ss.css' file. If you want to alter the size just change the desired parameter in this file.

Your second question is very interesting - I too am interested in building the clock-gauge into my live gauges page. 

Cheers,
Reinhard

[mcrossley]

Mark:

A couple of new questions:

• In version 2.4.4 we changed gauge size by editing the gauges-ssT.htm and changing the gaugeSizeStd parameter. In 2.5.x there is no gauges-ssT.htm file and I cannot find this parameter in the other files: <canvas id="canvas_dew" class="gaugeSizeStd"></canvas>. Is there a new way to change gauge size?
• If I want to play with adding a new gauge, like the clock, is the general idea that I copy the entire Clock section from the Canvas-master/steelseries.js file into the 2.5.5 steelseries.js file or do I replace the entire file?

Thanks.

1. Yes, as pointed out this is now defined in the CSS file - with a three pre-defined for you.

2. If you are confident, then just adding the clock gauge code should do it, if not use the full SteelSeries library. Remember that by default the gauges use a combined file consisting of minimised versions of the cut-down SS lib + the twen lib.

[Blicj11]

Thanks Reinhard and Mark.

maybe with your first question I can help: As far as I understand this one you can only give the gauge size three parameters: 'gaugesSizeSml', 'gaugeSizeStd' and 'gaugeSizeLrg'. Those sizes are predefined within the 'gauges-ss.css' file. If you want to alter the size just change the desired parameter in this file.

1. Yes, as pointed out this is now defined in the CSS file - with a three pre-defined for you.

I understand the three pre-defined sizes and I do not want to change any of them. What I don't understand is where do I change my gauges from Medium to Large?

2. If you are confident, then just adding the clock gauge code should do it, if not use the full SteelSeries library. Remember that by default the gauges use a combined file consisting of minimised versions of the cut-down SS lib + the twen lib.

Ha ha. Well, I 'm not too confident and I do understand that you don't support additional gauges outside your subset of the library. Is there someplace we can go read about how the gauges work or is it just trial and error?

[wurzelmac]

What I don't understand is where do I change my gauges from Medium to Large?

Just go to your html file that shows the steel gauges and change the 'class' of the gauges you want to have bigger or lesser.

Update: Change all of them, not only the one I circled... 

[Blicj11]

Just go to your html file that shows the steel gauges and change the 'class' of the gauges you want to have bigger or lesser.

Update: Change all of them, not only the one I circled... 

Ah ha! I had looked in the gauges-ss-basic.htm file but didn't see the code because I started my search down below all of these gauges and I thought the Find tool would wrap back around and find something earlier in the document. Anyway, sorry to be such an eejit. I get it now and have successfully changed my gauges to the larger size. Thanks for your assistance.

Reinhard, I have figured out how to change the font and color of the credits at the bottom of the gauges. I have also changed the background color of the Units of Measure table. Can you tell me where you changed the font for the radio buttons, such as Inside, Outside, Wind Chill, Apparent, etc., as well as the Units of Measure radio buttons?

Thanks.

[Blicj11]

Mark:

I have a repeat of the weird scaling on the Apparent Temp Gauge. See attached screenshot of the gauge and copy of the realtimeguagesWC.txt file. Do you see anything in the txt file that could be causing this?

[wurzelmac]

Reinhard, I have figured out how to change the font and color of the credits at the bottom of the gauges. I have also changed the background color of the Units of Measure table. Can you tell me where you changed the font for the radio buttons, such as Inside, Outside, Wind Chill, Apparent, etc., as well as the Units of Measure radio buttons?

Thanks.

I will try. In your case go to your 'gauges-ss.css' - in there you have to change the font family to your desired font:

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body {
    font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    text-align: left;
    background-image: url(http://timberlakesutah.com/wp-content/uploads/Weather/SteelSeries/images/brushedsteel2.jpg);
    color: #323232;
}This will change the font in your whole 'gauges-ss-basic.html' except the ones you specified separately (i.e. the one you gave the class '.credits').

If you want to change the font in the tool tips of the opening graphs on hovering a gauge, you can make it here by adding a font name in the line 'font-family'.

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.ddimgtooltip {
    z-index: 2000;
    box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px #818181; /*shadow for CSS3 capable browsers.*/
    border-radius: 10px;
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    border: 1px solid black;
    background: white;
    color: black;
    padding: 0 7px 3px 7px;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
}
In both cases think of the specification 'sans-serif': You have to use a font that is 'sans-serif', otherwise you have to use 'serif' or leave it away anyway.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Reinhard