Are plug-ins still supported (Windy.com integration)

[jsharpe]

I just created a Weathercat plugin as described in the sdk document which uploads the weather data directly to Windy.com.  Unfortunately the description in that document on how to deploy the resulting bundle file so that the Weathercat application reads it on startup doesn’t seem to match my installation.  Specifically I had no “WeatherCatPlugIns” folder in the same location as the application.  And when I created one and put the bundle file there nothing shows up in the application.  Furthermore I can’t find files matching any of the other functions listed at the bottom of the “Tools” menu.  This is making me wonder if the SDK document I have is out of date and whether plugins are even still supported. Could someone please point me to how I can deploy my plugin, or any other way to get direct Windy.com connectivity (as opposed to via CWOP)?

[elagache]

Dear jsharpe and WeatherCat tinkerers,

I just created a Weathercat plugin as described in the sdk document which uploads the weather data directly to Windy.com. 

Thank you very much for your effort!  Creating WeatherCat plugins was something I always wanted to learn how to do, but never managed to find the time to do it.

Unfortunately the description in that document on how to deploy the resulting bundle file so that the Weathercat application reads it on startup doesn’t seem to match my installation.  Specifically I had no “WeatherCatPlugIns” folder in the same location as the application.  And when I created one and put the bundle file there nothing shows up in the application.  Furthermore I can’t find files matching any of the other functions listed at the bottom of the “Tools” menu.  This is making me wonder if the SDK document I have is out of date and whether plugins are even still supported. Could someone please point me to how I can deploy my plugin, or any other way to get direct Windy.com connectivity (as opposed to via CWOP)?

Unfortunately, the only person who would be qualified to help is WeatherCat developer Stuart Ball.  Your best bet is to contact WeatherCat technical support.  The contact info is on this web page:

https://trixology.com/contact-us/

Unfortunately, Stu has been overwhelmed by his day job for what is now years.  You will have to be patient in waiting for a reply.

Thanks again for your efforts nonetheless.

Edouard

[jsharpe]

Hi Edouard,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Since I had also reached out to support at the same time as posting here I now know not to expect something soon.

FYI, Although I use many other languages, I've not done much with objective-c.  However, using chatGPT4 to modify the example plugin included in the Weathercat SDK distribution is crazy easy!  I basically asked it to modify the application to instead of generating the text file, upload the Weather values to Windy.com and gave it a link to the Windy.com upload instructions.  A few tweaks later and it was ready to try.  Unfortunately I don't know how to actually install the plugin for the current version of Weathercat.

[iccb]

Hi!

I have asked via email this sdk packet for download about a month a go, but newer received any reply.
Where did you download this sdk pack?

[jsharpe]

I found the Weathercat SDK here http://data.trixology.com/downloads/WeatherCatSDK120.zip as reference on this page https://trixology.com/weathercat/

[iccb]

Hey,
Thank's for pointing out to the download link! I couldn't find it when looked over trixology website.

[jsharpe]

If you can figure out how to get the current version WeatherCat to actually use a plugin please let me know what the trick is