my clientraw right now says Overcast_and_gloomy/Light Rain
On the map at Northwest Weather Network - Home My Icon allways says DRY
They take my clientraw file to get that icon, but it doesn change. Is there somthing in WD that can fix that? Ive tried the METAR but that doesnt work either. Any thoughts?
ktrue
6 June 2008 23:03
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‘Dry’ is the placeholder icon for ‘not raining’ when WD is not set to use METAR and/or Solar for conditions.
You’ll need to setup the Summary Image
http://www.weather-watch.com/wiki/index.php/Summary_image/weather_icons_setup
and the Metar to use
http://www.weather-watch.com/wiki/index.php/Getting_Weather_Reports_and_Metar_Data
And if you have a Solar Sensor, do the setup for it also
http://www.weather-watch.com/wiki/index.php/Forecasts_and_Icons
More info
By Kentrue
There are two different icons, a ‘current condition icon’ and a ‘forecast icon’. The former (current condition icon) is controlled by several setup screens, since it’s source may be selected to be from a nearby METAR, your weather station (rain/no rain), and/or a solar sensor (for cloud conditions based on insolation).
The summary image is what you see if you click on the WD main display where the picture is (just above the area showing the time, data received and da…
http://discourse.weather-watch.com/p/233510
Hope this helps…
Best regards,
Ken
yes,if you have a solar sensor in use, then make sure you tick, update the icon from the solar , in the solar setup, description
thanks for the info. I should have my solar sensor up and going tomorrow. So i’ll just see how that works first.