I lose information when my computer shuts down

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I have all the new updates of Weather Display and I receive the data through the Api of Ecowitt Weather.
Is it possible to have all the information 24 hours a day, even with the computer turned off?
Thanks!

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WeatherDisplay should run 24/7 to get all data.
The Ecowitt-API only delivers the current weather-values for wind, temp, extra sensors and so on. Only the rain-measurements use some period-values.

You also ticked pws-dashboard which also needs 24/7 data at least to get the high-lows.

If you are using WeatherDisplay to upload to your website, you can use either clientraw or WD-api but again, the WeatherDisplay program should run 24/7.

Other users instruct the Ecowitt-console to use “custom-upload” to their websites.
That way you do not need a weather-program-computer to run 24/7

My opinion: If you want to use any weather-program you should run that computer 24/7. The Ecowitt-API does not contain the high-low values needed.
Other API’s (weatherlink, WU) do not have those values either
And when using a small computer like a Raspberry there is no big costs to let it run 24/7.

Wim

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Thanks! Now I have all the information of the night. I understand that the API of Ecowitt is not the best to use in Weather Display!
Thanks!