Hi
Just set up PWS. But data isn’t working.
Attached is the setting.
Any help much appreciated.
Chris
Have you set up the cron job(s)?
Thanks for testing the PWS_Dashboard.
The setting should be a local reference in the form of ../clientraw.txt
There is a debug console Module test PWS_Dashboard which can help in a lot of situations.
Also the readme pdf files can be helpful, the full list can be found at
https://pwsdashboard.com/
Documentation
https://pwsdashboard.com/documentation2012/06_questions-2112.pdf
Succes,
Wim
Has the forum added a dot in as it shows 3 and should be 2
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THANK YOU
I have no idea how to enter a string as " . . /" without spaces.
And still make the user aware that it should be read and used without spaces.
I will use a screenshot to make it clear.
You can wrap the string in preformatted text quotes, e.g. ../clientraw.txt. The “</>” icon on the editor top bar will insert these for you.
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That seems to have worked! Many thanks. @administrator Do I need a corn job? I’ll go through the docs again. many thanks for the help all.
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You normally need at least one cron job. The docs should help you set it up.
You need a cron job if you want history values in the small blocks and the history popup.
As @bitsostring said the history pop-up and the small blocks (when suing three rows) need a cron-job.
You are using clientraw so the daily high-lows are supplied by clientraw for you.
Other weather-data files have often no high-lows and those users need the cron-job also for that.
In your case , if you do not want a cron-job, modify the small block scripts and set them to use only the daily values.
Thanks,
Wim
Thanks. I’ve set this cron job up
/usr/bin/php -q /home/mcdconcepts/vw/PWS_cron_stationcron.php for every 5 minutes.
Do I need to change anything in the PWS_cron_stationcron.php. I didn’t see that I had to in the docs?
Also, whilst I’m at it. I have a Boltek LD using Nexstorm. The setting in PWS use NSDisplay which does not work anymore. I also have a Blitortung system… Can I use StormVue, or Blitzortung to add to PWSD?
The exact format is hosting provider dependant. You can check if the history is correctly updated.
I prefer free external cron-jobs as you can easily check in your browser if it works.
I am not familiar with these sensors.
If you can post the link to the file the device generates, I can take a look.
Currently there are two filetypes supported for a Boltek sensor.
22 fields → NSDRealtime.txt
53 fields → NSRealtime.txt
Succes,
Wim
You can use extra pop-ups in blocks and extra “full”-pages in the menu.
I have seen many user-sites with extra pages and pop-ups using their lightning sensors
But I myself have no access to StormVue or Blitzortung files or scripts
The only one I am familiar with is adding this to your _my_settings/frames.php
# ================================================#
$show = true;
if ($show == true) {
$frame = 'Lightning';
$frm_ttls[$frame] = lang('Lightning'). '- Blitzortnung.org'; // name in menu
$frm_src[$frame] = 'https://map.blitzortung.org/#6.0/'.$lat.'/'.$lon;
$frm_hgth[$frame] = 800;
}