User`s guide

Virtual Weather Station User's Guide
-7- 04/10/07
8.5
NETWORK CONNECTION................................................................................................................................................... 58
8.6 DIAL-UP CONNECTION...................................................................................................................................................... 58
8.6.1 Number of Dial-up Attempts................................................................................................................................. 58
8.6.2 Number of Seconds to Wait Between Attempts ..................................................................................................... 58
8.6.3 Use the Following Dial-up Networking Connection............................................................................................. 58
8.6.4 Username, Password and Domain ....................................................................................................................... 58
8.6.5 Dial-up Automation.............................................................................................................................................. 58
8.7 GENERAL FTP SETTINGS.................................................................................................................................................. 59
8.7.1 FTP Timeout......................................................................................................................................................... 59
8.7.2 Successive Login Attempts.................................................................................................................................... 59
8.7.3 Maximum Connect Time....................................................................................................................................... 59
8.7.4 Time Delay Between Transfers............................................................................................................................. 59
8.7.5 Display Connect Timer......................................................................................................................................... 59
8.7.6 Max CPU During FTP ......................................................................................................................................... 59
8.7.7 FTP Priority......................................................................................................................................................... 59
8.8 VIRTUAL WEATHER STATION JPEG IMAGES ...................................................................................................................... 59
8.9 JPEG FILE INDEX .............................................................................................................................................................. 59
8.10 OTHER JPEG FILENAMES ............................................................................................................................................. 69
8.11 INTRANET AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK APPLICATIONS............................................................................................... 69
8.12 WEB PAGE TEMPLATES............................................................................................................................................... 69
8.13 CREATING WEB PAGES WITH VIRTUAL WEATHER STATION TAGS ............................................................................... 69
8.13.1 Description of HTML Tags................................................................................................................................... 69
8.13.2 Creating an HTML Template File (htx file).......................................................................................................... 69
8.13.3 Complete List of Tags........................................................................................................................................... 70
8.13.4 Inserting HTML Tags Into the Templates............................................................................................................. 70
8.13.5 Creating the HTML File from the HTML Template (htx) File.............................................................................. 76
8.14 HTML FILE TAGS....................................................................................................................................................... 77
8.15 FTP OPERATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 77
8.15.1 Connecting to Your Remote Ftp Server................................................................................................................ 77
8.15.2 Automatic Ftp Features........................................................................................................................................ 78
8.15.2.1 Sending Jpeg Files Displayed in Virtual Weather Station Desktop to the Internet (Jpeg FTP Settings).... 78
8.15.2.1.1 Creating Temporary Jpg Files First On the Server ............................................................................... 78
8.15.2.1.2 Send Files to this Location on Server ................................................................................................... 78
8.15.2.2 Sending (Upload) User Selectable Files to the Internet (FTP Server)........................................................ 78
8.15.2.3 Sending (Upload) the Entire Contents of a Folder to the Internet (FTP Server) ........................................ 79
8.15.2.4 Retrieve (Download) Files from the Internet ............................................................................................. 79
8.16 E MAIL WEATHER REPORTS AND ALARMING .............................................................................................................. 79
8.16.1 Email Settings....................................................................................................................................................... 79
8.16.2 Weather Reports................................................................................................................................................... 80
8.16.3 Email Alarms........................................................................................................................................................ 80
8.16.4 Reporting Alarm Codes Only ............................................................................................................................... 80
8.17 METAR..................................................................................................................................................................... 80
8.17.1 General Description............................................................................................................................................. 80
8.17.2 Finding METAR Reports...................................................................................................................................... 81
8.17.3 Locating a Station Near You ................................................................................................................................ 81
8.17.4 METAR Station Setup........................................................................................................................................... 81
8.17.5 Displaying METAR Icons on the Desktop ............................................................................................................ 81
8.17.6 METAR Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 82
8.17.7 METAR Report Generator.................................................................................................................................... 82
8.17.8 METAR Text Reports............................................................................................................................................ 82
8.17.8.1 METAR Summary Text Report................................................................................................................. 83
8.17.8.2 METAR Historical Text Report................................................................................................................. 83
8.17.8.3 METAR Raw Data..................................................................................................................................... 83
8.17.9 Learning More About METAR ............................................................................................................................. 83
8.18 WEATHER SERVERS .................................................................................................................................................... 83
8.18.1 Weather Underground.......................................................................................................................................... 83
8.18.1.1 Weather Underground Settings.................................................................................................................. 83
8.18.1.2 Weather Underground Rapid Fire.............................................................................................................. 84
8.18.1.3 Weather Warnings ..................................................................................................................................... 84
8.18.1.3.1 Warning Locations ............................................................................................................................... 84