They're free, but use at your own risk
The scripts referenced here are used in the operation of this weather station, and may be freely copied and used to support your station. Please note that you use these scripts at your own risk. No warranty is expressed or implied. I accept no liability for any damages that may ensue from their use.
You will need to configure them for your own particular weather station website.
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This page was updated
Saturday, 24-Mar-2012 3:56 PM
PHP/AJAX Website Template Set - Settings-weather.php - WeatherCat-Plugin
The configuration for Settings-weather.php discussed here is for the WCT-Plugin.
<?php
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# required settings for WeatherCat software
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
$SITE['WXtags'] = './WCTtags.php'; // for weather variables
$SITE['ajaxScript'] = 'ajaxWCTwx.js'; // for AJAX enabled display
$SITE['WCTrealtime'] = './WCT_realtime.txt'; // realtime file for thermometer.php
$SITE['graphImageDir'] = './'; // directory location for graph images with trailing /
# Weather Station sensors and options for dashboard
$SITE['conditionsMETAR'] = 'KSJC'; // set to nearby METAR for current conditions icon/text
# comment out conditionsMETAR if no nearby METAR.. conditions icon/text will not be displayed
$SITE['overrideRain'] = true; // =true then rain rate will set rain words instead of METAR rain words
# // =false - no change to METAR rain words (station rain rate not used)
#
$SITE['DavisVP'] = true; // set to false if not a Davis VP weather station
$SITE['UV'] = true; // set to false if no UV sensor
$SITE['SOLAR'] = true; // set to false if no Solar sensor
##########################################################################
# end of configurable settings
?>
WeatherCat Configuration settings in Settings-weather.php
- $SITE['WXtags'] = './WCTtags.php';
- This setting specifies the filename of the WeatherCat weather tags file. This file is uploaded through WeatherCat and contains the current weather data associated with WeatherCat HTML tags. The data is loaded in a $WX[] array with the WeatherCat tag names used as the key to access the data in the associative array.
- $SITE['ajaxScript'] = 'ajaxWCTwx.js';
- This setting specifies the filename of the AJAX JavaScript that will read the realtime.txt file and update your pages with new data.
Comment out this setting (by placing either # or // in the front of this line) if you do not want AJAX updates active on your website pages.
- $SITE['WCTrealtimefile'] = './WCT_realtime.txt';
- This setting specifies the relative file location for the WeatherCat WCT_realtime.txt file. It is used by the thermometer.php for display of current/high/low temperature graphic.
- $SITE['graphImageDir'] = './';
- This setting specifies the relative file location of the directory containing the WeatherCat graph images (used by the wxgraphs.php page)
- $SITE['conditionsMETAR'] = 'KSJC';
- This setting specifies the ICAO/name of the near-by METAR station that will be used to provide current conditions (weather/sky cover) for the ajax-dashboard and ajax-gizmo.
A list of nearby METAR names can be found using the find METAR query script.
Comment out this setting if you do not want a conditions icon and conditions text to display in the ajax-dashboard and ajax-gizmo.
- $SITE['overrideRain'] = true;
- This setting specifies whether the weather station rain-rate should display the rain words based on the current rain rate.
=false : METAR rain words (if any) will be displayed as current condition.
=true : current station rain rate will set words (as shown below) and rain words direct from METAR are removed. Icon is also set appropriately.
Words and selection criteria:
"Light Rain" when rain rate is > 0.0 and < 2.5 mm (0.098 in) per hour
"Moderate Rain" when rain rate is >= 2.5 mm (0.098 in) and < 7.6 mm (0.30 in) per hour
"Heavy Rain" when rain rate is >= 7.6 mm (0.30 in) per hour and < 50 mm (2.0 in) per hour
"Violent Rain" when rain rate is >= 50 mm (2.0 in) per hour
If this setting is ommitted from Settings-weather.php, the default will be assumed as 'true' to enable the function.
If enabled, the rain words from the METAR will be removed, and the above words used based on the current rain rate.
- $SITE['DavisVP'] = true;
- This setting specifies whether you have a Davis VP/Vue station.
= true means you have a Davis VP/Vue station
= false means you do not have a Davis VW/Vue station and the display of the VP forecast on the ajax-dashboard is suppressed.
- $SITE['UV'] = true;
- This setting specifies whether your station has a UV sensor.
= true means your station has a UV sensor.
= false means your station does not have a UV sensor which will result in the ajax-dashboard displaying a UV forecast in that area instead of the UV sensor value.
- $SITE['SOLAR'] = true;
- This setting specifies whether your station has a Solar sensor.
= true means your station has a Solar Radiation sensor.
= false means your station does not have a Solar Radiation sensor which will result in the ajax-dashboard displaying a UV forecast in that area instead of the Solar sensor value.