Connecting to the Internet
Preliminary
Click on "Setup" in the menu bar, then control panel. Click on "setup FTP/Internet/Reboot/pager ...". Click on the tab labeled "Connections".
On older versions of WD, across the top of the Setup screen there are some arrows, < and > in the top right hand corner that you can use to scroll through all the setup pages. You dial up your Internet ISP as needed
This is the more normal case when the WD machine gets its Internet access from a modem directly connected to it.
Within the group box labeled "Internet Settings" click on "Get ISP's". Then select the one you want to connect to (there most likely will only be one) from the list in the top left hand corner. Then the Username and Password should get filled in automatically. If your dial up networking does not have the password being saved, then a box will appear asking you enter the password for your connection to the internet (same password as you would normally enter when you connect to the internet). Continue with "For All below". I am connected full time to the Internet
This is from the perspective of WD, and may not be true if your WD machine reaches the Internet through a local network. This would most likely apply to those with ISDN, DSL, or CABLE TV internet service. It also applies to those with dial-up modems which are connected 24/7 via a software or hardware firewall.
Within the group box labeled "Permenant Connections" click on "I have a permenant connection". Continue with "For All below".
DO NOT click the box labeled "I have Internet sharing over a LAN". For All
Tick start with FTP program visible for debugging so that you can see what is happening.
Later you will want to untick this option so that the ftp program does not continually pop up over the top of everything.
As a future debugging aide, tick "produce a log file". If you want to view the last log file produced, click on the View menu view, then click on "ftp error log file". All of the current day's internet connections will be dispplayed. Scroll to the end of the list to see the most recent. To see additional detail from the last connection, click on "View Full Log".
Hit cancel on re-establish connection is a good idea, but minimize connection box when connected applies only to Win 95 though it seems to have no bad effects with Win 2000.
Time out in minutes for when a slow connection is the overall time out.
FTP connect time out and Mail connect time out should be Ok at the default settings for most users.
For most users the normal FTP mode will work fine, but those with firewalls may have problems. If a connection appears to hang and you have a firewall, try clicking on "Use Passive Mode with new FTP program." You may also have to make changes to the firewall to let WD through to the internet. Finally!!
Click the picture of the RED switch labeled "Main Internet Switch". Click OK.
This enables WD to use the internet but does not actually cause any internet activity itself. Notes from Brian:
If you don’t want to have Weather Display run its own FTP program, because you are using a Weather display on a server, then untick "Use Weather Displays own FTP", and you can enter in the box below a .bat file for weather display to execute instead to copy the files to where needed, or you can select the location of where to produce the files under the Tab Files, and click on the button in the top right hand corner, labeled "set web files location".
If you still want weather display to do other functions, such as send data to wunderground or download Metar’s etc, then tick "Still use ftpupd.exe for everything but normal uploads".
If you want weather display to update a web page on the internet, say at your home page, then you need to set up the FTP server, Username, and password, as provided by your Internet Service Provider or your home page service.
The remote directory is the most tricky part to get correct, as you need to get the placement of any "/" needed correct. Don’t forget to turn the master switch on, so that it is green. Click on OK to save the settings at any time, then go back to the setup screen again for any further changes.
