Weather Display Software Hints & Tips
TIP: Data logger
For weather stations that have a data logger, make sure the time and date match the computer system clock (and there are options to have that updated auto from the PC time and date too), especially after daylight saving changes, etc.
TIP: Quick hide/show
(Applies to later Weather Display versions) When minimized to the Windows system tray (next to the clock), right-click the Weather Display icon. You can click Show or Hide. This allows you to easily display or hide the main Weather Display window.
TIP: Upgrade to a new version of Weather Display
Sometimes you need to download the full install to get updated programs, like the ftpupd.exe program (to upload files to your web site). Refer to the history http://www.weather-display.com/history.php link for changes to those support programs. Make sure you exit Weather Display before running the installer, and then simply install to the same location. Some separate programs that are started by WeatherDisplay (such as clientrawrealtimeftp.exe and wdmysqlmml.exe) need to be shut down separately. If you get an error about a file in use, and you have shut down all such separate programs, then check that WeatherD.exe is not still running with task manager (right mouse click on the windows task bar to bring that up, then go to the processes tab, and if needed, kill the process). When downloading the zip version, make sure to extract the zipped WeatherD.exe program to where you have Weather Display installed already (e.g c:\wdisplay), or for some windows setups with winzip, it means copying the WeatherD.exe file out of that zip folder after it has downloaded. Also you may need to set your firewall to allow any changed program, like WeatherD,exe, ftpupd.exe or clientrawrealtimeftp.exe, to access the internet.
TIP: Rain over time period on real time graph
To see the amount of rain fallen and the time period that it fell in do the following: while viewing the real time graph, double click on the windspeed scale on the main screen graph (or see under view), next hold down the left mouse button at the start of the rain, move the mouse to the right and then release the mouse when the rain has stopped.
TIP: Web cam image at time of cursor on graph
If you have a web cam in use with Weather Display (or via the 3rd party web cam setup), and you have selected the file to use for the animation in the web cam setup, and you have turned on the switch in the time stamped setup TAB, and ticked, produce every minute, then hold down the left mouse button as you move the mouse over the main screen graph, to see the web cam image in a pop up window at that time that corresponds to the time on the graph...and so you get a movie created...and you can even go backwards, etc.
FAQ: How do I correct bad data?
There are a few ways
- Directly edit the log file
This file is found in the logfiles folder. For example, the October 2005 log file is named 102005.txt. Double-click the file to open it in Windows Notepad (or you can choose your own text editing application) It is best to view the folder in list option (Under View in the Windows folder). Edit the data, close the file, and then in Weather Display, do the following:
- On the Weather Display main window, on the Action menu, click Convert Weather Display log file(s) graphs /Reset WD graphs.
- Select the log file, and then click Convert.
- Edit/fix all time records
- On the Weather Display main window, on the Action menu, click Reset selected all time record values or Enter your own all time extreme records.
- Select the log file to edit -- all time, year to date, or month to date.
- Click Set when you have entered the correct reading. Do not enter any units.
- Click Yes to save your changes.
- Use the graph correct function
- On the Weather Display main window, on the Setup menu, click Graph setup.
- Click and hold then release while over the area of the graph to correct. Select which readings to correct (it sets to the previous good reading), then click on Correct, and then click Save.
