Using Metar Data instead of a real weather station

Purpose: To collect weather data from a nearby official source and use it as if you had a physical weather station on the premise.

Follow the instructions here to setup WD, but use a station type of "Stationless". No com port selection is needed.

Follow these instructions to establish an internet connection. The main Internet FTP switch MUST be on. Also be sure that the Client/Server option is turned off.

Go to the Setup menu and select "Setup FTP / internet / ...". Click on the "Download METER" tab.

In the lower right of the screen there is a text box labeled "Use this METAR station ID", enter a file name consisting of the id code of the METER station you wish to use followed by ".TXT". (e.g. KAUG.TXT, or KWVL.TXT) For those using USA NOAA site, the file name must be all CAPS (others may differ). Click the "<" symbol to have the file name copied into the list box in the lower right corner.

Click the two boxes with labels beginning with "Use this METER ...".

Finaly, click the red "OFF" button on the right so that it becomes a green "ON" button.

Enter the schedule for collecting data into the form in the upper left. Click OK.