Using Metar Data instead of a real weather station

You can collect weather data from a nearby official (METAR) source and use it as input to Weather Display.

Follow the instructions here Quick Start to setup Weather Display, but use a station type of "Stationless". No COM port selection is needed.

Follow these instructions Connecting to Internet to establish an internet connection.

1. Make sure the main Internet FTP switch is ON (green).
2. Make sure that the Client/Server option is turned off.
3. On the Setup menu, select "Setup FTP/Internet/..." and click on the "Download METAR" tab.
4. 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 METAR station you wish to use followed by ".TXT", e.g. KAUG.TXT, or KWVL.TXT. For those using the USA NOAA site, the file name must be all CAPS (other sites may differ).
5. Click the "<" symbol to have the file name copied into the list box in the lower right corner.
6. Click the two boxes with labels beginning with "Use this METAR...".
7. Click the red "OFF" button on the right so that it becomes a green "ON" button.
8. Enter the schedule for collecting data into the form in the upper left.
9. Click OK.