[Xastir] Anyone using Weather Display with Xastir ?

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On 6 May 2003, Rich Garcia wrote:

> I have never heard of anyone doing this yet but I have a PC on the
> network running Weather Display serving up data to my web page. WD has a
> Client/Server feature and I was wondering if I can set up a Interface to
> gather this data and have it display properly?
>
> The default information for the WD server (a Win2K box) is 231.31.31.31
> with a port of 333.
>
> I have attempted to use the above information for the interface but it
> tells me Error opening interface type hard fail. It's a bit late but I
> don't know if they are just not compatable or if I have a firewall
> issue.

It's likely that they use a packet format that we wouldn't
recognize.  AGWPE uses one format, APRS internet servers use
another, gpsd uses another, the network weather servers we support
use still another...

Unless support for that has been specifically coded into Xastir,
probably as a new interface type, your chances of getting it to work
are slim.  The only chance you have is if it can emulate one of the
types we already support.

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