[Xastir] db2APRS

[Clay Jackson]

Hmmm - you're quite right.   Turns out there's actually a bug in the  
code.  The Usage description says '-b';   but, the code looks for '- 
d'.   I'll see about fixing that in a future pass.   But, as I  
explained earlier, even if you do change the name of the database,  
unless the tables created by wview are EXACTLY same (table names,  
column names, etc) as meteo (which I strongly doubt); it won't do you  
any good.

The whole 'read a different database and write something to a socket'  
is really kind of a kludge anyway (and requires coding for specific  
weather stations/programs); so I'm starting to focus my time right now  
on setting up some more generic methods (XML or at least METAR based)  
that would allow different types of stations/programs to use a more  
standard interface.

Can wview put out a file of any sort with current weather in it?  If  
so, if you can send me a copy of that file, that would give me one  
more bit of information.

Thanks!

Clay
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On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Barrie McConnell wrote:

> I'm not too savvy in the programming world...I kludge my way through  
> it. I'm
> running SuSE 11.1. I guess I didn't really clarify what I was  
> meaning when I
> said the -b option didn't work... the program doesn't recognize the  
> option
> -b not that it won't rename it
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org
> [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Clay Jackson
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:05 PM
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] db2APRS
>
> I'd be completely amazed and flabbergasted if it did work;  as I said,
> the code is very specific about having the database tables be meteo
> specific.
>
> I just sent Andreas (Meteo author) a set of perl scripts to do
> WeatherUnderground from Meteo - if you're interested in those let me
> know and I can send you a copy.  What OS/distro are you using?
>
> Clay
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Barrie McConnell wrote:
>
>> Yes I realize that it was setup for Meteo. Wview also uses a mysql
>> database,
>> the default db name in db2APRS is Meteo, the -b option allows you to
>> change
>> the db name but it doesn't work. I like Wview as you can also output
>> to
>> Weather Underground and Weatherforyou.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org
>> [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Clay Jackson
>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:55 PM
>> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
>> Subject: Re: [Xastir] db2APRS
>>
>> I think there may be some confusion here - db2APRS is (at least in
>> this incarnation) is really meteo/Davis specific.  The -b option just
>> changes the name of the MySQL database that it looks at for the data.
>> The data still has to be in a MySQL database,  with the sdata table
>> that meteo generates/loads.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that Wview uses a different table structure -
>> unfortunately, since I have a WMII and not a Vantage, I can't test  
>> it.
>>
>> I do have a different set of code (being 'alpha' tested now); that
>> takes a WXNOW.TXT file (2 lines, ala the one created by
>> WeatherDisplay) and writes an aprs formatted record to a socket, so
>> that might be an alternative.   I'm also playing with a set of code
>> that will take an XML METAR feed and emit an aprs weather string.
>>
>> Clay Jackson
>> N7QNM
>>
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Barrie McConnell wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried to use the -b option to change the database and the
>>> program
>>> says that it is not a valid option. Has anybody had any success with
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Also has anybody tried to use Wview in lieu of Meteo with any
>>> success. I am
>>> wondering if the database fields are the same etc?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Barrie McConnell
>>>
>>> KA8UPW
>>>
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