[arm-allstar] weather script

Robert Newberry N1XBM at amsat.org
Mon Apr 13 14:41:12 EST 2015


OK Chris, I have a typo again. Its KMERAYMO3 I put a "zero" in stead of a
"oh".

I guess its there a way to wipe out everything? and start the weather
script from scratch?

I have done a restart.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Christopher Kovacs <w0anm73 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you are not using these areas, it is best if you remove them from the
> cron as they will generate lots of cpu usage unnecessarily.
>
> Since the audio files are present, the data did get pulled down from the
> NWS site at some time.
>
> Did you restart asterisk (astres.sh) or (asterisk -rx "rpt reload") after
> you made changes to the /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf file?
>
> What happens if you type:
>
> asterisk -rx "rpt fun 41812 *986"
>
>
> You should hear your weather report for KMERAYM03. *HOWEVER, *I just
> check on the weather underground site, and it does not know of this station
> ID.  *Please verify that this is a good UndergroundWeather ID.*
>
> http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=kmeraym03
>
>
>
> If you type:
>
> asterisk -rx "rpt fun 41812 *987"
>
> You should hear a message about "no alerts" unless you have a weather
> alert.
>
> and finally, if you type:
>
>  asterisk -rx "rpt fun 41821 *988"
>
>
> you should hear the local forecast for your area, if none of these play,
> you'll need to check for errors in the rpt.conf file.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Chris, w0anm
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Robert Newberry <N1XBM at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> I have some counties in there and locations I am no longer interested in.
>> So I just do not have any reference to them in my rpt.conf. I do not
>> believe that should be an issue.
>>
>> I fixed the typo.
>>
>> I checked /tmp/wx and I have alert_short.ul, wx_forecast.ul, and
>> cur_WxRpt_ug.ul.
>>
>> Here is below my copy/paste you asked for.
>>
>> [root at raymond51000 ~]# crontab -l
>> 03 03 * * * cd /usr/local/sbin; ./astdb.php
>> 00 0-23 * * * (source /usr/local/etc/allstar.env ; /usr/local/sbin/
>> saytime.pl $NODE1 > /dev/null)
>> # NWS Alert for MEC017 in oxford
>> */14 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxAlert MEC017  "oxford" &>
>> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather for station: KMEBROWN6
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMEBROWN6 &> /dev/null
>> 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather (pressure trends) for station: KMEBROWN6
>> 0 */6 * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMEBROWN6 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # National Wx Service Forecast based on Zone: MEZ012
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MEZ012 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # NWS Alert for MEC031 in York County
>> */14 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxAlert MEC031  "York County" &>
>> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather for station: KMEMAINE2
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMEMAINE2 &> /dev/null
>> 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather (pressure trends) for station: KMEMAINE2
>> 0 */6 * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMEMAINE2 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # National Wx Service Forecast based on Zone: MEZ018
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MEZ018 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # NWS Alert for MEC005 in Cumberland
>> */14 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxAlert MEC005  "Cumberland" &>
>> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather for station: KMERAYM03
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMERAYM03 &> /dev/null
>> 2>&1)
>>
>> # Underground Weather (pressure trends) for station: KMERAYM03
>> 0 */6 * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMERAYM03 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> # National Wx Service Forecast based on Zone: MEZ019
>> */16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MEZ019 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
>>
>> [root at raymond51000 ~]#
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Christopher Kovacs <w0anm73 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What are you trying to play?  Weather alert, forecast, or reports?
>>> Remember can take up to 20 minutes for the data to be downloaded based upon
>>> the cron entries.
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you run wx_config.sh script to configure?  If so, can you post the
>>> cron entries using the command below:
>>>
>>>      crontab -l
>>>
>>> County ID is for Alerts and has a "C" in the ID, NWS Zones is for
>>> Forecast and has a "Z" in the ID, and the weather underground begins with
>>> K. (I am currently updated the howto for the next release)
>>>
>>> In the above rpt.conf file you have a typo:
>>>
>>> ; Play local wx alert, *987
>>> 987=localpay,/tmp/wx/alert/MEC005//alert_short
>>>
>>>
>>> *should be:*
>>>
>>> ; Play local wx alert, *987
>>> 987=localplay,/tmp/wx/alert/MEC005/alert_short
>>>
>>> Since you followed the howto, did you see any audio files (*.ul) files
>>> in the /tmp/wx directories?
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Chris  w0anm
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Robert Newberry <N1XBM at amsat.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On a new BBB I ran the weather script. For whatever reason I can not
>>>> play the weather. I'm pretty sure everything is fine with the script since
>>>> that's automatic.
>>>>
>>>> I think the problem might be how I added it to the rpt.conf. Here is a
>>>> copy/paste of my rpt.conf.
>>>>
>>>> functions=functions41812
>>>> ; Play local wx report, *986
>>>> 986=localplay,/tmp/wx/wxreport_ug/KMERAYM03/cur_WxRpt_ug
>>>> ; Play local wx alert, *987
>>>> 987=localpay,/tmp/wx/alert/MEC005//alert_short
>>>> ; Play local wx forecast, *988
>>>> 988=localplay,/tmp/wx/forecast/MEZ019/wx_forecast
>>>> phone_functions=functions41812
>>>>
>>>> I followed this .pdf
>>>> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/bbb_wx_howto.pdf
>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember something about the NWS swapping the county and zone
>>>> list, and the instructions, not fixed, but even the wx underground isn't
>>>> working so my problem must be somewhere else.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>>
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