[arm-allstar] wx script setup
Christopher Kovacs
w0anm73 at gmail.com
Fri May 15 07:40:51 EST 2015
The files are created by the execution of the cron entries. If the files
are not created, then either the cron entries are missing or the crond is
not executing.
Below should help you resolve your issues (see http://
http://w0anm.com/blog/?p=519). If you have something that files during your
testing, please let me know and I can work with you.
73,
Chris w0anm
Testing Weather Alerts
Follow the steps below:
1.
list cron entries:
crontab -l
Which shows:
# NWS Alert for MNC171 in Wright County
*/14 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxAlert MNC171 "Wright
County" &> /dev/null 2>&1)
# Underground Weather for station: KMNROGER1
*/16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMNROGER1 &> /dev/null
2>&1)
# Underground Weather (pressure trends) for station: KMNROGER1
0 */6 * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMNROGER1 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
# National Wx Service Forecast based on Zone: MNZ059
*/16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MNZ059 &> /dev/null 2&>1)
2.
Execute the getWxAlert entry:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxAlert MNC171 "Wright County"
3.
Verify the following files that were created in /tmp/wx by entering:
ls /tmp/wx/alert/
For an example, the county id that I have setup is MNC171. Here is the
output for the command above:
ls -la /tmp/wx/alert/MNC171
total 64
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Oct 19 12:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Oct 19 12:42 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1775 Oct 19 12:47 alert.info
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 Oct 19 12:42 alert_prev_summary.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41208 Oct 19 12:42 alert_short.ul
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 Oct 19 12:47 alert_summary.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 Oct 19 12:42 no_alerts.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56 Oct 19 12:47 wx_new.txt
Weather Alert Troubleshooting
- Check to make sure that the county id is valid and was entered
correctly.
- If dtmf sequence fails to output, make sure that there is an audio
file in /tmp/wx/alert/<county_id>/alert_short.ul and it’s a “non-zero”
length file meaning that the file size is greater than 0, and typically
it’s 41K in size.
-
In the rare event that the locking files are in a “dead lock” condition,
you can clear the weather alerts by using the
“/usr/local/bin/Weather/clearWxAlert” script as follows:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/clearWxAlerts
Stopping Weather Alert Messages... Done.
Removing lock files from /tmp... Done.
Cleaning up the alert weather directories... Done.
Removing temporary files in /tmp/wx.. Done.
Testing Weather Forecast
Verify that the crontab entry for the weather forecast is present. Type:
crontab -l
Look for the entry:
# National Wx Service Forecast based on Zone: MNZ059
*/16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MNZ059 &>
/dev/null 2>&1)
If the entry is not present, you will need to execute the
*/usr/local/bin/Weather/wx_config.sh *script and select “y” to the prompt
“Do you wish to setup/update the weather forecasts”. For weather forecasts,
first get the data manually using the following commands:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor ;
For example:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxFor MNZ059
There will be a delay before the prompt is returned. The getWxFor script is
pulling data from the NWS website and parsing the data. Once the data is
parsed, the data files and audios files are created in /tmp/wx/forecast/;.
For example:
/tmp/wx/forecast/MNZ059
wx_forecast.txt wx_forecast.ul
The *wx_forecast.txt* file is the text file for the weather forecast and
the *wx_forecast.ul* is the audio file.
Weather Weather Underground Reports
Verify that the crontab entry for the weather forecast is present. Type:
crontab -l
Look for the entry:
# Underground Weather for station: KMNSTMIC3
*/16 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMNSTMIC3 &>
/dev/null 2>&1)
# Underground Weather (pressure trends) for station: KMNSTMIC3
0 */6 * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMNSTMIC3 &> /dev/null 2>&1)
If the entry is not present, you will need to execute the
*/usr/local/bin/Weather/wx_config.sh *script and select “y” to the prompt
“Do you wish to setup/update the weather reports: [y,n,q]?”. For weather
reports, first get the data manually using the following commands:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug
/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend
For example:
/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMNSTMIC3
/usr/local/bin/Weather/trend KMNSTMIC3
There will be a delay before the prompt is returned. The getWxPrtp_ug
script is pulling data from the Weather Underground Station and parsing the
data. Once the data is parsed, the data files and audios files are created
in /tmp/wx/wxreport_ug/<WX_Underground_STNID>. For example:
/tmp/wx/wxreport_ug KMNSTMIC3
The directory will contain several files:
cur_WxRpt_ug.txt cur_WxRpt_ug.ul KMNSTMIC3.xml saved_pressure.var var.src
The *cur_WxRpt_ug.txt* file is the text file for the weather forecast and
the *cur_WxRpt_ug.ul* is the audio file. There are also pressure trend
files that are saved in this directory. This monitors the pressure trends
in a six hour period if the data is available.
Using the Scripts
Once the scripts are setup in cron to gather the information and the
*rpt.conf* file has been modified, there is not much to using the scripts.
The cron entries will automatically gather the weather information. I would
suggestion to stagger the gathering times if you are gathering a lot of
weather information. This can be accomplished by editing the corntab by
using the command:
crontab -e
The format of the crontab file is as follows:
The time and date fields are:
field allowed values
----- --------------
minute 0-59
hour 0-23
day of month 1-31
month 1-12 (or names, see below)
day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sunday, or use names)
The first field, minute, can follow a range with “/<number>” specifies
skips of the number’s value through the range. For example, “0/20” can be
used to specify command execution every 20 minutes, or you can select a
step range. For example:
0, 18, 34, 46 * * * * (/usr/local/bin/Weather/getWxRpt_ug KMNSTMIC3 &>
/dev/null 2&>1)
This will execute the script on top of the hour, 18 minutes past the hour,
34 minutes past the hour, and then 46 past the hour.
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Neil k8it <k8it at cac.net> wrote:
> ok I did all the edits, reloaded asterisk and waited . nothing
>
> Here are my stanza edits . remember this is asterisk v1.2.1
>
> ; Play local wx alert, *987
> 987=localplay,/tmp/wx/alert/MIC077/alert_short
> ; Play local wx forecast, *988
> 988=localplay,/tmp/wx/forecast/MIZ072/wx_forecast
> Automatically
> I also ran the wx_config.sh script
>
> however I do not see a /tmp/wx/alert directory or a /tmp/wx/forecast
> directories so I am assuming the files are not there so I get nothing
>
> how do I fix this?
> does v1.2.1 call these files by a different name and put them somewhere
> else? like /usr/local/Wx etc........
>
> thanks 73 Neil k8it node 41838
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:04 AM
> *To:* ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] wx script setup
>
> I want to stop the confusion here. The weather script system changed in
> the Version 1.0 RPi2 release. Don't confuse it with the BBB 1.2.1 which I
> think is what Neil is using.
>
> In BBB 1.2.1 -
>
> locate wx_config
> /usr/local/bin/Weather/wx_config.sh
>
> In RPi2 1.0 -
>
> locate wx_config
> /usr/local/bin/wx_config.sh
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 05:49:13 -0400
> From: N1XBM at amsat.org
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] wx script setup
>
> I'm sorry try this instead.
>
> Type this at your root prompt cd /usr/local/bin/
> That should out you in the correct directory the type wx_config.sh
>
> What happens?
>
> If it doesnt work, while you're still in /usr/local/bin/ type ls
>
> What is happens?
>
> N1XBM
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