Meteotemplate Forum

Julius wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:30 pm Perhaps a Lightning data Block would be possible from this? Since that data is actually NOT obtained from the WF Tempest or its hub alone, but requires post-processing by weatherflow's servers, so as long as that is the source, the data is already there.

davidefa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 5:06 pm - copy the script weatherflowUpdate.php to load/crons and setup a CRON job ( if not already created ) to execute load/cron.php?password=xxx ( I think i minute is ok for the cron job )

davidefa wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:49 pm Lightning data is already available and is converted to LT,LD, and L meteotemplate fields.

Raffaello Di Martino wrote a block to show lightning data.

The Meteotemplate doesn't have the L, LD, LT, fields in the database and in the api.php so
there are more files to update.
You find them in the Meteotemplate directory of my github:

"api.php" and all the "update/" directory.
The files inside the update directory must be in the directory of Meteotemplate
with the same name "update"

https://github.com/iz0qwm/ecowitt_http_gateway/tree/master/Meteotemplate

NOT the "plugins/ecowitt", you don't need it if you don't use the Ecowitt plugin.

I don't know if Meteobridge sends the lightning data to meteotemplate so please check this
before installing this plugin if you have such hardware.

davidefa wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:51 am Please add a link to your site ( need to check the cache directory ).

- are you updating the meteotemplate database via meteobridge and the weatherflow plugin ( at the same time )? This should be done with caution ( it has some side effect )
- I think meteobridge does not automatically send lightning data, but you have to configure it to do so ( there is a thread on wxforum )

If you only want to use the lightning block you don't need any api.php or update/apiSetup.php change ( as the block uses the meteotemplateLive.txt data ).
These changes are only needed to save lightning data in the database ( currently there is no block/plugin that uses the lightning data saved in the db... but this may change ; - )
If you need this database mod you can find it included in this 'extension' ( simply extract in the root directory )

Julius wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:57 pm I'm surprised all this (still) isn't just done by a few clicks in meteotemplate config. Why would you not allow all possible existing station outputs in your db and in your api.php ? It's not like that's a lot of heavy data, we're talking a few strings of text, which can always be compressed down to 1% of its size later on.

davidefa wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:52 pm I developed the plugin ( modified an existing one ) having access to a 'standard' tempest weather station.
In your case this is not enough, but I could extend the plugin ( as I already have done for DavisWLL and ecowittNet plugins ) letting the user select the sensor to import and the mapping to the meteotemplate 'database fields' ( in this way the plugin can support more complex installation, as is your case, and also weather stations/sensors that will be introduced in the next future).
To do this I need your credentials ( access token and station id, once everything is ok you can regenerate a new token from the control panel, if I'm not wrong )