R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

I've been trying to figure out how I can automatically update my
website, i.e., live data for sunshine from my sunshine recorder.

I have it connected to a datalogger (Pico Technology ADC-16), but their
supplied software doesn't seem to have a capability to ftp.

Anyone know how this could be done so I could have my website
automatically display live sunshine duration in hours for that day?
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

Nick Gardner wrote:
I've been trying to figure out how I can automatically update my
website, i.e., live data for sunshine from my sunshine recorder.

I have it connected to a datalogger (Pico Technology ADC-16), but their
supplied software doesn't seem to have a capability to ftp.

Anyone know how this could be done so I could have my website
automatically display live sunshine duration in hours for that day?
____________________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk
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Hi Nick,
I don't know if anything can be bolted on from the Cumulus
software which does utilise FTP (If you are not familiar with it, Steve
Loft who used to contribute on here developed it).
http://sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus

It does run with Davis but you would probably have to contact Steve or
search the Cumulus forum to see if anything is possible. It certainly
picks up solar and can transmit to website.

By the way, absolutely stunning website, not sure why I haven't looked
at it before.

Dave
www.laindonweather.co.uk

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk
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Hi Nick,
I don't know if anything can be bolted on from the Cumulus
software which does utilise FTP (If you are not familiar with it, Steve
Loft who used to contribute on here developed it).
http://sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus

It does run with Davis but you would probably have to contact Steve or
search the Cumulus forum to see if anything is possible. It certainly
picks up solar and can transmit to website.

By the way, absolutely stunning website, not sure why I haven't looked
at it before.

Dave
www.laindonweather.co.uk

I really need to add a huge 'here here' !! Very well put together, with
huge volumes of data, but also truly beautiful pictures. Thank you Dave
for pointing it out, and Nick specially for the Internet work.

Cheers
James
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James Brown

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:48:16 +0100, Dave Cornwell wrote:

By the way, absolutely stunning website, not sure why I haven't looked
at it before.

It's fast and works but..

The text overlaid on the poppies image on the homepage is almost
impossible to read. The image is too "fussy" and the top line is the
same green (ANADI) as the green that is fading into the image.

On the graphs with two plots you can't tell which line is for which
scale. One can possibly guess for some of them but others are
completely ambigious, like wind speed and direction.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

On 22/10/2011 16:34, Dave Liquorice wrote:
The text overlaid on the poppies image on the homepage is almost
impossible to read. The image is too "fussy" and the top line is the
same green (ANADI) as the green that is fading into the image.

On the graphs with two plots you can't tell which line is for which
scale. One can possibly guess for some of them but others are
completely ambigious, like wind speed and direction.

The homepage looks absolutely fine on my screen, and on others I've
checked with the text being easy to read but I have changed the colours
and fonts so hopefully it will be clearer to read.

As for the graphs, yes that was an oversight but I am having trouble
altering them to show which Y axis the plots refer to. As a get by I
have put some text in saying that all plots in white do refer to the Y1
(left-hand) axis.

Glad the site is fast.

Thanks all for your kind comments as I have put (and continue to do so),
a lot of effort (when I have the time) in making the site as interesting
and presentable as possible.

Just noticed a couple of broken links! Damn.....

I will email Cumulus Steve about supporting the R&D sunshine recorder.
____________________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:22:30 +0100, Nick Gardner wrote:

The homepage looks absolutely fine on my screen, and on others I've
checked with the text being easy to read but I have changed the colours
and fonts so hopefully it will be clearer to read.

I probably don't have the font you are setting I see text in a serif
roman style. You can't rely on any particular font being available to
a browser.

Just noticed the javascript that does the buttons at the bottom of
the home page doesn't work here either and there is no fall back. I
get empty boxes. You can't rely on javascript being enabled in a
browser. Though in may case it is but it's rather old and you maybe
using functions it doesn't understand...

It can be quite interesting shoving a page you a have written (or
generate on the fly) through http://browsershots.org/

As for the graphs, yes that was an oversight but I am having trouble
altering them to show which Y axis the plots refer to. As a get by I
have put some text in saying that all plots in white do refer to the Y1
(left-hand) axis.

Can you change the colour of the titles? For example if the white
plot is Wind Speed have that title in white and Wind Direction title
in the blue.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

R&D Sunshine recorder - auto ftp sun duration
 

Nick Gardner wrote:

Thanks all for your kind comments as I have put (and continue to do so),
a lot of effort (when I have the time) in making the site as interesting
and presentable as possible.
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It must have taken ages, certainly puts my efforts to shame! I've tried
it on Opera, Sea Monkey (Mozilla based), Safari and IE8. The only thing
I can find is that the red writing at the bottom of the home page is a
bit difficult to see and for some reason (javascript?) is scrambled a
bit on IE8.

Dave