Davis Weatherlink software v5.6 BETA
 

Any users of the Weatherlink software may be interested to know that
there's a new beta of v5.6 available from the Davis site at:

http://www.davisnet.com/support/weat...#WLink560beta1

Below is a list of bug fixes and new features. These are mostly
detailed changes but there are quite a number of them and so most
users might see at least some benefits.

Please note that is is Beta software and is _not_ yet recommended as a
replacement for your existing Weatherlink version, but only for
evaluation/testing purposes. On past experience, a v5.6 release
version should be available in 4-8 weeks time.

Version 5.6.0 Bug Fixes
1. The "Use 00:00" option for exporting data is fixed.
2. Fix Memory leaks in internet upload.
3. Set Transceivers dialog correctly sets Temp Only station on Vantage
and Envoy systems.
4. Fix Bulletin barometer graph freezing when a month rolls over.
5. Fixed a bug in the allowed range of ET entry in the Edit record
dialog. (0.254 inches is allowed).
6. Valid Barometer values for data entry and calibration are 16.00 to
32.50 inches. Values outside of this range are dashed.
7. Fixed Summary display of High/Low values with inappropriate large
negative values. Specifically, soil moisture values greater than 127
or missing temperature sensors.

Version 5.6.0 Features
1. The file "Beta Instructions.wri" contains preliminary instructions
for using the new features found in the Beta versions of WeatherLink
5.6.
2. Support for configuring VP2 repeaters.**
3. Display repeater battery status.
4. Changed layout of the Alarm & Battery Status window
5. Ability to separately clear Day, Month, or Year High and Low data
in the Clear dialog. Still does not allow individual sensor high/low
values to be cleared.
6. If the Bulletin, Summary, etc. window is open when an APRS upload
is scheduled, then additional wind parameters are included in the APRS
data packet. The new data is user selectable between a 1 minute
average speed with a 5 minute high speed, or a 2 minute average speed
with a 10 minute high speed.
7. A table of wind speed data is displayed in the Summary window with
Average and High wind speeds over the last 1, 2, 5, and 10 minutes.
8. New HTML tags for Weather Forecast, Moon Phase, Average Wind Speeds
(1, 2, 5, & 10 min), and High Wind Speed (1, 2, 5, & 10 min),
9. Inside Dewpoint and Inside Heat Index are calculated and shown in
the Browser and Plot windows. See the instructions below to enable
this feature in existing weather station databases.
10.In the Browser window, "Rain" is renamed "Total Rain" and "ET" is
renamed "Total ET" See the instructions below to enable this change in
existing weather station databases.
11.Following international reporting standards, current wind direction
readings of due north in the Bulletin, Summary, HTML templates, and
APRS data packets, is reported as 360 instead of 0.
12.FTP uploads attempt to reset the FTP connection on the first
failure, and skips uploading the rest of the files on a second
(consecutive) failure.
13. Modified Wind Chill calculations between 40 F (4.4 C) and 93 F
(33.9 C) to give more "intuitive" readings for temperatures above the
upper limit of the official wind chill formula (which is 40 F). The
result of this modification is lower wind chill values in the above
temperature range than using the official formula.
14.Slight change in the Bulletin Layout for VP Plus
15.8 update profiles are available in the Internet upload feature for
increased flexibility.
16.Internet Proxy settings are available in the Internet Configuration
dialog.
17.Extend range of Air Density measurement value below 0 C (32 F) and
above 49 C (120 F).
18.Added the ability to reset the timestamp of the last data uploaded
to Weather Underground, if the Weather Underground module is installed

** We are expecting VP2 repeaters to start becoming available in 4-8
weeks time. There may be a range of different repeaters - more details
when we have a formal release date.

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk