PM GetWeather No Europe?

[skino]

It would be nice if the format of the pmGetweather data would be known. Then I could even write a small program to Display the Weatherdata from diffrent Sites. I had PM once written a mail and asked how an image can be placed behind the ND like pmGetweather. Unfortunately, no reply received.

[zanichelli]

hello jvs
i now that the program is free,but when i have buy the software is becouse i think in all plugin offer in a web page of PM, i'm not ask for free software i will buy if is necessari. i think is not a excuse that is a free software so no assistence need. take out from web page and is all. Or adjust the software and ask for money, whit the price for full software i dont think 100 euro is a problem. what you think?

[JWS]

I'm just pointing out that the program is not a part of the software you paid for. And I agree that the possibility to adress other sites that do provide the necessary data would be welcome. Whether changing that justifies 100 Euro I don't know, but I have my thoughts.

JWS

[oal331]

It would be nice if the format of the pmGetweather data would be known. Then I could even write a small program to Display the Weatherdata from diffrent Sites. I had PM once written a mail and asked how an image can be placed behind the ND like pmGetweather. Unfortunately, no reply received.

Why you don't try to make this program to convert other SAT sources and make them compatible with NASA's format so PmGetWeather read them as a "fake NASA's server" ?

Otherwise can we analyze the sat-image PmGetWeather saves at NetDir?

Eddie

[skino]

GetWeather sends the current position data of the simulator to a particular URL, downloads the relevant data and formats it into a format suitable PM. To change the URL I had to hack the program, which is not allowed, of course. I have already done experimenting with the weather file, because I wanted to show in ND other data. A forward view, for example, or the WX500 weather radar. Have written a small program that places the WX500-image as a screenshot in the netdir. Unfortunately I can not make it to analyze the format of the GetWeather file. I do not know if it is a picture or calls in any way internal graphics in the ND. Otherwise, the weather ought to have been behind the PDF or EICAS can be displayed.

[eschiratti]

http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Da...index.htm?l=en

I do not see a programmatic download for a Lat/Lon Range of WXR data on that page? Perhaps they have it as a subscriber product though. May be worth an investigation.

But just to clarify, pmGetweather does two things:

Sat Data from Nasa for the ND (images)
METAR Data from NOAA for the FMC (text)

Those two come from different sites.

Sat Data is inop for Europe for the time being, METAR should work at all times.

SA_WXR was a very good solution for the ND images, but I think it might be discontinued? I did open up the interface, so no hacking is required in any way.

skyman ... I do not think i wrote "this is not our problem"... the problem is that we can't access the sat images, and we do not have out own resources to generate them.

[saabpilot]

Hi Enrico,

Yes, SA_WXR is discontinued, but the author released it as "freeware" in the end, so there are still many users as it is the only good wx radar application available.
Re. METAR in pmGetweather - in Sweden I am still unable to get any METAR in my FMC via the "ACARS" page.
Also it would be nice to have the possibility to "route" the METAR when it is working again to a standard Windows printer. Eg. an ACARS printer in the radiobox.

Best,
Bjorn
www.boeing737sim.se

[eschiratti]

Ok, I can check into printer, but it would have to be connected to pmGetweather?

I tried ESSA, ESSB, ESGG... which ones aren't you getting? Or do you mean with your internet connection you can't get any METAR in Sweden?

I made a modification in pmGetweather which allows you to enter an ICAO code and it shows it within pmGetweather as well.

[saabpilot]

Super Enrico,

It should be eg. a LSK button in the ACARS METAR page labelled PRINT.
When pressed the METAR should then be routed to a standard WIN printer attached to the CDU computer.
I do have such a small printer installed - 80 signs wide, that fit perfectly in one of the radiobox rows. (147 mm wide in total). There are several models available, mostly used for cash registers.

At the moment I am in SE Asia, but when left one month ago I could not get any METAR at all from the CDU ACARS page. The computer is connected to Internet.
I will see again when back in April if the latest build changes anything.

Best,
Bjorn

[pdpo]

Hi all,

actually it would be super if we could enter in the metar page where we want the metar to come from (NOAA, VATSIM, IVAO) and then print it.....
yeaha... another function in the cockpit without the mouse input ...
to saabpilot : can you give some info about those printers? links?

Greetz Peter

example for IVAO : http://wx.ivao.aero/metar.php?id=ebbr (ebbr = ICAO brussels airport)

Greetz Peter