Other stuff:
It runs in the system tray
Right click in the application or on the systray icon gives you a menu to choose from.
DDE:
You can use DDE to communicate with the server, rain, current temp, current wind speed and bearing are available, it's also possible to get all those readings in one item. (DDEWeather)
Other items available:
- DDECurrent_tempC - Current temperature in degrees Celsius
- DDECurrent_tempF - Current temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
- DDECurrent_temp - Current temperature in degrees Celsius (legacy)
- DDECurrent_speed - Current wind in the selected unit
- DDECurrent_dir - Current wind direction, N, NW and so on
- DDERainTodayInch - Todays rain in inches
- DERainTodayMM - Todays rain in inches
Topic is Weather, application/service is WServer
Syntax in a cell in MS Excel is like this:
=Wserver|Weather!DDECurrent_temp
gives you current temperature in degrees Celsius.
Example spreadsheet here
There is also support for executing macros on the server:
If you connects using another application to topic Weather, application/service WServer you have the following macros available:
- FTPUpload - initiates a FTP upload, just as if you choose FTP upload on the servers menu.
- POST - Initiates a post to the servlet
This means you can script from another application:
- Dial up to your ISP
- Execute FTP upload and POST to servlet on WSERVER using DDE
- <Download mail or other stuff>?
- Hang up
TCP:
Its possible to connect through TCP/IP over the network, so far only one client at the time can connect.
When connected, the server pushes new readings every sample taken...
UDP:
If selected, broadcasts current readings using UDP
Using the UDP client, lots of client can listen/run simultaneously
Log to a DB using HTTP POST:
It can be set up to post current readings into a database using HTTP post