XoapWeather 1.2

[Marbles_00]

Anyone else been having troubles downloading weather data using Xoap lately. I haven't been able to get updates for a few days now.

[cmhardwick]

I've been out of town, but mine's working fine as of the 4pm EDST update. It has been kind of hit or miss for the past several days for me as well, having to restart XLobby to get it to try again.

[sharp_1]

No problem here either...updates are current.

[Marbles_00]

Thanks guys,

I found out the problem, but now I'm not sure if it is a bug. I checked off load http images in the Misc section of setup at one point. After I un-checked it, I was able to get updates again. I realized that was the problem as I noticed that my weather images hadn't updated either.

Long story short...all's working again.

[hvs69]

Are you guys having any problem with this plugin on the new pre-release version of xlobby.

I don't seem to be downloading any data

It is working fine on the older freeware version of Xlobby

[Marbles_00]

Hey Atlas, way back on page 2 of this thread, JSL posted about having problems updating after the computer comes out of "sleep". I seem to be having this same issue still. Have you ever had the chance to look at the code?

Thanks in advance.

[gravy]

Boy - hate to resurrect an old thread - but does anybody know if there was a fix to the "No metric in forecast data" problem? I have selected "metric" in the plugin config but as described earlier in the thread, the forecast data is still in Imperial.

Or an alternative plugin? My tiny brain gets so confused doing the conversion all the time.

*** UGhh nevermind.. looks like the http://www.weather.com feed is the problem - it doesn't convert the forecast to metric, i confirmed on the webpage. Darn.***

[CaM]

hi, I have just downloaded the source code and will modify it for us metric users.

I will post back if i meet with success

CaM

[lar282]

hi, I have just downloaded the source code and will modify it for us metric users.

I will post back if i meet with success

CaM

Keeping my fingers crossed that u can fix it........


//Lasse

[P3rv3rt B3ar]

hi, I have just downloaded the source code and will modify it for us metric users.

I will post back if i meet with success

CaM

Keeping my fingers crossed that u can fix it........


//Lasse

oh dont mind about him, old dev farts around here are hard to impress...

[Marbles_00]

Hey if he can fix the "refresh after resuming from sleep" issue...I'd kiss his feet....no, just joking....but ....really, I would.

[CaM]

hi, I have created a plugin that allows me to change the %outlook% text. The Xoapweather plugin is still required. This plugin just 'sits on top of it'.

The only way I can think of changing the %outlook% text though is to parse the string, looking for common words and then change the sentance slightly.

At the moment, my outlook says

Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 50s

However a straight change of the '60s' number to celsius wouldn't really make sense?

It is ok when it says

i.e. high 63F

As I can do a straight conversion.

Also, for the wind - I want to change the mph to km but this will not suit people in the UK. I might look at the location and if it is 'UK' I will not make the mph change.

To speed things up, could someone please provide to me a list of the things that weather.com reports to them

i.e. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 50s

I will then parse the string, looking for 'key phrases' which I will modify as need be.

Also, I do not know what the refresh issue is.

thanks

CaM

[Marbles_00]

Also, I do not know what the refresh issue is.

Basically what happens (or doesn't happen) is that xoapweather doesn't refresh when you bring the computer out of sleep (S3). Looking at the logs, it seems to go and update, yet the display/descriptions on the screen don't change. Its as though it looses its internet connection, or socket, or something, and it doesn't know it. Because of this issue, I'm really tempted to go back to xweather.

[CaM]

hi, I have attached a plugin to this post.

Just put it in the same location at the XoapWeather plugin.

All it does is remove the line in the %outlook% variable that mentions the farenheight temperature. I figured there was no point in converting the temperature from farenheight to celcius as this information can already be got in another variable.

I will look into the S3 issue.

thanks

CaM

[Cabinetguy]

Hi everyone,

As I was sitting here watching the news on TV, I see that we are under a hurricane watch here in Tampabay. I thought it might be a good time to setup a field on my Xlobby menu that uses the Xoapweather "alert" variable.
I entered Plugin>xoapweather>current>%alert% in the text box. Nothing shows up, which leads me to believe that i typed it correctly. But I would think that something should show up about a hurricane watch. Does anyone know if this function still works?

Thank's
Brian