UKWN United Kingdom Weather Network

United Kingdom Weather Network

Before your weather station data can be used by the United Kingdom Weather Network (UKWN), you must configure your chosen weather station software to upload data in a format our server can read. Currently we can process data from WeatherLink, Weather Display, and Virtual Weather Station. Please see the appropriate section below on how to configure your software

• WeatherLink Configuration
  1. Save the file WL Stickertags to your WeatherLink template directory - usually c : program filesweatherlink[stationname]templates.
  2. In WeatherLink, Click on setup, Internet Settings dialog.
  3. For the configuration you're using to FTP Weatherlink html file(s), press the Configure button.
  4. In the Data Upload Profile, press Select Template Files, then use ADD button to select the WL_stickertags.htx file, and press Open.
  5. The WL_stickertags.htx file should now appear in the Weather Template Files for Data Upload dialog. Press OK., and press OK on the Data Upload Profile, then OK on the Internet Settings dialog.
  6. The WL_stickertags.htx file will be uploaded at your next update cycle with a filetype as specified in the Data Upload Profile.

Please set the upload for the data page to every 5 minutes.

• Weather Display Configuration
  1. If you are doing real-time update using clientraw.txt (such as for Weather-Display Live) or one of the AJAX templates, no additional configuration is required. Simply let us know you want to be part of the network and we will take it from there. Your clientraw.txt should be uploaded every 5 minutes or less.

• Virtual Weather Station Configuration
  1. Save the file VWS Stickertags to your VWS templates folder (c:vwstemplates is the default).
  2. In VWS, pull down the Internet tab, and click on "HTML Settings".
  3. In a empty location on the left (Templates) side of the HTML Settings menu, enter c:vwstemplateVWS_stickertags.htx, editing this as necessary for drive and folder.
  4. On the right (HTML filename) side of the menu, on the same line, enter the file location that you use for your other .htx files, followed by VWS_stickertags.htm.
  5. Click the On* box to put a check mark in it.
  6. Now in VWS, pull down the Internet menu and click on FTP Upload File (Send) and in an empty row on the LEFT put the same contents as you'd done in the Right side of the HTML Settings dialog. (e.g. "c:vwsrootVWS_stickertags.htm").
  7. On the Right side, put "[directory]/VWS_stickertags.htm" where [directory] is the same directory you use for the rest of your website. It would be '/VWS_stickertags.htm' if you're uploading to the document root of your website.
  8. At the bottom of the window, set the update time to 5 minutes. Click Update and Upload Files to Internet.

You should be able to see your file in action at www.yourweatherwebsite.com/VWS_stickertags.htm

• Cumulus Configuration
  • If you are doing real-time update using realtime.txt no additional configuration is required. Simply let us know you want to be part of the network and we will take it from there. Your realtime.txt should be uploaded every 5 minutes or less.

What do we need from you?

In order to setup a new station on the UKWN you need to make a new post in this forum stating the following information

• Weather Station Name
• Weather Station location ie town and county
• Weather Station co-ordinates - in digital lat/long available via multimap.com
• Your software vendor and version
• The url of your home page
• The url of your text data-file (and if not Weather Display then also please state the airport METAR code that will be used to take your weather conditions)
• What services you supply - live lightning, weather or webcam

From the 1st August 2010, applications without this information will not be processed.

Please note: A minimum of 10 posts is required to be able to post a request in the UKWN section.
This is due to a high number of people who are requesting their sites be added to the map but not participating in the site in any other way.

The above settings have been amended to reflect the changes on the new system