From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Bennett Subject: wxn weather server 0.1 released Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:02:10 -0600 Message-ID: <1137294130.19159.24.camel@localhost> Reply-To: jabennett@insightbb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org The first release of the Linux version of my WXN weather server, 0.1 is now available for download. The code is open source and is licensed under the GNU/GPL. The WXN weather server is a suite of daemons that run on the Linux platform. It allows users to obtain real-time, archived weather data and other related information stored in a database via APRS on amateur radio, the Internet, or a Local Area Network. Most common weather stations are supported (listed below). The various daemons are written in C/C++. The RDB used is PostgreSQL. Highlights of key features are as follows: * SQL based * Supported weather stations: Heath ID-5001 (now Questech), Peet Brothers Ultimeter stations (all), TAPR T-238/T-238+ and Davis Instruments Monitor II, Wizard, Perception, and Vantage Pro stations. * Support for additional sensors using 1-Wire technology. The current list includes the following: barometer, temperature (inside, outside, soil), rain gauge, EMP (lightning) sensor, outside humidity, control interfaces for aspirator (used with humidity sensor) and rain gauge heater, and background radiation (as in nuclear). With the exception of the soil temperature sensor, all features are supported in the X1W series of kits available from TAPR. Instructions (with pictures) on how to build a soil temperature sensor can be found on my home page. * Support for the Peet Brothers Weather Picture (does not require a Peet station to use). * Built-in native APRS support for weather, position, PHG, and status. * Built-in callbook support for callsign resolution using US and Canadian data readily available over the Internet or QRZ cdrom. * Query server allows polling database over radio using APRS messaging protocol. * Support for extended weather data over APRS (highs, lows, climatological, and other data not natively supported by APRS). The system has been extensively tested on Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4, and current versions of Gentoo, Debian, Suse, and Mandrake. Fedora Core 4 is the main target. Under development is a NWR SAME daemon that will monitor, record and broadcast watches and warnings from the NWS over APRS. More information, including an on-line sysop manual, can be viewed on my web site: http://n4xi.home.insightbb.com The code can be downloaded at my web site or from TAPR in the weather area: http://www.tapr.org John Bennett, N4XI 14 January 2006 -- John Bennett Evansville, IN Amateur Radio Web: http://n4xi.home.insightbb.com Where am I? http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?N4XI Bike Racing Web: http://xibike.home.insightbb.com Live Strong - Lance Armstrong Foundation: http://www.laf.org/