wxn weather server 0.1 released

wxn weather server 0.1 released

[John Bennett]

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

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CONVER to APRS

[Bill Vodall]

Does anybody have a widget or routines, preferably PERL, for interfacing 
an application to the HTPP CONVER server?

I'd like to tie our local chat channel to APRS.

For example.

Messages on CONVER channel 14646 get broadcast from the local APRS 
server.   Likewise, sending an APRS message to some alias such as C14646 
would have the server forwarding it to CONVER channel 14646.

Thanks,
Bill - WA7NWP

Re: CONVER to APRS

[Chuck Hast]

On 1/16/06, Bill Vodall <wa7nwp@jnos.org> wrote:
>
> Does anybody have a widget or routines, preferably PERL, for interfacing
> an application to the HTPP CONVER server?
>
> I'd like to tie our local chat channel to APRS.
>
> For example.
Is this a very low volumn converse channel? seems it would put a lot of action
on the APRS channel?

>
> Messages on CONVER channel 14646 get broadcast from the local APRS
> server.   Likewise, sending an APRS message to some alias such as C14646
> would have the server forwarding it to CONVER channel 14646.
>

Neat idea, just wonder how it will impact the APRS channel if there were a
lot of converse activity.

--
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."

Re: CONVER to APRS

[Bill Vodall]

> Neat idea, just wonder how it will impact the APRS channel if there were a
> lot of converse activity.

CONVERS is about dead.  APRS "activity" is dieing.  Both need a jump 
start.  If it gets busy, we have lots of underused spectrum to light up. 
   On the air activity is a good thing.

Bill