Weather plugin problem

[yeohcl]

Hi,

Anyone experiencing the weather plugin could not work properly with add in new city and etc? I have noticed it's not possible to add in new city from the menu. The second problem I encountered is the pvrx display an error dialog box when certain button on the weather is activated. Could anyone help? Thanks.

[Snooze]

Someone would need the source code from Jeff to make this change after he fixed the "can't add cities in GUI" you can still do it in the config.

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...stcount=16

[tkgafs]

I am having a problem adding Kirkwall in Scotland UK to the weather forcasts

If I choose Kirkwall via the Gui I actually get the weather for Lemont PA

it adds the code 16851 to the config file rather than UKXX1074 which I would expect to be the code for Kirkwall

If I edit the config file by hand and add UKXX1074 or UKXX0164 which is Kirkwall Airport, it still does not work and sits at downloading the weather forecast please wait

the same thing happens for Stromness in Orkney in this case it cant be selected via the gui but its code is UKXX0580 the plugin just stalls trying to download the forecast

You can use the codes UKXX1074, UKXX0164 and UKXX0580 quite happily in the weather.com website

Curiously If I choose Lerwick from the Gui which is in the Shetland Islands it works perfectly

Every other city I have tried in the UK seems to work fine

Anybody get any ideas or suggestions how to fix this

thanks in advance

Tkgafs

[Snooze]

Either you can search the forums, and add the cities thru the GUI, or have most up to date radar. We cant have both until someone gets their hands on the source code and fix both issues. I wonder if you use the fixed GUI your zip code problems would be fixed, then swith back to the fixed radar version?

[tkgafs]

Looking at the source code on the wiki it would appear that

5 digit codes are treated as special US Zip codes

so the 5 digit code 16851 which is the weather code on http://weather.msn.com for Kirkwall Orkney Scotland

seems to be being used an american zip code for Lemont PA

see http://www.uszip.com/zip/16851

Tkgafs

[tkgafs]

I am currently using the fixed gui dll but not the fixed radar


the fix is to edit config.xml by hand and add the line

<SpecialZipCodes>16851</SpecialZipCodes>

my weather section now looks like this

<WeatherPlugin>
<AreaCodes>16851|UKXX1053|UKXX0045|UKXX0052|UKXX0061</AreaCodes>
<SpecialZipCodes>16851</SpecialZipCodes>
<ShowCurrentConditionsAsTaskImage>False</ShowCurrentConditionsAsTaskImage>
<Celsius>True</Celsius>
<PanelShowWeatherStatus>True</PanelShowWeatherStatus>
<AutoUpdateRate>90</AutoUpdateRate>
<DecimalPlaces>0</DecimalPlaces>
<LoadDataOnStartup>True</LoadDataOnStartup>
<DownloadRadarMapOnly>False</DownloadRadarMapOnly>
<Language>English</Language>
</WeatherPlugin>

[Snooze]

Glad you got it sorted out!

[jezz2020]

Does anyone know if the source code posted on the wiki is the latest available ? I seem to remember a few patches floating around the forums, and I have decided to take a look under the hood and see what I can do. Pity I am only familiar with VB, nothing like a programming baptism of fire though!

[Fatman_do]

If the date is this year, within the last few months, it would be the latest.

[jezz2020]

Doh! Its a safe bet september 2007 is not the latest version then! Will try PM jeff for newer sourcecode and see what happens. Cheers