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When you have done the flashing of your meteobridge and initial network setup done, you can reach meteobridge for some final configuration with your browser by typing in its IP as URL. Following sections will tell you how to finalize the configuration so that your weather data gets uploaded to Weather Underground.
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Meteobridge is a device that is easy to use and which should not raise a demand for extensive support. However, there is a forum, where you can share experiences, questions, wishes with other users.  
  
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Your browser will show you meteobridge's web interface with 5 tabs. Please go through all these tabs and make the required settings. The page will show warnings for all still missing essentials until you have worked through all of this. It is just a few steps, which will be explained in the chapters below, page by page.
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Please make use of this in favor to emails, as a wider public can participate of your insights and problem resultion recipes.  
  
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==Setup Networking==
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Forum is part of Meteohub Forum: [http://forum.meteohub.de/viewforum.php?f=54&sid=c8736ec03d0ef75afa55c16f324623bd Meteobridge Forum]
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When you can reach meteobridge web interface this is a proof that your network settings are fine. The meteobridge application code that presents the web interface is not stored in the non-volatile flash memory of the meteobridge, but gets downloaded from the Internet during boot. So without having the meteobridge connected to the Internet, this will not be there. However, once you have access to the web interface you can make changes to networking to prepare the unit to be operational in another network environment which may need different settings.
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To get you around the bootstrap problem (how to configure networking when you need networking already configured to be able to do changes in the configuration?) there is a meteobridge simulator in the Internet, which works as described [http://meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started#Cloud_Simulator_for_Network_Configuration here].
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===Type Of Connection===
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===Release Log===
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In this section you can specify whether meteobridge should use "LAN" or "wireless LAN". When you select "wireless LAN" you have to provide some more information.
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To get the latest relaease running on your rig, just do a reboot or power-cycle.
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* '''SSID''' is the name of the wireless LAN provided by the access point or router. Unless you have configured your router in a way that it hides the SSID, you shuld see the WLANs meteobridge can login to in the "nown SSID" drop-down box.
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* '''WLAN Region''' defines the geographical region your WLAN is located at. As frequencies and rules how to use these frequencies does change from region to region, it is important that you select the corect region here to make sure your meteobridge operates within RF regulations of your region. Simply select the country code that fits best to your current location.   
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* '''Encryption''' must refelct the type of encryption vaild for your WLAN. Meteobridge supports
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** ''none'', no encryption at all, which is not recommended to use
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** ''WEP Open System'', ''WEP Shared Key'' encryption methods from the past easy to hack today (also not recommended to use)
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** ''WPA PSK'', an encryption method not so easy to hack (weakly recommended)
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** ''WPA2 PSK'', an up-to-date encryption method, with good protection (recommended)
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** ''WPA/WPA2 mixed mode''', which might make sense when you haven WPA equipment in your WLAN not abble to run WPA2.
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* '''Mode''' defines the 802.11 standard used in the WLAN. You can choose between
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** ''auto''', let decide meteobridge itself
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** ''802.11b'', the oldest and slowest standard up to 10 Mbps
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** ''802.11g'', a faster standard up to 50 Mbps
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** ''802.11g+n'', todays standard up to 100 Mbps and above
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* '''Passphrase''' is the password that grants access to your WLAN. Please don't use passwords with special characters, as these might not be handled correctly by the web interface.
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===IP Addresses===
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You can chooese between two diffrent ways to provide the IP details for meteobrige. When you select DHCP all nedded data will be provided automatically from a DHCP server in the network. Meteobridge identifies itself as a DHCP client in the network and the DHCP server (mostly your router) does send all IP configuration data to it. If you dont select DHCP, you have to insert the following data manually:
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====Current Version====
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*'''IP''' is the IP address which is used in your local network to address meteobridge. As most home networks are using a class c network, you have to make sure that all devices in your network have IPs from the same class C network, or to say it less technical, that the first three numbers seperated by dots are the same.
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released 6th May 2013:
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* '''Netmask''' defines the size of the subnet. A class C subnet as usually used in home networks always has a netmask of "255.255.255.0".
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* fixes a bug that still prevents from altimeter pressure being used for CWOP
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====Version 1.4====
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released 3rd May 2013:
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* Dutch language support (translations provided by user "Wim")
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* changed gust value for weatherbug network to "todays max gust"
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* fixes a unit conversion problem with evapotranspiration on solar sensor equipped vantage weather stations
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* fixes the low humdity bug for CWOP data transfers
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====Version 1.3====
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released 21th April 2013:
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* fixes a stability bug on new LOOP2 supporting Davis Vantage drivers
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* has some modules included to allow 3G modem support based on Huawei's E160 adapter (still experimental and to be formally released in one of the coming versions, profiles for "t-mobile.de" and "vodafone.de" do exist for testing purposes)
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* a new firmare release (version 1.2) is ready for download (in "getting started" section). This firmware is only needed when aiming at 3G operation.
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released 13th April 2013:
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* added support for LOOP2 packets when using a Davis Vantage or Vue with firmware 1.90 or newer. This makes barometer readings more precise and better in sync with Vantage console.
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* fixes a problem with send email authentification
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released 7th April 2013:
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* fxing a bug uploading average windspeed to previmeteo
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* reduce timeout for mysql connection setup to 6 seconds
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* moving static reserve LAN IP from 192.168.1.111 to 192.168.168.111 to avoid routing conficts with typical user class c networks when switching to wlan
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* removing evapotranspiration values (which did appear randomly) from solar sensor data, if not Vantage station.
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* adding a display that shows how much of internal data send buffer is currently occupied (system tab)
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* reducing memory footprint of data send process to avoid triggering oom linux mechanisms
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* doing a reboot in case of oom situations by issueing a kernel panic instead of trying to stop some applications via oom_killer.
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* added support for generation of wind direction strings in German (dedir) and English (endir) within templates.
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====Version 1.2====
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released 29th March 2013:
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includes all previous updates, plus
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* adds signal strength to SSID drop-down list
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* fixes a configuration bug that prevents from reading data from WS2300 type stations
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minor updates, added on 17th March 2013:
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* make remote login for support services an option that a user can permanently disable
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* adds better support for Vantage extra sensors
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minor updates, added on 16th March 2013:
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* fixes a bug that might have caused Meteobridge to stall after a while when sending data to CWOP
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minor updates, added on 11th March 2013:
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* additional system variables as described in section [[Templates#System Variables]]
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minor updates, added on 9th March 2013:
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* support of additional temp/hum sensors for vantage, additional temp data to be reported to Weather underground (if there)
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* setup your own weather website setup with the help of "saratoga templates" (http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/setup-Meteobridge.php)
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====Version 1.1====
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released 5th March 2013:
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* more variables for templates (full documentation at http://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Templates)
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* balloon help on live data tab does show sequence of values for live data and time of min/max events for historical data.
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* added weather network http://www.previmeteo.com
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* length of paylod text fields for push services have been enlarged to 4000 characters
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* some bugs around swapped min/max historical values are fixed
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====Version 1.0====
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* inital release

Revision as of 21:01, 6 May 2013

Meteobridge is a device that is easy to use and which should not raise a demand for extensive support. However, there is a forum, where you can share experiences, questions, wishes with other users.

Please make use of this in favor to emails, as a wider public can participate of your insights and problem resultion recipes.

Forum is part of Meteohub Forum: Meteobridge Forum

Release Log

To get the latest relaease running on your rig, just do a reboot or power-cycle.


Current Version

released 6th May 2013:

  • fixes a bug that still prevents from altimeter pressure being used for CWOP


Version 1.4

released 3rd May 2013:

  • Dutch language support (translations provided by user "Wim")
  • changed gust value for weatherbug network to "todays max gust"
  • fixes a unit conversion problem with evapotranspiration on solar sensor equipped vantage weather stations
  • fixes the low humdity bug for CWOP data transfers


Version 1.3

released 21th April 2013:

  • fixes a stability bug on new LOOP2 supporting Davis Vantage drivers
  • has some modules included to allow 3G modem support based on Huawei's E160 adapter (still experimental and to be formally released in one of the coming versions, profiles for "t-mobile.de" and "vodafone.de" do exist for testing purposes)
  • a new firmare release (version 1.2) is ready for download (in "getting started" section). This firmware is only needed when aiming at 3G operation.

released 13th April 2013:

  • added support for LOOP2 packets when using a Davis Vantage or Vue with firmware 1.90 or newer. This makes barometer readings more precise and better in sync with Vantage console.
  • fixes a problem with send email authentification

released 7th April 2013:

  • fxing a bug uploading average windspeed to previmeteo
  • reduce timeout for mysql connection setup to 6 seconds
  • moving static reserve LAN IP from 192.168.1.111 to 192.168.168.111 to avoid routing conficts with typical user class c networks when switching to wlan
  • removing evapotranspiration values (which did appear randomly) from solar sensor data, if not Vantage station.
  • adding a display that shows how much of internal data send buffer is currently occupied (system tab)
  • reducing memory footprint of data send process to avoid triggering oom linux mechanisms
  • doing a reboot in case of oom situations by issueing a kernel panic instead of trying to stop some applications via oom_killer.
  • added support for generation of wind direction strings in German (dedir) and English (endir) within templates.

Version 1.2

released 29th March 2013: includes all previous updates, plus

  • adds signal strength to SSID drop-down list
  • fixes a configuration bug that prevents from reading data from WS2300 type stations

minor updates, added on 17th March 2013:

  • make remote login for support services an option that a user can permanently disable
  • adds better support for Vantage extra sensors

minor updates, added on 16th March 2013:

  • fixes a bug that might have caused Meteobridge to stall after a while when sending data to CWOP

minor updates, added on 11th March 2013:

minor updates, added on 9th March 2013:

Version 1.1

released 5th March 2013:

  • more variables for templates (full documentation at http://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Templates)
  • balloon help on live data tab does show sequence of values for live data and time of min/max events for historical data.
  • added weather network http://www.previmeteo.com
  • length of paylod text fields for push services have been enlarged to 4000 characters
  • some bugs around swapped min/max historical values are fixed

Version 1.0

  • inital release
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