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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>wview User Manual</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="author" content="Mark Teel">
<meta name="email" content="mteel2005@gmail.com">
<style type="text/css">
a { text-decoration: underline }
a:link { color: #525D76; text-decoration: underline; }
body { background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in;}
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</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- wview Image -->
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.wviewweather.com">
<img src="http://www.wviewweather.com/wview-200x200.png" alt="wview Logo"
border="0">
</a>
</div>
<h1>
<a name="title"><strong> wview User Manual
May 22, 2011</strong></a></h1>
<!-- Table of Contents -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="contents"><strong> Table of Contents</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Table of Contents Entries -->
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Introduction">Chapter 1: Introduction</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Introduction-whatis">What is wview?</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Introduction-reqs">System Requirements</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Introduction-get">Where to Get wview</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Introduction-help">Getting Help and Reporting Problems</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Installation">Chapter 2: Installation</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-overview">Overview</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-debian">Debian/ubuntu/kubuntu</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-osx">Mac OSX</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-build">Build/Install From Sources</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-build-prereqs">Prerequisites</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-build-procedure">Procedure</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-build-cross">Building for Non-Native Targets (Cross Compilation)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Installation-build-troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration">Chapter 3: Configuration</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-overview">Overview</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-cli">Command Line Interface</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt">HTML Interface (wviewmgmt)</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-setup">Getting It to Work</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-login">Logging In</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-status">System Status Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-services">Services Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-station">Station Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-generation">File Generation Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-alarms">Alarms Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-ftp">FTP Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-ssh">SSH Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-cwop">CWOP Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-http">HTTP Services Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-calibrate">Calibration Page</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Configuration-wviewmgmt-sql">SQL Export Page</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig">Chapter 4: Station Setup</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-sim">Simulator</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-virtual">Virtual</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-vpro">Davis Vantage Pro</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-wxt510">Vaisala WXT510</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-twi">Texas Weather Instruments (TWI)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-wmr918">Oregon Scientific WMR918/928NX/968</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-wmrusb">Oregon Scientific WMR88/WMR88A/WMR100/WMR100N/WMR200/WMRS200/RMS300/RMS600</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-ws2300">La Crosse WS-2300/2308/2310/2315</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-wh1080">Fine Offset WH1080 (and many variants)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#StationConfig-te923">Honeywell TE923W (and many variants)</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Generation">Chapter 5: File Generation</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Generation-overview">Overview</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Generation-customize">Customization</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Export">Chapter 6: Exporting Generated Files</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Export-ftp">FTP</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Export-ssh">SSH</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced">Chapter 7: Advanced Topics</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-sqlite">Data Stored in SQLite3 (And How
to Use It)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-cwop">CWOP - Submitting Your Data to NOAA
and the CWOP System</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-wunder">Wunderground/Weatherforyou -
Submitting Your Data to Weather Underground and/or Weatherforyou</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-awekas">AWEKAS - Providing Your Data to
Awekas</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-sensor">Sensor Calibration</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-alarms">Alarms</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-socket">Socket-Based Data Feeds</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-db">Using a MySQL or PostgreSQL Server
to Store Data</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-wlk">Existing Weatherlink Archive Files</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-run">Run Environment Description</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-gw21e">Ethernet Setup for the GW21E Serial
Server</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-mss1">Ethernet Setup for the Lantronix
MSS1-T</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Advanced-endian">Endian Conversion Utilities</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<br>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting">Chapter 8: Troubleshooting</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-processes">wview Processes</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-operation">Observing wview Operation</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-ipc">SYS V IPC (Interprocess Communication)</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-startup">wview Startup</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-verbose">Log Verbosity</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-vpro">Vantage Pro</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-wxt510">WXT510</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-raddebug">Using raddebug</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Troubleshooting-foreground">Running In the Foreground</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<hr> <!-- to break main chapters from appendices. -->
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Appendix1">Appendix 1: Distribution Contents</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Appendix2">Appendix 2: Adding New Weather Stations to wview</a>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#Appendix2-required">Required Functions</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#Appendix2-notes">Notes</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<hr size="5">
<!-- Chapter 1 -->
<h1>
<a name="Introduction"><strong> Chapter 1: Introduction</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Section 1 -->
<!-- Title -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="Introduction-whatis"><strong> What is wview?</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Text -->
<p>
wview is a collection of linux/unix daemons which interface with a supported
weather station to retrieve archive records (if generated by the station) and
current conditions. If the station does not generate archive records internally,
wview will auto-generate archive records based on the sensor readings collected
for that interval. The archive records and High/Low (HILOW) data are stored in
SQLite3 databases. At a configurable interval, wview will utilize the archive
history and current conditions to generate weather images (buckets, dials and
graphs) and HTML web pages based on user-configurable HTML templates. XML, PHP,
Perl, Python, etc. template files can also be defined using wview meta-tags which
will be replaced with current values when generated by wview.
</p>
<p>
Features:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>24x7x365 reliability.</li>
<li>Fast image and HTML/XML file generation.</li>
<li>Non-GUI, headless, lightweight (size and resources).</li>
<li>Embeddable - can be deployed on low-power embedded systems such as the Linksys
NSLU2.</li>
<li>Multi-Lingual - HTML/XML templates, labels and text.</li>
<li>US (Imperial) or Metric Units - can be easily configured for metric or US units
of measure.</li>
<li>SQLite Archive Storage - archive data is stored in an SQLite3 relational database.</li>
<li>Remote Upload - web pages and images can be transferred to a remote web server
via an ftp or secure ssh process included with wview.</li>
<li>Alarms - the wview alarm daemon wvalarmd can be enabled to deliver current
conditions to TCP socket clients as a near real-time data feed engine. wvalarmd
can also be configured to function as a weather data alarm generator to user
specified scripts or binaries.</li>
<li>CWOP - can be configured to submit data to CWOP.</li>
<li>Wunderground - can be configured to submit data to Wunderground.</li>
<li>Awekas - can be configured to submit data to Awekas.</li>
<li>Weatherforyou - can be configured to submit data to Weatherforyou.</li>
<li>RSS Feeds - processes XML template files and includes a default weather data
RSS feed template.</li>
</ul>
<!-- Section 2 -->
<!-- Title -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="Introduction-reqs"><strong> System Requirements</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Text -->
<p>
wview should work on any system with a unix or unix derivative operating system.
These include: linux, Mac OSX (Darwin), FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris. Your platform
should support ethernet and either RS-232 or USB for the station interface.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>ntp/xntp</strong> - Network Time Protocol - a configured and functional NTP
daemon should be enabled on the host system to keep system and weather
station time accurate and in sync.
</li>
<li>
<strong>apache</strong> - in order to serve your weather site to the world,
an http server is required - other http servers will work too. If you are
going to export your site to another server or to your ISP account site,
then an http server is not required on the wview server.
</li>
<li>
<strong>php5 and php5-sqlite</strong> - optionally needed for browser-based
configuration (requires apache or similar).
</li>
<li>
<strong>Serial/Ethernet/USB port</strong> - an available interface port
is required to connect to the Weather Station.<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Serial</li>
<li>Ethernet - a terminal server or ethernet to serial server or WeatherlinkIP datalogger is required -
set up as decribed above for the serial port and configured in transparent
data mode (no control character processing) with no packet delimiter.
wview allows you to specify the hostname and port of your serial server or WeatherlinkIP datalogger.
The <a href="http://www.neteon.net/"><b><font color="#0044ff">Neteon</font></b></a>
GW21E, Lantronix MSS1-T
and Xyplex Maxserver 1600 have been confirmed to work with wview. See
the <a href="#Advanced"><b>Advanced Topics</b></a> section for configuration
notes on the GW21E and the MSS1-T.</li>
<li>USB</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- Section 3 -->
<!-- Title -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="Introduction-get"><strong> Where to Get wview</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Text -->
<p>
wview and some utility install and upgrade scripts can be obtained from the
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wview/"><b>
<font color="#0044ff">wview Sourceforge Homepage</font></b></a>.
</p>
<!-- Section 4 -->
<!-- Title -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="Introduction-help"><strong> Getting Help and Reporting Problems</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Text -->
<p>
The wview user's group is hosted on Google Groups:
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/wview"><b>
<font color="#0044ff">wview User's Group</font></b></a><br>
There you will find a mailing list archive and helpful pages including
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/wview/web/frequently-asked-questions">
<b><font color="#0044ff">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</font></b></a>.
You may join the group or just search the archives or pages. The mailing
list can be used to request help if you cannot find answers in the list
archive or group pages.<br><br>
To report problems or vote on enhancements you can use the
<a href="http://www.wviewweather.com/mantis/login_page.php">
<b><font color="#0044ff">wview Mantis Database</font></b></a>.
<br><br>
</p>
<!-- Chapter 2 -->
<h1>
<a name="Installation"><strong> Chapter 2: Installation</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Section 1 -->
<!-- Title -->
<h1 class="section">
<a name="Installation-overview"><strong> Overview</strong></a>
</h1>
<!-- Text -->
<p>
To use wview, you must:
<ul>
<li>Obtain a binary package for your operating system, or</li>
<li>Obtain the source and build wview for your operating system.</li>
</ul>
Currently the binary distributions available are:<br>
<ul>
<li>MacPorts for OSX</li>
<li>RedHat/Fedora repositories</li>
<li>Debian Packages (radlib and wview) via the wviewweather.com repository</li>
</ul>
If your platform is not one of these or you want to install from source,
you will need to know where to get the latest version of wview and how
to install it.<br><br>
This chapter shows you how to obtain source and binary packages and how to
build wview from source should you choose to do so.<br><br>
The following are the general steps you would use:<br>
<ol>
<li>Download the relevant package for your needs, e.g. source or binary
distribution.</li>
<li>Build the source into a binary, if you have downloaded the source.
This may involve building and/or installing other necessary packages.</li>
<li>Install the binaries into their final destinations.</li>
</ol><br>
<p>
<b>Run Environment:</b><br>
There are several configuration variables which affect the location of the
wview run environment. "--prefix=xxx" (defaults to /usr/local for source
builds) is the top-level root for wview install. If "--sysconfdir=xxx" is
given to the configure script, it will override the $prefix value for
location of the configuration files. If "--localstatedir=xxx" is given, it
will override the $prefix value for location of the data files for wview.<br>
Most source installs will want to use the default prefix "/usr/local" (by
not specifying any location parameters to configure).<br><br>
There are two file system installation locations of importance for wview.
The configuration "tree" is found at: $prefix/etc/wview and the data "tree"
is located at: $prefix/var/wview. The configuration tree includes the
SQLite3 configuration database, file generation configuration including
templates and several file to support SQL export activities. The data tree
contains the generated web site (img), all archived weather data (archive)
and NOAA files.<br>
Each installation section below will indicate the default locations for
these trees.
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<a name="Installation-debian"><strong> Debian/ubuntu/kubuntu</strong></a>
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<p>
The Debian Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) is the most comprehensive and
mature unix package management system in existence. APT is the compelling
reason many linux users (such as me) use Debian or a Debian derivative for
their linux distribution of choice.<br>
radlib and wview are now available in the wviewweather.com APT repository.<br>
You may also install radlib and wview from source.<br>
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<h2>
<a name="Installation-deb-apt"><strong> APT Installation</strong></a>
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<p>
The easiest method to install wview on a debian lenny or ubuntu/kubuntu
server is to use the debian packages provided by the wviewweather.com
APT repository:
<ol>
<li>Architectures supported: i386, amd64, armel (limited)</li>
<li>Add the wviewweather.com repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list:<br>
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines to the bottom of
the file:<br><br>
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<b>For debian lenny:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/lenny lenny main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/lenny lenny main<br>
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free<br><br>
<b>For ubuntu/kubuntu jaunty:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/jaunty jaunty main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/jaunty jaunty main<br><br>
<b>For ubuntu/kubuntu karmic:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/karmic karmic main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/karmic karmic main<br><br>
<b>For ubuntu/kubuntu lucid:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/lucid lucid main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/lucid lucid main<br><br>
<b>For ubuntu/kubuntu maverick:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/maverick maverick main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/maverick maverick main<br><br>
<b>For ubuntu/kubuntu natty:</b><br>
deb http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/natty natty main<br>
deb-src http://www.wviewweather.com/apt/natty natty main
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<li>Note: important messages are output as part of the wview package install
which might be hidden when using a GUI tool for APT such as synaptic.
The command line tool apt-get allows you to see all installation messages.<br>
Use your favorite APT tool, such as apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, adept,
etc. to upgrade your package list and install wview:<br><br>
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<b>apt-get method:</b><br>
#> sudo apt-get update<br>
#> apt-cache search wview<br>
(wview should be listed now)<br><br>
#> sudo apt-get install wview<br>
(this will install radlib and any other missing prerequisites)<br>
(when done, wview will be fully installed, configured and running
as the station simulator)<br>
(you can stop it any time using "sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop")
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</li>
<li>wview will be running the simulator once installation is complete. When
you are ready to "go live" with your station, use the "wviewcleardata"
utility to purge all simulated data:<br><br>
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#> sudo wviewcleardata<br>
(this will purge all archive records, delete the HILOW, history and NOAA databases)<br>
(leaving a clean weather data environment for your station)
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<b>WARNING - take care using this utility, it does not backup data so you should
do that yourself prior to running it if there is any possibility you want
to recover/keep the old weather data!</b>
</li>
</ol>
That's it! It could not be easier and all tasks included in the source script
described below have been done for you. It has the added benefit of extremely
easy upgrades (the debian APT way). This is the recommended installation
method.<br><br>
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<b>wview Run Environment:</b><br>
Configuration: /etc/wview<br>
Data: /var/lib/wview<br>
wviewmgmt: /var/lib/wviewmgmt linked at /var/www/wviewmgmt<br>
Weather web site: /var/lib/wview/img linked at /var/www/weather
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<b>Upgrading an APT Install</b><br><br>
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#> sudo apt-get update (this updates the package list)<br>
#> sudo apt-get -u upgrade (this upgrades any out of date packages,
including wview or radlib)<br>
(if you are asked if you want to replace certain "config" files,
it is safe to say "Y")
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<b>Converting a Source Install (tarball) to an APT Install</b><br><br>
The debian packages install to different locations than the old default
/usr/local prefix. Avoid running "make uninstall" with the old distro
until you have secured your data. Make backups of your config and data
trees to somewhere safe - like your home directory.<br>
For example:<br><br>
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#> sudo mkdir -p ~/wview-save<br>
#> sudo mkdir -p ~/wview-save/etc<br>
#> sudo mkdir -p ~/wview-save/var<br>
#> sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop<br>
#> sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/wview/archive/wview-history.sdb<br>
#> sudo rm -rf /etc/init.d/wview<br>
#> sudo cp -rf /usr/local/etc/wview ~/wview-save/etc<br>
#> sudo cp -rf /usr/local/var/wview ~/wview-save/var<br>
#> sudo rm -f /var/www/weather (this should be a symbolic link)<br>
#> sudo rm -rf /var/www/wviewmgmt (this should be a symbolic link)<br>
#> cd [radlib_old_source_location] (the old distro source directory, typically /usr/local/src/radlib-X.Y.Z)<br>
#> sudo make uninstall<br>
#> cd [wview_old_source_location] (the old distro source directory, typically /usr/local/src/wview-X.Y.Z)<br>
#> sudo make uninstall<br>
#> sudo apt-get install wview<br>
(if it asks about replacing /etc/init.d/wview, say "Y")<br>
(at this point the simulator will be configured and running)<br>
#> sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop<br>
#> sudo cp -f ~/wview-save/var/wview/archive/*.* /var/lib/wview/archive<br>
#> sudo cp -rf ~/wview-save/etc/wview/* /etc/wview<br>
#> sudo wviewconfig<br>
(or use wviewmgmt to update the generation and html paths)<br>
HTMLGEN_IMAGE_PATH - /var/lib/wview/img<br>
HTMLGEN_HTML_PATH - /etc/wview/html<br>
(You may need to update Alarm or FTP or SSH paths as well)<br>
#> sudo /etc/init.d/wview start<br>
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That should do it. Just don't use uninstall without securing your config
and database files first.<br><br>
<b>Removing or Purging APT Installs</b><br><br>
You can remove the wview installation *without* removing your data and
configuration files:<br><br>
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#> sudo apt-get remove wview
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You can also purge everything included generated data and configuration:<br><br>
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#> sudo apt-get --purge remove wview
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<p>
Just be aware that "purge" removes everything. It will prompt you first
to make sure that is what you want to do. It is pretty idiot-proof.<br>
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<h2>
<a name="Installation-deb-source"><strong> Source Installation</strong></a>
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<p>
The wview distribution includes a Debian install script and an upgrade
script which greatly simplify installing and keeping wview up to date
the old-fashioned way: from source. The latest versions of these scripts
can always be downloaded from Sourceforge:<br><br>
<b>
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wview/files/wview/wview-install-debian/download">
<font color="#0044ff">wview-install-debian</font></a><br>
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wview/files/wview/wview-update/download">
<font color="#0044ff">wview-update</font></a>
</b><br><br>
There is no need to download or build wview or its prerequisites directly
as the install script will take care of all that for you.<br>
The wview-update script can be used for any unix system with tar, wget and
a reasonable build environment installed.<br><br>
To use the wview-install-debian script:
<ol>
<li>Download <b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wview/files/wview/wview-install-debian/download">
<font color="#0044ff">wview-install-debian</font></a></b><br><br></li>
<li>Make the script executable:
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#> chmod +x wview-install-debian
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</li>
<li>Execute the script with root permissions:
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#> sudo ./wview-install-debian
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</li>
</ol>
<p>
There will be a few choices to make along the way. Answer "yes" to any
package management questions.<br>
The script will invoke wviewconfig and wviewhtmlconfig to do initial
configuration for your station, environment and desired features. These
will also require input in order to proceed.<br><br>
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<b>wview Run Environment:</b><br>
Configuration: /usr/local/etc/wview<br>
Data: /usr/local/var/wview<br>
wviewmgmt: /usr/local/var/wviewmgmt linked at /var/www/wviewmgmt<br>
Weather web site: /usr/local/var/wview/img linked at /var/www/weather
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<p>
To update wview installations of version 5.4.0 or later:
</p>
<ol>
<li>Download <b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wview/files/wview/wview-update/download">
<font color="#0044ff">wview-update</font></a></b><br><br></li>
<li>Make the script executable:
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#> chmod +x wview-update
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</li>
<li>Stop wview:
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#> sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop
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</li>
<li>Execute the script with root permissions:
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#> sudo ./wview-update
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</li>
<li>Start wview:
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#> sudo /etc/init.d/wview start
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</li>
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<p>
The MacPorts package management system for Mac OSX (Darwin) includes source
packages for radlib and wview. This greatly simplifies installing wview and
keeping it up to date.<br><br>
Note: For a step-by-step procedure to install wview and all prerequisites
(including configuration of apache2 and PHP) please see the excellent
tutorial:<br>
<a href="http://www.clarkwx.net/MacPorts/wviewInstallationAdvanced.html">
<b><font color="#0044ff">Mac OS X (10.6.x) Installation Instructions (Advanced)</font></b></a><br><br>
To install wview:
<ol>
<li>Install XCode for your OSX version:
<a href="https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20505">
<b><font color="#0044ff">Download XCode</font></b></a><br><br></li>
<li>Install MacPorts:
<a href="http://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/">
<b><font color="#0044ff">Download MacPorts</font></b></a><br><br></li>
<li>Update the ports list:
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#> sudo port -d selfupdate
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</li>
<li>Update your ports:
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#> sudo port upgrade outdated
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</li>
<li>Install wview (and all prerequisites):
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#> sudo port install wview
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</li>
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<p>
This will install all prerequisites and wview.<br><br>
</p>
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<b>wview Run Environment:</b><br>
Configuration: /opt/local/etc/wview<br>
Data: /opt/local/var/wview<br>
wviewmgmt: /opt/local/var/wviewmgmt<br>
Weather web site: /opt/local/var/wview/img
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To update OSX wview installations:
</p>
<ol>
<li>Stop wview:
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#> sudo /sbin/SystemStarter stop "wview"
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</li>
<li>Update the ports list:
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#> sudo port -d selfupdate