Problems with downloading data and automatic plotting
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:21 pm
OK. I'm trying to automaticaly import data, plot it, export it, and send it off to an FTP. After weeks of trying things, I finally got the exporting and FTP thing working (I'm not relaly sure what it wasn't working before).
I'm having a problem with the data importing. At first I was having trouble when you import the data and you have to list where to store it - I could not access my D:\ drive, so under "data" in C:\ I duplicated incoming.asc and made "fronts" "obs" etc.
It actually worked once. The entire process.
However, the next time I told it to do that, it would not import the new data (or it would but it would not overwrite the file). When I downloaded it manually, I went to plot surface obs and it only gave me some buoy data (I made sure multiple times to make sure I was downloading ONLY METAR. It would not plot surface obs anymore.
NOW when I download data, even manually, it won't download any METAR. It skips right over it even when it's checked (I've tried every source listed), and when it goes to plot it it plots the wrong time and nothingk shows up.
I've been trying to get this working for over 2 months and it's really frustrating because it just stopped working on it's own. I tried "Clear Data Directory" but I think all that did was cause more problems.
Does anyone know how ot make it import data, and at this point, import any data AT ALL?!
I'm having a problem with the data importing. At first I was having trouble when you import the data and you have to list where to store it - I could not access my D:\ drive, so under "data" in C:\ I duplicated incoming.asc and made "fronts" "obs" etc.
It actually worked once. The entire process.
However, the next time I told it to do that, it would not import the new data (or it would but it would not overwrite the file). When I downloaded it manually, I went to plot surface obs and it only gave me some buoy data (I made sure multiple times to make sure I was downloading ONLY METAR. It would not plot surface obs anymore.
NOW when I download data, even manually, it won't download any METAR. It skips right over it even when it's checked (I've tried every source listed), and when it goes to plot it it plots the wrong time and nothingk shows up.
I've been trying to get this working for over 2 months and it's really frustrating because it just stopped working on it's own. I tried "Clear Data Directory" but I think all that did was cause more problems.
Does anyone know how ot make it import data, and at this point, import any data AT ALL?!