Weather Display Live - Getting Started

Release History

v6_02	05/08/2008	Fixed FWI tooltip Added 64 bit compatibility to Configurator Fixed compass background gradient fill Added temperature gauge to Configurator extra sensor options Fixed trend arrows on text boxes that shouldn't have been appearing Added method to insert line breaks on tool tips Added German translations Added more discrete error logging levels in Configurator Fixed sun / moon options in Configurator Small tweak to positional information for the vertical dual temperature instrument
v6_01	01/08/2008	Fixed dual wind rotating Fixed heat / windchill auto swap Fixed extra temp style issues Fixed multiple language amendments Fixed tool tip for mercury barometer Added dew point to records screen Added ability to change gauge, dials and meter colours in premium version Minor changes to gauge scales Added video (flv) support Added the WDL Configurator
v5_04	08/03/2008	Added Hungarian language Added Bulgarian language Modifications to Swedish language Fixed partly cloudy night icon bug in Premium version Corrected errors in documentation regarding dual temp instrument Fixed locking of temp scales when apparent temperature displayed. Modifications to Norwegian language Modifications to Portuguese language Fixed lightning -ic +cg values which were interchanged Modifications to spanish language Added widescreen option for webcams Moon is now correct for southern hemisphere Windy rain icon added Wet bulb instrument added Embedded graphs can now open full graph display Added ability to lock wind scales New graphs of barometer last hour and humidity last hour Graph of wind speed last hour now has average and gust lines Last hour graphs of temperature, rainfall, windspeed, wind direction, barometer and humidity all use new clientrawhourly file which gives 60 data points for more detailed and smoother graphs
v5_03	03/06/2007	Restored Finnish language Fixed non working change of units on 7 day graphs Fixed French language compass error Weather station name and heartbeat now appear behind other screens again Added miscellaneous French translations Fixed Beaufort text missing on a wind dial Fixed scale on dual temp instrument Greek text properly aligned on buttons again. Added weather warning forecast over-ride option.
v5_02	27/05/2007	Increased webcam minimum refresh rate to 5 seconds Added Czech language Many language tweaks Changed the way WDL loads files on initialisation Fixed records refresh bug Mouse wheel will now scroll all WDL combo boxes (when using Windows) Many new graphs added - mostly for 7 day readings UV, soil and solar instruments are now more reliably indicated in Records screen Lightning strikes per hour now indicated more accurately for Nexstorm users Previous 24 hours Lightning bug fixed Trend arrows added to text boxes for humidity, temperature ahd humidex Error messages when attempting to load cross-domain improvements Serial number no longer required for .exe version New premium version options including styling of text, use of own icons and configuring of heartbeat indicator, WDL logo button and station name
v5_01	18/12/2006	Fixed Greek language compass translation Fixed maximum beaufort bug Dutch and Norwegian language corrections. Fixed snow season tool tip error. Change to Flash v8 means you can now use png, gifs, progressive jpg for webcams, maps etc. Reworked solar bar options Changed lightning last hours drop down list so they match the change to Weather Display Added <options> to instBarometer. 1 = QNH, 2 = QFE; tooltip is removed in this situation. Flash version from v5 checking now built into WDL WDL can now display 5m of rainfall and additional intermediate scales introduced Dual wind instrument can display temp and wind direction - options 1= wind direction, 2 = temp, 3 = both Fixed humidity x axis labels on graphs New installer for Weather Display Live New Leaf wetness instrument New soil moisture text box New snow depth text box New html page with swfobject to avoid click to activate issues with IE and Flash installation and version checking. Records page no longer shows unavailable sensors Webcams reworked to allow for multiple embedded ones
v4_15	23/09/2006	Fixed missing text from Beaufort instrument Many language tweaks Removed kph as an option for wind speed unit Added new units screen Fixed autoscaling on wind direction graphs Fixed y scale text spacing on embedded graphs Faster first load of embedded graphs Fixed desktop version not updating correctly Fixed bug with WDL not updating with certain file names in URL path
v4_14	10/09/2006	Added trend arrows for humidity, humidex and temperature including the ability to globally turn off all trends. Many language updates including missing Portuguese characters. Fixed <title> tag for Beaufort instrument. Added Frisian language. Added wind direction for last hour graph. Beaufort wind object has options for displaying scale or text only. Fixed problem with graph taking long time to load when the refresh rate is set. Added sunshine hours option to solar instrument. Added ability to hide indoor temperature graph. Added WD data feed version number to heartbeat indicator. Added option to launch full version of MML from WDL MML button.
v4_13	11/06/2006	Minor language amendments to Norwegian and Italian. Fixed extraneous white elements in beaufort instrument. Fixed tool tip problem with embedded graphs. Added Greek language.
v4_12	28/05/2006	Minor language amendments. Added indoor temperature to graphs. Added all time records for solar and UV. Added FWI instrument. Cloudbase scale changed to make the divisions sensible. Added embeddable graphs. Added beaufort instrument.
v4_11	05/02/2006	Recalibrated temp gauge dial, bulbs, dual temp instruments and added easing. Added desktop MML lite capability. Minor changes to languages. Added min max to dew gauge and added min max text box for dew. Fixed refresh problem with embedded webcam. Added premium version option. Fixed last hour scale wind bug. Day night switching for webcam. Added blue moon functionality. Added 24 hour humidity graph. Added 31 day humidity graph.
v4_10	13/11/2005	Moon rotation whilst loading reinstated. Moon will move gracefully to required illumination. Added Faroese language Added max min temperature values for 8 extra sensors. More language amendments. Fixed tool tip bug with current conditions. Added improvements to MML "lite". Added xhtml compliant version of index.html.
v4_09	04/11/2005	Fixed problem with "dynamic moon" at 0% illumination. Amendments to Italian language. Added km/h as default for Portuguese languaga. Fixed bug with hyperlinks on instruments. Amended pre-built config files so that wind instruments text doesn't overlap other instruments. Added coloured icons to wind dual instrument text. Added options tag to sun moon icon.
v4_08	01/11/2005	Fixed bug with some 24 hour graphs. Amendments to all languages. Added ability to hide text from below wind instruments. Added dual wind instrument. Amended moon icon. Amended multiple webcam refresh routine. Added option to display tooltips without hyperlinks.
v4_07	11/10/2005	Modified moon phase icon to work correctly. Changed 24 hour graphs so they can show full 24 hour data if available. Added moon age in days to sun / moon instrument. Fixed error in Dutch language. Fixed bug with 7 day rainfall graph for Sunday.
v4_06	08/10/2005	Modified weekly and annual rainfall graphs so they display backwards from current day and month respectively. Modified rainrate record in Records screen so it indicates /hour if that's what in the config file. Modified yesterdays rain value. WDL running on localhost will always work in evaluation mode because of a security problem found. Added Estonian language. If using autoheatwindchill then heat button will now disappear with the heat instrument. Buttons will move along as appropriate. Animated all temperature instruments including dual temperature versions. Added option to embed webcam in WDL main screen, Added new Sun and Moon instrument to show rise and set times and phases of the moon.
v4_05	16/09/2005	Fixed wind direction graph changing with wind units. Fixed Dutch language for third time. Fixed bug with VU meter instrument launching barometer graph when showing humidity. Added German language corrections. Made other language corrections. Changed priority for weather icons. Added animated snow icon. Added last 12 months rainfall graph. Added last 31 days wind direction graph (20 graphs now available).
v4_04	05/09/2005	Fixed max/min apparent temperature units, Fixed max/min apparent temperature not switching units. Added max/min apparent temps to temperature instruments. Added more lines to current conditions / forecast text. More minor language corrections. Added time to 'No Data' warning of last valid data. Added ability for icon to follow conditions or forecast text. Added ability for instrument tool tips to launch appropriate graph if available.
v4_03	28/08/2005	Fixed Dutch compass direction label next to degrees. Fixed bug with tool tips on temperature instruments. Fixed Beaufort text on gauge type wind instrument. A few corrections and additions for several languages. Added wind direction for last 24 hours to graph. Added yesterdays rain (if applicable). Added support for Weather Wing. Station URL for Metars now generated within WDL. Added multiple webcam option. Added refresh LED on webcam screen. Added apparent temperature min/max text.
v4_02	09/07/2005	Fixed "undefined" appearing in station name. Fixed direction on compass for Dutch language. Fixed l2k close button bug. Added optional button to MML screen to launch full version. Added title and URL tooltip options for most instruments when displayed as text boxes including barometer, ET, current conditions etc - in fact everything, I think, apart from min max and rainfall rate. Added max gust last hour indicator to wind dials.
v4_01	26/06/2005	Fixed bug with heat on dual temp instrument. Fixed bug with ET not changing units. Added session timeout option. Added auto swap for heat and windchill instruments. Added barometer min/max text box. Added min/max to gauge barometer. Fixed bug with certain values of cloud height causing instrument to sit at ground level when first started. New icons. Fixed solar text oddities. Text box option for wind average, gust and direction. Added repeat checkbox for lightning playback. No more white backgrounds whilst WDL is loading. Added no data warning option. More tweaks to languages including addition of Portuguese. Added MesoMap Live "lite".
v3_12	06/03/2005	Fixed bug with extra sensors when used in dual temp instrument. (If you've been using the workaround you'll need to now remove it.) Corrected 30 days barometer graph x axis label. Added new translations. Fixed bug with locking of dual temp instrument scales. Added Nexstorm last 24 hours lightning activity graph. Added new temperature horizontal linear bar instrument. Added new dual temperature horizontal linear bar instrument.
v3_11	18/02/2005	Fixed bug with colour of text on linear temperature instrument.
v3_10	17/02/2005	Fixed bug that was causing text boxes to fail to display values if snow was displayed. Added soil temperature instrument. Added white background to linear temperature instrument.
v3_09	12/02/2005	Fixed bug with apparent and dew max min indicators on gauges. Fixed bug with rain rate / hour. Fixed bug with lightning playback. Added only show forecast option. Added ability to set clientrawextra to fast update. Changed lightning icon to show for 5 minutes once triggered. Updated mist and fog icons. Added wind icon. Added dual temperature instrument with ability to choose what is displayed. Added solar W/m² bar option. Corrected mB abbreviation to mb.
v3_08	23/01/2005	Added new temperature gauge. Added new barometer gauge. Added new rain gauge. Added ability for WDL to work on a secure (https) website. Added ability to lock temperate scales. Number of lines for Current Conditions text increased. Minor language tweaks.
v3_07	16/01/2005	Added new wind gauges. Added new temperature gauges. Solar and UV bars now change colour gradually rather than stepped. Minor modifications to German and Italian languages.
v3_06	08/01/2005	Added last 24 hour history for Nexstorm. Added optional distance rings for Nexstorm. Added options to remove graphs displayed. Added option to choose intial graph displayed. Reduced snowfall to one decimal place to avoid rounding errors when displayed in inches.
v3_06	21/12/2004	Fixed bug with zoomed lightning map not loading correctly.
v3_04	13/12/2004	Fixed refresh rate bug.
v3_03	12/12/2004	Added ability to zoom as per Nexstorm applet Added ability to select speed of playback from x15 to x720 Increased persistence of strike type. Added ability to step through manually when playback is paused. Added marker on x axis of graph during playback. Added max strike/min and strike now rates. Added highlight to time window when playing back. Added option to display snow in cm or inches and a button option for user to choose Added indoor temp min/max display. Increased wind dials so they now auto scale up to 200 Fixed bug with dewpoint in text when snowfall was displayed. Changed refresh system to reduce cpu usage Language tweaks Hopefully stopped data showing when clientraw is corrupted.
v3_02	09/11/2004	Added Nexstorm and Lightning 2000 integration Fixed bug with Apparent temperature tool tip text Fixed bug with Apparent temp and Heat index when displayed in text box. Fixed bug with current conditions Corrected some language text
v3_01	30/10/2004	Upgrade to Actionscript v2 so Flash Player 7 is now required. Forecast display - if you're using a Davis VP. Solar and UV graphs - if you have the sensors and are showing them. Improved loading routines. Option to combine Windchill and Temp on a graph. Option to show rainrate in inches/hr. Italian language. Improved graphing component New look buttons. New look dropdown menus. Webcam option.
v2_05	04/10/2004	Fixed problem loading clientrawextra.txt file. Added third colour (amber) to records LED. Now red indicates record within last 24 hours, amber last 7 days.
v2_04	25/09/2004	Added W/m² option for solar sensor. Added snow fall text options. Added decimal point option for mb or hPa for barometer. Fixed bug with meterHumidity for extra sensors. Added all the extra sensors - now 16 available. Added Beaufort option for wind dials. Added days without rain reading. Added mercury barometer instrument. Fixed tooltip for Barometer when displayed as a VU. Added km/h option for French users. Added Norwegian wind direction settings. Fixed couple of errors in configuring_wdl.pdf. More amendments to German language.
v2_03	14/09/2004	Added Norwegian language. Adjusted position and rotation of barometer trend arrow when used on the 'VU' meter. Amendments to German language version. Adjustments to loading of records.
v2_02	12/09/2004	Added tool tip to compass. Added Spanish language. Fixed bug in station name when it had a - in the name. Added 24 hour barometer graph. Added new 24 hour times on graph x axis. Update Weather Display Live hyperlink.
v2_01	06/09/2004	Instruments in WDL can now be configured by use of the WDL configuration file. Changed acceleration of wind instruments to make it more realistic. Multi-lingual. Hyperlinks on objects. Lightning activity. All time records. More graph options. Updated link on Weather Display Live version text.
v1_08	30/06/2004	Maintenance release - fixed bug with wind scaling. Added version number to WDL link,
v1_07	17/06/2004	Changed thermometers to have a sliding scale and reduced range to only 50 degrees Celsius instead of 65. Added gradient background to UV bar.
v1_06	14/06/2004	Added peak markers to wind average and gust dials. Added option to select date, time or alternating next to station name.
v1_05	24/05/2004	Large scale rewrite behind the scenes to make it more object oriented - mainly in preparation for v2 and to reduce file size Line wrap sorted for Metars Tooltips added UV sensor added Rainfall gauges animated Heat index/humidex option Ability for users to enable or disable buttons with config file. More icon keywords added Comments taken out of config file and put in readme to reduce file size.
v1_04	22/4/2004	Fixed bug causing compass to keep rotating if wind moved anticlockwise to 0 degrees. Added 3 new graph options. Added min/max temperatures for Heat Index and Windchill. Added option to display compass heading in degrees and letters. Added display of average and gust wind in figures Changed colour of temperature between 10 and 15 degrees. Added more weather icons. Increased capacity of rain tanks to 10,000mm.
v1_03	6/4/2004	Re-engineered the way data files load to avoid problems some people were having with webservers not being able to respond quickly enough.
v1_02	4/4/2004	Added switching between date and time next to heartbeat indicator. Corrected problems with rounding, Added min, max temp bars on thermometer. Improved font resizing. Fixed bug which would show serial error instead of error loading configuration file after the 30 second timeout. Added option of displaying wind in kph. Fixed bug with thermometer scale showing celsius at load instead of farenheit if that option had been selected. Changed rain gauge to improve display when in inches. Improved barometer when displaying in inHg.
v1_01	30/03/2004	Increased size of weather station name field. Increased Barometer display in inHg to 2 decimal places. Added refresh advice to serial number error screen. Fixed bug in serial number routine.
v1_00	29/03/2004	The first release of Weather Display Live