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This is purely for those that are "really curious" about some details about
some details about our system. In January of 2009; a new system was built
and combined the 'weather' and 'lightning' systems into one. The webserver
is a different computer....
- Data servers run Win2003 standard (Chosen for it's superior memory
management)
- Server is a 2.6 "core 2" Quad Core processor, 4 gigs of ram, 250 gig
7200rpm drive
- Weather Software includes: VirtualWeatherStation,"Internet Edition" w/WeatherVoice,
vplive,virtualvp, wuhu, Weatherlink w/Phone&email alert module
- Lightning Software includes: Nexstorm, StormVue,Wasp2, StrikeLink,
TSentry, NSList]
- Some specific code is custom written in C, AutoIT.
- The server uses a Berkshire "PCIWatchdog" card to auto-reset a system
incase of a hang.
- Ancillirary software includes ServersAlive to monitor some software,
SoftWX's StartWatch to reset/restart hung programs,FireDaemon to keep the
pciWatchdog card software running, and the time sync tool constantly "on".
Save2FTP is used to upload some files.
- Web Cam software is ImageSalsa
- Web Cam is an El-Cheapo off ebay in a home-made waterproof housing
(Converted a 6v flashlight)
- TimeLapse software is MovieSalsa
- Tidal data is actually pulled from another site
- Quake, Weather Alert, Marine forecasts are pulled from government
websites. (NOAA, USGC etc)
- We use images & videos from Accuweather and WeatherUnderground, as
well as NOAA
- There is actually a lot of ASP/VBScript going on in the background to
adjust text, images, etc. As well as several PHP scripts to collect &
parse data.
- The "raw" data is on the "weather server"
- We are located at Latitude/Longitude: -122.6980591/47.1720085 (220ft
elevation)
- We do NOT transfer all the pages, with the exception of the mesonet map
webpage, all pages are "static" and use variables, so updates are much
faster (one file is included on all web pages, vs. uploading multiple
webpages)
- This site makes use of Server side scripting (ASP
& PHP),
Java, and client
side scripting (Javascript) in addition to standard web work (html) We
also use several windows based Binaries (programs).
- We are using Ajax to update some values dynamically in near real-time
(Thanks to Ken of
www.saratoga-weather.com for his script & help (slightly modified)
If your browser does not support Javascript; you will need to refresh the
page manually.
- We are using Variables from fox weather (scripts heavily modified)
- The Lightning/Storm detection is composed of:
Software:
Astrongenic.com [Both Windows and Java Applet]
Hardware: Antenna and PCI Card by
Boltek.com
- All computers are on UPS's -- and the facility on Anderson Island is
backed up by a 17.5KW generator -- power outages usually yield website
updates infrequently; but are usually up to date during the day. DSL
Outages have no current backup -- however, we are considering a Sprint
Broadband backup solution. This is what usually results in the "technical
difficulty" warning
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