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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.

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

Forum is part of Meteohub Forum: Meteobridge Forum

Release Log

To get the latest release running on your rig, just do a reboot or power-cycle. Chapters below illustrate new features and bug fixes that have been realized in current and previous releases.

In The Works

• adds support for floating water temperature sensor in Acurite Aculink bridge scenarios.

Version 2.5

released March 18, 2015

• fixes a bug that did prevent reading data from observerip stations on Meteobridge D-Link and Asus platforms.

released March 15, 2015

• 
  adds experimental support for Oregon WMR-300 station. Historical data of the logger inside the station is not used. Implementation is based on sniffing the USB data, so there might still be a few bugs in there. Data from wind, rain, indoor and outdoor temp sensors are obviously received fine.

released March 14, 2015

• 
  adds support for Rainwaise stations connected to a CC-3000 computer interface. Now both Rainwise computer interfaces are supported. The older white-boxed MKIIICC and the recent black-boxed CC-3000. Support for CC-3000 is brand new, so please keep me posted when you hit some bugs. As we don't have the station physically, we were relying on remote access to develop the drivers, which somehow reduces options for testing.
• includes a minor Vantage pass-through timing tweak, that might help to pass-through USB connected Vantages more reliable.

released March 10, 2015

• optimized vantage pass-through timing, that should resolve some issues with connected USB data loggers.

released March 7, 2015

• adds experimental support for Meteostick being able to receive RF packets from a Davis Vantage repeater. This needs a Meteostick firmware update to version "2.2 b1". Please reflash your Meteostick by calling "http://ip-of-your-meteobridge/cgi-bin/stickupdate.cgi?2.2b1". Having done that packets coming from a Davis repeater are also used.

released March 4, 2015

• improves ability to read web cam pictures where web cam is protected by http basic auth.

released February 26, 2015

• fixes a bug that prevents from selecting found WLIP IPs via drop-down.
• makes http upload timeouts a bit less strict
• fixes a bug that breaks Vantage WLIP pass-through some times.

released February 8, 2015

• sorts sensors in history section of live data tab according to sensor id, sensor type and measurement unit.
• applies some changes to computation of rain rate for Acurite Internet Bridge stations.

released February 7, 2015

• adds selector "age" to all sensors to allow for testing how old the sensor data is. Value returned is number of seconds since last data reception. Example: Variable "th0temp-age" tells seconds passed since last update from outdoor temperature sensor.
• fixes a factor 10 error for solar radiation on Ambient Weather Observer-IP station.

released February 4, 2015

• fixes a bug 1) regarding switching sea level and local pressure and 2) regarding conversion of rain data from inch to mm for Ambient Weather Observer-IP.

released February 4, 2015

• 
  adds experimental support for weather station "Ambient Weather Observer-IP". All you need to know is the IP of the Observer-IP module. Units selected for display on Observer-IP must be the imperial default ones.
• fixes a bug that disables port default setting 22222 when using Davis Vantage IP data logger.

Version 2.4

released February 1, 2015

• fixes a bug that inhibits to change application version to load on next reboot (on "system" tab).

released January 30, 2015

• 
  adds experimental support for Davis Envoy8x logger. Envoy8x logger needs to be configured with the Davis setup tool before the logger can be used with Meteobridge (definition of transmitters regarding channel and sensor type, rain bucket size, etc). Envoy8x allows to make use of up to 8 Vantage transmitters (IS, Wind, Rain, Leaf/Soil, Temperature, Temperature/Humidity) in parallel. Especially for larger sensor arrays this can be very interesting. Meteobridge (beside Meteohub) is the only non-Davis software being able to handle Envoy8x loggers. To make this a full tested production ready feature we need feedback from users running different setups. Selecting the sensors that should be used for weather network reporting can be done by the recently introduced selection of primary sensors on "live data" tab in "historical data" section.
• fixes a bug where sealevel pressure displayed in live data section was not 100% identical to "now" section in historical data.

released January 25, 2015

• 
  allows to delete sensors from historical data that don't have received data recently. Deletion is simply done by clicking the trash can and by confirming the "are you sure" dialog.
• fixes a bug that historical data for sensors following the one to be deleted are also deleted.

released January 24, 2015

• fixes a bug in enumerating Acurite 3in1 and rain sensors when used with Acurite Internet bridge.
• adds support for generic APRS services, which are now available an additional weather network.
• allows to block primary sensors from sending data to weather networks. Just click onto the name of a primary sensor (green), confirm that you want to block this sensor and sensor will be marked as blocked and sensor name switches to red. By clicking again onto the sensor name, it will be unblocked and appears in green again.

released January 22, 2015

• 
  introduces the concept of primary sensors, which are the sensors that are used for reporting data to the weather networks. On "live data" tab primary sensors are listed in green in the historical data section. Sensors actually not used as primary but having the potential to be used as primary sensors are displayed in yellow. By clicking onto a primary sensor (green ones) Meteobridge displays what kind of data the sensor is used for in the weather network context. By clicking onto a "potential sensor" (yellow ones) Meteobridge presents a drop-down list you can choose from to make this sensor a primary sensor. This allows to make the "outdoor temperature sensor #1" your primary sensor to be used for outdoor temperature reporting instead of using the default outdoor temperature sensor for this. On small weather stations with just one set of sensors this feature will not give lots of options, but stations with lots of sensors do get more options to select which sensor reports to the weather networks. This screen capture video demonstrates how to replace the standard temp/hum/dew sensor with the additional outdoor sensor #1.

released January 20, 2015

• fixes issues when 3in1 and 5in1 sensors are used in parallel on an Acurite Internet Bridge setup. 5in1 sensor array is given IDs wind0, th0, rain0 and these will be used for reporting into weather networks.

released January 17, 2015

• allow daisy chaining of any Davis Vantage PC weather program. A Meteobridge connected to a Davis Vantage by an Davis data logger (regardless if serial, USB or IP) exposes the Vantage on port 22222 like a Davis IP data logger. This allows other weather programs to also connect to the Davis Vantage and to read data in parallel from it. Only one additional program can read data from the Vantage. Function is a bit similar to the "Virtual Vantage" program that has been offered as a PC solution. Difference is that Meteobridge also supports LOOP2 communication (which "Virtual Vantage" does not) but as a downside Meteobridge can handle only one additional client (instead of 8 like "Virtual Vantage")

released January 17, 2015

• adds a drop-down list to select from predefined scripts from "templates.meteobridge.com".
• fixes a newly introduced max/min values edit bug on "live data" tab.
• fixes layout issues on "live data" tab.
• adds support for Acurite 3N1 sensor array when used with Acurite Internet Bridge.

released January 15, 2015

• allow to edit "all time" data.
• adds new system variables to react on no data coming in situations:
  • "mbsystem-uptime": uptime of Meteobridge in seconds.
  • "mbsystem-lastdata": seconds passed since last piece of data received from weather station, returns -1 if no data received. Does not distinguish between useful and useless garbage data.
  • "mbsystem-lastgooddata": seconds passed since last piece of meaningful sensor data recorded, returns -1 if no sensor data recorded so far.
• fixes some configuration restore issues.

released January 9, 2015

• fixes another minus degree Fahrenheit bug.
• adds experimental support for AnythingWeather network.

released January 6, 2015

• fixes a Meteostick bug with temperatures below 0°F.

released January 3, 2015

• adds options to backup and restore configuration of a Meteobridge. Current network settings, timezone, latitude and longitude data are not overwritten when restoring a previously saved backup.
• adds a button to update Meteostick firmware to latest version (will only be displayed when a Meteostick-based weather station is selected).

released December 22, 2014

• fixes a bug that inhibits to define additional sensors for Meteostick operating a Davis Vantage.

released December 20, 2014

• fixes a bug in regard to Meteonews data transfer.
• fixes a bug computing BFT wind speeds.

released November 27, 2014

• adds support for weather network Meteonews.
• adds support for weather station Lufft WS600.
• adds template variable "hoursum" to grab the increase during the current hour on cumulative sensors like rain or evapotranspiration.
• fixes a false error message, telling that Ubiquiti cam cannot be connected, although connection is done fine.

released November 16, 2014

• fixes a bug computing rain rate for Vantage stations connected via Meteostick. Previous computation was factor 10 too low. As rain rate is recorded together with rain totals, update might hang a few seconds behind compared to what Davis console displays.

released November 15, 2014

• fixes a bug computing sea level pressure for WMRS200 stations.

released November 9, 2014

• fixes a bug in the "stickupdate.cgi" script.

released November 7, 2014

• fixes a bug that prevents from assigning additional Davis sensors a transmitter ID when used with Meteostick.

released November 4, 2014

• adds percentage of good RF reads vs RF noise in case of Meteostick usage. Percentage is displayed in signal column of indoor sensor. Values below 1% are considered as difficult RF noise conditions. RF good vs noise ratio can be improved by better placement of Meteostick (using the USB cradle) and reducing Meteostick RF sensitivity.

released November 2, 2014

• WS1000/HP-1000 outdoor multi-sensor units from Ambient Weather/Fine Offset are now fully supported by Meteostick. Support just covers the outdoor sensor unit, air pressure is given by Meteostick. This version allows the Meteostick to drop its binding to an initially found WS1000 sensor unit. This can be done manually by a checkbox on "Select Station" tab or will be done automatically after a series of failed attempts to connect with the unit. Sensor unit IDs change when sensors are power cycled. Therefore, it needs a mechanism to bind to these IDs (which is done automatically) and to unbind again, when unit with another ID (or changed ID) should be listened to. In order to have Meteostick supporting WS1000 you have to update its firmware to version 2.0 by calling this URL: "http://<ip_of_your_meteobridge>/cgi-bin/stickupdate.cgi"

• further improves RF reception reliability of Meteostick for WS1000 sensor units.
• delays sending of weather data until all main values (outdoor temp, outdoor hum, pressure, rain rate, wind speed, wind direction) have been provided by the weather station. Wait ends after a minute to allow uploading in situation where some data is missing because of sensor defect etc.
• supports new Ubiquiti Unifi cameras (not the pro series). Remark: Snapshots have the Ubiquiti logo as a watermark in the lower right. At the moment we can't say if we can remove this watermark logo with coming SW updates.

released October 26, 2014

• eliminates wrong "needs a USB hub" warning on "Select Station" tab, when using a Meteostick.
• adds experimental support for reading RF data via Meteostick from Fine Offset HP-1000 (Ambientweather WS1000) outdoor sensors (US and EU version). This needs update of Meteostick firmware to version 2.0 beta.
• introduces easy firmware updates for Meteosticks by any Meteobridge. Just browse to "http://<ip_of_your_meteobridge>/cgi-bin/stickupdate.cgi" to have the Meteostick flashed to newest firmware. When you want to flash a distinct firmware version, you can add version number as URL parameter. As an example: "http://<ip_of_your_meteobridge>/cgi-bin/stickupdate.cgi?2.0beta" flashes version 2.0 beta to the Meteostick.

released October 23, 2014

• fixes bug in windchill computation for wmr200.

released October 21, 2014

• minor optical bug fixes regarding new "deactivate push services" feature.
• "i" icon on "live data" tab shows history of events triggered by alarm definitions.

released October 20, 2014

• Windfinder logo now points to sing-on page of Windfinder network.
• adds a feature that allows to deactivate a push services definition without deleting it (still beta). Simply select "off" from drop-down menu of the event to be deactivated.

released October 19, 2014

• adds indicator if USB hub is connected to platform string on "System" tab.
• adds English overlay texts for Aircam 1.1 and 1.2/3.x but using ISO instead of imperial units.
• fixes a bug that deletes user settings that contain a "x_" sub string.
• adds location information to system tab based on the WAN IP address.
• fixes a bug that stops data logging process when alarm condition has empty raise or clear condition.
• makes use of rain rate as send from Davis rain gauge via RF when operating with Meteostick (no longer doing Meteobridge specific computations).
• fixes a bug that fires incremental alarms although one-time alarm invocation was defined.
• adds modulus operator and arithmetic functions to be used for definition of alarm trigger conditions (see here).

released October 8, 2014

• adds red comment on "i" icon text when alarm is triggered and puts green comment in, when alarm is resetted. This allows a better understanding how evaluated conditions trigger actions.

Version 2.3

released October 8, 2014

• modifies evaluation of trigger events in a way that does not trigger when clear condition is met (in that case it skips raise condition evaluation)
• adds firing of trigger event to "i" icon condition evaluation history and allows to show latest 24 evaluations (instead of 8 before).

released October 2, 2014

• fixes a bug on day change, where today/yesterday variables are not properly set for the very few seconds
• reworks expressions handling of alarm conditions and removes some bugs regarding expression evaluation. Changes are in detail:
  • Variables can be used with or without enclosing square brackets. If used without, please make sure there is a blank before and after the variable. Apart from this, there is no need for separating operators etc by blanks.
  • Variables can use all defined qualifiers, like "th0temp-act=F.0:0".
  • There is no longer a distinction between simple and complex conditions.
  • Logical operators in expressions for "and" are "&" or "&&", both have the same meaning, some with "or" which can be "||" or "|".
  • The "i" icon shows history of latest evaluation of raise and clear conditions. To get more recent history reload "Push Services" tab by clicking onto the tab and then going back to the "i" icon.
  • The "i" icon also lists errors during condition evaluation.

released September 28, 2014

• allows additional temperature/humidity sensors for supported ELV/Conrad and LaCrosse stations.
• fixes a bug in clearing alarms on certain conditions
• fixes a bug regarding air pressure on Rainwise MKIII stations

released September 20, 2014

• proposes latitude/longitude when doing initial setup (data derived from WAN IP address)
• proposes a time zone when doing initial install (data derived from WAN IP address)
• displays assumed location as derived from WAN IP address
• displays Internet provider that connects the Meteobridge with the outside world

released September 17, 2014

• Aircam initialization issues are a bit harder to resolve than expected. This release should fix issues on all platforms.

released September 13, 2014

• fixes a bug in setting up AirCams with latest firmware 3.0.7 to be correctly initialized for operation with Meteobridge on DIR-505 platform

released September 9, 2014

• fixes a bug in setting up AirCams with latest firmware 3.0.7 to be correctly initialized for operation with Meteobridge. Former issue related to switching web interface from HTTPS to HTTP has been solved.

released September 6, 2014

• improves overall ssh tunnel stability and detection of stalled ssh tunnels used for remote login

released August 27, 2014

• fixes a rain cumulation bug when using Meteostick, where first rain bucket tip has been omitted

released August 25, 2014

• fixes http-keepalive problems with DIR-505 when used through ssh tunnel.
• fixes a bug that halts data logging when defining long e-mail bodies (>2000 bytes) or using single quotes (') in e-mails. This bug fix allows to send HTML emails as described here.

released August 9, 2014

• improves reconnect to gateway server after reboot (makes sure previous tunnel is removed before establishing new one)
• adds counter for received and transmitted bytes since last reboot.

released August 6, 2014

• fixes a bug that might prevent triggering events on distinct time of day
• allows to reach Meteobridge web interface from the Internet without tweaking your router. This option is disabled per default to maximize your security. Option to give "smartbedded UG" exclusive access has been dropped in favor to this more general solution. Login from the Internet will be done by a special URL (only known to the Meteobridge owner) and is also subject to the Meteobridge web interface password. It is highly recommended to set that password before enabling Internet login.

released August 3, 2014

• fixes a bug in libusb availability on DIR-505 platform (also updated installation instructions for DIR-505)
• provide firmware image that can be installed on newer DIR-505L versions
• filters out bad gust speed RF packets on Meteostick (like c0 41 b9 25 5c 28 84 21)
• adds a passcode field for validating radio amateur call signs used with CWOP

released July 17, 2014

• adds a menu to Vantage Meteostick operation that allows to make use of additional transmitters
  • ISS wind sensor can be replaced by a separate Vantage wind station
  • ISS rain sensor can be replaced by a separate Vantage rain station
  • one leaf/soil station can be added
  • multiple temperature/humidity or pure temperature stations can be added

• fixes a rain rate computation bug with Meteostick
• fixes bug when reading duplicate parameters from Meteobridge configuration file
• fixes bad rain data RF packets for Meteostick (e0 af 8f 8e fd 48 41 79)
• fixes a bug on reading high humidity packets on certain Vantage sensors when used with Meteostick (a0 00 6e ff 72 00 bb f8)

released July 7, 2014

• adds repeating time schedules that align in some respect to full hours, minutes. New defined categories are:
  • every full 5 minutes
  • every full 10 minutes
  • every full 15 minutes
  • every full half hour
  • every full hour
  • every full 2nd hour
  • every full 3rd hour
  • every full 6th hour
  • every full 12th hour
  • on day change

released July 6, 2014

• fixes a newly introduced bug in regard to wind data on Oregon WMR200 stations.
• adds numerical system variables "isnight" and "isday" that return "1" if true and return "0" if false.

released July 5, 2014

• adds station name (distinct from user name) for Open Weather network.
• sorts out bad UV packets (like 40 00 3e fc c3 00 31 97) when using Meteostick.
• supports new AirCam firmware 3.0.x (only firmware 1.2 and 1.1 have been supported so far)

released July 2, 2014

• allows for a fully qualified FTP URL in "path" field of an FTP event to select a FTP server different from the one defined as standard in the FTP services definition. Syntax for fully qualified FTP paths is: "ftp://user:password@host:port/path" (remark, no element is allowed to be omitted!)
  
• eliminates another bad RF packet (78 2c 79 e5 f1 0b a0 19) that reports false wind data from Meteostick logging.
• fixes a bug when defining email sending as push services, where email "To-Addr." is not handled correctly.

released June 28, 2014

• complete rework of "Push Services" tab that separatea SERVICES (mail, twitter, ftp, mysql, etc) from EVENTS that can be triggered periodically, on distinct times or on alarm conditions. This Flexibility allows to define multiple emails, http requests as events on defined channels. You can stick to the old way of defining "push services" by sticking to Version 2.2 on "System" tab.
• adds automatic IP suggestion for a connected Ubiquity AirCam.
• fixes a bug reading invalid barometer values from PeetBros Ultimeter stations.

Version 2.2

finalized June 18, 2014

• filters out bad RF temperature packets (like 80 60 77 9a b8 37 b0 4c) received from Meteostick.

released June 17, 2014

• disables retries for sending data to "weathercloud" network, as sending data in rapid frequency is anyway blocked by their flood prevention algorithms.
• filters out bad RF rain packets (like e0 2d 65 9f ff 88 00 16) and temperature packets (like 80 00 00 ff c5 00 f2 e2) received from Meteostick.

released June 15, 2014

• does an automatic search for Davis Vantage IP data loggers in the current class C network and provides a list of found WLIP data loggers to choose from when weather station Davis Vantage selected. Check of potential 255 IP addresses is done after each reboot and may take a few minutes. When you connect a WLIP, do a reboot of the Meteonridge and wait 5 minutes after reboot, then browse to "select station" tab and if there is a WLIP in your class C network, the IP address will be provided as an option to select from.
  

released June 14, 2014

• adding support for battery-powered TP-Link router TL-MR3040
  

released June 12, 2014

• adds support for weathercloud.net
• gets rid of bulky mysql lib when feature not used. This increases free RAM headroom for hassle free operation.
• filters out spike packets from Meteostick impacting outdoor temp and wind speed (bad packet example: 88 ff da 91 53 0b e6 eb)

released June 9, 2014

• smoothing mph data upload to WU when fed by a Meteostick to have the Vantage typical decimal free mph wind speed numbers.
• disables fields for user name and password when not authentication for email sending is specified
• fixes a bug in computing windchill for Rainwise and Peetbros stations. This bug inhibited wind data to be logged.

released May 23, 2014

• adds sending leaf and soil data from a Davis Vantage to Weather Underground

released May 17, 2014

• avoid error messages from weather network "weather bug" when pressure, windspeed or rain data is missing from sensors.
• avoid error message from weather network "windfinder" when signing on with correct user name and password on Meteobridge "weather network" page.

released May 13, 2014

• adds support for pure temp sensors to station type Oregon Scientific WMRS 200
• allows to define frequency of uploads of the WLIP data logger to Davis Weather Link service: every minute, every 5 minutes, every 10 minutes, never.
  

released May 5, 2014

• adds a feature to calibrate wind direction
• enlarges buffer for historical data of last 60 minutes to even cover wind data coming in every 2 seconds
• reduces storage for data buffering when used with Meteoplug cloud services a bit, to avoid troublesome low memory situations

released April 20, 2014

• better detection of maximum gust values for Davis Vantages by making use of LOOP2 packets and fixing the wrong documentation Davis does provide for "maxgust 10min".
• improves wind reporting intervals for Davis Vantage (down to every 2 seconds) even when using LOOP and LOOP2 packets synchronously. Also adding code that makes sure no wind gust is omitted, even when LOOP packet live data did not catch it up.
• adds an option to version control on "system" tab which forces booting from USB stick instead of downloading application stack and historical data from the Internet. USB stick just needs to be FAT32 formatted and being inserted into USB hub on Meteobridge. When you then do a regular reboot the downloaded application stack will automatically be stored on USB stick. On next reboot this image will be used when told to do so by setting "try USB first" on version control drop-down options.
• applies standard correction for indoor temp sensor in the Meteostick of 6.7°C to roufhly compensate for heat emission of other components inside the stick.
• fixes bug in calculating rain rate for Acurite USB stations
• new weather underground logo

released April 14, 2014

• These Meteobridge platforms have been tested to work reliable with Meteostick without need of an USB hub. Precondition for TP-Link devices (TL-WR703N and TL-MR3020) is, that they have been flashed with newest 1.4 firmware.

released April 11, 2014

• a connected Meteostick can be updated to newest Meteostick firmware by browsing "http://ip-of-your-meteobridge/cgi-bin/stickupdate.cgi" (please don't type this literally, but insert the LAN IP of your Meteobridge)
• adding feature to determine sensitiveness of RF reception of Meteostick

released April 6, 2014

• introduces improvements on Meteostick regarding RF reach and computation of rain rate
• removes warnings on missing USB hub for certain stations when firmware 1.4 used
• adds signal strength on live data tab when using a Meteostick

released March 29, 2014

• introduces support for Meteostick, a Davis weather station RF receiver in the form factor of a USB stick. Details about Meteostick can be found here.
  

Version 2.1

finalized March 22, 2014

• introduces a new firmware for TP-Link MR3020 platform that no longer needs a USB hub to connect to majority of USB devices. To do a firmware update of your TP-Link MR3020 do the steps outlined at the end of this paragraph, but please keep in mind that you do this at your own risk. In the unlikely event that you brick the unit by this, it is your damage. If you don't want to take the risk, stay with the current firmware. Updating firmware does not void your Meteobridge license, your unit will stay licensed as it has been before, but it will delete all your local settings, so you are again back to factory defaults after this.
  • download firmware 1.4: meteobridge-tl-mr3020-v1.4.bin
  • browse to "http://ip-of-your-meteobridge/cgi-bin/fwupdate.cgi" (please don't type this literally, but insert the LAN IP of your Meteobridge)
  • insert your Meteobridge web interface password
  • unselect "keep setting" flag
  • browse to downloaded 1.4 firmware
  • press "flash image" button
  • confirm on next page and wait until Meteobridge reboots (will take 2 minutes).
  • as a side effect all settings you made so far are lost, so you have to restart your configuration from scratch again
• TP-Link WR703N also has a USB fixed firmware version 1.4 available: meteobridge-tl-wr703n-v1.4.bin. Procedure to update firmware is identical to MR3020 as explained above.

released March 16, 2014

• adds humidity calibration. It is working that way that you can specify which reading from your hum sensor should be recognized as relative humidity of 0% and which reading should equal to 100%. Values in between will be scaled accordingly. Range of results is limited to range from 0 to 100.
• fixes some shortly introduced bugs around temperature and rain calibration.

released March 15, 2014

• adds offset correction option to outdoor temp sensor
• adds factor correction option to rainfall sensor
• make sure not missing any wind gust maximum readings on Davis Vantage, even when Vantage does not report those via regular LOOP packets.

released March 8, 2014

• fixes a bug that prevents from reading Vantage firmware version when version text provides only one decimal

released March 7, 2014

• increased http request timeout from 5 to 10 seconds to cover weatherbug's http performance issues
• fixes unmotivated rain fall spikes on USB-connected Accurite stations
• allows to deselect UV sensors for Fine Offset / Ambientweather stations in order to avoid UV phantom sensor data

released February 27, 2014

• some slight storage usage optimizations to give Meteobridges connected to a "Accurite Internet Bridge" a bit more of RAM headroom, which is needed for uninterrupted Meteoplug upload use. Reading data from the "Accurite Bridge" pushes Meteobridge to the limit as it needs a rather large library being loaded to intercept the TCP/IP traffic and to sniff the weather data payload from the TCP/IP packets.

released February 20, 2014

• fixes a bug in regard to indoor temp/baro data of Acurite USB weather stations

released February 14, 2014

• fixes a bug on DIR-505 platform regarding support for USB HID connected weather stations

released February 6, 2014

• adding support for 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h rain totals based on a rolling time frame (not just daily values). New template variables are: sum1h, sum3h, sum6h, sum12h, sum24h. These values are available for use in templates and CWOP now also receives 24h rain totals ("p" parameter).

released February 5, 2014

• changes FTP upload timeout from 10 to 20 seconds in order to support uploads via low bandwidth Internet connections
• fixes a timezone related bug regarding daily rain upload to CWOP

released January 27, 2014

• includes URLs to predefined Meteoplug graphs into template feature. Variables are "mbsystem-graphA", "mbsystem-graphB", ..., "mbsystem-graphH". Details can be found here.

released January 18, 2014

• adapts to a forced change of twitter API from January 14, 2014 (after updating from former Meteobridge versions twitter authentication needs to be walked through from scratch again)
• allows for special characters in weather network user ids and passwords
• expands number of ftp file uploads from 4 to 6
• allows for pressure correction with 3 decimals (requested for in/Hg units)

Version 2.0

finalized January 3, 2014

• fixes a bug regarding template variables [HH] and [H].

released December 26, 2013

• fixes a bug in regard to sealevel pressure values uploaded from Meteobridge to Meteoplug cloud graphing. When you suffered from inconsistent sealevel pressure values on Meteoplug service, then please also issue a "recompute all data" on your Meteoplug "inspect data" page (do that about 15 minutes after you did reboot the Meteobridge to make sure the basic new settings have been transferred to your Meteoplug account).

released December 18, 2013

• provide a way to set date/time automatically to current values even when behind a firewall that blocks outgoing ntp requests

released December 15, 2013

• allow for additional temp sensors for Oregon WMRS 200
• don't show USB hub warning on "weather station" tab when using vantage with WLIP interface configured

released November 30, 2013

• fixing an error that effects date stamps displayed in tool tips on "live data" tab when going to monthly or yearly min/max values
• adding strftime-like date and time variables to be used in AirCam ftp upload filenames (strftime syntax is explained here). Example: FTP AirCam upload path "aircam_%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M.jpg" results to a file like "aircam_2013-11-30_10:41.jpg" on FTP server.

released November 20, 2013

• repairing incomplete bug fix from October 14 regarding initialization of AirCams with firmware version 1.1.5
• warns when using illegal characters for SSID
• allows moisture sensors without temp probe for Davis Vantage
• "ISS direct connect kit" no longer supported

released October 27, 2013

• adapts timing of low level drivers for WS-2300 weather stations to avoid some no-data situations.
• allows not to auto-update on post 2.0 versions.

released October 16, 2013

• prints a warning when AirCam is configured to use HTTPS on the web interface as Meteobridge can't handle that

released October 14, 2013

• fixing a bug that prevents Ubiquiti AirCams version 1.1.5 being initialized correctly

released October 12, 2013

• adding the option to use images located by a URL for weather data annotation.
• improving error reports when image conversion does fail
• improving application stack load from server during boot process to rule-out stall situations on boot.

Version 1.9

finalized October 6, 2013

• fixing a bug in sensor definition of WDC7000
• adding simple internet upload facility for aircam images plus annotation with weather data. No history of images, just the latest one can be accessed. Upload interval goes down to every 5 minutes. Annotation is realized by linux convert program, which provides tons of bells and whistles and also allows resizing and other tricks on your image. For ease of use some standard templates for classical weather data annotation are provided as drop-down options (ISO and imperial units).
  
  Overlay text for "Imperial EN Aircam 1.2":

  -resize 852x480 -fill black -draw "fill-opacity 0.7 rectangle 0 460 852 480" 

-pointsize 12 -fill orange -draw "text 5 475 '[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD] [hh]:[mm]'" -fill white -draw "text 110 475 'Temp: [th0temp-act=F.1:--] °F Humidity: [th0hum-act.0:--] % Pressure: [thb0seapress-act=inhg.2:--] inHg Wind Chill: [wind0chill-act=F.1:--]°F Wind: [wind0avgwind-act=mph.1:--] mph Gust: [wind0wind-max5=mph.1:--] mph Rain today: [rain0total-sumday=in.2:--] in'"

released October 1, 2013

• fixing a bug impacting Fine Offset stations (WH-1080, etc) support on Asus platform.

released September 28, 2013

• fixing a bug impacting ELV WDE1 support.

released September 26, 2013

• fixing a bug impacting upload to weather underground webcam service and individual ftp uploads, when no weather station sending data.

released September 19, 2013

• fixing rain data issue with ws550 and clones
• fixing errorneous messages on Weatherflow when selecting Weather Underground as weather network

released September 12, 2013

• doing some fixes on aircam uploads to Weather Underground's WebCam service.

released September 11, 2013

• adding support for weather network "Weatherflow"
• adding support for weather network "wetter.com"
• adding support for storing latest application stack and historical data on a USB stick. This provides a fall-back position when Meteobridge server cannot be reached and will allow Meteobridge operation in a stand-alone manner, without any need for server interaction. Just plug-in a FAT32 formatted USB stick and this feature will go live. Boot from USB is done, when Meteobridge fails during boot for about 10 minutes to load application stack from Internet. When Meteobridge booted from USB stick a notice about that is added in the uptime statement on "system" tab.
• fixes a bug preventing from initialization of Ubiquiti AirCams
• experimental support for additional HW platform: D-Link DIR-505
  
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  D-Link DIR-505 A1 (US)

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  D-Link DIR-505 A1 (EU)

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  D-Link DIR-505 A2 (UK)

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  D-Link DIR-505 A2 (EU)

Version 1.8

finalized August 29, 2013:

• adding support for Hungarian weather network idokep
• fixes a bug on template resolution for UTC time stamps
• improves scheduling algorithm for repeating of failed weather network requests

released August 17, 2013:

• fixes a bug that can make send to weather networks stall
• adding variable "forcast-rule" and "forecast-text" to report rule number and English forecast text in case you have a Davis Vantage connected. Alternative languages are also supported:
  • "forecast-textde": in German (UTF-8 coded)
  • "forecast-textdeiso": in German (ISO-8859 coded)
  • "forecast-textdehtml": in German (HTML coded)
  • "forecast-textnl": in Dutch
  • "forecast-textit": in Italian
  • "forecast-textest": in Estonian
  • "forecast-texthr": in Hungarian
  • "forecast-textcz": in Czech

released August 13, 2013:

• "Imperial" option controls wether iPhone graphs will be shown with imperial or meteric units.
  
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  iPhone landscape
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  iPhone portrait
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  iPhone landscape
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  iPhone landscape
  (imperial units, right bot)

released August 11, 2013:

• adds 3 additional temp/hum and temp sensors to be evaluated for Oregon WMR-928/968
• fixes a bug that prevents from applying manual pressure correction done with Meteobridge to Meteoplug uploads as well
• adding an iPhone url that shows personal weather data in two modes
  • landscape: dials and gauges, with update frequency down to 10 seconds
  • portrait: list of weather data from now, today and yesterday
• added a another two graphs for iPhone where temperature, humidity, pressure, wind and rain data for today and yesterday are displayed.
  
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  iPhone landscape (right top)

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  iPhone landscape (right bottom)

released August 4, 2013:

• allows to add a date/time stamp (like "@15:23" or "@2013-3-15 13:24" when changing min/max values manually. date/time string has to be second parameter (following the value to change) and has to start with a "@". Evaluation of number blocks inside date/time stamp start at the end with "minutes", then "hour", "day", "month", "year". blocks omitted will be replaced by current data.
• adds "Meteoplug Cloud Graphing" as an option to send weather data to. This allows to log every single piece of data the weather station does hand over to Meteobridge onto Meteoplug cloud and to provide a wide range of user-defined graphing options for it. Provides Live-Data dashboard in the Internet for your station as a free add-on from Meteoplug cloud service (no subscription required for this).
  
• add a more powerfull trigger mechanism for alarms, that supports evaluation of arithmetic and logical expressions
• adds support for weather station HomeMatic WDC 7000

Version 1.7

finalized July 27, 2013:

• fixes bug that "erase" button on live data page does not clear historical data under certain circumstances

released July 26, 2013:

• allow for update interval down to 5 seconds for http requests
• fixes a rain cumulation error when not January set as month for "annual rain start"

released July 21, 2013:

• resets Meteobridge back to "Factory Defaults" when pressing the reset button until LED blinks for 5th time. Meteobridge will reboot automatically.
• supports Acurite Internet Bridge device on experimental level. Meteotridge needs to be in WLAN mode and must have "LAN Bridge" option enabled. Acurite Internet Bridge has to be directly connected to Meteobridge via Ethernet cable. This setup allows to use all features Acurite did put into Internet Bridge and to feed Meteobridge which gives even more options to make use of your weather data. Acurite 5in1 sensor and extra temperature sensors are supported.

Version 1.6

finalized July 19, 2013:

• update to twitter API 1.1 as currently used API 1.0 has been switched-off by twitter. You will have to repeat authentification sequence once to get your Meteobridge registered to API 1.1.
• patch to low level WH1080/2080/3080 weather station code that should prevent from false recording uv/lux values with non uv/lux equipped stations.
• fixes a bug that makes "Push Services" tab break under certain conditions.

released June 24, 2013:

• fixes a timezone bug on TP-Link platforms
• resets USB controller on TL-MR3020 when USB connection does not deliver data for a longer time

released June 22, 2013:

• fixes a bug that impacts correct start/stop of datalogger when connected to an acurite station.
• adds support of triggering a user defined shell script that can incorporate weather variables. This allows to start actions on other devices by http requests initiated by the shell script.

released June 13, 2013:

• fixes a bug that prevents from reading data from acurite stations via USB hub.
• adds optional client bridging mode that enables a Wifi connected Meteobridge to connect devices connected to the Meteobridge's LAN port with WLAN.
• adds support for Ubiquiti AirCam to be used as weather cam for Weather Underground and for upload of weather pics via FTP to a user's server. Picture quality is fine for a 100 Euro priced consumer cam which can handle varying daylight situations quite well.
• adds support for new AirCam firmware 1.2, which provides pictures in 1280x720 resolution as displayed below on the right. Meteobridge automatically detects firmware version of AirCam and loads pictures in best available resolution.
  
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  FW 1.2 (1280x720)

Version 1.5

finalized June 1, 2013:

• adds http-based data request mechanism "template.cgi?template=XXXXX&contenttype=text/plain"

released May 30, 2013:

• adds heat index on outdor temp/hum sensors
• adds monthly/yearly values for evapotranspiration
• makes upload interval for backup of historical data selectable (from every 10 minutes to once a day)
• adds new variables to allow time stamps in 12h notation: HH, H, APM, apm (see "Template" chapter for details)

released May 23, 2013:

• fixes upload abortion problem with CWOP

released May 14, 2013:

• adds option to specify a month to be used as starting point for annual rain measurement. Default is January.

released May 12, 2013:

• support for Acurite USB stations 1025/1035/1525 added
• adds option to calibrate pressure by an offset on "select station" page

released May 6, 2013:

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

Version 1.4

finalized May 3, 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

finalized April 21, 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 April 13, 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 April 7, 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

finalized March 29, 2013:

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

released March 17, 2013:

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

released March 16, 2013:

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

released March 11, 2013:

• additional system variables as described in section Templates#System Variables

released March 9, 2013:

• support of additional temp/hum sensors for vantage, additional temp data to be reported to Weather underground (if there)
• setup your own weather website setup with the help of "saratoga templates" (http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/setup-Meteobridge.php)

Version 1.1

finalized 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