- Click on WV32’s "Setup" menu item. You should see a
selection labeled "Citizens Weather Observer Program (Standard/Pro)." If
you do not see this selection you will need to upgrade the product. If
you do see it, skip to Section B.
- Click on the "About" menu item and write down your
Serial number (labeled "SN") Even though the upgrade seems to carry over
your registration information, it wouldn't hurt to have this number just
in case something goes wrong during the installation.
- Go to the Weather
View 32 download web site and click on the “Download weather View 32
program now” link. Save the file (called wvsetup.exe) to a folder on
your computer (don’t forget where you put it).
- Execute wvsetup.exe. Be sure to install it in the same
folder as your original WV32 program.
- Repeat step 1 above and verify that WV32 now has the
"Citizens Weather Observer Program (Standard/Pro)" option available to
you. Also, verify that your serial number is listed in the “About” menu
item.
- First, you should verify that your elevation and
coordinates are correct in the WV32 setup screen. You can find your
location information at the:
- Determining your position (decimal
latitude/longitude) using Google.com;
- enter your U.S. postal mailing address
- a map of you location will appear
- click in the "link to this page" link
- you decimal format latitude and longitude will appear in the URL after the "ll=" designator (positive latitude = northern hemisphere, negative longitude = western hemisphere)
- use the decimal formatted position rounded to four decimal digits
- enter your U.S. postal mailing address
- Elevation (using the Geocode latitude/longitude position and by reading the contours of the 1:24K map) from Topozone.com. Determine the map's contour units, "feet" or "metric", by clicking on the "Map/Photo Info" button and looking at the "Map Type" for the scale map you are using, typically 1:24K.
- Verify the station metadata using ACME mapper website
The use of this ACME web page is beyond the scope of this tutorial, but it is fairly intuitive. You can get pretty accurate latitude, longitude, and elevation information using the topographic map and satellite photos of your location.
- Determining your position (decimal
latitude/longitude) using Google.com;
- Click on the “Setup” menu option in WV32 and choose
“Weather View Properties”. You should see a screen that looks similar to
the screen at the right. Be sure you are on the “Station Inf.” tab.
Insert your station latitude, longitude, and elevation in the spaces
provided. Remember that elevation should be in feet above mean sea level
(AMSL) and latitude and longitude should be in decimal degrees. So 41
degrees 30 minutes would be expressed as 41.5000 degrees. 41 degrees, 30
minutes, 30 seconds would be expressed as 41.5500 degrees.
Once you have inserted the correct information click on the “Close” button. WV32 will save your information.
- Click on the “Setup” menu option and choose the
"Citizens Weather Observer Program (Standard/Pro)” selection. You should
see a window similar to the one at the right. Put the Station ID that
you received from CWOP /APRS in the Station ID window. You did get one
right? If not, go to The CWOP sign-up page and get an
ID.
- Choose your upload frequency. This is the number of
minutes between each upload to the CWOP/APRS system. 10 minute
uploads is recommended.
- The primary and secondary CWOP severs that come with
WV32 need to be updated:
- Primary
CWOP Server should be set to
cwop.aprs.net
- Primary
CWOP Server should be set to
cwop.aprs.net
- Check the box next to “Check mark to enable data feed”. Close the window and you should be up and running!
- Time Series Graph: Change "CW1234" in links below to
your call sign
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=CW1234&last=120&radar=*** - Raw APRS/CWOP Messages:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/rawwx.cgi?call=CW1234&start=48&length=24