Rapid Fire Protocol looks very similar to standard Wunderground updates

[Jim Moudy]

Looks like it should be pretty simple to add an update for rapidfire to Wunderground... I've looked at the code and it seems a pretty simple update. However, I'm not sure how to get the updater to fire more frequently than the archive interval. adding an interval = 5 in  [[Wunderground]] doesn't change anything.

From Wunderground wiki ....

RapidFire Updates

RapidFire Updates allow you to update weather station conditions at a frequency up to once observation every 2.5 seconds. Web site visitors will see these observations change in real-time on the wunderground.com site.

• A real-time update should look almost like the standard update.
• However, the server to request is:
  • rtupdate.wunderground.com, not weatherstation.wunderground.com
• And, please add to the query string:
  • &realtime=1&rtfreq=2.5
• where rtrfreq is the frequency of updates in seconds.
• here is an example:

http://rtupdate.wunderground.com/weatherstation/updateweatherstation.php?ID=KCASANFR5&PASSWORD=XXXXXX&dateutc=2000-01-01+10%3A32%3A35&winddir=230&windspeedmph=12&windgustmph=12&tempf=70&rainin=0&baromin=29.1&dewptf=68.2&humidity=90&weather=&clouds=&softwaretype=vws%20versionxx&action=updateraw&realtime=1&rtfreq=2.5

• We haven't decided whether you should also send standard updates if the user is uploading in real-time. For now, I think we are leaning toward either only sending standard updates, or only sending real-time updates, not requiring that both are sent when the user is in real-time mode. That'll be simpler.

[Thomas Keffer]

That's what keeps it from being simple.

I've thought about this as well. The simplest and quickest way to bring in rapidfire would be to write a new service. 

I have not gotten around to doing this because I wanted to unify the present RESTful code along with the rapidfire code. That's a little more complicated.

But, if you want to write your own service, go for it! Great exercise for the student. The only subtle part is that it has to be done in a separate thread so as not to slow down the main loop.  :-)

-tk

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