Weatherfax PLugin Not in settings

[Maajhire]

Pavel....

THANK YOU. The link you gave me to source forge worked fine and I now have weatherfax. The version I downloaded yesterday was from the Opencpn Downloads page (Weatherfax had changed position on the page and I assumed it was the latest version) which took me to the Source forge page - but the file I downloaded was version 3 instead of 3a.

Thank you everyone... mission accomplished.

Maajhire
Subic Bay

[rgleason]

My Program Files (x86) \ Opencpn 4.0.0 \ plugins \ weatherfax_pi
directory seems to have a small program 'PVW32Con.exe'
It also has a data directory with
coordinates.xml
weatherfaxinternetRetrieval.xml
WeatherfaxSchedules.xml

I will put PVW32Con.exe in the 4.0 Win PI folder.
for you to try putting that in the folder.

Please let us know if this helps for Windows users.

[seandepagnier]

Yes, the PVW32Con.exe program is needed because wxwidgets in windows can't open monochrom tiff files.

Now maybe this will change with wx3? It would be good to find out.

[rgleason]

Checked Sean's build and under the C-pack_packages directory ...win32\NSIS\weatherfax_pi-1.3-win32 it has

curllib.dll
libea32.dll
libsasl.dll
openldap.dll
portaudio_x86.dll
ssleay32.dll

And after installation those appeared in my opencpn directory.

So I think they all should work. Perhaps the PVW32Con.exe is not needed now.

[rgleason]

Yes, the PVW32Con.exe program is needed because wxwidgets in windows can't open monochrom tiff files.

Thanks Sean, I had forgotten that!
--So Majhire you will need that file in the folder indicated above.
--I think Paval will check his build to... I expect.

[rgleason]

I have deleted all the recent weatherfax_pi (ov4.0) install files under Opencpn Beta File Thingie under "Earlier PI" directory to eliminate confusion.

The only weatherfax_pi file there now is for OV3.2.2

"weatherfax_pi-1.3-ov3.2.2-h-win32.exe"

for Opencpn 3.2.2 users [who should upgrade to 4.0 IMHO!]