WeatherFax ...

[rgleason]

Naufragus please try the attached. Rename to data.zip by taking off pdf and extract to your data directory.

This should fix some of the problems but not all.

I haven't figured out why the DWD > Europe > 500mb files don't overlay, but just disapear.

I have tried to put duration in all the items at the end of a list, so that notice should go away.

I have checked every file to make sure that there is no white space and have tried to make sure they are compatible.


@Ozolli Please see https://github.com/rgleason/weatherfax_pi/issues/122

[rgleason]

Naufragus

Also please test all DWD for Europe, Germany, etc. and make note of which ones don't work, so we can get them fixed.
Thanks.

[Aldebaran17]

Originally Posted by rgleason

Naufragus

Also please test all DWD for Europe, Germany, etc. and make note of which ones don't work, so we can get them fixed.
Thanks.

For me, DWD Europe, DWD Germany, DWD Central Europe, all files load (it is a ton of files) and display nicely.

Weatherfax 1.0.30.11 on MacOS, updated the catalog via "Update Data Resources"

Best,

Manfred

[Naufragus]

Ok, I changed the files and tried to load the charts from DWD. It worked initially, but there is a strange behaviour. It is not possible to load more than 2 or 3 charts, the next ones won't be displayed neither on the screen or in the first window, where the loaded charts are shown. If i delete them from the window or start wefax again, I can load the other files, but not more than 2 or 3. So I think it's not the problem to display the charts from DWD generally, but a problem of loading more than one or two at a time.

The same problems occur when loading files from NOAA GOES or Chile met. If I loaded more than 2 or 3 files before, nothing happens. The files will be downloaded, but but they do not appear in the window of downloaded files and won't appear on the screen.

Maybe a problem with filesize or the ability of handling only a few charts? In te former versions of wefax that was never a problem.

[Aldebaran17]

Originally Posted by Naufragus

Maybe a problem with filesize or the ability of handling only a few charts? In te former versions of wefax that was never a problem.

I have no insights in the code itself, just being a user.

If there is an issue, it is in issue with your computer, OS or installation. On my Mac I did download some 200 files without issues this morning. On my Pi, I actually figured that processing of files is ultra slow, response time of minutes.

Manfred

[Naufragus]

Hallo Manfred,
da kann ich ja dann wohl auf Deutsch antworten... Ich denke mal nicht, dass es ein Problem mit dem PC oder der Installation ist (WIN10, Notebook ACER Aspire E17). Das funktioniert erst seit dem letzten Update von Open CPN und Wefax nicht mehr, vorher auf dem gleichen Rechner ohne Probleme. Für den MAC ist es letztlich ja auch andere Software.

Ich hab auf einem älteren Notebook noch die Vorgängerversionen laufen, da funktioniert es einwandfrei.

Gruß Michael

[Aldebaran17]

Originally Posted by Naufragus

Hallo Manfred,
da kann ich ja dann wohl auf Deutsch antworten...
Gruß Michael

Michael,
better stick with english. Otherwise this will be a private conversation between the two of us. And you will need the others to solve your issue. I am just a user here, who at some point got involved in testing the Weatherfax plugin.

Handbreit Manfred

[rgleason]

Please continue testing v1.9.34 and try to figure out what is happening with DWD website downloads.

There is a new version of weatherfax_pi 1.9.34 in both the Beta and master catalogs.
We tried to make sure the xml code was clean, eliminating all ending white spaces, and to fix the "duration" message problem.

My initial testing shows that the initial message no longer occurs, but there is still a problem downloading and overlaying multiple DWD>Europe weatherfax files, it occurs with both "forecasts" and "500mb" faxes.

After about 4-6 downloads, the next downloads are successful because they land in the user writable directory C:\ProgramData\opencpn\plugins\weatherfax and can be identified, but the overlay does not occur and the weatherfax is not added to the Weatherfax Fax List, and nothing shows as an overlay.

This may be a problem with memory, but I doubt it. It could be a bad xml file, but I doubt it. Why is it so intermittent? Is the DWD website terminating the file in an unusual way?

I have tried downloading many NOAA files and have not run into this problem, which indicates that it probably isn't a code problem.

I hope some smart user will figure this out, or provide more information. Is it just the DWD website that this happens on?


Note: Weatherfax does use more and more memory, just watch it in the Task Manager, and eventually it starts rebelling and does not work properly. You then have to shut down and reopen to clear the memory. At that point the georeferencing in the images downloaded is lost, but you can resume your downloads. This occurs after more than 100 images have been downloaded usually (I've never counted), but I run into it while testing the xml files and have discussed this situation with Sean. It will not be changed. See closed issue https://github.com/seandepagnier/wea...x_pi/issues/39

[rgleason]

I've opened a github issue about this
https://github.com/rgleason/weatherfax_pi/issues/122

[rgleason]

Originally Posted by Naufragus

Ok, let's see. Sorry for making you so much trouble, but it would be great when wefax would work again as perfect as I know that.

I already made a complete rebuild of the database, at the moment I don't use a lot of charts. There is a chart of lake Chiemsee with KAP files, OESENC charts of croatia, and the RNC charts croatia from NV. And yes, I'm working with chart groups.

I'll try now to load up the ini and log file, perhaps it will help.

Thanks very much, I am sorry, the log file was in the main directory of the expanded files

[rgleason]

The plugin is compatible and loading correctly:

08:37:24.067 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1168 Checking plugin candidate: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi.dll
08:37:24.069 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:2271 Plugin is compatible: true
08:37:24.069 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:2364 PlugInManager: Loading PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi.dll
08:37:24.108 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:572 PlugInManager: Using data dirs from: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins;C:\Pr ogram Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins
08:37:24.110 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:584 PlugInManager: using data dir: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi
08:37:24.110 MESSAGE icons.cpp:43 Loading toolbar icon: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi\data\weatherfax_pi.svg
08:37:24.110 MESSAGE icons.cpp:49 Loading toolbar icon: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi\data\weatherfax_pi_toggled.svg
08:37:24.110 INFO pluginmanager.cpp:2540 PlugInManager: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi.dll
08:37:24.110 INFO pluginmanager.cpp:2541 Plugin common name: WeatherFax
08:37:24.110 INFO pluginmanager.cpp:2543 API Version detected: 116
08:37:24.110 INFO pluginmanager.cpp:2544 PlugIn Version detected: 1.9
and later
08:39:04.918 MESSAGE OCPNPlatform.cpp:1106 Loaded translation catalog for: opencpn-weatherfax_pi

BTW I found that weather_routing was loading its translation catalog up until this event

08:39:20.818 MESSAGE OCPNPlatform.cpp:1101 ERROR Loading translation catalog for: opencpn-weather_routing_pi

and this later

08:51:45.174 ERROR filefn.cpp:1183 Le dossier « C:\ProgramData\opencpn\\plugins\weather_routing\\b oats » n'a pas pu être créé (erreur 183 : Impossible de créer un fichier déjà existant.)
08:51:45.175 ERROR filefn.cpp:1183 Le dossier « C:\ProgramData\opencpn\\plugins\weather_routing\\p olars » n'a pas pu être créé (erreur 183 : Impossible de créer un fichier déjà existant.)
08:52:07.643 MESSAGE chart1.cpp:7418 LOGBOOK: 2022-06-08 06:52:07 UTC DR Lat 51.14860 Lon 2.663

and several more in the file... until the end

09:08:01.360 MESSAGE Osenc.cpp:613 Osenc_instream decrypt ?
09:08:01.363 MESSAGE Osenc.cpp:944 verifySENC s0: 1 9476 0 0
09:08:08.061 MESSAGE gshhs.cpp:1338 Loading World Chart Q=3 in 1 ms.
09:08:24.937 ERROR filefn.cpp:1183 Le dossier « C:\ProgramData\opencpn\\plugins\weather_routing\\b oats » n'a pas pu être créé (erreur 183 : Impossible de créer un fichier déjà existant.)
09:08:24.938 ERROR filefn.cpp:1183 Le dossier « C:\ProgramData\opencpn\\plugins\weather_routing\\p olars » n'a pas pu être créé (erreur 183 : Impossible de créer un fichier déjà existant.)
09:08:32.620 MESSAGE chart1.cpp:7418 LOGBOOK: 2022-06-08 07:08:32 UTC DR Lat 51.14860 Lon 2.66360
09:08:52.804 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\celes tial_navigation_pi.dll
09:08:52.804 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\clima tology_pi.dll
09:08:52.806 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\Logbo okKonni_pi.dll
09:08:52.806 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\o-charts_pi.dll
09:08:52.806 MESSAGE chartdb.cpp:285 Chart cache PlugIn purge
09:08:52.836 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\polar _pi.dll
09:08:52.836 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\tacti cs_pi.dll
09:08:52.866 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath erfax_pi.dll
09:08:52.866 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Users\raoul\AppData\Local\opencpn\plugins\weath er_routing_pi.dll
09:08:53.070 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\chartdldr_pi.dll
09:08:53.070 MESSAGE chartdldr_pi.cpp:231 chartdldr_pi: DeInit
09:08:53.070 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\dashboard_pi.dll
09:08:53.088 MESSAGE pluginmanager.cpp:1811 PlugInManager: Deactivating PlugIn: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCPN\plugins\grib_pi.dll

Thank you for trying and testing plugins!



Until we isolate the problems, my strong suggestion is to disable all plugins except weatherfax_pi, to make sure that the problems are for weatherfax. Then when you are testing weather_routing disable weatherfax and go ahead an enable climatology and grib_pi and vdr_pi as needed.

[Aldebaran17]

On the DWDweather fax files, I found the following:

DWD Europe is displayed on the Mac without issues, but jumps into the Image wizard in RPI.

The reason is an error in CoordinatesSet.xml.

It reads: <Coordinate Name="German Weather DWD - European - A"

It should read Europe instead of European.

Same for area B and C.

Apparently the String Comp routine on Macs is behaving differently from the one on RPis. So, there may also be an issue with the code of the plugin itself, since the error in the coordinate files was tolerated on mac.

Best,

Manfred

[Aldebaran17]

Since one issue has been solved (hopefully) a may point to a new minor issue:

In the image wizard, I can only enter degrees and minutes, no fractional minutes, although the input field display decimals. I could solve the issue by typing in fractional degrees in UserCoordinateSets.xml. However, it would be more convenient to do it in the image wizard. In addition the UserCoordinates have fractional degrees, but the Wizard offers fractional minutes. Took me a couple of attempts to do the math right.

Possibly, nobody ran into that problem before, since why would anybody use fractional minutes for weather faxes? I was trying to overlay a pdf with depth soundings of one of the gates between the islands in my area (they call it see gatt, which literally means sea gate or gate to the sea). We have tidal ranges of 3-4m and currents of up to 5 knots, and shifting sands, and buoys, which do not follow automatically the shifting sands, or sometimes they move, but not in the same way as the sands do, and ....

I attach a screen shot of the overlay of soundings, which covers just an area of 1nm by 0.2 nm and my track of the weekend. So, I made it without any incidents. Thanks to WeatherFax, which was part of the passage planning.

Best,

Manfred

[rgleason]

Added this Issue https://github.com/rgleason/weatherfax_pi/issues/124
please comment.

[rgleason]

Originally Posted by Aldebaran17

On the DWDweather fax files, I found the following:

DWD Europe is displayed on the Mac without issues, but jumps into the Image wizard in RPI.

The reason is an error in CoordinatesSet.xml.

It reads: <Coordinate Name="German Weather DWD - European - A"

It should read Europe instead of European.

Same for area B and C.

Apparently the String Comp routine on Macs is behaving differently from the one on RPis. So, there may also be an issue with the code of the plugin itself, since the error in the coordinate files was tolerated on mac.

Best,

Manfred

Good catch Manfred! I can change these.