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Are you using Blue Iris Tools? Maybe try a different weather station for the info, it could be an error on their data feed.
yes I have tried another weather station here : http://makrigialos.sv2bzq.gr/wxwebcam.php
with the same results !!!!!
George .
Sorry for the delay @SV2BZQ, it's been a very busy week. Thank you for the bug report, I am aware of the issue and will fix it for the next release which I plan on releasing soon 
What language is this? Do you mind sharing your language file with us? Thanks.
Take care.
What language is this? Do you mind sharing your language file with us? Thanks.
Take care.
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Sorry for the delay @SV2BZQ, it's been a very busy week. Thank you for the bug report, I am aware of the issue and will fix it for the next release which I plan on releasing soon
What language is this? Do you mind sharing your language file with us? Thanks.
Take care.
Ok Mike .... no problem ...wait for the next version .
Language is GREEK .... no problem sharing with you but I have some problems in the Code Font i can see me everything right ......still works .
Thanks for answering Mike ...
George.
Mike - is there a place that I can look to read about the equipment used to create the weather data? My boss has asked me to find a way to put the weather in an overlay on his camera (so he can determine wind direction when deer are passing by) - but I don't know where to start regarding which hardware to choose for the weather detection. (I believe there are multiple options and I want to choose something that will provide the data in a format that you can use with the tools)
Thank you advanced for tolerating such a newbie question. I've installed blueiris and have 6 cameras and I love it - but I've just started talking about adding other sensors into the mix...
Thank you advanced for tolerating such a newbie question. I've installed blueiris and have 6 cameras and I love it - but I've just started talking about adding other sensors into the mix...
Hi @dwynalda, first off thanks for joining. It's not a newbie question at all. Blue Iris Tools uses wunderground.com's API to gather weather information from local weather stations. Your boss could set up his own weather station, link it to wunderground, then use that station ID with Blue Iris Tools. I plan on doing this at my home, just haven't gotten around to it. Here is a list of personal weather stations that are compatible - http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/setup.asp#hardware I have been planning on purchasing an Ambient Weather one. Here are the Ambient Weather stations that are compatible with wunderground - http://www.ambientweather.com/weunwestpa.html After you set up the weather station you can register it with wunderground then use the station ID in Blue Iris Tools and you will be all set.
Best of luck, post back letting us know how it turned out!
Mike
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Thank you so much for the information! I downloaded and installed the software, found a weather station locally to use (for now) and configured it. I have the tools running and updating the text file. Question (another newbie question, sorry) but how do I tell BlueIris to use the .txt files that are being updated as an overlay? I see how I can type specific text or add a date but I'm thinking there must be a customization screen that I'm missing for doing what I am looking to do...
sprucecams
Getting the hang of it
Does running BI Tools add much of a CPU load? Maybe depending upon how often the weather data is updated?
You need to set up a Macro in Blue Iris. Check this out - http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?184-Blue-Iris-Tools-Help-File#macros
It has barely added any load on my i5 and i7 machines running it. I have a friend running it on the i3 and it's the same, minimal resources used.
Thank you so much for the advice on the macro setup. I was over-thinking it a bit. When I hear macro I think excel macro or Javascript routine or perl code. Setting up a shortcut (macro) to point to specific files - which gets used in the text on the overlay was intuitive and slick. I now have weather on one of my webcams in the font and color I prefer. This is a most excellent utility. Thank you so much for your help.
Just a note to say thank you to the developers/maintainers of Blue Iris, Blue Iris Tools, and a h/t to the person linking to the NSSM program.
Been running BI for a few months, nice and stable on it's own computer tucked away without a mouse/kb/monitor, all access is through remote desktop connection. This past weekend I added BIT for weather overlays on one of the cameras and noticed it stopped updating when I logged out of the machine. Using NSSM to run BIT as a service installed in a snap and functions as I hoped.
Been running BI for a few months, nice and stable on it's own computer tucked away without a mouse/kb/monitor, all access is through remote desktop connection. This past weekend I added BIT for weather overlays on one of the cameras and noticed it stopped updating when I logged out of the machine. Using NSSM to run BIT as a service installed in a snap and functions as I hoped.
Glad I found a pointer to this site - and your tools. A great app;action. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I got it working for my camera which will become a weather cam for my Weather underground PWS. It looks good. My only problem is that in the process of setting it up I got an overlay on the screen that I can't make go away. I suspect it is just a residual macro file someplace. Could anyone tell me where BI stores it's overlay text?
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Sandpipper
I got it working for my camera which will become a weather cam for my Weather underground PWS. It looks good. My only problem is that in the process of setting it up I got an overlay on the screen that I can't make go away. I suspect it is just a residual macro file someplace. Could anyone tell me where BI stores it's overlay text?
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Sandpipper
Glad you are using Blue Iris Tools and thanks for joining the forum.
You can edit the overlays on your camera by right clicking the camera, then Camera Properties. Then under the Video tab, click the "Edit..." button under the Text and Graphic Overlays on the bottom. From there you can edit the macros that are overlayed. You can also do this easily in Blue Iris Tools under the "Macros" section.
You can edit the overlays on your camera by right clicking the camera, then Camera Properties. Then under the Video tab, click the "Edit..." button under the Text and Graphic Overlays on the bottom. From there you can edit the macros that are overlayed. You can also do this easily in Blue Iris Tools under the "Macros" section.
I appreciate your response. And, I have tried the methods you suggest. However, in this case, it does not work. The overlay in the center of the screen does not respond to the right click when I try to edit the BI overlays.
I am reasonably sure that I caused the problem by opening and saving a new overlay without clicking on and clearing the previous one. In any case, what I wanted to do is look where the macron are stored and see if I can locate something there that is causing it. As a last resort I could delete the camera and create a new one.
I have included a snap of the screen. The image in the center is the unwanted on. I notice that when the good overlay in the upper left corner is updated the bad one is updated also.
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I love BIT, thank you so much for creating this tool for us.
One thing I would love to see in BIT is the ability to see the frames per second for each camera on the network. Because my cameras are wireless, they sometimes have connectivity issues and signal is lost. When this happens (or when the signal seems to be very low) I open BI to get into the "status" window to see the connection status of each camera. In this window is has the frames per second of each camera on the network. While I love this feature, I do not like to have BI open just to see this option. It would be ideal to have section in BIT that would display the frames per second of each camera, so i can continue to run BI as a service and use BIT to monitor it all.
If this is a possibility, that would be fantastic.
Again, thank you for your hard work in making BIT for us all.
Jeff
One thing I would love to see in BIT is the ability to see the frames per second for each camera on the network. Because my cameras are wireless, they sometimes have connectivity issues and signal is lost. When this happens (or when the signal seems to be very low) I open BI to get into the "status" window to see the connection status of each camera. In this window is has the frames per second of each camera on the network. While I love this feature, I do not like to have BI open just to see this option. It would be ideal to have section in BIT that would display the frames per second of each camera, so i can continue to run BI as a service and use BIT to monitor it all.
If this is a possibility, that would be fantastic.
Again, thank you for your hard work in making BIT for us all.
Jeff
James DiBernardo
Young grasshopper
Im just finding this tool and love it Great job devs.
To the one person that was asking about how to make a BLANK Camera to display only weather stuff.
Try this:
Create a new camera, and point it to "Screen Capture" --> DirectDraw Blits (for me it was black screen and worked)
then add your Macro list to it...
Secondly:
I would love to see more API hooks into other smart home automation products if you can for example NEST Thermostats, wireless motion triggers, etc... or even back into Blue Iris (cpu metrics, DB metrics, FPS metrics..etc..)
Thoughts?
To the one person that was asking about how to make a BLANK Camera to display only weather stuff.
Try this:
Create a new camera, and point it to "Screen Capture" --> DirectDraw Blits (for me it was black screen and worked)
then add your Macro list to it...
Secondly:
I would love to see more API hooks into other smart home automation products if you can for example NEST Thermostats, wireless motion triggers, etc... or even back into Blue Iris (cpu metrics, DB metrics, FPS metrics..etc..)
Thoughts?
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In this case, how should I set the address (IP host name)?
In my case I put 'dl.dropboxusercontent.com', and the Path '/ u / 2136735 / WOL.JPG', HTTPS, (if possible): active.
This address works in a browser, but not in BI.
Can you help?