Number of files which can be uploaded with Meteobridge

[wvdkuil]

When using Meteobridge I run out of the number of files (4 + 1) which can be uploaded.

Needed to run a website:
A. realtime data for Steelseries and others
==> all data can be uploaded by using one HTTP upload and process the needed realtime data when it is needed. So that works OK

B. Today’s and yesterdays values for a website template, often once per 5 minutes.
The templates (Leuven and Saratoga ) use 1 file each for that data.

C. Yowindow
The gadget needs an xml which is normally uploaded in the same 5 min frequency as the template data.

C. Weather Networks
Although Meteohub and Meteobridge are often NOT mentioned in the documentation of the Networks, a lot of Meteohub users are members of these networks and let the networks download the stations data by using the clientraw.txt which Meteohub can create.

With these weather networks the Meteobridge users run into problems because the different Networks use different files AND impose a limit on the response time. They use a simple url get to retrieve the data-file and expect an answer in the "part of a second" range. So letting a php program create the needed file at download time is not an option.

1. European Weather Network, needs it own file (or clientraw as used by Meteohub customers)
2. Regional networks such as Benelux Weather Network - Austria Network either use a common file (clientraw) or a specific file for each "supported" weather-program
3. Local networks such as HWA, uses their own format for the file which Meteobridge (and Meteohub / Meteoplug) can create.

So in a normal Benelux situation we need at least one extra FTP-slot
FTP-1 tags for 1 template
FTP-2 xml for Yowindow
FTP-3 data for EWN
FTP-4 data for HWA

We need also: An extra FTP for BNLWN
And I (and probably others) could really use one or two extra FTP slots to test different uploads, run the Saratoga next to the Leuven template and test and add other services such as the Davis console pages.

I hope this can be included on the development list,

Wim

[admin]

I will add two more slots with next release.

[wvdkuil]

I will add two more slots with next release.

Thanks a lot, also for the quick answer, Wim