Simple instructions to have a fixed Wind display. **solved**

[MKB]

Hello,

As a kiteboarding school in Miami (Miamikiteboarding) we are pleased to have just installed a MeteobridgePro connected to a Davis Instrument Vantage Vue meteo station.

We try to set up a fixed display on the MeteobridgePro as follows to allow the kite instructors to quickly see the wind data (see "wind display.jpg" file attached)
(1) Fixed display
(2) Large font display
(3) Wind unit in mph = knot
(4) Title of the display: WIND
(5) 3 lines under the title: gust, average, dir

Unfortunately under the tab Service/Display there is no standard message allowing this. Even after going through your website and forum, it cannot be found simple instructions to get this super basic fixed display.

Could you please help?

[Mattk]

There are quite a few options and would suggest inspecting, then modifying the provided display templates and especially in regard screen wear out and static. For continuous display output would be suggesting a different display means?

[admin]

This definition should do, Please put it into a file named "wind-only.dsp" in your Meteobridge's "templates" folder on the PC network (SMB).
However it will result into screen wearout when shown day in, day out.

*clearloop a0
*startloop
*addloop a0 5 -1 \
#clear\n\
#font helvB12\n\
#color 1\n\
#rbox 0 0 126 14 4\n\
#color 0\n\
#string 40 13 WIND\n\
#color 1\n\
#font helvR14\n\
#string 0 30 gust\n\
#string 50 30 [wind0wind-max5=kn.1:--] kn\n\
#string 0 47 avg\n\
#string 50 47 [wind0avgwind-act=kn.1:--] kn\n\
#string 0 64 dir\n\
#string 50 64 [wind0dir-act=endir:]
#show

[MKB]

There are quite a few options and would suggest inspecting, then modifying the provided display templates and especially in regard screen wear out and static. For continuous display output would be suggesting a different display means?

Hi Mttk, many thanks for the reply. We can only use the meteobridge display. To avoid screen wear out, we could switch between 2 displayes, "gust" and "average wind and direction".

How do you modify the the provided display templates? Hopefully, this is simple is straight forward...

Thanks

[MKB]

This definition should do, Please put it into a file named "wind-only.dsp" in your Meteobridge's "templates" folder on the PC network (SMB).
However it will result into screen wearout when shown day in, day out.

*clearloop a0
*startloop
*addloop a0 5 -1 \
#clear\n\
#font helvB12\n\
#color 1\n\
#rbox 0 0 126 14 4\n\
#color 0\n\
#string 40 13 WIND\n\
#color 1\n\
#font helvR14\n\
#string 0 30 gust\n\
#string 50 30 [wind0wind-max5=kn.1:--] kn\n\
#string 0 47 avg\n\
#string 50 47 [wind0avgwind-act=kn.1:--] kn\n\
#string 0 64 dir\n\
#string 50 64 [wind0dir-act=endir:]
#show

Hi many thanks for the quick reply. Being total new with the meteobridgePro device and not an IT geek, could you please provide the step by step instructions to upload such definition into our meteobridge device?

Thanks for your help and understanding

[admin]

I added a "wind-only-kn" display script to the default scripts. When you reboot the Meteobridge PRO you can simply select it from the drop-down.

[MKB]

Thanks a lot