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Weather Properties

Article ID: 165
Last updated: 11 Jun, 2020

 

WEATHER STATION

Certain models allow an optional Compact Weather Station to be connected to the device's serial port. The weather data (temperature, humidity and barometric pressure) is polled every 5 minutes and is displayed in the image overlay.

Poll Weather Data

Enable this option to poll the weather data.

Model

Select model of weather station. WX2 is the newer model.

Connection

Select which serial port the weather station is connected to.

Altitude

This is an optional setting. Specifying your altitude adjusts the barometric pressure for a sea level reading.

Temperature Offset

This is an optional setting. A positive or negative number can be added to or subtracted from the current temperature. The offset is in Celsius and a decimal value is allowed.

Examples: 0.5 or -1

Humidity Offset

This is an optional setting. A positive or negative number can be added to or subtracted from the current humidity. Only positive and negative integers are allowed.

Examples: 3 or -2

 
Weather Overlay Codes

To display the weather data on the image overlay, use the following markups or codes.

${C}

Degrees in Celsius

${F}

Degrees in Fahrenheit

${HUM}

Relative Humidity

${MB}

Barometric Pressure in Millibars (hPa)

${HGIN}

Barometric Pressure in Inches of Mercury

${HGMM}

Barometric Pressure in Millimeters of Mercury

\260 or ALT+0176
(on number keypad)

° Degrees Symbol (or copy/paste °)

\261 or ALT+0177
(on number keypad)

± Plus-Minus Symbol (or copy/paste ±)

%%

% Percent Sign

Sample Weather String

Temp: ${F}°F ${C}°C Hum: ${HUM}%% Pressure: ${HGIN} in.