WeatherCat

Mar 5 2022

WeatherCat Version 3.1.3 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the release of WeatherCat version 3.1.3.

This is a bug fix/maintenance release – changes are as follows:

1. Removed Wunderground webcam functionality as Wunderground announced discontinuance of the webcam service 21 Oct 2021 – https://support.weather.com/s/article/Webcam-hosting-service-is-discontinued-effective-October-21-2021?language=en_US ).
2. Fix a warning shown on first launch on macOS 12 that WeatherCat needs to be updated (this is a Python 2 deprecation notice – if running on macOS 12 or later we now use Python 3 – see note below)
3. Fix for an issue where the background on basic gauges would always be white irrespective of the colour set in the preferences on macOS 11 or later.
4. Fix a crash that could happen when initialising the camera.

Note that from version 3.1.3 onwards, and if running on macOS 12, WeatherCat requires Apple’s Python 3 to be installed on your system for some of its functionality. You may be asked to install it via a dialog box (this will only happen once) – this video shows the process.

WeatherCat V3.1.3 is available for immediate download or if you are running WeatherCat V3.0.0 or later, you can wait for the update notification within WeatherCat to auto update.

Meg out.

By admin • WeatherCat •

Jan 4 2022

Server Maintenance

Hello folks,
This website will be offline for a short period of maintenance starting around 20:00 UTC today (2022-01-04) – it is expected this will last approximately 1 hour.

Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

By admin • WeatherCat •

Feb 7 2021

WeatherCat Version 3.1.2 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the release of WeatherCat 3.1.2. This is a bug fix release for issues when running on macOS 11 (Big Sur).

Changes as follows:
1. Fix for banner generator not generating banners on macOS 11

2. Fix for custom text windows custom web uploads not working on macOS 11

3. Work around for flickering basic gauges on macOS 11

WeatherCat V3.1.2 is available for immediate download or if you are running WeatherCat V3.0.0 or later, you can wait for the notification within WeatherCat to auto update.

In addition, an updated macOS client is also available in the WeatherCat Miscellaneous Files download.

Meg out.

By admin • WeatherCat •

Nov 8 2020

WeatherCat Version 3.1.1 Now Available

We are very pleased to announce the release of WeatherCat 3.1.1.

This is a bug fix update for 3.1.0. with the following changes:

1. Fix AppleScript QueryResult broken if value returned is 1000 or greater and grouping separator is in use on the system – visible for example as pressure being broken on Twitter if units are hPa or mBar with values of 1000 or above.

2. Fix pressure being broken in export if units are hPa or mBar and grouping separator in use on the system.

3. Correct spelling of ‘Drier’ in monthly summary tag.

WeatherCat V3.1.1 is available for immediate download or if you are running WeatherCat V3.0.0 or later, you can wait for the notification within WeatherCat to auto update.

Meg out.

By admin • WeatherCat •

Oct 16 2020

WeatherCat Version 3.1.0 Now Available

We are very pleased to announce the release of WeatherCat 3.1.0.

Changes in this release include:

1. If solar radiation is present on the station, it is now displayed on the camera overlay.

2. Fixed an issue where custom graph web-tag may be clipped when more than 9 custom graphs are present.

3. Custom Alerts are now checked every two seconds, was five seconds previously.

4. Fixed a bug whereby it was very difficult to enter temperature offsets into calibration window if temperature units were set to Fahrenheit.

5. The number of RCP requests in the last hour are now displayed in the status window.

6. Updated the button links in Wunderground preferences.

7. You can now add a camera key to the Wunderground preferences for web-cam uploads.

8. We now indicate password/i.d. error for Wunderground if there’s a problem with the station I.D. or password rather than a generic ‘Error’.

9. WeatherCat now honours the number grouping separator (for example 1,023 versus 1023) as set in the System Preferences->Language And Region->Advanced in places where it makes sense (not years for example).

10. Added an AWEKAS uploader (https://www.awekas.at)  (Preferences->Online->Additional Services)

11. Added an FTPS option to the ‘Advanced’ pane of WeatherCat’s preferences.

12. Netatmo: Channel changes required to upload gust to on-line services. NOTE: If you are running a Netatmo, please check any custom graphs, gauges and current conditions rules as the channels may have changed.

13. Fixed an issue in the SQL driver whereby the progress bar would not be displayed when uploading historical data.  We now also show how long uploading of historical data will take and also how many transactions per second during upload of historical data.

14. Documentation update.

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WeatherCat V3.1.0 is available for immediate download or if you are running WeatherCat V3.0.0 or later, you can wait for the update notification within WeatherCat to auto update.

Meg out.

By Trixology • WeatherCat •