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Personal Weather Station Dashboard (PWS_Dashboard) Long-Term-Support version December 2020 (2012_lts)

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Real user-website(s) to get an idea what you could build yourself:

• The test/demo website shows an "out of the box" version of PWS_Dashboard
• This website in the UK uses a large weatherstation and has enhanced and extended about 20% of the blocks
• This website in the Netherlands uses pwsWD as a dashboard-only (without a menu a.s.o.) in its weather-website
• This Canadian website included a self-written script to replace the default AQ block, an extra footer and other goodies
• This Chinese website added its own language to the standard 17 supported languages.

Check also the demo of the simplified dashboard format which is often used as an "extra console" on a (spare) tablet.

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Rules of conduct:

• The PWS_Dashboard website-template and the licenses used can only be used for non-commercial purposes.
• It is a free template with free support, you will not be charged a fee or whatever.
• When you use the PWS_Dashboard:
  = = => You agreed not to charge others for help with installing the dashboard
  = = => and not to sell any part of it.

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Support:You can expect reasonable support and answers to your questions.

• When you post questions plus the URL to your website in the the WeatherWatch forum
• Do not use private messages or e-mails with questions.
• Always consider the time difference between your location and my location in Europe->Belgium
• This current LongtermSupport version (2012_lts) will be supported as long as I am "able to do so and pay for the costs".
  

But, if my scripts and their support helped you building and enhancing your website, help me to contune to do so:

• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
• Estimate the value of the scripts for yourself and for your website visitors
• Ask yourself if you need human-support for your questions and website problems now and in the years to come.
  
  
  f.i. this amount " 20 euro every year " as found reasonable by other users.

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Downloads for new users:

• Click here to download the final full version. Updates up to October 31, 2023 are included in the download.
• Compatabillity tested with PHP 8.2
• The downloads for the realtime.txt template files can be found here for Meteobridge, WeatherCat, WeatherLink.
• Extra sensor (f.i. soil) files (version 2024-05-10) for some weather-programs can be downloaded here.

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Updates for the current version 2012_lts:

• You have to download a full version only once.
• Use the PWS_updates script to download all enhanced and new scripts available before November 1, 2023,
  Read the HOW-TO here.
• Regularly check the list of updated scripts after October 31, 2023
• Most enhanced scripts are also discussed in topics in a dedicated part on the WeatherWatch forum

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Documentation:

• Installation   and and how to update this 2012_lts version
• Some questions of easyweathersetup that need more explanation
• Cron-jobs  Important, always read this during installation
• Extra pages / links in the menu
• Languages: missing translations, typing errors
• Description of blocks and (how to change) the popups
• How to safely add new or heavily modified blocks
• How to use extra sensors
• How to use the Ecowitt "CustomUpload" protocol

Documentation for WD only:

• HowTo use WeatherDisplay-API
• HowTo use WeatherDisplay's built in cron facilities

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Available for the following weather-upload files: WDapi or clientraw.txt with WeatherDisplay - clientraw.txt as used by Meteohub , WSWIN and others - realtime.txt originally defined for Cumulus - now also used by Weewx, WeatherCat, WiFiLogger, WeatherLink, Meteobridge and others
Can also used for stations uploading Weatherlink.com both v1 and v2-API, WeatherUnderground , Ambient weather net or WeatherFlow
The PWS_Dashboard can also used with Ecowitt "Custom upload" .

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