WeatherNet Client Installation Instructions

For Windows Users

  1. Download and install Python 2.2 from here.
  2. Download and install PyXML v0.8.3 from here.
  3. Download and install ZSI 1.4 RC1 from here
  4. Download and install WxNet v0.3.1 from here.
  5. Download Pmw v1.2 from here.
  6. Expand Pmw into the C:\Python22\Lib\site-packages so that Pmw appears as a directory.
After you've installed everything, open a browser and navigate to the C:\Python22\Lib\site-packages\wxnet folder. In it you'll find a file named bug.py - click it.

For RPM (Linux) Users

  1. Download and install Python 2.2 from here.
  2. Download and install PyXML v0.8.3 from here.
  3. Download and install ZSI 1.4 RC1 from here.
  4. Download and install WxNet v0.3.1 from here
  5. Download Pmw v1.2 from here.
  6. Expand Pmw into the /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages directory so that Pmw appears as a directory.
After you've installed everything, run "bug.py". It should be installed in /usr/local/bin

For Other Unices

  1. Download and install Python 2.2 from here
  2. Download and install PyXML v0.8.3 from here
  3. Download and install ZSI 1.4 RC1 from here.
  4. Download and install WxNet v0.3.1 from here
  5. Download Pmw v1.2 from here.
  6. Expand Pmw into the /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages directory so that Pmw appears as a directory.
Note: PyXML, ZSI, and WxNet use distutils to install. All you'll have to do after expanding their tarballs is to "python setup.py install" them.

After you've installed everything, run "bug.py". It should be installed in /usr/local/bin

Using WeatherNet

The Chooser allows you connect to any WSDL endpoint. I haven't had time to prepare a more interesting interface, so for now you'll need to know the specific URLs to connect to. Our station in NC is in the default list as well as my home station in MD.

Buoy data is also supported. Buoys are listed on the National Data Buoy Center website . To view a buoy, use a url of the form: http://wxnet.dnsalias.com/buoys/buoy_number/buoy_number.wsdl. For example, to view buoy 41025 use "http://wxnet.dnsalias.com/buoys/41025/41025.wsdl".