[wxqc] Weatherlink Upload

[Mark Wyman]

	You could turn on remote admin on the remote computer, as well as
terminal services. Then you can log into the machine and operate it like it
was local. It does open security issues, but keep the password strong. It
may take some playing to get this going (it has been a while for me) but it
is built into windows. 

Otherwise try using a program called TightVNC which is a very nice program.
Run the server on startup on the remote machine, and use a strong password.
Then you can control the box from any machine.

http://www.tightvnc.com/

It is excellent for this type of work as well as real work. ;-). You will
have to have the machine auto-login and run the VNC server, but you need to
be logged-in anyways with the weather software. 

You shouldn't need to reboot every week unless there is a serious hardware
issue.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
[mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net] On Behalf Of John James
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:49 PM
To: Discussion of weather data quality issues; Discussion of weather data
quality issues
Cc: Richard Engle
Subject: Re: [wxqc] Weatherlink Upload

Both my sites are hung uploading somewhere. Couldn't tell where, as 
the one where I'm at wouldn't repaint, and the other one is 350 miles 
away. It took a kill and restart to fix this end; I might have to 
wait a week or two to fix the other one, unless it's eventually 
self-correcting. (I wonder about a way to reboot the system on a 
weekly basis in an automated fashion. Running XP Pro, in case someone 
has an idea.) My hunch is that one of the upload sites has a problem, 
and some versions of WeatherLink will recover, while others will not.

//John
CW4661, CW4663

At 01:39 PM 4/5/2006, gary.oldham at adelphia.net wrote:
>I assume by "VWD" you mean "VWS."  It has been my experience that 
>VWS does not always close cleanly.  I'd recommend doing a 
>CTRL-ALT-DEL and looking at the task manager to see if VWS is still 
>running, either as an application or a process.  Use Task Manager to 
>close it, then try running WeatherLink.  Sounds like WeatherLink 
>isn't successfully connecting to your serial port.
>
>Gary
>CW0146
>gary.oldham(at)adelphia.net
>
>---- Richard Engle <sooner44 at valornet.com> wrote:
>
>=============
>CWOP ID:CW4378
>
>Name: Richard Engle
>
>Subject: Locking up of Weatherlink program when uploading.
>
>I sometimes alternate the weather display programs between VWD, and 
>Weatherlink. Yesterday, when I closed VWD and opened up the 
>Weatherlink program, the upload box ran for a few seconds, and then 
>it froze. I opened and closed it over 20 times with the same result. 
>It had, at the time, over 200 records to upload. Now it is over 300. 
>What did I do to cause, or better yet, what can I do to eliminate 
>this problem? This is the first time it has happened. I have emailed 
>Davis Instruments, but have not heard from them.
>
>Richard
>
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