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ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:21 am
by Pactor
Hello
I've been playing with this file I downloaded from the web site, all seems to work fine but no data appears.
It connects to my home wifi and opens the socket ect, but no data is ever fetched.
It does not seem to be sending the request.
I'm baffled again.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks very much
Mark
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:57 am
by Benj
Hi Mark,
Are you using the latest version of the components. You need to use the Help -> Check for updates menu to get the latest bug fixes and improvements.
Change the drop down from files in use to full database to get the latest of everything.
If you're already using the latest then I will investigate for you.
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:09 pm
by Pactor
I'm just trying out the free trial version of FC8, I think something came up and it downloaded some updates.
They are making me work so I'll check when I get home.
I expect I'm doing something stupid.
Thanks.
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:37 pm
by Pactor
There was an update and things have started appearing.
Thanks
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:41 pm
by Pactor
The BBC weather component worked lovely, I was just wondering should the socket be left open or opened and closed between readings.
Thanks
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:33 pm
by kersing
Not knowing this specific example, in general, what is the time between updates? If > 30 seconds the other party will be glad to have their resources back for another request so close the socket.
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:58 pm
by Pactor
That's great, just what I wanted to know.
Thanks very much.
Re: ESP8266 Demo weather test file from web site
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:46 am
by Pactor
It's not keen on negative temps from the BBC but that was easy calculate out.