General Information On The Server
WXN is a weather server is a suite of services that runs on the Linux platform that allows users to obtain real-time, archived weather data and other related information stored in a database via APRS on amateur radio, the Internet, or a Local Area Network. Most common weather stations are supported (listed below). The various daemons (servers) are written in C/C++.
The following highlights key features of the server suite:
- SQL based
- The following weather stations are supported: Heath ID-5001 (now Questech), Peet Brothers Ultimeter stations (all), TAPR T-238/T-238+ and Davis Instruments Monitor II, Wizard, Perception, and Davis Vantage Pro stations.
- Support for additional sensors using 1-Wire technology. The current list includes the following: baromter, temperature (inside, outside, soil), rain gauge, EMP (lightning) sensor, outside humidity, control interfaces for aspirator (used with humidity sensor) and rain gauge heater, and background radiation (as in nuclear).
- Support for the Peet Brothers Weather Picture (does not require a Peet station to use).
- Built-in native APRS support for weather, position, PHG, and status.
- Built-in callbook support for callsign resolution using US and Canadian data that is readily available over the Internet.
- Query server allows polling database over radio using APRS messaging protocol.
- NWR SAME server (under development) will broadcast watches and warnings from the NWS over APRS. Also stores events in database.
- Support for extended weather data over APRS (highs, lows, climatological, and other data not natively supported by APRS).
- Supports all features in the X1W series kits available from TAPR.