SysMetrix METAR data
weather data retrieval
Saturday, January 2, 2010 by machinehd | Discussion: OS Customization
Has anyone else noticed that as of Jan 1st, the METAR data doesn't work for most sites to retrieve weather info? Almost every site responds with a Parse error. I've R&R'd Sysmetrix thinking it may be a corrupt data file but the problem persists. I read some forums saying it's possibly the Weather Channel but Sysmetrix retrieves it's data from NOAA. Does anyone have a line of why this is happening? NOAA's weather site still uses the same 4-character METAR codes and they don't mention any changes.
Reply #42 Friday, January 22, 2010 11:22 AM
Is Sysmetrix compatible with Windows 7? I would really like to give this program a try.
Reply #43 Friday, January 22, 2010 11:51 AM
Yes, I using it with Win 7. The only thing that still need updating is the system information function from what I can see.
Reply #44 Friday, January 22, 2010 12:58 PM
Yeah, CPU Activity doesn't work. Free RAM does, even with 4 GB and 64bit.
Reply #45 Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:51 PM
Thanks neophil78,
I love the SysMetrix and have been using Nicks invention for 9 or 10 years. I am never without it. I especially like the latest that had the cpu's running in the system tray, just a glance to see why your computer is slowing up. Easy to operate, the skinners usually have everything coded right in. I want to thank pinchecl for helping me change the time from European or Army time to USA time. He and you make some of the best SysMetrix's out there and I have every one. Actually broke it once because I had too many loaded. Figuring out how to make the buttons work was easy, for someone who is a dummy and self taught. Everyone should try it. Unless you know how to code and want to try Samurize or Rainmeter. This would be the program for you. I hope Nick comes back and keeps working on it. But I guess life goes one for some of us. Thanks again Nick for this wonderful program and thanks to everyone who gives us those not so little tips on how to use them.
Darco
Reply #46 Monday, February 1, 2010 10:10 PM
Thanks for the info. I'm using Rainmeter right now, but I also want to try Sysmetrix, just want to see which program I like better.
Reply #47 Monday, February 8, 2010 9:51 PM
Hi C242 - it's been a long time!
I finally got a Windows 7 machine and fixed the TCP/IP stats that were broken on Vista/Windows 7. I also noticed problems with > 2GB of memory, so fixed that as well. Can you give me more information on what's not working with the CPU? Is it completely broken, or is it just that it can't report on multiple cores? Also, are you running a 64-bit OS? Anything else that I can use to track it down would be helpful.
Thanks in advance,
Nick
Reply #48 Monday, February 8, 2010 10:21 PM
Hi ya Nick.
I'm running Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I don't see that it shows multiple core CPU information.
Will the fix for memory greater that 2GB fix the virtual and page file information? I have 8GB of memory.
Great program, have been uisng it since I found Stardock, a little over five years.
I'm just a user of it and don't skin for it. I will link to some of the other folks that have so they can give you some usefull comments.
I appreciate that you are updating it. ![]()
Reply #49 Monday, February 8, 2010 11:14 PM
Nick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great to see you here in the land of the living....and Sysmetrix too.
Computers kinda advanced a bit since your wee holiday....8 cores...way more than 2gig of ram [12 here] ...Windows 7 .... 64bit architecture....![]()
I had to dump my 'meters' for ram and CPU use...they weren't playing nice.
If you can drag Sysmetrix screaming into the third Millennium there's a whole bunch of people who will be eternally grateful....![]()
PM me your home addy and I'll mail you a donation....![]()
Reply #50 Monday, February 8, 2010 11:14 PM
Hi Nick, thanks for updating sysmetrix, is by far my favourite desktop gadget. I have vista 64 bit, do you see an upgrade for the future so sysmetrix runs compatable with 64bit? that would be awsome for me, and for my skinning.
I truly appreciate you coming to the forum here and posting, its like a ray of light!! ![]()
Reply #51 Monday, February 8, 2010 11:16 PM
I want to donate too....... pm me your details as well......i love sysmetrix soooo much, i cant live without it!! and I lurve skinning it too.. xxxx
Reply #52 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:42 AM
Hey Nick ! Great to see You here. ![]()
Running Seven Ultimate 64bit here. CPU doesn't work at all for me it always shows 0 %.
Reply #53 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 5:51 AM
Ditto.
Ram doesn't notice anything unless I run win7 also in vmware with 4gig allocated....then the host sysmetrix shows something of a hit.
Reply #54 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:49 AM
Oh, I will test that whe I get my new machine with 6 GB. ![]()
Reply #55 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:21 PM
Ok, I think I've got the CPU, Memory, and TCP/IP stuff fixed
I'll do some more testing and see if there are any other problems with Windows 7. My plan is to do another release in the next couple of weeks. By then we'll have a Windows 7 compliant version of SysMetrix and a new Website to host it!
Nick
Reply #57 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:32 PM
Nick
Now that sounds great.
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Once that is all done maybe what would be needed or nice is some kind of SysMetrix skinning clinic or contest. ![]()
Reply #58 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:45 PM
Great to see you here in the land of the living....and Sysmetrix too.
Computers kinda advanced a bit since your wee holiday....8 cores...way more than 2gig of ram [12 here] ...Windows 7 .... 64bit architecture....
I had to dump my 'meters' for ram and CPU use...they weren't playing nice.
If you can drag Sysmetrix screaming into the third Millennium there's a whole bunch of people who will be eternally grateful....
PM me your home addy and I'll mail you a donation....
Hey Jafo!
Wow - sounds like you've got a helluva system! Wanna trade?
Sorry about the extended absence - having kids ends up taking away all of your free time. Who'd have thought? At any rate, I'm planning on putting out a new version in the next couple of weeks that will take care of all of those little problems with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. I'll post back when it's ready for download!
Nick
Reply #59 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 5:32 PM
Nick...the previous machine was a little long in the tooth...P4 3.0 gig....had it for yonks.
New one is:-
Lian Li PC-A6010 case [black]
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000w PSU
ASUS P6T-se X58 i7 MoBo
Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz LGA1366 CPU
12G OCZ Triple [6x2G] PC12800 DDR3 Gold Ram
CoolerMaster V8 CPU Cooler [that bloody big thing]
Vantec EZ2 Sata hot-swap racks [x2][black]
1TB Seagate Sata2 7200 HD [x2] [redundancy backup/data]
500G WD Sata2 7200 HD [game backups]
250G Seagate Sata2 7200 HD [x2] [secondary/alternate OS installs in racks]
60G OCZ Summit SSD [for OS]
ACR-105 Multi card reader
LG Sata DVD-RW [x2][black]
XFX 1G GTX285 Black Edition GPU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit RTM.
Office 2010 Professional 64bit.
Reply #60 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:24 PM
Great little CPU, can be easilly overclocked to 4 Ghz and, in some cases, even beyond. Mine is at 4 Ghz and, for a while, had it stable at 4.2 Ghz - but I didn't like the max temperatures (even with the Noctua NH-U12P SE2 brick as a cooler) when running Prime95 for extended periods of time.
Anyway, hi Nick! Glad to see you back too. ![]()
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Reply #41 Friday, January 22, 2010 10:04 AM
If you have not installed 3.42 you can install 3.43 over (well, if you installed 3.42 also, but it keeps two files relative to weather.com, that they have no more reasons to be there)
3.43 is just like 3.41 but working back with new http://weather.noaa.gov/ necessities