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.
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Reply #62 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:57 AM
good to hear Nick, finally a reason to get back to doing sysmetrix themes again 
Reply #63 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:37 AM
Geez....just look at all the low member numbers here.....
....all we need now are cobwebs and walking frames....
Reply #65 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:48 AM
....all we need now are cobwebs and walking frames....
Indeed--it looks like the old folks have come out.
Reply #66 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:33 PM
@Nick, while we are at it : It would be uber-nice if You could find a way for Sysmetrix 3.5 ( 
) a skinner could define a drive meter 1 time only and then let the end-user decide which drives he wants to monitor. Would need to mirror everything belonging to that drive meter X times then by tiling or so.
Reply #67 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:35 PM
Now I like that suggestion as I only have one HDD. 
Reply #70 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:11 PM
Donation coming from me also. Will check the site.
Reply #71 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:19 PM
The new site is very nice, can't wait for the update bugs in the program to be fixed. 
Reply #72 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:56 AM
me too glad to see work on this again great program. 
Reply #73 Friday, February 19, 2010 2:18 PM
Ok, I've posted SysMetrix 3.44 (http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/download), so download it when you get a chance and let me know if there are still any problems with Windows 7. I think I got everything taken care of, but don't have a system yet to test on, so I'm still flying blind. I did order a copy of Windows 7 64-bit, though, so I'll be making the leap next week!
Calle, that's a great idea about the drives. I think it would be a nice addition for everyone, so I'll add it to the todo list!
Nick
Reply #75 Friday, February 19, 2010 4:15 PM
I just downloaded the update and memory and those things associated with it seem to working fine. Running Win 7 64 bit with 8GBs of memory.
I need to go find a skin that looks at multiple core CPU's so I can check the other stuff. Do you have any suggestions of a skin to try?
Reply #76 Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:22 AM
Cliff checked it out on Windows 7, and says it works fine. (At first glance, at least).
Reply #77 Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:05 PM
it keeps saying a file is missing when I try to install it?
Reply #78 Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:33 PM
I tried installing it (3.44) on XP over 3.41 several times, and it wouldn't. 3.43 had even more file problems on installation (try again, ignore, abort). Then I uninstalled 3.41 with Revo Uninstaller in the advanced mode (which gets rid of leftover bits), and it worked.
Reply #79 Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:36 PM
I did a fresh install of 3.44 on a Windows 7 computer with no problems. I tried Pool by pinchecl which reads several drives, and it worked.
Reply #80 Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:50 PM
Hey Nick i made a post in another forum title about some issues i have noticed with 3.44.
mostly transparency issues with buttons and volume slider.
Thanks in advance Don
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Reply #61 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:57 PM
Excellent news