Configuration File
------------------
-The configuration file is separated into two parts, the [wxsite]
-portion, and the [ftp] portion.
+The configuration file is separated into two parts, the [station]
+portion, and the [infoex] portion.
-The [wxsite] values describe which NRCS SNOTEL site's data you're after.
+The [station] values describe which weather station's data you're after.
See the next section in this README for instructions on obtaining these
values.
-The [ftp] values describe your credentials for the InfoEx automated
-weather station FTP server.
+The [infoex] values describe your credentials for the InfoEx automated
+weather station FTP server and other InfoEx-related configuration
+options.
-`[nrcs]`
-`station_triplet = [The NRCS identifier for a particular SNOTEL site]`
-`desired_data = [A comma-delimited list of NRCS elements you're interested in]`
+`[station]`
+`type = [Either mesowest or nrcs]`
+`token = [MesoWest API token -- ignored when type is nrcs]`
+`station_id = [The NRCS/MesoWest identifier for a particular station]`
+`desired_data = [A comma-delimited list of fields you're interested in]`
`[infoex]`
`host = [InfoEx FTP host address]`
`csv_filename = [Arbitrary name of the file that will be uploaded to InfoEx]`
`location_uuid = [The UUID used by InfoEx to identify your automated Wx site]`
-Finding Your WXSITE values
---------------------------
+Finding Your NRCS `station` values
+----------------------------------
+
+To complete the [station] configuration section for an NRCS station, you
+must fill in the attributes of the NRCS SNOTEL site from which you want
+to import data.
-To complete the [wxsite] configuration section, you must fill in the
-attributes of the NRCS SNOTEL site from which you want to import data.
Here are the steps to do that:
1. Find your station by clicking through this website:
4-digit number).
3. Combine your Station ID, state abbreviation, and the network type
- "SNTL" to get your station triplet (`station_triplet`, in the
+ "SNTL" to get your NRCS station triplet (`station_id`, in the
configuration file). For example:
655:OR:SNTL
of Oregon (OR). SNTL just represents that the station is in the
SNOTEL network and is used internally by NRCS.
-Once you have your station triplet, fill in the field in your
-configuration file. Now you must select which data you'd like to pull
-from NRCS to push into InfoEx.
+Once you have your station ID, fill in the field in your configuration
+file. Now you must select which data you'd like to pull from NRCS to
+push into InfoEx.
For that, visit the NRCS web service:
For example:
-`station_triplet = 655:OR:SNTL`
+`station_id = 655:OR:SNTL`
`desired_data = TOBS,PREC`
indicates that I'd like to import "AIR TEMPERATURE OBSERVED" and
"PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION" from the NRCS SNOTEL site at Mud Ridge, OR,
into InfoEx.
+Finding your MesoWest `station` values
+--------------------------------------
+
+MesoWest has great documentation which can be found here:
+
+https://developers.synopticdata.com/mesonet/v2/getting-started/
+
+To complete the [station] configuration section for a MesoWest station,
+you must fill in the attributes of the MesoWest station ID from which
+you want to import data. Here are the steps to do that:
+
+1. Firstly, get set up with MesoWest's API by going to the above
+ 'Getting Started' link. Once you're set up, you can copy a token from
+ the MesoWest web portal into your configuration file's `token` value.
+
+2. Next, you will want to find the Station ID for the MesoWest weather
+ station of interest and copy it to the `stid` value.
+
+3. Finally, you must choose what data types you want to push into
+ InfoEx. MesoWest refers to these as 'field names' and a list is
+ available here:
+
+https://developers.synopticdata.com/about/station-variables/
+
+The MesoWest API supports on-the-fly unit conversion, so that can be
+specified to infoex-autowx via the configuration option `units`. This
+can be either 'english' or 'metric', with 'english' meaning imperial
+units as used in the United States.
+
+For example:
+
+`token = (token id)`
+`stid = OD110`
+`desired_data = air_temp,snow_depth`
+`units = english`
+
+indicates that I'd like to import "Temperature" and "Precipitation
+accumulated" from the MesoWest station at Santiam Pass, OR, into InfoEx,
+and that I want that data in imperial units.
+
Version History
---------------
+- 2.0.0 (Jul 2020)
+
+ Implement MesoWest integration.
+
+ This release also makes significant changes to the configuration file,
+ hence the major version bump. Such changes are not taken lightly but
+ given the desire to support multiple data sources, were necessary.
+
- 1.0.0 (Jun 2020)
First released version. Cleaned up the program and design.
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