User Guide

Programming i!-Weather

i!-Weather

i!-WeatherEngineTest.axs / i!-WeatherEngineMod.tko

To create a custom NetLinx application for use with i!-Weather, you will need to include the

i!-WeatherEngine module in your program. The included i!-WeatherEngineTest.axs file

demonstrates how to integrate the i!-WeatherEngine module into a program.

Define Module

The i!-WeatherEngine module is distributed as a pre-compiled NetLinx module. To include the

module in a program, an instance of the module must be defined in the parent program. (Normally,

DEFINE_MODULE statements are listed following the DEFINE_START section):

Where:

mdlWEATHER is a unique module name.

Devices

Make sure the device IDs are correct in the

DEFINE_DEVICE section:

//i!-Weather Devices

dvWEATHER_IP_CLIENT = 0:4:0 //INTERNET CONNECTION

dvTP = 128:1:0 //i!-Weather Touch Panel

dvBROWSER_IP_CLIENT = 0:5:0 //INTERNET CONNECTION FOR CITY BROWSER

vdvWEATHER = 33001:1:0 //VIRTUAL DEVICE

DEFINE_MODULE 'i!-WeatherEngineMod' mdlWEATHER(dvIP_CLIENT,

vdvWEATHER,

chZIPCODE,

chSTATION,

chSTRUCTURE_ENCODED_BUFFER)

i!-WeatherEngineMod.tko Module Parameters

dvIP_CLIENT The device of an available IP port on the NetLinx Master.

vdvWEATHER An available virtual device to be used exclusively for the i!-Weather Application.

chZIPCODE A character buffer that contains the current zip code to retrieve weather data.

chSTATION A character buffer that contains the current station code to retrieve weather

data.

chSTRUCTURE_ENCODED_

BUFFER

A character buffer that contains the encoded weather data structure.