SteelSeries FAQ
The Steelseries Gauges FAQ
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Installing and Running
I get funny symbols on the gauges before the degree sign
The Steelseries scripts are supplied in UTF-8 format, if you have edited the files and saved them in another file format, that can be cause.
Another cause can be the hosting page, if that uses a character set other than UTF-8 you can again get character corruptions.
Using the SteelSeries Gauges with the Saratoga Templates
The older versions of the Saratoga templates from Ken True use the ISO-8859-n character set particular to the language you are using. This is fundamentally incompatible with the UTF-8 character set used by the SteelSeries gauges.
Ken has updated his templates to work with the HTML5 gauges, if you haven't already done so you will need to update your templates from Ken's website. Then in the SteelSeries zip file is a PHP include file for the Saratoga templates - gauges-ss-basic-inc.php. Use this include file as the basis for your gauges page.
My HTML page gets corrupted when Cumulus processes it
This happens if you have used extended character sets in your gauges-ssT.htm file and then saved it as UTF-8 (as you should). Unfortunately old versions of Cumulus did not understand UTF-8 and when it processes the page old Cumulus versions will re-save it as ANSI encoded.
Upgrade to the latest version of Cumulus, reading the release notes for all the builds inbetween your old one and that you have now installed paying particular attention to any mention of UTF-8.
My gauges are not using the right minimum and maximum
The pressure gauge uses the all-time highest and lowest values to determine what scale to display. The other gauges use that day's lowest and highest values to determine the scale to display. Check your source does not have some rogue values distorting the range displayed.
Additional Gauges
I'd like to add gauge XXXX from the demo pages
The copy of the SteelSeries library supplied with the weather gauges only contains a subset of all the gauges available in SteelSeries Canvas library. The supplied gauges are Radial, RadialBargraph, DisplaySingle, WindDirection, and Odometer. If you want to display any other types of gauges, then you will have to download the full SteelSeries library from Github. The SteelSeries demo pages have some very basic code to display each of the gauge types, all the configuration parameters for each gauge can be found by looking in the SteelSeries.js source file - there is no on-line documentation for the library.
Tweaking the Wind Rose
How do I alter the Wind Rose plot colours?
The Wind Rose is based on the RGraph Rose component, in windrose.js you will find a line (around line 160 as of v2.2.2) like this:
rose.Set('chart.colors', ['Gradient(gray:red)']);
This controls the colour of the plot sectors. Please refer to the RGraph website for information on how to use the gradient syntax.
How do I alter the gap between the Wind Rose sectors?
In windrose.js you will find a line (around line 161 as of v2.2.2) like this:
rose.Set('chart.margin', Math.ceil(50 / data.length));
This controls the gap between the sectors, to reduce the gap change '50' to a lower number (say 30), to increase the gap use a bigger number.
Design customizations
SteelSeries gauges could use hundreds designs with combination of style, size, colors and so on!
Gauges size
Gauges could take near any size and to help using it, 3 different sizes has been created
You just have to find that line and change gaugeSizeStd parameter:
<canvas id="canvas_dew" class="gaugeSizeStd"></canvas>
Since these paramete are defined in gauge-cc.css file, you could edit for any size, keep odd numbers
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| gaugeSizeSml | Size: 121px x 121px |
| gaugeSizeStd | Size: 151px x 151px |
| gaugeSizeLrg | Size: 261px x 261px |
Setting frame design
setFrameDesign function control "ring" appearance
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| BLACK_METAL | Black Metal |
| METAL | Metal |
| SHINY_METAL | Shiny Metal |
| BRASS | Brass |
| STEEL | Steel |
| CHROME | Chrome |
| GOLD | Gold |
| ANTHRACITE | Anthracite |
| TILTED_GRAY | Tilted Gray |
| TILTED_BLACK | Tilted Black |
| GLOSSY_METAL | Glossy Metal |
Setting background color
setBackgroundColor function control gauge background color, posible parameters are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| DARK_GRAY | Dark Gray |
| SATIN_GRAY | Satin Gray |
| LIGHT_GRAY | Light Gray |
| WHITE | White |
| BLACK | Black |
| BEIGE | Beige |
| BROWN | Brown |
| RED | Red |
| GREEN | Green |
| BLUE | Blue |
| ANTHRACITE | Anthracite |
| MUD | Mud |
| PUNCHED_SHEET | Punched Sheet |
| CARBON | Carbon |
| STAINLESS | Stainless steel |
| BRUSHED_METAL | Brushed Metal |
| BRUSHED_STAINLESS | Brushed Stainless steel |
| TURNED | Turned |
Settting needles color
setPointerColor function control needles color, parameters available:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| RED | Red |
| GREEN | Green |
| BLUE | Blue |
| ORANGE | Orange |
| YELLOW | Yellow |
| CYAN | Cyan |
| MAGENTA | Magenta |
| WHITE | White |
| GRAY | Gray |
| BLACK | Black |
| RAITH | Raith |
| GREEN_LCD | Green LCD |
| JUG_GREEN | JUG Green |
Settting needles design
setPointerColor function control needles type, parameters available:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| TYPE1 | Type 1 |
| TYPE2 | Type 2 |
| TYPE3 | Type 3 |
| TYPE4 | Type 4 |
| TYPE5 | Type 5 |
| TYPE6 | Type 6 |
| TYPE7 | Type 7 |
| TYPE8 | Type 8 |
| TYPE9 | Type 9 |
| TYPE10 | Type 10 |
| TYPE11 | Type 11 |
| TYPE12 | Type 12 |
| TYPE13 | Type 13 |
| TYPE14 | Type 14 |
| TYPE15 | Type 15 |
| TYPE16 | Type 16 |
Settting LCD color
setLcdColor function control LCD display color, parameters available are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| BEIGE | Beige |
| BLUE | Blue |
| ORANGE | Orange |
| RED | Red |
| YELLOW | Yellow |
| WHITE | White |
| GRAY | Gray |
| BLACK | Black |
| GREEN | Green |
| BLUE2 | Blue2 |
| BLUE_BLACK | Blue Black |
| BLUE_DARKBLUE | Dark Blue |
| BLUE_GRAY | Blue Gray |
| STANDARD | Standard |
| STANDARD_GREEN | Green |
| BLUE_BLUE | True Blue |
| RED_DARKRED | Dark Red |
| DARKBLUE | Dark Blue |
| LILA | Lila |
| BLACKRED | Black Red |
| DARKGREEN | Dark Green |
| AMBER | Amber |
| LIGHTBLUE | Light Blue |
| SECTIONS | Sections |
Settting LED color
setLedColor function control LED color, parameters available are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| RED_LED | Red |
| GREEN_LED | Green |
| BLUE_LED | Blue |
| ORANGE_LED | Orange |
| YELLOW_LED | Yellow |
| CYAN_LED | Cyan |
| MAGENTA_LED | Magenta |
Settting foreground design
setForegroundType function control gauge foreground apearence, parameters available are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| TYPE1 | Type 1 |
| TYPE2 | Type 2 |
| TYPE3 | Type 3 |
| TYPE4 | Type 4 |
| TYPE5 | Type 5 |
| TYPE6 | Type 6 |
Settting Wind Avg Pointer Color
setPointerColorAvg function control Wind Avg Pointer color, parameters available:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| RED | Red |
| GREEN | Green |
| BLUE | Blue |
| ORANGE | Orange |
| YELLOW | Yellow |
| CYAN | Cyan |
| MAGENTA | Magenta |
| WHITE | White |
| GRAY | Gray |
| BLACK | Black |
| RAITH | Raith |
| GREEN_LCD | Green LCD |
| JUG_GREEN | JUG Green |
Settting Wind Avg Pointer design
setPointerAvg function control Wind Avg Pointer type, parameters available:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| TYPE1 | Type 1 |
| TYPE2 | Type 2 |
| TYPE3 | Type 3 |
| TYPE4 | Type 4 |
| TYPE5 | Type 5 |
| TYPE6 | Type 6 |
| TYPE7 | Type 7 |
| TYPE8 | Type 8 |
| TYPE9 | Type 9 |
| TYPE10 | Type 10 |
| TYPE11 | Type 11 |
| TYPE12 | Type 12 |
| TYPE13 | Type 13 |
| TYPE14 | Type 14 |
| TYPE15 | Type 15 |
| TYPE16 | Type 16 |