BETA webtags
Additional webtags available in the BETA version of Cumulus 1.9.3
These are special markers placed in a file which Cumulus can then process and replace with the actual values. Typically you would use this to build your own website by having an HTML template file with your layout, static text and graphics. In the position on the page you wish Cumulus to insert the relevant data place a webtag in the form:
<#tagname>
Assuming you have asked Cumulus to process the file, it will replace the tag with the current value of the item the tag represents just before the file is uploaded to the internet.
Note: When you put a tag into your HTML, be careful that whatever program you are using to develop your web pages doesn't change the angle brackets to slightly different symbols -- this is a common cause of failure!
Also note that web tags are case sensitive, use them exactly as they appear here.
The Tags
Below is a list of the additional webtags available in this beta version. These webtags will be transferred to the main page when the beta version becomes 'live'
Units
webtag | Function |
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no new tags |
Date & Time
webtag | Function |
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<#metdate> | The current meteorologic date. If using a start time of midnight for the meteorological day then this will be the same as the current date. If using a 9am rollover, then between midnight and 9am the #metdate will be the previous calendar day. |
<#metdateyesterday>> | The previous meteorologic date. If using a start time of midnight for the meteorological day then this will be the same as yesterday. If using a 9am rollover, then between midnight and 9am the <#metdateyesterday> will be the calendar day before that returned by yesterday. |
<#yesterday> | Yesterdays date |
<#DaysSince30Dec1899> | Day count (gives whole and fractional part) Example: 41250.6523310301 |
Current Conditions
webtag | Function |
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Temperature & Humidity | |
<#IsFreezing> | Is outside temperature is at or below 0C/32F. 0=Above freezing, 1=Below freezing |
Rainfall | |
<#IsRaining> | For Hydreon RG-11 devices, shows the current rain state. 0=No rain, 1=It's raining |
Pressure | |
no new tags | |
Wind | |
no new tags | |
Miscellaneous | |
no new tags |
Today
webtag | Function | Time |
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Temperature & Humidity | ||
no new tags | ||
Rainfall | ||
no new tags | ||
Pressure | ||
no new tags | ||
Wind | ||
<#Tbeaudesc> | Beaufort 'description' for today's high wind speed | n/a |
Miscellaneous | ||
<#solarTH> | Today's high solar radiation value | <#TsolarTH> |
<#UVTH> | Today's high UV Index | <#TUVTH> |
<#metdate> | Meteorological Today - Date at last rollover | <#rollovertime> |
Yesterday
webtag | Function | Time |
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Temperature & Humidity | ||
<#avgtempY> | Yesterday's average temperature | n/a |
Rainfall | ||
no new tags | ||
Pressure | ||
no new tags | ||
Wind | ||
<#Ybeaudesc> | Beaufort 'description' for yesterday's high wind speed | n/a |
Miscellaneous | ||
<#solarYH> | Yesterday's high solar radiation value | <#TsolarYH> |
<#UVYH> | Yesterday's high UV Index | <#TUVYH> |
<#metdateyesterday> | Yesterday's 'meterological' date (started at last but one rollover) |
Monthly
webtag | Function | Time | Date |
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Temperature & Humidity | |||
no new tags | |||
Pressure | |||
no new tags | |||
Wind | |||
no new tags | |||
Rainfall | |||
no new tags | |||
Miscellaneous | |||
no new tags |
Yearly
webtag | Function | Time | Date |
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Temperature & Humidity | |||
no new tags | |||
Pressure | |||
no new tags | |||
Wind | |||
no new tags | |||
Rainfall | |||
no new tags | |||
Miscellaneous | |||
no new tags |
All Time
webtag | Function | Time |
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Temperature & Humidity | ||
no new tags | ||
Rainfall | ||
no new tags | ||
Pressure | ||
no new tags | ||
Wind | ||
no new tags | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
no new tags |
Recent History
There are a set of tags for 'recent historical data', giving data values from 1 minute ago, up to 1 week ago, in 1 minute intervals. Note that the values are initialised from the log files when Cumulus starts, so they will initially have a resolution according to the logger interval you have set in Cumulus and/or your station. You'll get the nearest value if you ask for one for which there is currently no exact match.
You specify how old you want the value to be by using parameters on the web tags for number of days, hours, and minutes. For example, <#RecentOutsideTemp m=1> will give the temperature one minute ago, <#RecentOutsideTemp h=1> will give the temperature one hour ago (as will <#RecentOutsideTemp m=60>), and <#RecentOutsideTemp d=1> will give the temperature one day ago. <#RecentOutsideTemp d=1 h=1 m=1> will give the temperature one day, one hour and one minute ago. All values supplied for parameters must be whole numbers. If you don't supply any parameters, the result is undefined.
webtag | Function |
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<#RecentOutsideTemp> | Outside Temperature |
<#RecentWindSpeed> | Wind Speed |
<#RecentWindGust> | Wind Gust |
<#RecentWindLatest> | Wind Latest. Note: Wind 'Speed', 'Gust' and 'Latest' have the usual Cumulus meanings |
<#RecentWindDir> | Wind Direction (instantaneous) |
<#RecentWindAvgDir> | Wind Direction (average) |
<#RecentWindChill> | Wind Chill |
<#RecentDewPoint> | Dew Point |
<#RecentHeatIndex> | Heat Index |
<#RecentHumidity> | Relative Humidity |
<#RecentPressure> | Sea-level Pressure |
<#RecentRainToday> | Today's rain |
<#RecentSolarRad> | Solar Radiation |
<#RecentUV> | UV Index |
Monthly All Time Records
There are a set of tags for monthly all-time highs and lows, in other words the highest and lowest values for a particular month of the year. For example, the highest ever temperature in July. Each Value tag has an optional parameter "mon=N" where N is the index of the month of the year that you want the value for (January=1 and so on). For example, <#ByMonthTempH mon=7> will give you the highest ever temperature in July.
If you don't supply a parameter (or supply an invalid value) the current month will be used. You can customise the date and time formats using the 'format' parameter on the web tag, see below. To supply more than one parameter, separate them with spaces, e.g. <#ByMonthTempHT mon=7 format=hh:nn>
webtag | Function | Date/Time | |
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Temperature & Humidity | |||
<#ByMonthTempH> | High Temperature | <#ByMonthTempHT> | |
<#ByMonthTempL> | Low Temperature | <#ByMonthTempLT> | |
<#ByMonthHeatIndexH> | High Heat Index | <#ByMonthHeatIndexHT> | |
<#ByMonthWChillL> | Low Wind Chill | <#ByMonthWChillLT> | |
<#ByMonthAppTempH> | High Apparent Temperature | <#ByMonthAppTempHT> | |
<#ByMonthAppTempL> | Low Apparent Temperature | <#ByMonthAppTempLT> | |
<#ByMonthDewPointH> | High Dew Point | <#ByMonthDewPointHT> | |
<#ByMonthDewPointL> | Low Dew Point | <#ByMonthDewPointLT> | |
<#ByMonthMinTempH> | Highest Daily Minimum Temperature | <#ByMonthMinTempHT> | |
<#ByMonthMaxTempL> | Lowest Daily Maximum Temperature | <#ByMonthMaxTempLT> | |
<#ByMonthHighDailyTempRange> | High Daily Temp Range | <#ByMonthHighDailyTempRangeT> | |
<#ByMonthLowDailyTempRange> | Low Daily Temp Range | <#ByMonthLowDailyTempRangeT> | |
<#ByMonthHumH> | High Humidity | <#ByMonthHumHT> | |
<#ByMonthHumL> | Low Humidity | <#ByMonthHumLT> | |
Pressure | |||
<#ByMonthPressH> | High Pressure | <#ByMonthPressHT> | |
<#ByMonthPressL> | Low Pressure | <#ByMonthPressLT> | |
Wind | |||
<#ByMonthGustH> | High Wind Gust | <#ByMonthGustHT> | |
<#ByMonthWindH> | High Wind Speed | <#ByMonthWindHT> | |
<#ByMonthWindRunH> | High Daily Wind Run | <#ByMonthWindRunHT> | |
Rainfall | |||
<#ByMonthRainRateH> | High Rain Rate | <#ByMonthRainRateHT> | |
<#ByMonthHourlyRainH> | High Hourly Rain | <#ByMonthHourlyRainHT> | |
<#ByMonthDailyRainH> | High Daily Rain | <#ByMonthDailyRainHT> | |
<#ByMonthLongestDryPeriod> | Longest Dry Period | <#ByMonthLongestDryPeriodT> | |
<#ByMonthLongestWetPeriod> | Longest Wet Period | <#ByMonthLongestWetPeriodT> | |
Miscellaneous | |||
no new tags |
Miscellaneous
webtag | Function |
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<#LastDataReadT> | The date/time data was last read from the station |
Day/Night/Sun/Moon
webtag | Function |
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no new tags |
Alarms
There are a set of tags for the Cumulus alarm states. They give a value of '1' if the alarm has been set and the alarm condition is currently met; otherwise '0'.
webtag | Function |
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<#DataStopped> | 1 if the station has apparently stopped sending data to Cumulus, otherwise 0 |
Records
There are a set of tags for the Cumulus record states. They give a value of '1' if the record has been exceeded; otherwise '0'.
webtag | Function |
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No new tags |
Extra Sensors
These webtags are for additional sensors supported by Cumulus
webtag | Function |
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<#ExtraTemp1> | Extra temperature channel 1 |
<#ExtraTemp2> | Extra temperature channel 2 |
<#ExtraTemp3> | Extra temperature channel 3 |
... and so on up to <#ExtraTemp10> | |
<#ExtraDP1> | Extra dew point channel 1 |
<#ExtraDP2> | Extra dew point channel 2 |
<#ExtraDP3> | Extra dew point channel 3 |
... and so on up to <#ExtraDP10> | |
<#ExtraHum1> | Extra humidity channel 1 |
<#ExtraHum2> | Extra humidity channel 2 |
<#ExtraHum3> | Extra humidity channel 3 |
... and so on up to <#ExtraHum10> | |
<#SoilTemp1> | Soil temperature 1 |
<#SoilTemp2> | Soil temperature 2 |
... and so on up to <#SoilTemp4> | |
<#SoilMoisture1> | Soil moisture 1 |
<#SoilMoisture2> | Soil moisture 2 |
... and so on up to <#SoilMoisture4> | |
<#LeafTemp1> | Leaf temperature 1 |
<#LeafTemp2> | Leaf temperature 2 |
<#LeafWetness1> | Leaf wetness 1 |
<#LeafWetness2> | Leaf wetness 2 |
Special
WMR928
There are a set of tags for the WMR928 extra sensors:
webtag | Function |
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no new tags |
Davis
There are a set of tags for the Davis PWS:
webtag | Function |
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<#txbattery>
<#txbattery channel=1> |
The transmitter battery condition, by default it returns the status of all transmitters.
The optional 'channel' parameter returns the status for a particular transmitter, up to channel=8. The channel result is just the string "ok" or whatever the string is for a low battery |
Fine Offset
The following tags are specific to the Fine Offset series of PWS
webtag | Function |
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no new tags |
System
Special tags returning information about the system hosting Cumulus:
webtag | Function |
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no new tags |
No Commas
There are a set of tags where the decimal comma has been replaced with a full stop, where necessary, for use with gauges etc which don't like the commas. They all correspond to the same tag with 'RC' removed.
<#RCwlatest> <#RCdewpointTH> <#RCdewpointTL><#RCwchillTL> <#RCheatindexTH> <#RCapptempTH> <#RCapptempTL>