Adding WeatherReports

To add a report, in the Weather Manager click the New button, which produces the New dialog. Select the number to add, then for each one, select a provider.

This example describes adding an NWS provider (type NwsWeather Provider), typical for a Supervisor and any JACE station that has direct Internet connectivity. Starting in AX-3.5, a JACE station that is subordinate to a Supervisor in a NiagaraNetwork can alternatively use the “Fox Weather Provider” type of Weather Report. For related details, see FoxWeatherProvider.

Starting in AX-3.7 (build 3.7.104 or later), you may have a third provider option: Wunderground Weather Provider, for “international weather” support. For related details, see WundergroundWeatherProvider.

Figure 5. Adding New WeatherReport

As shown in Figure 5, for an NwsWeatherProvider the New dialog shows two fields:

2-character region code — typically the U.S. postal code for a state.

Locale codes in the latest weather module also include several ISO country codes, in addition to states. See Updated NWS stations list for related details.
Name of the locale in that region, possibly an area, city, town, or a combination using a slash “/” delimiter, sometimes using one or more abbreviations.

Enter a unique name for each report (typically, you type in the area or city name as the report name). For further details, see National Weather Service notes.

After adding a WeatherReport, you can get immediate weather data by right-clicking it and issuing the action “Update Weather Report,” or by issuing the same action at the WeatherService level.Starting in AX-3.5, you may also wish to review the default setup for NWS advisories. See the next sections Configuring for advisories (AX-3.6 and later) and Configuring for advisories (AX-3.5).