Setting the station timeout

The station timeout setting determines how old the gauge-data.txt file may be before the SteelSeries Weather Gauges considers the station to be off line. The default SteelSeries Weather Gauges extension installation uses a value of 10 minutes for the station timeout. This is appropriate for a station with a five minute archive period but is unsuitable for stations with a 10 minute or longer archive period and may be unsuitable for stations with an archive period of less than five minutes. To change the station timeout value:

• edit $SKIN_ROOT/ss/scripts/gauges.js:

  $ vi $SKIN_ROOT/ss/scripts/gauges.js
  

• locate the stationTimeout setting and change as required, eg:

  stationTimeout : 20,      // set to twice archive interval, in minutes
  

• save $SKIN_ROOT/ss/scripts/gauges.js

• stop then start weeWX:

  $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop
  $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start
  

  or

  $ sudo service weewx stop
  $ sudo service weewx start