With the Graphics package and a HyperCaster v6.1+, you can display the NOAA weather data as a HyperCaster ticker:
Find the NOAA weather station for your area
- Go to: http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/seek.php?state=ma&Find=Find
- Select a state from the pulldown, and identify the station closest to you
- The station ID are the four letters in the parenthesis. e.g.: Trenton, Mercer County Airport (KTTN)
- Add that station ID to the end of this string: weather.telvue.com/?stid= (e.g.: http://weather.telvue.com/?stid=kttn)
- If you put that URL into a browser, you will see all the data fields available in that feed, such as weather, temperature, relative humidity, wind, etc:
Configure the NOAA feed as a HyperCaster Graphics RSS input
- Go to Config –> Overlays –> RSS Feeds
- Click the Add icon
- Name the feed, and enter the NOAA URL from Step 1
- Save
- Re-open the RSS feed to edit as suggested:
- Intro text: (This will display on screen before RSS content) NOAA reports:
- Repeating text: (This will pull info from the RSS categories you select. Each category is bracketed <> and displayed as a “Variable Option”. The RSS feed is raw data, so we suggest you prefix the feed category with a label) <location> – weather: <weather> – temp: <temp_f> – rel. humidity <relative_humidity> – winds <wind_string>
- Save
Display NOAA weather data in a ticker
- Go to: Config –> Overlays –> Tickers
- Create a new Ticker
- Choose preset, name ticker, etc.
- In Text Properties toolbox, select Type –> RSS Feed
- Select the NOAA feed which you created in Step 2
- Format the ticker design elements
- Save