MODULEMETARINFO.CONF(5)

NAME
ModuleMetarInfo.conf - Configuration file for the SvxLink server MetarInfo module

DESCRIPTION
svxlink is a general purpose voice service system for ham radio use. This man-page describe the SvxLink server configuration for the MetarInfo module.

The MetarInfo module gives out the latest weather information (METARs) from airports requested by the ICAO-code. For further information refer to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR or http://www.icao.int/

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
There are a couple of configuration variables that are common to all modules. The documentation for these can be found in the svxlink.conf(5) manual page.

Here is the description of all module specific configuration variables that the SvxLink MetarInfo module understands.

  ModuleMetarInfo

TIMEOUT
    The time in seconds after this module will be left if action is done.

LONGMESSAGES
    If set some parameters will given out in the long form, e.g. NOSIG as "no significant change" instead of "nosig".

STARTDEFAULT
    The ICAO-code for this Metar is given out automatically after the module has been activated.

DEBUG
    Gives out some debug information.

TYPE
    The format type of getting weather information. Valid values are XML and TXT

LINK
    The path on the weather server, e.g. data/observations/metar/stations

SERVER
    The hostame of the weather server, e.g. http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov You have to include the protocol type, e.g. http:// oder https://

AIRPORTS
    Comma separated list of ICAO shortcuts to preconfigure some weatherstations of your interest. You can request the Metars in the order of configuration, e.g. AIRPORTS=EDDP,ESSB,KLAX If the module has been activated send 1# to get the Metar for EDDP, 2# for ESSB, 3# for KLAX and so on.

FILES

/etc/svxlink.conf
    The system wide configuration file.

~/.svxlink/svxlink.conf or ~/.svxlinkrc
    Per user configuration file.

/etc/svxlink.d/ModuleMetarInfo.conf
    Global modularized configuration file. Depends on the CFG_DIR configuration variable setting.

~/.svxlink/svxlink.d/ModuleMetarInfo.conf
    Per user modularized configuration file. Depends on the CFG_DIR configuration variable setting.

AUTHOR
Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at users dot sourceforge dot net>

SEE ALSO
svxlink.conf(5)