Mark Harris
Mark Harris
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RE: Map stuck during transitional wipe

I have updated the script to test for the lat/lon numbers in the returned FAA xml data. But it hasn't been uploaded to the web site yet. I can work on...

5 years ago
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RE: Map stuck during transitional wipe

Yes, I use the URL with all the airports to manually pull the XML data into a browser, then I copy it and save it to a file such as 'xmldata.xml' and ...

5 years ago
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RE: Build Log - Entire US, "clean" fiber approach, lightboard combo.

Kevin, that turned out awesome! Great execution of your ideas. I was very curious about how accurately the two printed images would line up with each ...

6 years ago
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RE: Connection issues after editing file

I don't think its the RPi. The error message is very specific to a missing XML data field that is needed. So we need to find the offending airport ID....

6 years ago
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RE: Finished Minnesota Aeronautical Chart Writeup

Wow, that turned out great! Thanks for the recap of the build process. The frame really sets it off nicely. Thanks for sharing. Send a pic once its ...

6 years ago
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RE: Connection issues after editing file

Jeff, When the SD card in placed in a Windows machine, only the boot partition is readable. This is a small part of the image though. You won't see ...

6 years ago
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RE: New TLS certificate on weather.gov - check your time settings if the map quits working

Wow, what a great catch. I'm sorry you had to figure this out, but I'm sure it wouldn't have occurred to me. Thanks for the write up. - Mark

6 years ago
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RE: Connection issues after editing file

Yes, got them this time. Thanks. It's crashing the webapp script because its not seeing the latitude in the airport info routine, which I don't unde...

6 years ago
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RE: Connection issues after editing file

I don't see any attached pics. I'm on my phone at the moment, but I'll check using my laptop later. However, if you don't see the pics, please reattac...

6 years ago
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RE: Connection issues after editing file

Sounds like the webapp.py script is erroring out on you after you save the configuration file. If you have a monitor that can be temporarily connec...

6 years ago
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RE: 3 letter airport codes and warning/error message

Kevin, I changed the site for airport information to fltplan.com since it will accept the airport name in either 3 or 4 letter designations. So that p...

6 years ago
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RE: Sporatic flashing?

Kevin. Great looking map! Sorry to say it's gonna be either a ground or signal wire going to you LEDs that is making an intermittent connection. B...

6 years ago
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RE: 3 letter airport codes and warning/error message

I understand. Thanks for pointing this out. I have to use a different weather product from the FAA for the LED's vs the weather reported on the web pa...

6 years ago
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RE: Map stuck during transitional wipe

Very cool. I've not seen this issue before. I'll take a look to see what's happening. I'm out of town this week, so feel free to remind me next wee...

6 years ago
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RE: 3 letter airport codes and warning/error message

Kevin, aviationweather.gov requires 4 digits for its data server to return weather for an airport. So in your case this is the URL that is being use...

6 years ago
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