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Armand, I have a few concerns about the setup. First, it looks like you are using a string of LED's that use 4 wires; pwr, grnd, clock, signal. If t...

Armand, the error is telling you that the library that runs the LEDs is not liking your string for some reason. This is usually caused because the wro...

Nice job! Please let us know if this works the way you are expecting. Then I'll look at the code to see if I can/should include this. Thanks - Mark

Yes, that would work fine. It's odd that the METAR would not provide either the flight_category and the visibility and cloud cover. Why publish a META...

Armand, I came across this thread on another forum; I'll get with Bill and we'll update the current image and send you a link to it to try. I'm hop...

Thanks Julien, I'll have to look at the routine in relation to the XML data being returned to see if there is a difference that is causing the softwar...

Hmm, ok. We'll have to check out installing it on a RPI4. If you have any other pics of the errors you are receiving, please post them. - Mark

Hi Armand, Sorry for the hassles. I know my partner Bill has installed this on a RPi4 successfully but I've not tried it. Also, you mentioned that y...

Great. Please post pictures of your map when you get a chance. - Mark

Being a non-US airport, the METAR data may be structured differently. If you will do me a favor and post the same data for the same airport once you n...

Hey, download config.py, airports and logfile and post them here so we can look at them. These are downloadable from the 'Map Utilities' menu. Also, t...

The FAA updates its weather very quickly as conditions change. My understanding is that each airport that reports a METAR has it's own equipment on si...

Ron, you are right it is a timing issue. I have 4 boards in my office and there are many times where there is conflicting reports until the board upda...

Do me a favor; next time you see this discrepancy enter this link into a web browser; You'll need to substitute your particular airport at the end...

So do you believe the problem is that the RPi's access to the internet drops after 10-15 mins? - Mark