Weather Tab

The Weather Tab shows information from a Davis Weather Station, a Boltwood Cloud Sensor and any device that supplies an ASCOM Observing Conditions driver. Relevant information is also stored in the FITS header of any images that are acquired while the equipment is being monitored.

The Davis Weather Station display will show current temperature, rain accumulation, barometric pressure, due point, humidity, solar radiation, and wind speed and direction.

The Boltwood Cloud Sensor display will show the Sky temperature, Rain status, Daylight status, Wind speed, Roof Close command if present, Sky - Ambient temperature (a larger number indicates clearer skies), Ambient temperature, Humidity, and Dewpoint.

The Observing Conditions display will show the name of the device in its section title, and show Air Temperature, Dew Point, Humidity, Cloud Cover, Rain Rate, Wind Pressure, Direction, Gust and Speed, and Sky Brightness, Quality, Temperature, as well as Star FWHM. (Your particular device may not support all of these fields.)

The Options button in the top right corner displays a menu that allows you to show or hide either of the three sections of the dialog.

The Weather Tab is formatted using HTML. If you know how to use HTML and wish to customize the layout, right-click in the window and select View Source... to get a copy of the default layout. Save it as My Documents\MaxIm DL 6\Settings\ObservatoryWeather.htm. Edit the contents of this file, select a different tab, and then return to the Status tab to reload your new HTML.