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AWEKAS is an automatic weather mapping system for data provided by private weather stations around the world.  It was started in Austria and has been in operation since 2004.  It has over 2,000 weather stations participating around the world, providing data in German, Dutch, English, French and Italian.  The initials stand for "Automatisches WEtterKArten System".  
AWEKAS is an automatic weather mapping system for data provided by private weather stations around the world.  It was started in Austria and has been in operation since 2004.  It has over 2,000 weather stations participating around the world, providing data in German, Dutch, English, French and Italian.  The initials stand for "Automatisches WEtterKArten System".  


It supports a number of weather stations, including Cumulus, and details on how to confirue this are below.  Membership to [http://www.awekas.at AWEKAS] is free and requires registration.
It supports a number of weather stations, including Cumulus, and details on how to configure this are below.   
 
Membership to [http://www.awekas.at AWEKAS] is free and requires registration.


=Configuring Cumulus for AWEKAS=
=Configuring Cumulus for AWEKAS=
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All values must be on a separate line and a line return a <nowiki><br></nowiki> tag has to be included.
All values must be on a separate line and each entry end with a <nowiki><br></nowiki> tag.




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You MUST tick the box "Process" as this tells Cumulus to read the file and replace the webtags with data before uploading it to the web server.
You MUST tick the box "Process" as this tells Cumulus to read the file and replace the webtags with data before uploading it to the web server.


Force Cumulus to do a Web Update, or wait on the next scheduled update.  Now browser to the file on your site....example, <nowiki>http://www.mysite.com/data/awekas_wl.htm</nowiki>
Force Cumulus to do a Web Update, or wait on the next scheduled update.  Now browse to the file on your site....example, <nowiki>http://www.mysite.com/data/awekas_wl.htm</nowiki>


If you see a file with values, and not webtags, you have successfully configured Cumulus.  Now visit http://www.awekas.at, register for an account and as part of that process use the web address you have just tested when asked for the location of your file.
If you see a file with values, and not webtags, you have successfully configured Cumulus.  Now visit http://www.awekas.at, register for an account and as part of that process use the web address you have just tested when asked for the location of your file.
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If all works, AWEKAS will soon start retrieving your data -- this can often take an hour or so to start.
If all works, AWEKAS will soon start retrieving your data -- this can often take an hour or so to start.


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