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39 minutes ago, sundog said:

Yes, that's exactly what this update is for. It gets METAR information in "always" mode from a different server, since NOAA shut down the one we (and X-Plane) had been using before.

NOAA/NWS isn't going to stop providing METAR data, but they reserve the right to change the way in which they provide it, which is what happened.

Now I am confused... didn't you say that the bug will be fixed with a seperate RWC update? When I checked SMP 3.3, there was still the error msg in the MAXX_METAR.wrx

Or are you infact talking about this RWC update which I haven't seen?

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12 minutes ago, frontendrob said:

Now I am confused... didn't you say that the bug will be fixed with a seperate RWC update? When I checked SMP 3.3, there was still the error msg in the MAXX_METAR.wrx

Or are you infact talking about this RWC update which I haven't seen?

Actually I got an email this morning about a new RWC version available, but in fact I still find the old one on the download page of my account.

Ciao

 

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I'm somewhat confused. I'm not running the X-Plane beta, and received the two e-mail updates a couple days ago. I've downloaded and installed SMP 3.3 and RWC 1.0 (the most recent on listed in my downloads) but I'm still getting:

SkyMaxx Pro: METAR parser enabled
SMPMetarBridge: METAR activation fired.
0:00:00.322 E/NET: Download failed with http error: 404 for URL http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/22Z.TXT

Any ideas?

 

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5 minutes ago, BeachAV8R said:

0:00:00.322 E/NET: Download failed with http error: 404 for URL http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/22Z.TXT

This is indicative of you somehow still running old stuff.

Try this:

1. Go into your X-Plane/resources/plugins folder and delete Gizmo64.plugin

2. Re-run the RWC installer

Does that solve it?

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6 minutes ago, Cameron said:

1. Go into your X-Plane/resources/plugins folder and delete Gizmo64.plugin

2. Re-run the RWC installer

Does that solve it?

I gave that a whirl..but getting the same message. When I go to install the two newest packages, it does go through the "delete previous version" routine..so I'm not sure why it isn't taking..

Is there a way to verify that the RWC version I've downloaded is the correct one?

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Stupid question..but could the link/download on the ORDER SUMMARY page be different than the one when you go to view that specific order? I had just clicked on the link that was under the Download Links of the order summary and didn't go to the VIEW - then download link. Are they one and the same?

 

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I have a second install of XP (the beta version) and can confirm that SMP and RWC are working fine in that version:

SkyMaxx Pro: METAR parser enabled
SMPMetarBridge: METAR activation fired.
SkyMaxx Pro: Activating METAR parsing.
SkyMaxx Pro: Found new METAR.rwx file
SkyMaxx Pro: Parsing METAR data
SkyMaxx Pro: METAR parsing took 4429 ms.

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7 minutes ago, BeachAV8R said:

Stupid question..but could the link/download on the ORDER SUMMARY page be different than the one when you go to view that specific order? I had just clicked on the link that was under the Download Links of the order summary and didn't go to the VIEW - then download link. Are they one and the same?

 

They are definitely one in the same. :)

13 minutes ago, BeachAV8R said:

Is there a way to verify that the RWC version I've downloaded is the correct one?

What is the date on the following file: X-Plane/Resources/Plugins/Gizmo64.plugin/firmware/extentions/MAXX_RWC/MAXX_RWC.lua.aes ?

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3 minutes ago, Cameron said:

They are definitely one in the same. :)

What is the date on the following file: X-Plane/Resources/Plugins/Gizmo64.plugin/firmware/extentions/MAXX_RWC/MAXX_RWC.lua.aes ?

I have 08/24/2016 @ 9:10PM - which sounds like the newest version.

 

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Just now, BeachAV8R said:

I have 08/24/2016 @ 9:10PM - which sounds like the newest version.

That's definitely the newest...and you're SURE you're checking the 'problematic' version? I'm honestly clueless after that. It's the only file that matters in this situation, and incredibly baffling that your other install isn't having such an issue. Where is X-Plane installed?

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1 minute ago, Cameron said:

That's definitely the newest...and you're SURE you're checking the 'problematic' version? I'm honestly clueless after that. It's the only file that matters in this situation, and incredibly baffling that your other install isn't having such an issue. Where is X-Plane installed?

Yes - I'm checking the problem version (the non-beta X-Plane). I have it installed to a dedicated SSD with X:\X-Plane 10 being the path. It was working prior to the NOAA data going away..so I'm not sure what changed when I went to update the SMP and RWC files. I don't want to trouble you tonight though..I can work using my XP beta (I'll probably be moving my whole install to that soon anyway).

I appreciate the assistance.

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0:00:00.322 E/NET: Download failed with http error: 404 for URL http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/22Z.TXT

That error message is actually X-Plane itself being unable to download its own METAR data; it's not coming from SMP or RWC. X-Plane's own METAR download was broken by the same issue that affected RWC. You need to install X-Plane 10.50rc3 or newer in order to fix that.

 

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0:00:00.322 E/NET: Download failed with http error: 404 for URL http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/22Z.TXT

That error message is actually X-Plane itself being unable to download its own METAR data; it's not coming from SMP or RWC. X-Plane's own METAR download was broken by the same issue that affected RWC. You need to install X-Plane 10.50rc3 or newer in order to fix that.

 

Doh! Can't believe I didn't piece that together.

Thanks, Frank!

I was going under the assumption you were using 'Always' in RWC, Chris. You may want to set it to that in your non-beta version and then you'll have weather again!

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