Scenario

• Customer Sick and Tired of Weather Info at the Airport.
• Needed to know Current Conditions for a Specific Area, not an Airport.
• Would Like more info then Temperature if possible.
• If it can Forecast, it would be welcomed.
• Able to Show in Multiple Locations if Possible.
• Need to have a Night Mode.
• System must be affordable.

On-Site Inspection

• Main Location of Display can have a Wi-Fi 100% Signal.
• Extra Power is at Location of Display.
• Existing network to connect to Internet is secure.
• Company wants to administrate from one location with the ability to move if needed.
• Company also wants to Show Only Display, Wants to Hide any Controllers.
• No audio is needed and Night Mode is a must.
• Company Also wants to have Radar if possible.

Solution

• Found Existing Software that meets all requirements plus extras if needed.
• Location of Software is: https://github.com/n0bel/PiClock/
• Hardware Needed is a Raspberry Pi 3 SoC with case and power supply.
• RPi3 can be powered and concealed behind display monitor.
• PiClock can be setup as a server and remotely sent securely to any local display and a RPi3 via VNC in secure mode.
• Connection via Wi-Fi with Power off of Monitor.
• After setting up a Free Online Account with Weather Underground all Info Customer Needs is updated every 15 Minutes.
• Small ups battery (allowing up to 12 hrs of power fully charged) for Display and Data Gathering.
• Software can be Updated on command if needed via Remote Control.
• If Needed a Wireless Keyboard can be connected and Extra Colour Changing LEDs can be installed.

Conclusion

• After Installed Costumer was very pleased.
• Only Main Display is setup now but the extra Displays will be installed in the near future.
• Display is Using Built-In HMDI video for Hi-Res Mode of Screens.
• Customer has access to Current Conditions, Radar, Forecasting, Pressure, What Area Feels Like, and most important can see all info when needed.
• Main Page has Overview Radar, Secondary Page has Zoomed in and Extreme Area Radar.
• System is set to run for years to come.
• Customer is happy and wants to add more Displays at Site.
• For Information on Screens see above and below pics.

Update

• Customer Added 6 Displays to the Existing Server in Various Locations throughout the Site.
• All 6 new Displays Use VNC to communicate to the Server, Only one Device to Update.
• Customer Noted how Accurate the Temperature Value at this site is compared to the Airport Temperature.
• Also Noted the Radar Displays are More Accurate than the Weather Network Current Values.
• Customer has other Building Sites that need this setup, will be looking for 3 more installs.
• New Hardware is using The New Raspberry Pi 4 – 4 MB. Renders and Computes Faster.

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