After reading about the software you developed, I thought it could be something of use to me, and as a result, installed it on my computer. After setting up the configuration file, I ran the "-testpage" command, and after some tweaking, I was able to receive the test message from the program.
Wanting to set this up as a scheduled task, I created a shortcut to StormSiren.py (the shortcut was so I could run it minimized, as that is the least noticable way I been able to run it). In the "Target:" line of the shortcut properties box, I added the "-testpage" switch and I was able to receive to test message. When I removed the "-testpage" switch, I did not receive any notice. This would be fine under normal circumstances, but when I checked the NWS site, and subsequently the log file, I notice there were currently five active alerts for the counties I had listed. Here's output from the log file:
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:27:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:27:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:32:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:32:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:37:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:37:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
I skimmed over the code a little, trying to understand how it works, and I got somewhat of a general idea, but I'm no expert in Python, so I couldn't figure out what was going wrong. I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I really appreciate the idea behind your software, and just wish i could get it to work. All help is appreciated.
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After reading about the software you developed, I thought it could be something of use to me, and as a result, installed it on my computer. After setting up the configuration file, I ran the "-testpage" command, and after some tweaking, I was able to receive the test message from the program.
Wanting to set this up as a scheduled task, I created a shortcut to StormSiren.py (the shortcut was so I could run it minimized, as that is the least noticable way I been able to run it). In the "Target:" line of the shortcut properties box, I added the "-testpage" switch and I was able to receive to test message. When I removed the "-testpage" switch, I did not receive any notice. This would be fine under normal circumstances, but when I checked the NWS site, and subsequently the log file, I notice there were currently five active alerts for the counties I had listed. Here's output from the log file:
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:27:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:27:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:32:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:32:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:37:01: No more devices available for paging
StormSiren 2007-01-22.01:37:01: Counted 5 active NWS bulletins
I skimmed over the code a little, trying to understand how it works, and I got somewhat of a general idea, but I'm no expert in Python, so I couldn't figure out what was going wrong. I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but I really appreciate the idea behind your software, and just wish i could get it to work. All help is appreciated.