National Weather Service Alerts with PageGate

Step 1 — Create Directories

1. Create:

   c:\PageGateData\Weather\
   c:\PageGateData\Weather\posts\
   c:\PageGateData\Weather\ids\

Step 2 — Configure the NWS Data Carrier

1. Open PG Admin. Right click Carriers, select Add.
2. Specify:

   Name: NWS-GetData
   Protocol: HTTPGET
   Host: [NWS feed URL without https:// — find at alerts.weather.gov]
   Example: alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwaatmget.php?x=CAC001&y=1
   Port: 443 | Max Chars: 16000
3. Go to Carriers — NWS-GetData — Template. In Settings enter the ResponsePath using \092 for backslashes (e.g. ResponsePath = C:\092PageGateData\092weather). Click Apply.

Step 3 — Create the WeatherCheck Recipient

1. Right click Recipients, select Add.

   Full Name: WeatherCheck | Recipient: weathercheck
   Carrier: NWS-GetData | ID/PIN: [Leave blank] | Max Chars: 16000

   Click Apply.

Step 4 — Configure GetAscii with the NWS Filter

1. Download nwsfilter.zip and unzip to c:\PageGateData\weather\
2. Open nwsfilter.xml. Replace all INSERT THE PATH TO YOUR WEATHER FOLDER with your actual path. Replace YourRecipientOrGroup with the PageGate recipient or group. Save.
3. In PG Admin, go to Interfaces — GetAscii — Template. In Settings enter:

   RawInterfaceFilter = [full path to nwsfilter.xml using \092 for backslashes]
   UseFilterDll = True
4. Go to Interfaces — GetAscii — Settings — Advanced Polling — Files. Add *.txt pointing to the weather folder, and *.asc pointing to weather\posts. Click Apply.

Step 5 — Schedule the Weather Check

1. Open PageGate GUI Client. Select WeatherCheck. Type Check the weather in message field.
2. Click Options. Set Resend Message Every to your preferred interval (minimum 1 minute). Set Stop Sending far into the future. Click Apply, then Send.