private void ReloadData()
{
// if date and time difference from the last time is more than 30 seconds
if ((DateTime.Now - lastRefreshTime).TotalSeconds >= 30)
{
// redo all the data
data.outsideTemp = (float)GetRandomValue(58.44, (91 - 58.44) / 6);
data.insideTemp = (float)GetRandomValue(70, (80 - 70) / 6);
data.dewPoint = (float)GetRandomValue(48.43, (69 - 48.43) / 6);
data.outsideHumidity = (int)GetRandomValue(50, (100 - 50) / 6);
data.totalRain = (float)GetRandomValue(42, (54 - 42) / 6);
data.dailyRain = (float)GetRandomValue(3.5, (4.5 - 3.5) / 6);
data.monthlyRain = (float)GetRandomValue(3.5, (4.5 - 3.5) / 6);
data.rainRate = (float)GetRandomValue(0.2, (1 - 0.2) / 6);
data.heatIndex = (int)GetRandomValue(74.6, (84.6 - 74.6) / 6);
data.windSpeed = (float)GetRandomValue(MiscellaneousHardwareConstants.SIMULATION_WEATHER_STATION_AVERAGE_WIND_SPEED_MPH, MiscellaneousHardwareConstants.SIMULATION_WEATHER_STATION_MAXIMUM_ALLOWABLE_WIND_SPEED_MPH_STD_DEV);
data.baromPressure = (float)GetRandomValue(30, (40 - 30) / 6);
data.windChill = (float)GetRandomValue(30, (40 - 30) / 6);
data.windDirection = windDirections[windDirectionCounter];
if (++windDirectionCounter >= 16)
{
windDirectionCounter = 0;
}
DatabaseOperations.AddWeatherData(WeatherData.Generate(data));
// change the successfull date and time
lastRefreshTime = DateTime.Now;
}
}
private void ReloadWeatherDataRoutine()
{
bool retrySave = false;
while (KeepReloadWeatherDataThreadAlive)
{
if (LoadCurrentVantageData_V() != COM_ERROR)
{
data.windSpeed = GetWindSpeed_V();
data.windDirectionDegrees = GetWindDir_V();
data.windDirection = ConvertWindDirDegreesToStr(data.windDirectionDegrees);
data.dailyRain = GetDailyRain_V();
data.rainRate = GetRainRate_V();
data.outsideTemp = GetOutsideTemp_V();
data.insideTemp = GetInsideTemp_V();
data.baromPressure = GetBarometer_V();
data.dewPoint = GetDewPt_V();
data.windChill = GetWindChill_V();
data.outsideHumidity = GetOutsideHumidity_V();
data.totalRain = GetTotalRain_V();
data.monthlyRain = GetMonthlyRain_V();
data.heatIndex = GetHeatIndex_V();
// This is here for a workaround to issue #360. We will occasionally get a "Connection failed on open" Entity exception
// We have this used to simply retry the database update if the exception occurs. It always (while I was testing, at least) succeeds after the retry.
// We may need to remove this in production if we find a different solution for actually eliminating the bug insetad of this workaround
do
{
try
{
DatabaseOperations.AddWeatherData(WeatherData.Generate(data));
retrySave = false;
count = 0;
}
catch (EntityException e)
{
count++;
retrySave = true;
// We want to retry 4 times, after which we will abandon the update.
if (count == 4)
{
retrySave = false;
count = 0;
logger.Info(Utilities.GetTimeStamp() + " : Failed to update weather station data after 4 tries. Abandoning update...");
}
}
}while (retrySave);
}
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
}
