In October & November 2023 and April 2024, the FAA updated the API and Dataservers for METARs. To assist you with this change, we’ve created a simple guide in the video below detailing restoring your map’s functionality. Should you prefer professional assistance, kindly reach out to us at [email protected].
First, you need to find the IP address of your map. Please follow this tutorial to do so.
Latest File update: 12 April 2024 (links below)
Scroll down for a Mac user guide.
PC User Guide #
- Download & Install WinSCP:
- It’s a free program available here: https://winscp.net/eng/index.php
- Install & Launch WinSCP:
- If the login window isn’t automatically visible, select “New Session”.
- Download the updated files for your map.
Right-Click on each file and select “Save link as” to download
or download the ZIP file:
metar-display-v4.py
metar-v4.py
webapp.py
wipes-v4.py
updated_files.zip - Setup Connection:
- Choose “New Site”.
- Input the IP address of your map into the “Host name” field.
- Set the User name as: pi
- The password is: livesectional
- Advanced Settings:
- Click on “Advanced”.
- Navigate to “SFTP” and paste this text: sudo su -c /usr/lib/sftp-server
into the “SFTP server” field. - Confirm by pressing “OK”.
- Initiate Connection:
- Click “Login” to connect to your map.
- Navigate to Root Folder:
- Continuously click on the two dots until you reach the root folder.
- From there, select the “Neosectional” directory.
- Transfer Files:
- Drag and drop the four specified files into the folder.
- Restart Your Map:
- Power off, then power on your map.
Mac User Guide #
- Download FileZilla:
- Visit the official FileZilla website at FileZilla Project ( https://filezilla-project.org/ ) and download the client for macOS.
- Install FileZilla:
- Open the downloaded file by double-clicking on it.
- Run the FileZilla application by double-clicking on it and proceed through the confirmation prompts.
- Download the updated files for your map.
Right-Click on each file and select “Save link as” to download
or download the ZIP file:
metar-display-v4.py
metar-v4.py
webapp.py
wipes-v4.py
updated_files.zip - Connect to Your Map:
- In FileZilla’s “Host” field, input your map’s IP address.
- Use “pi” as the username, “livesectional” for the password, and “22” for the port.
- Hit “Quickconnect”.
- File Transfer:
- Within FileZilla, navigate to the “/tmp” directory.
- Drag and drop the four new files into the “/tmp” folder.
- Close FileZilla:
- Once the file transfer is complete, you can exit FileZilla.
- Access Terminal:
- Open the Terminal application on your Mac.
- SSH into Your Map:
- Enter the command:
ssh pi@"IP address of your map"
(replace with your actual IP address), then press “Return”. - For example:
ssh [email protected]
- When prompted, type “yes” and enter the password “livesectional” (note that the cursor will not move while you type the password—this is expected).
- Enter the command:
- Execute Commands:
- Copy and paste the provided commands (see below) into the terminal—press “Return” after the last one.
- Download commands as text file here.
- Restart Your Map:
- Finally, type
sudo reboot now
in the terminal to restart your map.
- Finally, type
Congratulations, your map should now be up-to-date and fully functional.
sudo mv /tmp/metar-v4.py /NeoSectional/
sudo mv /tmp/metar-display-v4.py /NeoSectional/
sudo mv /tmp/webapp.py /NeoSectional/
sudo mv /tmp/wipes-v4.py /NeoSectional/
sudo chown root:root /NeoSectional/metar-v4.py
sudo chown root:root /NeoSectional/metar-display-v4.py
sudo chown root:root /NeoSectional/webapp.py
sudo chown root:root /NeoSectional/wipes-v4.py