OK, here's a test version (4.10.3b1) of the new dash Control Panel with the fix for this issue, if you're brave enough to try:

http://files.blueocty.com/yume/controlp … 10.3b1.swf

Size is 896243 bytes, md5 is 9f12d8842a1798fddec257619fc4fe3c.

Follow the instructions for the other thread to install this on your dash, just use this file instead of the one linked in that thread.

Things to try:

1) Confirm whether it works with your existing city list and that the conditions, forecast and icons are plausible.
2) If not, delete the failing city and search for it again in MENU->Clock & Weather->Weather.
3) If that fails, let me know.
4) Add additional cities
5) If you have some non-default themes that purport to show weather, check to see if the weather works in them, if not send me a photo on our support email address.

Once enough people confirm this is working, I will make a new "production" version and post it on the main thread.

I may release other test versions if bugs crop up, so watch this thread.

I used the USB method and all good ! Weather is now displaying again.

Thanks very much Duane for doing this and continuing to keep the Sony Dash alive !

I updated via WinSCP as well.  The weather has returned, but I'm getting a weird series of numbers above every day on the 5 day forecast.  I changed the city to a different local city, but the numbers above the day are still there.

Email sent.  Thank you!

The numbers are timestamps - the new service returns seconds from 1/1/1970, however the old service returned a text date, like 8/28/2023.  I can change this on the server, so no CP modifications needed there.  I see a couple of other fields that appear to have changed names, again I should be able to address them on the server.

As to the weather conditions - I can only show what the new service gives me - however, it's possible that the icons are out of sync.  If you have a case with a weird icon, please let me know what the textual description is (if your theme displays it - the LCARS theme does) and the icon you got.

I've updated the server, please reboot your test devices, see if this works better, especially those using the themes that show the "weird numbers".

The icons are built into the themes and for historical reasons are based on the NOAA icons used in the first weaher API that was used in teh dash before Sony went with Accuweather.  When the feed was Accuweather, the Control Panel would map Accuweather's condition codes to the NOAA codes which would then be used by the themes to show the icon.  There may be themes that Sony may have made that use the Accuweather codes directly, but I don't know of one.

In order to keep all of the themes working without modifications (since I can't legally modify the Sony themes that some people are using), the new weather functionality I created takes the data from the new feed I'm using and the server converts it into the Accuweather data format, with the corresponding condition codes.

So it's a bit convoluted now - in summary, the server converts the new feed codes into Accuweather codes, the Control Panel converts the Accuweather codes into NOAA codes, and the themes show the condition icon based on that code.

What I will be most interested in now is whether all of the codes are correctly mapped - ie, there are no cases where no icon is displayed.

The Dash was correctly displaying days and dates for both Hingham and Sydney this morning.
In Sydney, it was Tuesday morning and the five day weather for Sydney and other locations in the same time zone showed Tuesday - Saturday.
In Hingham, it was still Monday and so its five day weather was still showing Monday - Friday.
In both cases, the dates for each day of the week were correct.

Awesome- thanks all for your help!

I will be generating a production version of the CP and editing the other thread.  Once that's done, please install it over the test version so everyone's in sync.

I have encountered an instance of no icon displayed, and then an apparent icon transfer from another city's weather.

Details and steps to replicate are:
-On the LCARS theme, Sydney forecast for Wednesday has no icon and the description "Moderate rain".
-Reboot into the five day weather theme (from USB) and Sydney has no icon for Wednesday.
-Select the right arrow and move to Hingham weather, where Wednesday is showing the "Foggy" icon.
-Select the left arrow and move back to Sydney weather. Now, Wednesday in Sydney is showing the "Foggy" icon, too.
-Select the left arrow and move to another location (a Sydney suburb that has very similar but not identical weather forecasts to Sydney - icons the same but temperatures slightly different). It shows the "Patchy Rain" icon for Wednesday.
-Select the right arrow and move back to Sydney weather. Now, Wednesday in Sydney is showing the "Patchy Rain" icon, too.
-Wednesday in Sydney can be cycled back and forth from "Foggy" to "Patchy Rain" by moving through the other locations as described above.
-The only way to return to the blank icon is by rebooting. [Edit: it turns out this is not true. The blank icon reappeared of its own accord.]

This behaviour may explain why adding Hingham as a second location apparently fixed the issue I was seeing on my first day of testing when Friday in Sydney had no icon.

There is another discrepancy - in the LCARS theme, current conditions in Sydney are described as "Moderate or Heavy [text cut off, presumably "rain" is missing] with an icon showing a cloud and rain.
In the five day theme viewed less than a minute later, current conditions show the "Thunderstorm" icon.
Either could be correct as there's been rain and a bit of a thunderstorm that has moved around quite a lot.

I can send photos, if they would help.

Do any of you recall whether the "Last Updated" showed "NULL" with the previous Accuweather feed?

I will check the icon issue - it's possible that I'm getting incomplete forecasts for some cities - I ask for 5 days worth, but it's possible I'm not reliably getting all the days.