Configuring SFTP or FTP server connection - AWS810

AWS810 Configuration and Maintenance Guide
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You can configure observation messages to be sent automatically to an SFTP or FTP server.

Vaisala recommends to use SFTP for secure file transfer.

The observation reports are stored in the SFTP or FTP server in station-specific directories. The filenames contain the station name and the timestamp of the observation as follows:

aws810/<station name>/obs_<type>_<timestamp>.<extension>

  • <station name> = Name of the station set in the station parameters
  • <type> = Report type (csv or smsaws)
  • <timestamp> = Timestamp in format <YYYYMMDD>T<hhmmss> (year, month, day / hours, minutes, seconds)
  • <extension> = Filename extension (csv or rep)

For example:

aws810/test-site/obs_smsaws_20230516T140602.rep

If sending to the server fails, the generated observation reports are added to the fail queue for later transmission. The maximum fail queue size is defined in the weather station configuration.

  1. In the Web UI, go to Settings > Station parameters.
  2. Under the parameter group features, set the Active value to on for one of the following parameters. This enables the desired message format (SMSAWS or CSV) and the use of SFTP or FTP server for data reporting.
    • SMSAWS_SFTP_1 or CSV_SFTP_1 for SFPT
    • SMSAWS_FTP_1 or CSV_FTP_1 for FTP
  3. To save the changes and take them into use, select Save and restart script.
    When the script has restarted, refresh the browser to get the changes visible.
  4. Find the parameter group for the SFTP or FTP server parameter you enabled (for example, smsaws_SFTP_1, if you are configuring SMSAWS messages to be sent to SFTP).
  5. Configure the SFTP or FTP connection settings.
    server
    Hostname or IP address of the SFTP or FTP server.
    user
    Username for the SFTP or FTP server authentication.
    password
    Password for the SFTP or FTP server authentication. The password is protected and shown with asterisk characters (*) in the Web UI.
    port
    Number of the SFTP or FTP server port. Set this only if you want to use another port than the default port number defined in the configuration.
  6. To save the changes and take them into use, select Save and restart script.