renderE - The Open Source IntelliStar 1 Renderer

renderE is intended as a replacement for a VM emulating the IntelliStar 1, a system previously used by The Weather Channel to render Local on the 8s.

renderE is far from finished! Expect bugs, issues, and crashes!

Usage

1. Clone repository
2. Install Python dependencies
3. Run setup.py. This will guide you through setup, and allow you to change options
4. Place your background music in a folder called "bgm"
5. Run main.py

Commands

• Run load.py local flavor, replacing flavor with the i1 flavor, to load a presentation.
• Run run.py local to run the loaded presentation
• Run toggleNationalLDL.py with the next argument as either 1 or 0 to enable or disable the national LDL respectively.

encodE

encodE is a data encoder bundled with RenderE. To use it, follow these instructions:

1. Set up renderE (including configuration)
2. While renderE is running, run encodE.py.
3. Run a local forecast using the commands

Environment Variables

RenderE uses the following environment variables for replacements to various paths used by the i1:

• RENDEREROOT: The folder renderE is in. This will probably be removed in the future.
• RENDERERSRC: The rsrc folder to be used. On the i1, this is located at /usr/local/twc/rsrc
• RENDEREMEDIA: The media folder. this is located at /media
• RENDEREDOMESTIC: The domestic data folder. On the i1, this is located at /usr/twc/domestic
• TWCCLIDIR: Used by the the original i1, located at /usr/twc. There is no equivalent for renderE.
• TWCPERSDIR: Used by the original i1. renderE's version is in the domesticpy folder.
• TWCDIR: Used by the original i1, although it's the same as TWCCLIDIR for some reason.

I suggest making a shell script to set your environment variables if you'd like to use them.