RiverMonitor v0.1
(c)2004 Chris Amelung
November 2004

This software is free for use. It should be considered beta at best. I wrote this software while sitting in a hospital when my wife was having surgery on her leg. It was written for a Mac and was recently converted to work on a PC. The code is rather sloppy and hasn't been thoroughly tested, but it does work. If you find this application useful, problematic, or inspiring, please take a moment to send an email to AmelungC@missouri.edu to let me know.

RiverMonitor Overview

The RiverMonitor widget allows boaters to access the current level of the St. Francis River (Roselle gauge) and weather information (Farmington, MO) from their Mac or Windows Desktop.

RiverMonitor Requirements 

Mac: Requires Konfabulator 1.5 or later. 
Windows: Requires Konfabulator 1.8 or later.

RiverMonitor Installation - Mac

Prior to installing RiverMonitor, you must have a working version of Konfabulator. To install Konfabulator, download the program from http://www.konfabulator.com. After download completes, open the disk image (which should be on your desktop or perhaps a download folder). Now that the disk image is open, drag the Konfabulator icon to your Applications folder. Finally, go to your Applications folder and run Konfabulator. NOTE: you must run Konfabulator prior to installing RiverMonitor. Runing Konfabulator creates a Widgets folder in your Documents folder.

To install RiverMonitor, simply drag the RiverMonitor.widget file to your Documents/Widgets/ folder. 

To run the widget, click on the RiverMonitor.widget icon in your Documents/Widgets/ folder.

RiverMonitor Installation - Windows

Prior to installing RiverMonitor, you must have a working version of Konfabulator. To install Konfabulator, download the program from http://www.konfabulator.com. After download completes, run the installer. NOTE: the installation will create a My Widgets folder in you’re my Documents folder.

To install RiverMonitor, unzip the file you downloaded. Drag the RiverMonitor.widget file to your My Documents\My Widgets\ folder. 

To run the widget, click on the RiverMonitor.widget icon in you’re My Documents\My Widgets\ folder.

Technical Issues

Send your questions to Chris Amelung at AmelungC@missouri.edu.