Re: Automating the weather

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

I can vouch for the WMR-928/968 - very happy user - logging data into
homeseer. Setup takes 10 minutes. Look on ebay for cheap version (us ebay)
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only thing different to the european model is missing rugby time signal
sync. If you are logging to a pc its not an issue.

Chris


>From: Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Automating the weather
>Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:23:22 +0100
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>rb_ziggy wrote:
> > At the moment my thoughts are to go for a 1-wire setup (weather
> > station + barometer + humidity) and use Weather Display software
that
> > is 'xAP' enabled.
> > Couple of questions:
> > - Anyone else using the 1-wire weather system?  Pros and cons
from
> > your point of view?
> >
>1-wire: Low cost, expandability, flexibility, but no nice backlit
>display and less reliable.
>Proprietary weather stations: More reliable (?), integrated, often have
>a nice display, but expensive and less expandable.
>
>I don't have either yet, but have been toying with the idea of getting
>one or the other.
>
>1-wire  humidity sensors have a tendency to die slowly if exposed to
>high levels of humidity for extended periods, judging by quite a few
>user reports. The AAG anemometer sometimes succumbs to extremes of
>weather (but spares are freely available and inexpensive).
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>OTOH, there's a 1-wire sensor for just about every measurement you'd
>care to take, or at the very least an 1-wire I/O device to interface to
>a non-1-wire sensor. Some DIY/development may be required though.
>
>The alternative would be something like the Oregon Scientific
>WMR-928/968 range (moderately expensive, wireless only?), La Crosse (a
>bit cheaper, but some models have quite a slow update rate, wired or
>wireless), or one of the Davis Weather Monitor/Wizard/Vantage range
>(expensive, wired and wireless models, more accurate and reliable).
>
>Usually with those you get a nice backlit display which isn't dependant
>on the weather monitoring server running (and some can log data during
>server outages).
>
>I've wondered if a remote TFT screen showing the Weather Display Live
>output would be nicer though.
>
> > - Anyone aware if Weather Display can OUTPUT xAP messages
containing
> > weather data or does it just INPUT from xAP messages?
> >
>
>There's a Weather Display forum. Might be worth posting this question
>there.
>
>There's also a good mailing list for the One Wire Weather s/w here:
>http://www.buoy.com/mailman/listinfo/weather
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> > - Anyone aware if Weather Display can take input from Quasar?
(Clearly
> > if it can read/input from xAP it shouldn't be an issue!)
> >
>
>WD can take input from a file AIUI. If you can get the Quasar data into
>the appropriate format, it's possible.
>
>HTH,
>
>Jim
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