Re: xAP and Weather

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just got one of these and am integrating it into my xAP setup.

Please share anything you've learned!


Ta,

Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "turner228" <kevin@xxxxxxx>
To: <xap_automation@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:07 PM
Subject: [xap_automation] xAP and Weather


> Hi
>
> I recently treated myself to a Weather Station.
>
> I was tempted by a special offer at Maplins combined with a voucher
> and bought the USB Wirelss model N96FY. Not an expensive or
> professional model perhaps, but an interesting device.
>
> Apart from the relatively low cost the other attractions were that
> the data collection pole connected wirelessly to the base station and
> the base station talks over USB to the PC (it's all in the name...).
>
> The accompanying software is nothing special, but Weather Display,
>
> http://www.weather-display.com/index.php
>
> supports this model directly now , ie without havving to use the
> supplied software as well, and Weather Display also supports the xAP
> Weather schema, Weather.Report.
>
> An addon for Weather Display is WD Live which displays live data on a
> web page using Flash. I have incorporated this into my xAP Intranet
> using my "Generic Intranet Wrapper".
>
> Weather Display and WD live are not free but I am very pleased with
> the results. You an see a couple of Screen dumps on my site
>
> www.netcomp.biz
>
> click on Weather on the right hand side
>
> If any of you want to follow a simialr path I would be happy to pass
> what I have learned
>
> As I get time I will probably develop this a bit further, I will let
> you know
>
> Kevin T
>
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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