And how much are you prepared to pay. The concensus is, I believe, that Davis are the best, but then they cost around 5 times what a Lacrosse WS-3600 does. ...
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Dave Oksner
ke6oms
Nov 7, 2005 10:47 pm
Now that you've got the basics, I think the big questions are: does it have to have a nice display and does it have to have a computer interface? Dave...
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Marilynn Nichols
marilynnnichols
Nov 7, 2005 10:31 pm
I'm hoping some of you, who obviously have a bit of experience with weather equipment, can be of assistance. I am looking at weather stations as a Christmas...
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Adrian D. Shaw
aber_adrian
Nov 7, 2005 1:58 pm
... Well yes I knew I could get Perl for Windows but I never bothered investigating Cygwin (no need :) ) ... I'm not actually reading it direct, I use the...
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Ken Wagnitz
ken_xau
Nov 7, 2005 12:41 pm
Waddaya mean Linux only. Cygwin for Bash, ActiveState for Perl, both Windows, both free, both excellent. If there is going to be a conflict between the...
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Adrian D. Shaw
aber_adrian
Nov 7, 2005 11:50 am
For the 3600, I run weatherstation.php (open3600 version, further modified by me) every 2 minutes from the command line. I write it out to an HTML file, and ...
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Ken Wagnitz
ken_xau
Nov 7, 2005 8:50 am
I have modified the weatherstation.php a bit to improve its HTML. The original version has some small errors, and a tiny bit of 'style' code saves a lot of...
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David George
davidzof
Nov 7, 2005 7:11 am
Yes I think Kenneth has documented that the weather station doesn't like talking when it is updating from sensors, the wind sensor seems to be a particular...
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Freddo
freddo_999
Nov 7, 2005 6:22 am
Hello Ken I have been using the Open2300 software now for 16 months with a similar setup to you - XP, Apache, and a modified version of weatherstation.php....
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Ken Wagnitz
ken_xau
Nov 6, 2005 10:01 pm
Hi Gang. I've finally got a server going at home, and tried to run Kenneth's weatherstation.php. It works some of the time, but often the fetch from the...
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carlos_puntocom
Oct 29, 2005 6:32 am
Done it. Finished the work and it runs perfect with about 28 metres of cable (phone cable) between the main unit and the transmiter. Thanks ... weather ... ...
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David George
davidzof
Oct 26, 2005 1:12 pm
Hi I'm using OpenJ2300: http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Open2300/OpenJ2300 to publish my data but then I'm the author. Have a look at the link for more ...
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seekingelk
Oct 26, 2005 12:28 pm
Hi all, 1st time posting, have enjoyed reading all the information though. I have a 2310. I am trying to come up with a way to add a ligtning sensor into the...
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ulbrich67
Oct 19, 2005 8:52 am
Hello, did anyone ever compiled a Windows binary of mysql3600 ? I didn't get rid of my compiler errors.... I am not a developer, that my be the reason. I have...
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Dexter
flavio_dexter
Oct 16, 2005 10:07 am
... the cable is the same so I assume there's no problem. you can usa LAN cable or security alarm cable as well (thinner but works great) -- <Dexter><Rete...
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carlos_puntocom
Oct 16, 2005 10:04 am
... an old ... home ... to set ... floor I ... baud and ... sensors ... Well it is not exactly the same configuration as I have to extend the cable length for...
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Flavio Garuti
flavio_dexter
Oct 14, 2005 8:11 am
... I've got a ws3600 running with about 30meters of cable between sensors and the station. ;) -- <Dexter><Rete Civica - Comune di Carpi> ...
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Ken Wagnitz
ken_xau
Oct 14, 2005 2:11 am
Hi David. I think you are up against the minimum resolution of the rain gauge. It takes so much rain to fill the tipper bucket, before the micro even sees an...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Oct 14, 2005 1:08 am
Is it just me or does it take a significant time (10-20 minutes) for the unit to record that it is actually raining? Is there a way to fix/workaround this? I...
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carlos_puntocom
Oct 13, 2005 8:07 pm
I am a new owner of a WS-2308 and first of all I'd like to thank this forum and the people who share their knowledge with the rest of us. Before I found this...
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Adrian D. Shaw
aber_adrian
Oct 11, 2005 7:01 pm
I've noticed the place where it seems to have gone wrong, in the histlog file. It was this morning, between 05:50 and 06:04... the time just jumped forward 20...
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ulbrich67
Oct 11, 2005 6:35 pm
... the ... signal ... and the ... software but ... unit is ... Hello, I don't have this problem. My DCF time is correct. Bye Frank Ulbrich / Germany...
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Adrian D. Shaw
aber_adrian
Oct 11, 2005 6:14 pm
Has anyone else noticed the time on their WS-3600 has gone wrong in the last day or two? Mine is currenly reading 20 minutes ahead. Time signal picked up from...
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ulbrich67
Oct 11, 2005 5:52 pm
Hello, I think this project is pretty good and like the codes you produced. I own a Lacrosse weather station and would like to compile a mysql2300 binary for...
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pamandric
Oct 8, 2005 12:19 pm
I have noticed that my weather station seems to be reportiong outdoor temperature readings that are roughly 1 degree below what other stations in the very...
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Dave Oksner
ke6oms
Oct 7, 2005 6:33 pm
I get werid high/low temps when there's something (radio interference?) preventing me from getting good data. I think this is when the unit displays dashes...
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Larry
larry_larry1...
Oct 7, 2005 4:58 pm
I replaced my WS-2310 recently with a newer revision, and thought I'd share some comments, observations and tips with the group... In no particular order, here...
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Ryan
ksc711com
Oct 6, 2005 1:48 pm
When my station got screwy I'd get humidity spikes. I knew the batteries were on their way out. It sounds like you have a similar situation....
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davidzof
Oct 6, 2005 1:09 pm
Last night I saw a series of temperature readings returned by my LaCrosse 2305 all over 80C. The ambient temperature was around 13.4C. This is the first time I...
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geopilot@...
geopass2001
Oct 1, 2005 11:02 pm
There is now a hurricane OTIS forming off southern Baja California and you can see images of it and hurricanes all over the world live at www.globalboiling.com...
