Thanks to all. I have a 7 or 8 year laptop that I think will make the perfect dedicated weather station PC.
Greg On Jan 25, 2008 7:54 AM, Morten Bjørnsvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Greg Freemyer wrote on 24. jan 2008 19:07: > |Okay Enthusiasts, > | > |I'm new to weather stations, so tell me what I'm doing right/wrong. > |Anyway these are my thoughts: > | > Hi > > I have a LaCrosse ws2350 connected to opensuse10.2 box. Using the enclosed > usb-serial adaptor. > The enclosed software was just crap. AFAK most models with serial port are > compatible > with ws23xx and share almost the same memorymap. > > I'm using this excellent perl module for interfacing the ws2350: > http://search.cpan.org/~esm/Device-LaCrosse-WS23xx-0.06/lib/Device/LaCrosse/WS23xx.pm > I found it being way faster and more accurate than open2300 commands for > fetching data. > > I use rrtdool for storing and presenting the data and a crontab to fetch data > and update rrdtool > every 5minutes (can be more frequent if you are wired and not wireless). > > A similar example related to temp measurement using rrdtool: > http://ronin-tech.com/Content/pid=26.html > > If you want to control it like resetting high and lows, you must use > open2300, but > I find it easier to fetch that data out of the rrdtool database. > > The only problem I encountered was getting the serial-usb converter to work. > the ws23xx protocol > is rather strange so not all serial-usb converters seem to work well. > > There is a yahoogroup where all the experts hang around: > Lacrosse_weather_stations(at)yahoogroups.com > > -- > MortenB > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
