Hi Dane. Very interested in this. Cumulus does seem very accessible and comprehenssive and is free. Which weather station are you going with? There's a plethora out there and a wide difference in price. I take it there are standard protocols for data transmissions and I would love to play with this stuff as I have always been interested in amateur meteorology we are very lucky that so much information is available to everyone through digital technology. Looking forward to hearing your progress. Dennis.
Dennis Freedman The best aromatherapy in the UK - www.e-nat.co.uk Sent from my iPhone On 30 Dec 2011, at 18:36, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > Subject line says it all, should have this on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. > > I won't be using the software that comes with the station as I have another > quite accessible alternative to use called Cumulus, this software will > publish the data from the station to various places including Twitter, > Facebook, the web etc, if you follow me @grtdane on Twitter then you'll see > that I'm following the progress of my friend's weather station in Queensland, > he's set his to publish updates every 15 minutes. > > Below is a summary of what this kit has to offer, its not the most expensive > Weather Station around but for the $85.00 I paid I think it offers great > vallue for the buck <smile>. > > You will be able to get almost all > of your local weather data within your yard with this weather station. All > weather > data could be upload to your PC and processed and displayed with Easy Weather > software. > Functions: > 1) USB port for easy connection to your PC > 2) All the weather data from the base station and weather history data with > user > adjustable measuring intervals can be recorded and uploaded to your PC > 3) Free PC software for transfer weather data to PC, support Windows 2000, > XP, Vista > and Windows 7 > 4) Rainfall data (inches or millimeters): 1-hour, 24-hour, one week, one > month and > total since last reset. > 5) Wind chill and Dew point temperature display (°F or °C) > 6)Records min. and max. wind chill and Dew point with time and date stamp > 7) Wind speed (mph, m/s, km/h, knots, Beaufort) > 8) Wind direction display with LCD compass > 9) Weather forecast tendency arrow > 10) Weather alarm modes for: > a) Temperature > b) Humidity > c) Wind chill > d) Dew point > e) Rainfall > f) Wind speed > g) Air pressure > h) Storm warning > 11) Forecast icons based on changing barometric pressure > 12) Barometric pressure (inHg or hPa) with 0.1hPa resolution > 13) Wireless outdoor and indoor humidity (% RH) > 14) Records min. and max. humidity with time and date stamp > 15) Wireless outdoor and indoor temperature (° F or °C) > 16) Records min. and max. temperature with time and date stamp > 17) Time and date manual setting > 18) 12 or 24-hour time display > 19) Perpetual calendar > 20) Time zone setting > 21) Time alarm > 22) High light LED backlight > 23) Wall hanging or free standing > 24) Synchronized instant reception > 25) Low power consumption (over 2 years battery life for transmitter) > Specifications: > 1) Outdoor temperature range: -40.0°C to + 65.0°C (-40°F to +149°F) > 2) Indoor temperature range: 0°C to + 50.0°C (32°F to +122°F) > 3) Humidity range: 10% to 99% (1% resolution) > 4) Rain volume display: 0 - 9999mm (show OFL if outside range) Resolution : > 0.3mm > (if rain volume < 1000mm); 1mm (if rain volume > 1000mm) > 5) Wind speed: 0~100mph (show OFL if outside range) > 6) Measuring range air pressure: 27.13inHg - 31.89inHg > Resolution : 0.01inHg > 7) Alarm duration : 120 sec > 8) Transmission range up to 100m (330 feet) > 9) Power consumption: > a) Receiver: 3 x AA alkaline batteries (not included) > b) Sensor WH7: 2 x AA alkaline batteries (not included) > 10) Transmission frequency: 433MHz > Easy weather software on Windows 7 : > Package: > 1) Receiver (Base station) > 2) Four outdoor sensors (thermo-hydro transmitter, wind speed sensor, wind > direction > sensor, and rain gauge) > 3) Mounting kits > 4) Software CD > 5) USB cable > 6) Quality colour Box > > -- > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > skype callto:grtdane12 > MSN: [email protected] > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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