Apart from manufacturer and model, Dane. :) I am seriously looking too but would love to have one with an ultraviolet/Lux sensor to record hours of sunshine. I know some weather stations have provision for extra sensors. As said earlier, the Sanday software you mention looks pretty good. I see that Maplin have a good offer on EBay here in the Uk and there are many others on EBay and also on Amazon. Cost between £60-130 here depending on what you get - touch screen or normal display, number of sensors, mountings for sensors and wifi transmitter, etc. Glad you started this, Dane, has really awakened my interest. And my birthday's at the end of the month. :) Dennis.
Dennis Freedman The best aromatherapy in the UK - www.e-nat.co.uk Sent from my iPhone On 9 Jan 2012, at 22:42, Dane trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > I gave all the details for this kit in my original message on the thread > where I listed the station, its specs etc. > > > > On 10/01/2012 8:43 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >> Hello Dane >> >> What you neglected to say wear which station you have, and if it isn't too >> impertinent a question, roughly, what price did you pay for it? If you'd >> rather not answer that's fine. We could actually have quite a lot of use for >> that within a project that we want to get off the ground later in the year. >> >> Of course I'm just hypothesising at the moment; it may never happen. But, >> well we will see. >> >> Lynne >> >> >> On 9 Jan 2012, at 10:59, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >> Subject line says it all, I've taken a quick look and I hope to describe >> what I've found. >> >> Firstly the person with lack of vision is most likely going to require some >> help to install the system. >> >> The whole kit is nicely packaged in a rather large box. >> >> The first thing I noticed was the weather station itself, its a large square >> box designed to fit on a wall or a desk and the screen is huge, I'd imagine >> the screen is the size it is so that both indoor and outdoor measurements >> can be displayed at the same time. >> >> The box has 2 sockets, a USB port - for connection to a computer - and a >> 3.5MM jack, not sure what exactly this is for though I suspect its probably >> for another external sensor, hope the manual tells us more when we bother to >> read it<smile>. >> >> The box takes 2 bAA type batteries which are claimed to last for 2 years. >> >> Then there are the sensors for various outdoor weather measurement functions >> such as wind speed, rainfall, pressure and so on. >> >> Each sensor has a wire like a telephone lead coming out of these and the >> plugs plug into a central wireless unit that's mounted outside along with >> the sensors, the sensors and station inside communicate wirelessly. >> >> The outdoor wireless transmitter takes a further 2 batteries of the same >> type mentioned before. >> >> There are a whole heap of poles and mounting brackets so I'll save them for >> sorting when Dad comes up, give him something to do<smile>. >> >> Now to the software I'll be using which is the Cumulus Weather software >> which is available free of charge, it looks nicely accessible when I had >> another look at it today though I suspect that a considerable amount of time >> is going to be spent tweaking the software to exactly match the details of >> my weather station setup. >> >> The user can publish the data from his/her station in a variety of ways, on >> Twitter for example or devote a whole web page to what your weather is doing >> in your area. >> >> Unfortunately I can go no further with experimentation of the software until >> my Weather Station is up and running so I'll keep you all informed and with >> luck this time next week I should have a working product of some description. >> >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> 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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