Hey, Dane, sounds really useful. Please post how you get on with the new one, I know at least one friend who would be interested in that.
Kind regards, Jackie Brown Twitter: @thebrownsplace Skype: Thejackmate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 06 December 2013 21:46 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: I Ordered A New Weather Station For Christmas Subject line says it all. I have one already but this one is somewhat different. The one I own currently does all the measurements I require - rain, wind direction, due point, humidity, inside and outside temperature pressure etc - and will even allow me to publish the data on the web or Twitter if I want to but the new station is even better. The current station I have has sensors which are battery powered and there's no warning when the batteries in those go flat so you just have to assume that if something's not working then perhaps the battery has failed. These sensors talk to the main transmitter via a radio frequency somewhere in the 150MHZ band, the sensors transmit the information and the weather station receives it. The new model - whilst still using the same RF band - has solar powered sensors so no need to worry about replacing batteries. Each of the sensors has a rechargeable battery which gets charged during the day so the sensor is powered at night or at times when there's no sunlight, just common sense. The other innovation for the new station is that all the controls and readings are found in an App on your iPhone rather than from the indoor station itself, I would imagine that everything is still displayed there but having the iPhone App with all the information and adjustments etc is just the next logical step forward. I'm buying this station on chance if you like as I have absolutely no idea how accessible the iPhone App is going to be yet however - given my luck with iPhone Apps - I consider the purchase of the new station very much worth the risk given that I'm not just buying it for the sake of an iPhone App. The station - like the current one I'm using - allows me to communicate to the computer, I use the Cumulus software under Windows to Interface with the Station, the software downloads all the material from the Station as its collected and displays it, publishes it, archives it and so on. There is software that came with my existing and with the new station though I don't know how accessible the new software for the new station will be, I can tell you the software for my current stations is quite usable though it doesn't do a lot. The Cumulus software is open source and thus available free of charge, I'm not sure if a version is available for the Mac but i know its available for LYNUX. The Station Interfaces with your computer via a USB connection which is rather odd given the rest is controlled wirelessly, you'd think that the station would take full advantage of Wi-Fi? Perhaps there's a good reason for this, perhaps Wi-Fi technology draws more current thus making it impractical for a weather station and the battery life of 1 year. ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ======================================= 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. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= 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. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
