Yep will let you know for good or for bad, even if I can't use the iPhone App I'll still have the use of the Cumulus weather software and I'll save on the cost of batteries <smile>.
On 7 Dec 2013, at 7:43 pm, Jackie Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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