[OZAPRS] Weather station software for linux

Andrew Rich vk4tec at tech-software.net
Sat Dec 4 19:27:58 EST 2010


Most of the weather stations should output some sort if serial data ? 

When used with scripting languages such as perl you should be able to manipulate the data to what ever format you want

Andrew vk4tec



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Andrew Rich

On 04/12/2010, at 16:49, Vasily Matveev <ra1amw at mail.ru> wrote:

> Thanks Michael.
> 
> I have found one more solution by G6KIZ :
> http://www.digitalham.co.uk/equipment/Watson_W8681.php
> But your way should be easy to do.
> 
> 73 Vasily RA1AMW
> 
> 
> 
> Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:10:50 +1100 письмо от "Michael Wain" <vk3hau at bigpond.net.au>:
> 
>> Hello Vasily,
>> 
>> Yes, the Altronics X7062 is the same as the Jaycar XC0348 weather station, I 
>> use the XC0348 and it works very well, my weather station vk3hau-10 set up 
>> is ....
>> 
>> 
>> * Jaycar wireless Weather Station part number XC0348 $ 149.00
>> * Cumulus 1.8.9 weather station software downloaded from 
>> http://sandaysoft.com/ $ free
>> * UiView32 , set to receive the data from cumulus software at c:\program 
>> files\cumulus\wxnow.txt
>> * Kantronics PC3 TNC
>> * Philips FM900 2mtr transmitter on the APRS freq.
>> 
>> Cumulus also has a in built webpage FTP for uploading to you webpage, see 
>> mine at http://www.qsl.net/vk3hau/weather/index.htm  and realtime data at 
>> http://www.qsl.net/v/vk3hau//weather/realtime/realtime.html
>> and can also send the data out via APRS-IS, so you don't need a TNC but
>> will 
>> need a Validation number .
>> 
>> Yours sincerely
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Wain - VK3HAU
>> 
>> 
>> EGARC Inc. Publicity Officer.
>> 
>> Ph : 613 - 51411650
>> Email - vk3hau at vk3egc.org
>> Web - http://www.vk3egc.org
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Vasily Matveev" <ra1amw at mail.ru>
>> To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS]Weather station software for linux
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Is is possible to use this WX station for APRS.
>>> 
>>> 73's Vasily RA1AMW
>>> St.Petersburg
>>> Russia
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:04:13 +1100 письмо от James Cameron 
>>> <vk2lqz at wia.org.au>:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 07:44:19PM +0800, Gavin Rogers wrote:
>>>>> On 24/11/2010 1:50 PM, James Cameron wrote:
>>>>>> The weather station was from Altronics.
>>>>> What's the model?
>>>> 
>>>> X 7062, "Deluxe Touchscreen Wireless Home Weather Station".
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=X7062
>>>> 
>>>> Tip: don't mount it on a pole shared by a shade sail, the wind
>> pulled at
>>>> the sail, the pole moved back and forth, and triggered the rainfall
>>>> bucket a few hundred times.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> James Cameron
>>>> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
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