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Old December 25th 03, 02:44 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Paul Rickwood Paul Rickwood is offline
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Default La Crosse weather stations

SNIP

The software is another decision point. I did't fork out an extra £50 for
the (WeatherDisplay ?) software - I assume that is what Paul is using for
his web site ?

I kept to the included HeavyWeather S/W which is fine for what I need.

I've
set up a permanent Com port connection to the PC and the station logs at
half hour intervals. With the WS2300 maximum number of logs around 180 it
means as long as I boot up the PC every three days or so the log is
maintained on the PC.

One problem with Heavyweather is the PC log file appended each time can
corrupt - it might be to do with a 64kb limit. Luckily I'd backed mine

up.
Now I change log files every few months to avoid any potential size
problems.

Terry



Terry, yes I am trying out WeatherDisplay at the moment (30 day trial), have
also tried out Virtual Weather Station but for some reason if the signal is
lost it reports a temp of -17C which is no good.
I will have a look at Andys software which looks good for what I need.
I leave my computer on all the time so logging period is not a problem .

Cheers

Paul