Jonathan Stott wrote:

In the end I gave up and wrote my own software. Once I have downloaded
the data from the station and written it to a standard database I can
access it any way I like. Certainly a lot better if you want to publish
the data on your website. I might get round to packaging it up and
distributing it for free on my website some time...


As a matter of interest, does your software allow for manual entry?

I only have an Oregon WMR112 weather station and have no way of direct
downloading of data. I currently use Weather Recorder which is very good
as far as it goes but I find it a little restrictive at times.

--
Howard Neil

Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.


Jim, Bournemouth


"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
...
Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , David Mitchell
writes

I'm using Weatherlink, but I think it's pretty average rather than good.
I started with Weather Display which I thought was far superior, but
developed faults and was unreliable.
Weatherlink has certainly been reliable, which is extremely important,
but
one day I will change, so will watch comments here with interest.
Thanks John for the link.

Another weatherlink user here.
Does the job, and is certainly reliable, I not had any problems.

I used WeatherLink for a few months before becoming disillusioned by it.
It's fine for the odd usage, but anything complicated and you soon come
across problems. Little things, like not being able to do anything while
it is downloading data from the station; odd errors (can't find NOAA
headers after running it for a long time); poor flexibility with templates
for publishing to websites; the interface is clunky (feels like a Windows
3.1 application rather than a Windows XP application); only runs on
Windows; etc.

In the end I gave up and wrote my own software. Once I have downloaded the
data from the station and written it to a standard database I can access
it any way I like. Certainly a lot better if you want to publish the data
on your website. I might get round to packaging it up and distributing it
for free on my website some time...

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.


Jim, Bournemouth


"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
...
Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , David Mitchell
writes

I'm using Weatherlink, but I think it's pretty average rather than good.
I started with Weather Display which I thought was far superior, but
developed faults and was unreliable.
Weatherlink has certainly been reliable, which is extremely important,
but
one day I will change, so will watch comments here with interest.
Thanks John for the link.

Another weatherlink user here.
Does the job, and is certainly reliable, I not had any problems.

I used WeatherLink for a few months before becoming disillusioned by it.
It's fine for the odd usage, but anything complicated and you soon come
across problems. Little things, like not being able to do anything while
it is downloading data from the station; odd errors (can't find NOAA
headers after running it for a long time); poor flexibility with templates
for publishing to websites; the interface is clunky (feels like a Windows
3.1 application rather than a Windows XP application); only runs on
Windows; etc.

In the end I gave up and wrote my own software. Once I have downloaded the
data from the station and written it to a standard database I can access
it any way I like. Certainly a lot better if you want to publish the data
on your website. I might get round to packaging it up and distributing it
for free on my website some time...

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.


Jim, Bournemouth


"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
...
Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , David Mitchell
writes

I'm using Weatherlink, but I think it's pretty average rather than good.
I started with Weather Display which I thought was far superior, but
developed faults and was unreliable.
Weatherlink has certainly been reliable, which is extremely important,
but
one day I will change, so will watch comments here with interest.
Thanks John for the link.

Another weatherlink user here.
Does the job, and is certainly reliable, I not had any problems.

I used WeatherLink for a few months before becoming disillusioned by it.
It's fine for the odd usage, but anything complicated and you soon come
across problems. Little things, like not being able to do anything while
it is downloading data from the station; odd errors (can't find NOAA
headers after running it for a long time); poor flexibility with templates
for publishing to websites; the interface is clunky (feels like a Windows
3.1 application rather than a Windows XP application); only runs on
Windows; etc.

In the end I gave up and wrote my own software. Once I have downloaded the
data from the station and written it to a standard database I can access
it any way I like. Certainly a lot better if you want to publish the data
on your website. I might get round to packaging it up and distributing it
for free on my website some time...

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.


Jim, Bournemouth


"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
...
Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , David Mitchell
writes

I'm using Weatherlink, but I think it's pretty average rather than good.
I started with Weather Display which I thought was far superior, but
developed faults and was unreliable.
Weatherlink has certainly been reliable, which is extremely important,
but
one day I will change, so will watch comments here with interest.
Thanks John for the link.

Another weatherlink user here.
Does the job, and is certainly reliable, I not had any problems.

I used WeatherLink for a few months before becoming disillusioned by it.
It's fine for the odd usage, but anything complicated and you soon come
across problems. Little things, like not being able to do anything while
it is downloading data from the station; odd errors (can't find NOAA
headers after running it for a long time); poor flexibility with templates
for publishing to websites; the interface is clunky (feels like a Windows
3.1 application rather than a Windows XP application); only runs on
Windows; etc.

In the end I gave up and wrote my own software. Once I have downloaded the
data from the station and written it to a standard database I can access
it any way I like. Certainly a lot better if you want to publish the data
on your website. I might get round to packaging it up and distributing it
for free on my website some time...

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jim Smith wrote:
Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.

The software automatically downloads straight from the station. I wrote
a small piece of software that processed the data from records exported
from WeatherLink (which is why I have data on my website going back to
last September). The graphs on my website are dynamically created in
real-time with the most up to date information - you don't need your own
website as it's possible to install a local webserver and database and
use those.

One bonus is that it should be fairly simple to change the reporting
period from 0000-0000 to 0900-0900 which is more "standard". I've not
done that yet, but when I get time I'll give it a go.

(I've just installed Linux so I've been a bit busy - the good news is
that my software still works!)

Jonathan
--
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jim Smith wrote:
Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.

The software automatically downloads straight from the station. I wrote
a small piece of software that processed the data from records exported
from WeatherLink (which is why I have data on my website going back to
last September). The graphs on my website are dynamically created in
real-time with the most up to date information - you don't need your own
website as it's possible to install a local webserver and database and
use those.

One bonus is that it should be fairly simple to change the reporting
period from 0000-0000 to 0900-0900 which is more "standard". I've not
done that yet, but when I get time I'll give it a go.

(I've just installed Linux so I've been a bit busy - the good news is
that my software still works!)

Jonathan
--
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jim Smith wrote:
Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.

The software automatically downloads straight from the station. I wrote
a small piece of software that processed the data from records exported
from WeatherLink (which is why I have data on my website going back to
last September). The graphs on my website are dynamically created in
real-time with the most up to date information - you don't need your own
website as it's possible to install a local webserver and database and
use those.

One bonus is that it should be fairly simple to change the reporting
period from 0000-0000 to 0900-0900 which is more "standard". I've not
done that yet, but when I get time I'll give it a go.

(I've just installed Linux so I've been a bit busy - the good news is
that my software still works!)

Jonathan
--
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Jim Smith wrote:
Jonathan,

Do you download your data using Weatherlink and export it into another
program?

Would be interested in a third party program which can manipulate the raw
Weatherlink data files (I have nine years of data now!) or can use an
imported Weatherlink database in order to creates reports and graphs.
So far, no such beast seems to exist and I dont really have the time or
expertise to write one myself.

The software automatically downloads straight from the station. I wrote
a small piece of software that processed the data from records exported
from WeatherLink (which is why I have data on my website going back to
last September). The graphs on my website are dynamically created in
real-time with the most up to date information - you don't need your own
website as it's possible to install a local webserver and database and
use those.

One bonus is that it should be fairly simple to change the reporting
period from 0000-0000 to 0900-0900 which is more "standard". I've not
done that yet, but when I get time I'll give it a go.

(I've just installed Linux so I've been a bit busy - the good news is
that my software still works!)

Jonathan
--
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Howard Neil wrote:

As a matter of interest, does your software allow for manual entry?

I only have an Oregon WMR112 weather station and have no way of direct
downloading of data. I currently use Weather Recorder which is very good
as far as it goes but I find it a little restrictive at times.

I see no reason why not - I still need to create a way to manually edit
the records, so adding records should be trivial.

When I get time, I'll finish it off and package it up and distribute it
through my website.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/