El cheapo weather station. - Page 9

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**161** 14-05-2008, 01:09 AM

how you chaps battling with your weather stations

there is another minor update for WD - build 20

mine has been steady now for the last 6 hrs

i have noticed the unit seems to not get the outside data sometimes - after a while it comes back ( don't know whether it comes back on it's own or because i fiddle with it) - this gives a crazy rain reading when it comes back on line on the graph

geoff

acropolite (Phil) · #**162** 14-05-2008, 08:28 AM

OK thanks Geoff, I'll download and try tonight.

astroron (Ron) · #**163** 14-05-2008, 09:58 AM

I have given up with mine! it uses to much data,as I only have 500Mb download/upload and anyway weather display is not receiving any data from weather station, and anything I do does not alter the situation , so I have stopped trying.
Ron

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**164** 14-05-2008, 10:41 AM

never give up Ron

just wait till Steve figures his out - and get him to tackle yours when he next visits

would be nice to have it working on weather display even if you don't upload it

mine seems to be behaving itself at the moment - fingers crossed

geoff

astroron (Ron) · #**165** 14-05-2008, 11:08 AM

Thanks Geoff, I plan to do that

, also also a member of icinspace is doing me a a web page so it will be available to people who come up here for AstroNights to see what the weather is like here before they leave home, as it can be very different from the coast and Brisbane

As they say patience is a virtue

Ron

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**166** 14-05-2008, 11:20 AM

and how does the rest of it go
"possess it if you can - often in a woman - never in a man "

well that's how i remember it

yes it would be good for the travellers to get a local look before they head out

geoff

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**167** 15-05-2008, 01:35 PM

new version (K) of weather display out to-day - again

geoff

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**168** 15-05-2008, 01:38 PM

PS

from the looks of your graphs Phil - you need to clear the memory on the console

geoff

StarLane · #**169** 16-05-2008, 08:06 PM

Hi guys,

I've recently purchased a WH-1081PC and I've had it for three days now. Purchased from Ebay for $64.30 + $22 postage, I reckon for that price it's a real bargain for what it is. I've already had much enjoyment from this unit. Seems accurate with the local weather according to the local news, air pressure, humidity, min max temps etc. Had some rain the other night and last night, rain measurments seem accurate also, compared to a regular tube guage.

My question is, on top of the original box it has a sticker saying it operates at 433.9 Mhz, on the sides of the box where all the functions are listed it says it operates at 433 or 868 or 915 Mhz. Does the unit automatically change channels when another device nearby is using the same or similar frequency???????

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**170** 16-05-2008, 11:23 PM

just realized to-day - my rain guage is faulty - not recording

looks like a return coming up
website say's to notify them within 7 days - mine has been about 17 days - might be interesting ?

Phill - you need to install the new "K" version - might solve your problem

geoff

snowyskiesau · #**171** 17-05-2008, 07:42 AM

I'm still waiting for my replacement weather station to be delivered, it's been three weeks.
Last communication said that they were checking the returned unit, not sure why this would take three weeks though.

FWIW, my original unit had a faulty rain gauge (or possibly wind speed gauge). When you spun the wind speed thingy, it used to register rainfall as well as wind speed.

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**172** 17-05-2008, 10:14 AM

mine was from this mob "bbxvolcano"

hope it don't take that long for mine to return

geoff

acropolite (Phil) · #**173** 17-05-2008, 11:20 AM

Geoff, there's not much in the Rain Gauge except for a tipping bucket, magnet and reed switch. The lid on the rain gauge is just a clip on fit and removes easily. It would be well worth checking that the reed switch is toggling as the tipping bucket moves before returning. I've downloaded Version K and I'll give it a try and report back.

snowyskiesau · #**174** 17-05-2008, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

mine was from this mob "bbxvolcano"

hope it don't take that long for mine to return

geoff

Same seller I got mine from. They do respond to eBay messages but can take a day or two to do so. I'm hoping they don't try to charge me postage a second time, certainly not at the original rate of $22! It only cost me $6.95 to send it back to them

acropolite: I did take the rain gauge apart when I noticed the problem. The reed switch was working OK and the system did record rainfall if I manually operated the bucket.
The problem was that when you spun the anemometer, you got a wind speed indication but you also saw the rainfall reading increase.
Another problem that I didn;t look into that closely, was that I was unable to zero the readings.
Due to these two issues, I didn't get as far as connecting to a PC.

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**175** 17-05-2008, 11:58 AM

yep - had a look at the bucket - not registering when you do a manual tip

registers 3mm when you unplug and replug the lead though

which side of the board should be facing the tipper bucket ?

green is furtherest away on mine

anyway - mine is not reading any outside data now
does for a while when you do a reset - but then it dies after a while

geoff

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**176** 17-05-2008, 07:12 PM

new magnetic reed switch installed and positioned to be closer to the side of the box (closer to passing magnet on tip box) ($1.50 ea at jaycar)
shortened the lead while i was at it

initial dry test ok - and all seems to be working ok

hope we get some rain later to test it out proper

geoff

acropolite (Phil) · #**177** 17-05-2008, 07:53 PM

I thought that may be the problem, I had to reseat my direction board before the reeds actuated properly. BTW you could work out the area of the sensor, then the volume for 1mm of rain and slowly pour the measured amount in to the beastie.

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**178** 17-05-2008, 11:13 PM

that's a pretty looking graph Phil

any one would think, that's what it's meant to look like

geoff

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #**179** 18-05-2008, 11:26 AM

so tell me it actually rained at your place Phil !

geoff

turbo_pascale (Rob) · #**180** 18-05-2008, 11:33 AM

I downloaded the "k" release last night, purged the contents of the "data" and "logfiles" directory, manually loaded in the entire memory from the base unit via the traditional way (Easyweather), then turned on the direct mode.

No blips, constant readings, and no rain weirdness.

In the "last 24 hour" graph, the gap in the graph from about 20:00 to 23:00 was loading in the manual data file (it takes a while to suck in 4079 records!) and then forgetting to turn on direct mode for a while.

Looks like it's right now. Rain graph seems congruent with when it was raining and the kind of intensity of rain. Looks like this version is a winner.

http://turbopascale.sytes.net

I'm keen to "completely flush" all records from WeatherDisplay completely (monthly totals, yearly totals - everything) and start clean. Anyone know how to do this "properly"?