Weather Novice

Used at my home is a WEATHERWISE - Solar Pro Weather Station

The Weatherwise (915MHz) Pro Instraments are mounted on the peak of the roof at home. Setting up the instrament was pretty easy and took about 15 minutes. The only minor issue I had was the wiring. There was a 50/50 chance I would have to RG cables plug in reverse and I did it. With the wires plug in the wrong sockets nothing seemed to work. After awhile away from troubleshooting the darn thing I took another look at the wiring diagram and spotted my problem. Switching the wires fixed everything and I was on my way to being a Meteorologist :-)

Moments later after looking at the boring display and P.C. application for an hour I decided that it would be fun to get the instrument report its’ readings to WeatherUndergound.com. Doing this became an issue with the stock version of the Weatherwise software available for the P.C. only. There was another version I could have purchased for a MAC and its’ cost was around $70. That solution was not a practical one for me.

I already had a Linux box setup here so I decided to look around for another compatible software package. BINGO!!! I found it, a Linux application called fowsr-1.0 Click here for more information on fowsr

The Weatherwise Instraments (915MHz) professional touch-screen weather station specifications from the manufacturer is as follows:

Weatherwise Solar Pro Includes:

• Base Station
• (1) Thermo-Hygro sensor & Transmitter
• (1) Self emptying rain sensor
• (1) Wind-speed sensor
• (1) Wind direction sensor
• (1) Solar Power outdoor sensor kit with battery backup
• (1) Weather-Mast w/ mounting brackets
• (1) PC Software w/ USB Cable (Windows 7 compatible)
• (1) Instruction manual
• (1) Free Bonus - Weather Observers Guidebook
• (1) Free Bonus - Access to free value added software and web tools (included in manual)
• (1) Free Bonus - WebCast your weather data free on the Internet (included in manual)

Base Station Features:

• TOUCH-SCREEN Display
• USB Connection to PC
• PC Software control
• Data Storage (Main Unit 4080 Files, PC unlimited)
• Indoor and outdoor temperature display in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius (user selectable)
• Indoor and outdoor relative humidity displays
• Barometric pressure reading in inHg or hPa, absolute or relative (user selectable)
• Detailed display of rainfall data in 1 hour, 24 hours, one week, one month and total since last reset. (user selectable in mm or inch)
• Wind direction
• Wind speed in mph, km/h, m/s, knots or Beaufort (user selectable)
• Wind chill temperature display
• Dew point temperature display
• Weather forecast display by weather icons (sunny, cloudy, rainy)
• Weather forecast tendency arrow
• Storm warning alarm
• Display of extensive weather data, in all cases with programmable alarm functions for certain weather conditions as well as records of all minimum and maximum values along with time and date of their recordings
• Supper bright green LED back light
• WWVB Radio controlled time and date with manual setting option
• 12 or 24 hour time display
• Perpetual calendar
• Time zone setting
• Automatic daylight saving time function
• Wall hanging or free standing
• Synchronized instant reception for outdoor weather data as well as radio controlled time signal (no cable needed)

Setting Modes:

• Time Zone Setting
• DST on/off
• 12/24 hour format
• Manual time setting (hours/minutes)
• Calendar setting (month /date/ year, weekday will be calculated thus no need to set weekday)
• Temperature display unit degree Celsius or Fahrenheit
• Wind speed and gust display units in km/h, mph, m/s, knots, bft
• Rainfall display units in mm or inch
• Air pressure display units in hPa or inHg
• Relative pressure setting from 919.0hPa – 1080.0hPa (default 1013.2hPa)
• Pressure threshold setting (default 2hPa)
• Storm threshold setting (default 4hPa)

Alarm Modes:

• Time alarm (at low alarm setting mode, the same time alarm setting sequence will repeat)
• Indoor humidity high alarm
• Indoor temperature high alarm
• Outdoor humidity high alarm
• Outdoor temperature high alarm
• Wind chill high alarm
• Dew point high alarm
• Pressure high alarm
• Wind speed high alarm
• st speed high alarm
• 1Hour rain high alarm
• 12. 24 hour rain high alarm
• Indoor humidity low alarm
• Indoor temperature low alarm
• Outdoor humidity low alarm
• Outdoor temperature low alarm
• Wind chill low alarm
• Dew point low alarm
• Pressure low alarm

Min/Max Mode:

• Indoor humidity min/max
• Indoor temperature min/max
• Outdoor humidity min/max
• Outdoor temperature min/max
• Wind chill temperature min/max
• Dew point temperature min/max
• Pressure min/max
• Wind speed max
• Gust speed max
• 1 hour rain max
• 24 hour rain max
• Week rainfall max
• Month rainfall max

Specifications:

• Outdoor data:
  • Transmission distance in open field: 150 meter maximum (330 feet)
  • Temperature range: -40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F)
  • Resolution: 0.1°C
  • Measuring range RH: 10% - 99%
  • Rain volume display: 0 - 9999mm
  • Resolution: 0.1mm (if rain volume < 1000mm) / 1mm (if rain volume > 1000mm)
  • Wind speed: 0~180km/h (0~100mph)
  • Measuring interval thermo-hygro sensor: 48 sec
• Indoor data:
  • Pressure / temperature: 48 sec
  • Indoor temperature measure range: 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F)
  • Resolution: 0.1°C
  • Measuring range RH: 1% - 99% Resolution: %
  • Measuring range air pressure: 919hPa – 1080hPa
  • Resolution/Accuracy: 0.1hPa / 1.5hPa
  • Alarm duration: 120 sec
• Power consumption:
  • Base station: 3XAA 1.5V LR6 Alkaline batteries (batteries not included)
  • Remote sensors: Solar Powered with battery backup
• Size:
  • Base station: 230 x 150mm
  • Weather-Mast (mounted): 660 x 540mm