Re: xAP and Weather

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the heads up.  I shall do as you suggest.

First task though is to find a ladder long enough to mount the actual
weather station on the chimney top on the aerial pole.



--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups2@...>
wrote:
>
> Do run the demo for a while though - I had WD (registered) running
for about a year and it made my HA PC pretty unreliable. I can't
remember the exact problems but there were some weird software
failures and errors. Since removing it, the PC has been 100% reliable
again. Trouble is there are such frequent updates to add new features
etc and sometimes these break old features.
>
> Not saying it won't work well for you but best try the demo first :)
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> > [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of rb_ziggy
> > Sent: 08 July 2008 20:45
> > To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xap_automation] Re: xAP and Weather
> >
> > I'd seen this Maplin weather station too but was not sure if
weather
> > display did support it.
> >
> > I'm rather tempted now...
> >
> > --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "turner228"
<kevin@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I recently treated myself to a Weather Station.
> > >
> > > I was tempted by a special offer at Maplins combined with a
voucher
> > > and bought the USB Wirelss model N96FY. Not an expensive or
> > > professional model perhaps, but an interesting device.
> > >
> > > Apart from the relatively low cost the other attractions
were that
> > > the data collection pole connected wirelessly to the base
station and
> > > the base station talks over USB to the PC (it's all in the
name...).
> > >
> > > The accompanying software is nothing special, but Weather
Display,
> > >
> > > http://www.weather-display.com/index.php
> > >
> > > supports this model directly now , ie without havving to use
the
> > > supplied software as well, and Weather Display also supports
the xAP
> > > Weather schema, Weather.Report.
> > >
> > > An addon for Weather Display is WD Live which displays live
data
on a
> > > web page using Flash. I have incorporated this into my xAP
Intranet
> > > using my "Generic Intranet Wrapper".
> > >
> > > Weather Display and WD live are not free but I am very
pleased with
> > > the results. You an see a couple of Screen dumps on my site
> > >
> > > www.netcomp.biz
> > >
> > > click on Weather on the right hand side
> > >
> > > If any of you want to follow a simialr path I would be happy
to pass
> > > what I have learned
> > >
> > > As I get time I will probably develop this a bit further, I
will let
> > > you know
> > >
> > > Kevin T
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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