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We want to assemble a weatherstation that can talk TCP/IP for deployment on Canopy network. So far what I have found are consumer grade weather stations with sensors either directly wired or wireless that talk to a base. | We want to assemble a weatherstation that can talk TCP/IP for deployment on Canopy network. So far what I have found are consumer grade weather stations with sensors either directly wired or wireless that talk to a base. Sometimes they refer to these as "professional grade". | ||
The bases generally have cool LCD displays and if anything, a serial port to send data in a proprietary format to proprietary software running on a Windows machine. | The bases generally have cool LCD displays and if anything, a serial port to send data in a proprietary format to proprietary software running on a Windows machine. | ||
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Solar radiation: $160<br> | Solar radiation: $160<br> | ||
[Lacrosse] | [http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/ Lacrosse] | ||
[http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/default.asp?cid=2 Oregon Scientific] | [http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/default.asp?cid=2 Oregon Scientific] | ||
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[http://www.rainwise.com/ Rainwise] | [http://www.rainwise.com/ Rainwise] | ||
Wireless sensor head + serial/modem computer interface | Wireless sensor head + serial/modem computer interface | ||
[http://www.txwx.com/ Texas Weather] | |||
Revision as of 18:10, 30 December 2005
We want to assemble a weatherstation that can talk TCP/IP for deployment on Canopy network. So far what I have found are consumer grade weather stations with sensors either directly wired or wireless that talk to a base. Sometimes they refer to these as "professional grade".
The bases generally have cool LCD displays and if anything, a serial port to send data in a proprietary format to proprietary software running on a Windows machine.
These companies sell the sensors independently; the wireless sensors are of little interest to us since wire in this app is not inconvenient and is more reliable.
I have worked with Davis sensors in the past so I know they are high quality.
Individual sensors
Anemomenter: $120
Rain bucket $75
Solar radiation: $160
Rainwise Wireless sensor head + serial/modem computer interface
