> A couple of questions about the new ADS-WS1. > It looks like the main box contains the temp and humidity sensors inside > behind a screen. Does this mean that the box needs to be put in a well > shaded area but exposed to the weather? (Mounting it on the mast in the
If you're going to use the internal sensors to get useful outdoor measurements, yes. > elements sems like it woudn't work well) Does the heat generated inside > the box throw the temperature off much? Can the temp and humidity > sensors be remoted to a pagoda and then the main box put in a more > protected area perhaps with the radio and battery? Not the ones that are in there now. The temperature sensor is part of the barometric pressure sensor, and it's a tiny SMT package. The idea is that you'd use 1-wire sensors if you want external sensors. Also, you'll be able to daisy chain two WS1's for indoor and outdoor measurement. I'm still waiting on terminal blocks to finish up the first beta units. I spent a good chunk of the day dealing with timekeeping code. It'll now let you enter a GMT offset in fractional hours, so if you're in Kathmandu you can set your +5.75 timezone offset. That part's easy - the tricky part is dealing with DST (Summer Time in some parts of the world.) There are a zillion different sets of rules, and they change from time to time. My solution was to store the offset in minutes and a schedule of the start and end date/times for the next 8 years. The configuration program will automatically set US DST, British Summer Time, and European Summer Time. Beyond that, you've got to look up the times yourself. And you've got to remember to run the config program at least once every 8 years to update it. Scott
