jerry, sounds like a lovely project!
consider writing down your requirements first, then see which combination of hardware will satisfy those requirements. clarifying the requirements now will also help you manage the system as requirements and priorities change (and when you delegate the climbs up to the tower :) unless you enjoy climbing towers, you probably want a solution that does not require much physical attention. some of the most common first-person attention that a sensor cluster needs include clearing the rain bucket of debris (how close to trees and birds?), removing spiders from the rain collection mechanism (depends on the location), changing batteries (9-18 months, or never, depending on the hardware), changing/lubricating bearings (every 2 years in a saltwater environment), replacing broken sensors (due to hail, uv damage followed by snow, etc). you might want an anemometer at the top of the tower, with a wired or wireless connection to the rest of the instruments at or near the ground. do you have wired or wireless internet access at the tower? do you have power at the tower, or does the whole thing need to be battery powered? is there adequate bonding/grounding for lightning strikes? is there a climate controlled space at the tower, or does everything need to be in its own weathertight container? there are *many* online services to which you can feed data. some of those are publicly accessible, others are accessible only to someone with a username and password. many of the manufacturer's sites tend to be the latter. weewx can upload to pretty much any of them. what do you want users of your data to be able do/see? do you want the weather data integrated into another web site, or in its own set of pages? if you provide some examples of weather sites that you like, i'm sure there are people reading this who could provide similar templates and/or experience with those sites. you probably have considered all of these things, but if you make the requirements clear you'll get more focused answers. m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
