Last spring at Dayton, I splurged and bought myself a refurbished Peet
Bros. weather instrument, an 'Ultimeter 500'. It has a 6-pin rj-style
connector on the side of the display unit, which according to the manual
can be used for the optional PC data logger.
I seem to remember a mention here that xastir supports the peet bros
stations, but now that Fall is rapidly approaching and the weather
station is floating to the top of my round tuit list, I am finding a
dearth of information on how to accomplish the interface. The wiki
advertises support for many different weather stations, including the Peet
bros U2000, but the manual and Wiki don't even have sections started on WX
station interfacing, and the 'Aadvanced usage' section simply says 'TBD'.
I read thru 'wx.c' in the source tree, and found some rough examples of
the data strings that the U2000 puts out. Now if someone could just clue
me in to a proper RJ- to DB-9 cable pinout, I could start the process of
learning the differences (if any) between the U500 and U2000 datastreams,
and hopefully get another WX station on the air.
--
Rick Green, N8BJX
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-Benjamin Franklin
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