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Digital Barometer
Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection.
Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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I used to have a Conex WeatherJack. It was a neat device. Unfortunately
they sent out an upgrade via a new processor chip and the thing never worked well again. If they worked out the kinks (this was 4 years ago) it is a nice device. The one I had operated through a serial port but perhaps a USB version is available now. Doug s/v Callista "David & Lynne" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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ps. I beleive I got mine through www.landfallnavigation.com
Doug "David & Lynne" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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Consider looking at "Oregon Scientific" Complete Wireless Weather Station
WMR968. It clams to be PC compatible and comes with a solar-powered wind speed anemometer, thermo-humidity, barometer and rain gauge. May meet your needs for an onboard PC_Combatable weather monitoring station. "David & Lynne" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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Just curious...
The USB requirement suggests interfacing with a PC. For what reason? Logging pressure during a voyage? Norm B On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:42:57 +1100, "David & Lynne" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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Thanks for responses, yes we looking to better record bara pressure changes.
Most of our sailing is in South East Australia and we live and have the boat moored in the Tamar Estuary which leads into Bass Strait. Three weeks ago we had a local extreme weather event where the Bureau of Meteorology forecast went from strong wind, to gale, to storm warning in a very short time period. We were caught out with the boat on the mooring and no safe way to get to it safely. About 20 boats were lost or damaged, we were lucky with no damage but the mooring dragged 20metre. After this we reflected on what would have happened if we had been in Bass Strait and we concluded we needed to upgrade our weather forecasting and not to depend on waiting for the official warning releases. We already have weather fax via HF but we are now going to use an automatic scheduling programme to automatically download faxes and at the same time want to data log bara pressure at the boat position so as to better analyse whats happening. So any info on a quality barametric sensor with capability for lap top connection would be appreciated. We dont want to go to the complexity of a data logger if we can avoid it, so we are looking for a smart bara sensor. Thanks, David. "engsol" wrote in message ... Just curious... The USB requirement suggests interfacing with a PC. For what reason? Logging pressure during a voyage? Norm B On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:42:57 +1100, "David & Lynne" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. Looked at Conex Weather Jack on www.starpath.com but the Conex web site is "under construction" so I cannot verify accuracy from manufacturers web site. I would appreciate any first hand experiances on this or similiar devices. Thanks David |
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:42:57 +1100, "David & Lynne"
wrote: Can anyone recommend a good quality digital barometer with a USB connection. The Davis Vantage Pro, is a complete weather station (a very good wireless one at that) http://www.davisnet.com/home_static.asp They have a serial and and usb link to your computer that is an option. There are very good prices on the Davis stuff at: http://www.provantage.com/xc_DAVS.htm Good stuff. I have it on my boat. Best, Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Dubnoff Circle Systems We make your data instantly usable. Download Stat/Transfer from http://www.stattransfer.com 1001 Fourth Avenue, #3200 (206) 682-3783 Seattle, WA 98154 Fax (206) 328-4788 |
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A customer in Singapore had me update my software to handle this
barograph's NMEA output: http://www.bohlken.net/ He wanted it integrated with my display, but it also has its own software that looks pretty capable. http://www.dexteritas.com is the Singapore distributor. You might be able to find someone closer. __________________________________________________ __________ Glen "Wiley" Wilson usenet1 SPAMNIX at world wide wiley dot com To reply, lose the capitals and do the obvious. Take a look at cpRepeater, my NMEA data integrator, repeater, and logger at http://www.worldwidewiley.com/ |
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:43:07 GMT, "Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson"
wrote: A customer in Singapore had me update my software to handle this barograph's NMEA output: http://www.bohlken.net/ He wanted it integrated with my display, but it also has its own software that looks pretty capable. http://www.dexteritas.com is the Singapore distributor. You might be able to find someone closer. _________________________________________________ ___________ Glen "Wiley" Wilson usenet1 SPAMNIX at world wide wiley dot com I looked at Bohlken's website. This looks very pro gear - German style. The barometer price with USB cable was about 220 German Mark (DEM) = 112.5 Euro (EUR) 112.50 Euro = 149.00 US Dollar Take a look at cpRepeater, my NMEA data integrator, repeater, and logger at http://www.worldwidewiley.com/ Brian Whatcott Altus OK |
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Brian Whatcott wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 01:43:07 GMT, "Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson" wrote: A customer in Singapore had me update my software to handle this barograph's NMEA output: http://www.bohlken.net/ Thanks very much! The old Vetus one was my favourite, but very costly (~$1000). Unlike the other poster, I found the price to be EURO 295. Where did you see the price in DM? I don't like the cheaper barographs (Oregon Scientific/Weems & Plath) that use 5 or 6 vertical bars to show pressure because they use a non-linear X axis; something like 1,3,6,12,24 hours. You can see a trend but it's much tougher to interpret, especially when you're tired at 3 am. These look just the ticket. Evan Gatehouse |
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