[Davis Vantage Pro 2 PC Connection]

Hi Stormboy,

I,m afraid you are going to have to splash some more cash, the expansion slot that you mention is were the data logger plugs in and it's from the datalogger that you connect to the pc also the weather link software comes with the data logger. Once you are connected to the pc you will be able to use you weather display and weather live.

Hope that is of some help

BU

Hi BU,

Thanks for the response. I've since purchased the Davis WeatherLink Data Logger and it's just done it's 12am backup pretty much as I type. I set it up and running at 4.30pm on the 26th and the Weather Live bit is next. It's all impressive stuff and I'm now in the real world of downloading and streaming data, yipee.

Cheers

Stormboy

[Davis Vantage Pro 2 PC Connection]

Hi,

I've recently dived in at the deep end and purchased a Wireless Davis Vantage Pro 2 which I am very impressed with. However, I did not purchase the Data Logger software that comes with it for downloading data to a pc. Do I need this software as the manual suggests I do? I have recently purchased Weather Display 32 and Weather Live thinking that would work independently without the WeatherLink logger software. Also, the only connection I can see to make a direct link with my pc is the serial type slot called Expansion.

I'm confused, can someone assist me.

Many Thanks

Tony

[WHATS YOUR IDEAL WEATHER STATION?]

Cheers Guys and Gals.

I like the idea of this logger software. Accuracy is important to me but not to a Met Office standard and the main thing is that I want he equipment that goes with it Kinda like the following.

An accurate rain gauge, an anenometer, Max & Min Temps and DP's. History of events is also important. At the moment I take manual readings off an Oregon BAR628 and rain measurements for a plastic 50mm capacity garden centre type funnel.

Keep them coming.

Many Thanks.

STORMBOY

Your main possibilities as far as I'm aware are the Davis and Oregon Scientific series, although there's a few La Crosse types kicking about.

My WMR928NX cost just over £300, and it was another £120 to get a data logger (you may not need that if you don't need to keep an electronic log of the data, or can trust your computer left on continually!) The Davis series is usually around £500 but I think those come with data loggers.

[WHATS YOUR IDEAL WEATHER STATION?]

Hi,

I've always been a lurker on here up to now so have never posted to the forum, I hope this hits the right area. Basically I've been interested in metereology for a few years now but now I feel the need to get a proper Weather Station setup. I need my setup to record accurately on my 2nd PC and have it show the basics, wind strength and direction, rainfall amount and duration, temperature etc. I've got a cheapish Oregon type sensor already and a manual plastic rain gauge but thats about all. I don't want to outlay too much but I gather I could need £500ish all told so I could scrape to that. Any advices welcomed and any links that I can visit would be most helpful.

Many Thanks

Tony

AKA STORMBOY