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General Category => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: Administrator on February 26, 2012, 02:28:37 PM

Title: New Member Introductions
Post by: Administrator on February 26, 2012, 02:28:37 PM
Hello folks,
Please spend a few minutes to create a new topic in this forum to introduce yourself, your set-up and anything else you think might be interesting to a bunch of dedicated weather nuts so we may get to know you a little better.

[Edit: This thread's getting a little long - please start new topics in this forum for your introductions - thanks!]

Thanks,
Your friendly admin.

Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: southwye on February 29, 2012, 03:49:05 PM
Good Afternoon one and all,

It's good to see many familiar names from MacWeather.Net.


Best wishes to those behind this new venture.

Mike H

Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: WCDev on March 03, 2012, 10:45:25 AM
Welcome Mike - nice to see you here  :)

Cheers,
Stu.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: jnjackson on March 06, 2012, 02:20:43 AM
New member here in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. I just got a Vantage Vue Station, running on my iMac OS v10.7.3. I tried out the Weatherlink software and found it very lacking. I am running the WeatherCat v0.93 Build 57 (0.93). It installed really easy. Testing out all the features now.

Jason
Title: Welcome Jason! (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on March 06, 2012, 04:52:42 PM
Hi WeatherCat fans, and Welcome Jason!  [tup]

New member here in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. I just got a Vantage Vue Station, running on my iMac OS v10.7.3. I tried out the Weatherlink software and found it very lacking. I am running the WeatherCat v0.93 Build 57 (0.93). It installed really easy. Testing out all the features now.

That's very much what happened to me when I first got my Vantage Pro-2 in October 2009.  I tried WeatherLink and . . . .  ::)  Soon I was on MacUpdate looking for something better . . . .   The rest is history . . .  ;D

Welcome to the "California delegation" of WeatherCat.  I'm in the San Francisco East Bay.  There is a little wimpy storm headed your way (if not gone by now.)  However, next week . . . the National Weather Service fellers' are getting excited.  [thunder]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Steve on March 06, 2012, 07:01:57 PM
Welcome to the Trixology forum, Mike and Jason!

There is a lot of good information starting to collect here with WeatherCat testing. Keep us updated on how your setups are working.

You might also want to check in over at www.MacWeather.com, which is the forum for WeatherCat's predecessor. There you will find much more information on using weather hardware and software on the Mac in addition to the LWC discussion.

Steve
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: dmk on March 16, 2012, 03:26:35 PM
Hello from the Santa Cruz mountains just outside the Bay Area.

I've been running LWC for some time and am absolutely delighted to find that we have a new development path for this great software. My station is a Vantage Pro 2, and data is updated real-time to wunderground.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KCALOSGA18
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: WCDev on March 16, 2012, 06:00:58 PM
Welcome to the forums dmk.

Cheers,
Stu.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Doc on March 21, 2012, 09:29:31 PM
Man, I leave for a while and come back and everything has changed again   [rockon]

I'm Doc (used to be Tardarian on LWC), retired now, and don't get as much time online as I used to.  I will be upgrading from LWC to WC very soon.  My system hasn't changed, still running a Mac G5 Quad 6gig ram and 65tb storage.  I'm using a Davis Vantage Pro 2 wireless station and have been working with another university researcher for several years on a weather camera project.  The cam is down at the moment due to loss of transmission.  Have a new cam, but due to broken bones on my part I'm not able at the moment to fix the cam problem right now. 

Glad to see Stu back up again.

Still in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Winter has ended, temperatures have been in the 80s this week, actually winter never arrived here.  We are at the beginning of our severe storm season and have already had several towns in southern Indiana erased by tornados in the last few weeks. 

Again, I'll be upgrading and it's fantastic to see Stu back again!

Take care and have fun!
Doc
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Randall75 on March 21, 2012, 09:59:43 PM
Hi Doc
 Glad to see you back
Good luck and hope the bones heal fast
 [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: WCDev on March 21, 2012, 10:19:30 PM
Man, I leave for a while and come back and everything has changed again   [rockon]

I'm Doc (used to be Tardarian on LWC), retired now, and don't get as much time online as I used to.  I will be upgrading from LWC to WC very soon.  My system hasn't changed, still running a Mac G5 Quad 6gig ram and 65tb storage.  I'm using a Davis Vantage Pro 2 wireless station and have been working with another university researcher for several years on a weather camera project.  The cam is down at the moment due to loss of transmission.  Have a new cam, but due to broken bones on my part I'm not able at the moment to fix the cam problem right now. 

Glad to see Stu back up again.

Still in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Winter has ended, temperatures have been in the 80s this week, actually winter never arrived here.  We are at the beginning of our severe storm season and have already had several towns in southern Indiana erased by tornados in the last few weeks. 

Again, I'll be upgrading and it's fantastic to see Stu back again!

Take care and have fun!
Doc

Good to see you back Doc! And welcome to the forum!

Is the story behind the broken bones interesting?

Cheers,
Stu.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Doc on March 22, 2012, 12:04:10 AM
Hi Stu, glad to be back.  No, it's not interesting, I had an argument between gravity, the ground and some Ice last February and I lost.   I was in the Hoosier National Forest at a Scout Camp and ended up thinking I had just sprained it badly.  So I walked on it for three days before getting xrayed and finding out it was broken.  SOOOO, I've been in a cast since then.  Two more weeks and I get that off and hope to be back stumping around as normal again after that!

Doc
Title: Hurray! Welcome home Doc!! (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on March 22, 2012, 07:47:42 PM
Welcome back Doc!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)

I'm Doc (used to be Tardarian on LWC), retired now, and don't get as much time online as I used to.  I will be upgrading from LWC to WC very soon.  My system hasn't changed, still running a Mac G5 Quad 6gig ram and 65tb storage.  I'm using a Davis Vantage Pro 2 wireless station and have been working with another university researcher for several years on a weather camera project.  The cam is down at the moment due to loss of transmission. 

Sorry to report but your Mac is about to lose WeatherCat support because of Apple's incessant attempt to "invent progress."  :(  Stu can't support the PowerPC architecture much longer because the Xcode development environment doesn't . . .  >:(



Have a new cam, but due to broken bones on my part I'm not able at the moment to fix the cam problem right now.  No, it's not interesting, I had an argument between gravity, the ground and some Ice last February and I lost.

Oh Doc, I thought you knew better!  ;)  Don't you know what they say about gravity . . . . not only a good idea - it's the law!!  [lol2]


Still in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Winter has ended, temperatures have been in the 80s this week, actually winter never arrived here.  We are at the beginning of our severe storm season and have already had several towns in southern Indiana erased by tornados in the last few weeks. 

That's the word all over the Midwest.  In California we've been having a horrible drought . . . . well that's what I thought until I discovered a badly messed up storm drain and got more than double the normal March rainfall . . . .  [banghead]  Funny now things like that go together!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/rant.gif)

Welcome again!!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Doc on March 22, 2012, 08:43:52 PM
Thanks Edouard.  I did read that there wouldn't be any more support for my old G5 Quad, too bad, but I'll take it as far as I can.  I have been looking for a very cheap mac mini to run a dedicated weather station on, but funds are limited now that I'm retired on disability.  It's better than nothing, but I'm in the GAP again, paying $700/month for insulin till I can climb out of it again.  But the intel mini is on the list of things to get. 

I like the way things look with WC, and I'm looking forward to switching even for a little while.  I'm still dealing with the colon cancer, but it's been good news so far.  The one year colonoscopy was clear  ;D  and I'm having the one year CT scan next week, it should be clear as well  ;D  And that puts me into the one year survivors list and in remission!  [woohoo]  It's been an interesting ride to say the least. 

Our camera project has blossomed into some interesting areas.  I've got about 12 cams out in the yard now, only one is running for weather though.  The rest are astronomical.  I've got solar tracking cameras, lunar tracking cameras, Betelgeuse tracking cameras, some with telephoto, some with wide angle (all sky), some daylight only, some extreme low light for night only.   Only problem is that whenever there is something interesting going on in our local sky, we have local clouds and can't see it  [banghead]  But the technology is fun to play with.  None of the cameras is online though, they all dump to disk for later review. 

Mostly working on a new communications truck for amateur radio.  N9CXI runs all mode for 160m-10m, 6m, FM 2m, 70cm, and APRS (N9CXI-9) on 2m.  Have some weather equipment coming for the truck too, not much, but a little.  Would love to have another Davis and be able to run WC mobile!  But then Stu would have to incorporate GPS tracking with the software....... [goofy]  I can see it now, having to correct wind direction from the wind vane for direction of travel  [biggrin]

Take care and have fun!
Slainte Mah!

Doc



Title: Home things work out. (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on March 23, 2012, 02:29:57 AM
Howdy Doc and WeatherCat fans,  [cat]

Thanks Edouard.  I did read that there wouldn't be any more support for my old G5 Quad, too bad, but I'll take it as far as I can.  I have been looking for a very cheap mac mini to run a dedicated weather station on, but funds are limited now that I'm retired on disability.  It's better than nothing, but I'm in the GAP again, paying $700/month for insulin till I can climb out of it again.  But the intel mini is on the list of things to get. 

Stu wasn't happy about this and I'm not either.  Apple is really crushing the past by this sort of move.  I have a real problem hanging on to an old graphics program I've used since 1993 or so.  All the graphics in my Ph.D. were done with it.  I really hate to lose access to them and simply a program I've become skilled using for so long.  This mania about progress is destroying the past and . . . . nobody cares . . .   :'(

I'm still dealing with the colon cancer, but it's been good news so far.  The one year colonoscopy was clear  ;D  and I'm having the one year CT scan next week, it should be clear as well  ;D  And that puts me into the one year survivors list and in remission!  [woohoo]  It's been an interesting ride to say the least. 

Glad the news is good!!  [bounce]  Doctors claim to have all the answers, but sooner or later the healing has to come from something beyond scientific control.  Glad you find yourself blessed! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/angel_emoticon.gif)

Mostly working on a new communications truck for amateur radio.  N9CXI runs all mode for 160m-10m, 6m, FM 2m, 70cm, and APRS (N9CXI-9) on 2m.  Have some weather equipment coming for the truck too, not much, but a little.  Would love to have another Davis and be able to run WC mobile!  But then Stu would have to incorporate GPS tracking with the software....... [goofy]  I can see it now, having to correct wind direction from the wind vane for direction of travel  [biggrin]

I've got an analogously "interesting" idea associated with the continuing restoration of my trusty wagon:  (http://www.canebas.org/Automotive/V8_Buick/Misc/Biquette_V8_Buick_signature.gif).  I'm hoping to eventually pair her with an airstream travel trailer and thought it would be really neat to have a weather station that would be deployed at every camping ground.  So far through I haven't made much headway in convincing Stu to start on the WeatherCat Camping Edition!!   [biggrin]

Take care of yourself and all your neat projects!!  [tup]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Doc on March 23, 2012, 04:42:03 AM
Well that's two for WC the Mobile Edition!

Doc
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: WCDev on March 23, 2012, 09:56:24 PM
Lol - I wonder if we'll ever see GPS built-in?

Stu.
Title: Telescopes come with built-in GPS (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on March 24, 2012, 02:04:42 AM
Howdy Stu and WeatherCat mobile wantabees!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/small_car.gif)

Lol - I wonder if we'll ever see GPS built-in?

Well, there are a number of "premium" telescopes with a built in GPS so that the scope could align itself to the North without any human intervention.  So if the price of GPS circuitry continues to go down . . . . why not weather stations with built-in GPS?  [bounce]

Stu, start schemin' . . . .  [biggrin]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Steve on March 24, 2012, 02:46:23 AM
Lol - I wonder if we'll ever see GPS built-in?

Stu.

There are already mobile weather stations with GPS built in.
http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009/products/marine-product.asp?prodid=11150
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: WCDev on March 24, 2012, 08:23:55 AM
Cool stuff. What would be even better would be to have built into the Mac :)

Cheers,
Stu.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Randall75 on June 22, 2012, 11:44:36 PM
I just wanted to welcome LesCimes aboard,
 Him and I came over from the other mac weather program about the same time when LWC first came out
 [cheers1]
Title: Welcome LesCimes!! (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on June 23, 2012, 12:52:48 AM
Howdy Randall, LesCimes, and WeatherCat fans,

Here, here, I'll second this motion!!  [tup]

I just wanted to welcome LesCimes aboard,
 Him and I came over from the other mac weather program about the same time when LWC first came out

Indeed LesCimes, where have been all this time?  ??? Out in the cold  [freeze] without a cat?  [cat]

Welcome!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: LesCimes on June 23, 2012, 11:22:51 PM
Gentlemen, thanks for the welcome back! Guess I have had my "head in the sand!" Didn't discover WeatherCat until a short while ago when, in a moment of nostalgia, I looked up Stu's WU site in Scotland where it lists WeatherCat for the software. Geeze, I had no idea. Started checking around and, voila, back in the forums. Sure is good to be reading the news, catching up with Doc's reports, and everyone else, not to mention WeatherCat.
You may recall that I take a long hike every summer. This summer's trip is about to begin. So I'll be back on the forums regularly toward the end of July and will make the switch to WeatherCat then. Meanwhile, LWC2 has been running virtually untouched for months on my Snow Leopard MacMini.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Doc on June 26, 2012, 01:39:58 AM
Welcome back LesCimes!

Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: jimtcrowe on April 27, 2013, 01:56:45 AM
Hi,
My name is Jim and I am knew to this board.  I am totally lost, I think I am in over my head.  I have successfully installed by Weathercat, and am trying to upload to weather bug, but when I try to follow the scripts I get growler issues or something, and I just go from one problem to another.  I need someone who can walk me through the process at a 10th grade leve.  How to find the items and then run the necessary scripts etc.  I am so lost......but I recently got my Davis station up and really love this stuff, but am discouraged, because most to this is over my head.
Thanks so much,
Jim


and I don't even know how to check and see if I get a reply to this email.  This is the first board I have ever used.....help....
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: jace on April 27, 2013, 09:07:46 AM
Hi Jim and welcome to Weather Cat  [tup]

I'm afraid I do not upload to weather bug, so I'm not familiar with the scripts to send data to them, I assume your using one Edouard' s applescripts ? I think weatherbug where having big problems a week or two back perhaps they haven't sorted them all out yet if your starting a new account.

Have you tried uploading to CWOPs and or Weatherunderground ?  Stu the developer has added very useful scripts in the Weathercat/preferences/online/  section of the program which even lead you through setting up an account with both services, they seem to be the most popular services to upload your data to when going on-line.

It all seems very daunting at first, but before you know it, things will seem so much simpler and make a lot of sense. Lot of good people in this forum, who are willing to help, keep asking questions, don't think it's a stupid question, don't forget everybody had to go through a learning process to understand how programs work, how to upload to external sites. write and go online with your own web site etc.

Regards

Jace (JC)
Title: Start with Weather Underground first. (Re: New Member Introductions)
Post by: elagache on April 27, 2013, 08:13:50 PM
Hi Jim and welcome to the WeatherCat forum,

My name is Jim and I am knew to this board.  I am totally lost, I think I am in over my head.  I have successfully installed by Weathercat, and am trying to upload to weather bug, but when I try to follow the scripts I get growler issues or something, and I just go from one problem to another.

I second JC's suggestion.  If at all possible keep things simple.  It is much easier to get yourself uploading data to Weather Underground than to use my AppleScripts.  See if you can follow the instructions on the WeatherCat manual starting on page-69.  It is best to work your way to uploading data to WeatherBug if that is truly your desire.  Unfortunately, the AppleScript I wrote simply weren't the proper way to solve this problem and I have since become entangled in an extremely complex classic car restoration and don't have any time to rewrite this stuff.

If you feel "over your head" there is good reason for it.  WeatherCat is a very complex program that can do - many, many things!!  Most of us have taken years to become proficient with it.  Give yourself some time to start "walking."  Trying to upload to WeatherBug is like trying to run a marathon.  It just isn't going to happen.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: jimtcrowe on April 27, 2013, 08:58:10 PM
Thank you.  Yes I purchased weathercat specifically because I wanted to upload to weatherbug.  I found the script and edited them.....but they don't seem to be uploading, then I awoke this morning to literally hundreds of message about my uploads not going though.  Weatherbug, CWOP and Wunderground.    I uninstalled and reinstalled and now i have a continuous error message on my screen where its looking for historical data....probably a folder I deleted???

Title: No easy way out. (Re: New Member)
Post by: elagache on April 27, 2013, 09:25:31 PM
Dear Jim,

I'm sorry that you have gotten yourself into this predicament.

Thank you.  Yes I purchased weathercat specifically because I wanted to upload to weatherbug. 

I hate to say it, but this isn't the simplest way to upload to WeatherBug.

If that is really very high on your priority list, perhaps you should consider another Macintosh Weather Program instead.  WeatherSnoop: (http://www.weathersnoop.com/)

http://www.weathersnoop.com/features/share.php (http://www.weathersnoop.com/features/share.php)

It includes support for uploading to WeatherBug directly.  Honestly, I wrote my AppleScripts because at the time there was no other way for WeatherCat to upload to WeatherBug and there was enough interest that folks were willing to put up with the hardships associated with my AppleScripts.

If you don't have any need for many of the other features associated with WeatherCat, I believe you could ask for a refund from the developer of WeatherCat (Stuart Ball) and you are likely to receive it.

I found the script and edited them.....but they don't seem to be uploading, then I awoke this morning to literally hundreds of message about my uploads not going though.  Weatherbug, CWOP and Wunderground.    I uninstalled and reinstalled and now i have a continuous error message on my screen where its looking for historical data....probably a folder I deleted???

Unfortunately, at this point I fear that your WeatherCat installation is probably corrupted.  If you would like to try to get WeatherCat working, I think the first thing you should do completely remove and reinstall WeatherCat.  The instructions for removing the all WeatherCat files are on page-178 of the WeatherCat manual.

If you would like to continue trying to use WeatherCat to do accomplish this goal, I recommend that you start by trying to install some of my simpler AppleScripts first so that you get the hang of how the work.  The simplest of the AppleScripts are the WC Temperature Rising and WC Temperature Falling scripts to generate Growl notifications from custom temperature alerts.  The next simplest script is the WC Zambretti Forecaster.  Under no circumstances should you automatically launch all the AppleScripts using Start WeatherCat Scripts and Stop WeatherCat Scripts.  Until you have gotten an AppleScript to work reliably it should be started and stopped independently of WeatherCat to avoid compounding problems from AppleScripts that have not been configured.

I'm afraid that's the best advice I can offer you.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: jimtcrowe on April 28, 2013, 01:38:39 AM
Thank you very much for the information.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: ShayneThill on October 14, 2013, 09:45:59 AM
Lol - I wonder if we'll ever see GPS built-in?

Stu.

There are already mobile weather stations with GPS built in.
http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009/products/marine-product.asp?prodid=11150
You can also download  not only GPS tracking apps but also phone blocker (http://www.jammerfromchina.com/) apps.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: elagache on October 14, 2013, 07:27:26 PM
Dear ShayneThill and WeatherCat welcoming committee,

First, Welcome to the WeatherCat forum! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)

There are already mobile weather stations with GPS built in.
http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009/products/marine-product.asp?prodid=11150
You can also download  not only GPS tracking apps but also phone blocker apps.

Hmm, I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here?  This thread to got detoured to the idea of a mobile version of the WeatherCat software so that you could keep track of the weather while traveling or vacationing.  I'm not sure how you could use GPS tracking apps.  Is your suggestion that your cell-phone could be "close enough" to a mobile weather station that it's coordinates could substitute?

It isn't perfect, but I suppose it could be made into a "better than nothing" system to feed into a weather software package the location of the instruments.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: LFCweatherman on February 16, 2014, 06:03:23 PM
Hi I am a new member and have read through many of the valuable posts but would like to ask for some assistance.
I have a Vantage Vue using a Mac. I have installed the Vantage Vue on a college campus as a project and I'm not a website guru.
I have read the WeatherCat manual and the simple web page seems easy enough but I'm not understanding the ftp details. if I could get further details it would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any tips or advice.
Title: Welcome! (Re: New Member Introductions)
Post by: elagache on February 16, 2014, 09:23:44 PM
Dear LFCweatherman and WeatherCat welcoming committee,

First things first, Welcome to the WeatherCat forum! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)

Hi I am a new member and have read through many of the valuable posts but would like to ask for some assistance.
I have a Vantage Vue using a Mac. I have installed the Vantage Vue on a college campus as a project and I'm not a website guru.
I have read the WeatherCat manual and the simple web page seems easy enough

You shouldn't have any trouble getting the simple web page feature working.  It is basically an option that you turn on.  The web pages are already designed for you and work just fine.

but I'm not understanding the ftp details. if I could get further details it would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any tips or advice.

Well, there really isn't much more to it than what is described in the WeatherCat manual.  The relevant sections start on page 84 and 115.   And there is some additional troubleshooting information on the WeatherCat Wiki that you'll find here:

http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/Troubleshooting_FTP_connection_problems (http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/Troubleshooting_FTP_connection_problems)

If that doesn't solve your problems, please start a new thread describing what you have tried and what error messages or other information in this topic:

http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?board=13.0 (http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?board=13.0)

One more thing you could try to do is search the forum postings to see if others have had problems similar to what you are experiencing.

Hope this is enough to get you moving at least a little further.

Welcome again to the WeatherCat forum and hope you enjoy using WeatherCat as much as us regulars enjoy it!  [computer]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Blicj11 on February 17, 2014, 06:38:37 AM
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Hi I am a new member

Welcome to the forum LFCweatherman.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: BartonCamberley on December 25, 2015, 01:35:36 PM
Hi, from a grey and dreary uk.

I am a novice hoping to help my wife, Anne,set up her Davis Vantage Vue with Weathercat on her MacBook Air. Have looked at Davis data loggers and am trying to decide which one to opt for.

Ron Barton
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: xairbusdriver on December 25, 2015, 09:52:25 PM
Welcome aboard, Ron! Hope your weather improves soon! Santa had to put floats on his sleigh to make his rounds here last night. Fortunately, there was plenty of lightening to let him see where he was going. It's beautiful now! Still too warm for the season, however!

You've come to the right place for good info and help for Weather Cat and even Davis hardware. You may get quicker answers in the Hardware section. Or just search for "data logger" here. I'm no expert at all. I use the one that converts the Console output to connect through the USB port.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Blicj11 on December 25, 2015, 11:19:03 PM
Have looked at Davis data loggers and am trying to decide which one to opt for.

Welcome Barton!

I have lived in the UK and there are some lovely weather days there. Of course, it's a wee bit baltic this time of year.

As for the data logger, you will want to look at this entry in the WeatherCat Wiki:

http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/A_comparison_of_the_Davis_USB_and_IP_data_loggers_for_the_Vantage-2/Vue_line_of_weather_stations

After you read it, if you have questions, post in the hardware forum.

Merry Christmas!
Title: Welcome! (Re: New Member Introductions)
Post by: elagache on December 25, 2015, 11:50:55 PM
Dear Ron, Blick, X-Air and WeatherCat welcome wagon . . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/welcomewagon.gif)

First welcome to the WeatherCat forum! . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)


I am a novice hoping to help my wife, Anne,set up her Davis Vantage Vue with Weathercat on her MacBook Air. Have looked at Davis data loggers and am trying to decide which one to opt for.

Blick's advice is the best we can give without a few more details about how you want to use the station.  Please do create a new post in this topic:

http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?board=16.0 (http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?board=16.0)

It is important that we understand things like whether or not the plan is to keep the Mac connected to the station at all times, whether there is an Ethernet network in the house, things like that.  The best choice of a data logger depends on the application.

Thanks again for joining us and we look forward to hearing more details of the setup you and your wife would iike to create!

Cheers, Edouard

P.S. If you haven't installed the station yet, you might want to read through this thread about station installation:

http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=438.0 (http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=438.0)

and look at how some of us have setup our stations:

http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=969.0 (http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=969.0)

It might give you some food for thought.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: ETA51 on December 29, 2016, 01:57:00 PM
Greetings all -

Wanted a weather station forever and finally got one for my birthday in 2013.  Have it set up in the backyard in north central Maryland, in between Westminster and Sykesville.  We've an acre, did my best with the placement, but there are trees in two directions that make placement less than ideal for the anemometer.  Other interests include chess, geocaching, photography, birding and Lego.   
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Blicj11 on December 29, 2016, 04:49:59 PM
Welcome to the forum ETA51. Glad to have you aboard.

I visited Maryland once and enjoyed it.

Happy New Year.
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: xairbusdriver on December 29, 2016, 05:13:40 PM
Welcome AboaRd, ETA51! I think I saw a post from you earlier this week. It's always good to have some semi-personal info about weather 'phreques', however! Thanks for introducing yourself! ThU32:-)

It's always interesting to read people's 'screen name'. ETA51 may simply be your initials and year of birth... or something entirely different! My middle initial is "A" and 51 is my IQ (as others here can attest). Maybe a future age hope to reach? Or when something great arrived for you? Great minds... and mine, also!
Title: Re: New Member Introductions
Post by: Weatheraardvark on December 29, 2016, 05:52:14 PM
Welcome.