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Title: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: dalet5 on April 11, 2012, 12:01:56 PM

I have a Davis Vantage Vue sitting on a 17 ft mast in my backyard.  I bought and installed LWC as i have a Mac Mini at home.  Came looking for updates to SW yesterday and discovered that LWC has gone away and in its place is something new.  I am curious to know more about this SW package and how well it works.  I have my station up on Wunderground as Little Thicket Tx.

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: Steve on April 11, 2012, 01:30:10 PM

Hi Dale, and welcome to the WeatherCat forum!

WeatherCat is the continuation of LWC, and can inject your existing data without a hitch. It fixes any niggling problems that LWC had, especially those related to using Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and adds new features and tags. Think of it simply as LWC 3 with a different name.

Give it a try, as the current beta is very stable and just a week or two from release.
Steve

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: WCDev on April 11, 2012, 04:47:49 PM

Welcome to the forum Dale!

Stu.

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: elagache on April 11, 2012, 04:51:17 PM

Hello Dale and WeatherCat fans  [cat]

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

Quote from: dalet5 on April 11, 2012, 12:01:56 PM

I have a Davis Vantage Vue sitting on a 17 ft mast in my backyard.  I bought and installed LWC as i have a Mac Mini at home.  Came looking for updates to SW yesterday and discovered that LWC has gone away and in its place is something new.  I am curious to know more about this SW package and how well it works. 

Steve has said it all.  WeatherCat is basically LWC "2.5" - You'll feel right at home.

Quote from: dalet5 on April 11, 2012, 12:01:56 PM

I have my station up on Wunderground as Little Thicket Tx.

I tried to look up your station on Weather Underground, but their search wasn't up to the task.  Could you give us a link to your Wunderground site to follow?  It is always fun to see what the weather is in the various spots where WeatherCat is installed.  [cat]

Welcome again!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: WCDev on April 11, 2012, 05:27:04 PM

I've just added profile fields for Wunderground and CWOP id's  - always good to have a nose-about  :)

Title: If I asked . . . . (Re: Dale from Austin Texas)
Post by: elagache on April 11, 2012, 09:48:34 PM

Howdy Stu, Dale, and WeatherCat fans,

Quote from: WCDev on April 11, 2012, 05:27:04 PM

I've just added profile fields for Wunderground and CWOP id's  - always good to have a nose-about  :)

Well, if I asked . . . . .

I just added my Wunderground and CWOP info.   Who's next?  ;D

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: dalet5 on April 12, 2012, 12:00:27 AM

Here is the link to my station:
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78736&sp=KTXAUSTI147
Where exactly do i go to download the latest beta version.
Is it a seamless installation or will i break something and then spends hours debugging?
thanx,
dale

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: dalet5 on April 12, 2012, 12:01:40 AM

Oh, and does it cost, or is this someone being kind?
dale

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: Randall75 on April 12, 2012, 12:17:07 AM

Hi Dalet5
you can download the current beta here:

http://athena.trixology.com/downloads/WeatherCat095B235.zip (http://athena.trixology.com/downloads/WeatherCat095B235.zip)

Stu is getting ready to release the next beta soon for more testing
Hope this helps
 [cheers1]

Title: Re: Dale from Austin Texas
Post by: WCDev on April 12, 2012, 04:59:30 PM

Hi dale,

Initial info regarding the release & costs can be found at:
http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=84.msg825#msg825
and an update at:
http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=192.0

Cheers,
Stu.