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#WEATHERCAT 2 PC#
Since a year or so? users of WLfW could also upload to WLCversion1 but they had to pay for the privilege to store their data at WLC and see the same screens as WLIP users do, but they have to run a PC 24/7 also. is mainly used by owners of the Davis IP logger which cost 120€ more compared to the USB version. The station owners do not have to upload to gain a presence on these networks. Other weather-networks, example, can retrieve stations data from WLC also. can do the uploads for your station to WeatherUnderground, CWOP and Globe. They could have used a decent weather-program but in some rural areas the Davis IP logger with a small UPS has been a very good solution. Also multiple users are using WLC and the xml to populate their own website.
#WEATHERCAT 2 UPDATE#
Saratoga-, Leuven- and Meteotemplate can use that data to update the website. You get the same set of "tags" as supplied by WLfW or WLfM without a PC/Mac running 24/7
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The Weatherlink programs for Windows (WLfW) and Mac (WLfM) OH.WC will pull data from the Davis IP logger should you want that as well I guess it all boils down to not what you say, but how you say it. I also use security spy for my IP camera setup but I digress.)
#WEATHERCAT 2 SOFTWARE#
Where WC has it in the bag, they are probably the only software for the mac that can pull data from many stations, depending on what type of weather set up your have (not bloomsky, yeah I have it for the sky cam and regard it as a toy, and two IP cameras. My web host is Hostmonster and my domain name is : With Davis, they take the cost of all that. One advantage I can see of using the Davis paid site is you do not have to register and preserve your domain name, you do not need a web hosting site. It is again, what do you want to do with your data and do you feel it is necessary to show it on the internet. But I wouldn't put me into the "poor mac " user classification. I am a retired science teacher with a lot of free time on his hand, have had a Davis unit since 1993 and data back as far. IF on the other hand you have one, sure you can use it to move data to your desktop weather software. IF you do not have an IP logger, then keep what you have. It is how you use the data and can you exploit what you are using. WL 1.0 will be phased out and 2.0 will be in and that is sad, but yet everyone is out to make a buck it seems. To call those of us who use WLink as "poor misguided (implied)" is wrong.
#WEATHERCAT 2 PLUS#
The templates I use are Leuven 2.8 (a new one is coming out one day soon, I understand) and it has the capability of grabbing the data from my Davis VP2 Plus with FARS, my soil moisture station and various other sensors, putting them on my template and I am happy. In the time interval gone, my web site is active and people can get current conditions. When I get home, I can fire up the iMac and get the data on the logger. I then make one more USB download with WC and shut down and leave. So I make sure my UPS is on, the modem and power to the IP loggers and switch. I leave sometime on extended trips in the summer and do not want my computer on as there is no need to air condition the house when gone. If you are like me, and want to have the data sent independent of what I am doing on the computer, not to gobble up resources, the IP works. If you want to show that you have the desire to develop a website then you have to make choices before you buy a weather data logger. The choice of weather software is dependent on what you want to show others.