[aprssig] Ultimeter 2000 support
scott at opentrac.org scott at opentrac.orgWed Apr 27 03:47:08 UTC 2005
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OpenTracker firmware to support the Peet Bros Ultimeter 2000 series weather stations is now available for beta testing. I know Bob's been asking for a format converter for a long time - you can't use this to feed an external TNC (it doesn't need a TNC at all), but if you've got a combination digi/weather site it should still be usable. I've got the KPC-3 in my garage jumpered for external power, and I use an off-the-shelf RS-232 'Y' cable to provide power to a weather tracker and let it share the same radio. Anyway, it accepts standard Peet Bros datalogger format (!! header), and parses wind speed, wind direction, outdoor temperature, barometric pressure, outdoor humidity, and today's rainfall total. It transmits in 'full' APRS weather format, WITH position: !3457.54N/12025.44W_358/021g...t062P010h68b10121OU2k There's no gust data provided in this mode. I could probably track it, but it might not be useful depending on the integration period in the weather station. Like the Dallas 1-wire firmware, this version also does the dynamic beaconing thing, where it'll transmit when a wind speed or direction change happens. I've been feeding my test unit data scraped off FindU, but I don't have an actual Ultimeter station to test with, so I'm looking for volunteers to beta test it. If you've got a compatible station that's either running off a TNC now, or is just waiting to be hooked up for APRS, preferably someplace that doesn't require a six-day trip by snowmobile to go fix, and would like to help, let me know - I might be able to hook you up with a free OpenTracker kit. If you've already got an OpenTracker and want to try it, click on the 'Load firmware from web' button and select the Ultimeter Beta entry. 73, Scott, N1VG http://n1vg.net/opentracker
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