[wxsig] questions

[William Beals]

Clay:

Yes, the 1-wire protocol is very well defined and consistent.  What isn't
consistent is how the weather data is transmitted over that 1-wire protocol.
For things like rain and wind speed that are essentially just counting
clicks, it is pretty consistent as there is pretty much only one obvious
way.  For things like wind direction, humidity, barometric pressure, the way
data is represented depends on what sensor they pick and how they interface
it to a 1-wire chip.

Texas Weather instruments was (and clearly is) still very expensive.  When
Dallas got out of the business of selling essentially subsidized sensors
there was a collective panic until AAG came along.  AAGs new line of sensors
are a radical departure from what they had before, so it would be a rewrite
of the T238 code that gets the wind speed, direction, and temperature data.

What I can say and know a lot of others agree, is that the quality of the
Texas Weather instruments and their offspring (Dallas sensors and the AAG
ones) is very high.  My weather station has had issues, but none have been
due to the instruments themselves.  My friends and relatives with the Peet
and Davis instruments have not been nearly as long-lived.

will

-----Original Message-----
From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
Clay Jackson
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:58 PM
To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wxsig] questions

Pardon me for jumping in here; but, I'm not sure I get the  
"incompatibility" here.  Aren't the 1-wire protocols pretty well  
defined?   A friend of mine and I are looking at for a 1-Wire/ 
OpenTracker II solution for a remote application here in the Puget  
Sound area; and this has me concerned.

Also, I'm not sure the Texas Instruments systems are all that good a  
deal - from their price list,  it looks to me like a "full" station  
(wind, temp, humidity, rain) is pushing $700; for that there are lots  
of other options, including Peet, Davis and Oregon Scientific.

Clay
N7QNM

On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:47 PM, William Beals wrote:

> Rich:
>
> Unfortunately, I am not sure.  I do remember looking at them a  
> loooong time
> ago when Dallas first said they were getting out of the business of  
> selling
> weather stations and I vaguely remember they were compatible, but  
> not well
> enough to bet $250 on it!  Does anyone else know for sure?
>
> will
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Rich Beckwith
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:10 AM
> To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wxsig] questions
>
> Will,
>
> Do you know if the unit from Texas Weather Instruments is compatible?
> http://www.txwx.com/1wire_bro1.htm
>
> At $250 it is over twice the cost of the original Dallas or AAG unit  
> but
> looks exactly like the Dallas  unit to me.
>
> Rich
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM, William Beals <will at beals5.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow, that is a big change from the original sensors--and  
>> unfortunately
>> clearly not T238(+) compatible.
>>
>> will
>>
> (trimmed email)
>
>
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