[wxsig] Whither DS1994L?

[sbm at ottix.net]

Will,
 	Looked through the archives and unless I am going batty, I didn't 
see anything with a file attachement for that date.  I suspect even those 
don't make it into the archives.  Got a URL handy?

Thanks,

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, William Beals wrote:

> Bill:
>
> If you can get to the T238 archives, I posted the test code on Saturday Aug
> 14th.  It turns out (that for good reason), posts with decent sized
> attachments get filtered and require manual intervention.  If you can get
> that post, great, if not, let me know and I'll send it to you directly.
>
> will
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
> sbm at ottix.net
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 6:28 AM
> To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wxsig] Whither DS1994L?
>
>
> Will,
>
> 	Apologies, just catching up myself.  Yes, I can give this a shot.
> I have a second T238 I can try this on, now I just need to find the
> button-rj-45 adapter and I'm ready.
>
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, William Beals wrote:
>
>> Bill:
>>
>> As mentioned yesterday, I am catching up on some very old emails...
>>
>> I have coded up the support for the DS1904 (it did turn out to be
> different
>> than the DS1994) and have it running.  I am temporarily without a weather
>> station due to moving home offices, so if you'd like to give it a try as a
>> second set of eyes before it goes to a wider audience, let me know.
>>
>> will
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
>> sbm at ottix.net
>> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 1:14 PM
>> To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [wxsig] Whither DS1994L?
>>
>>
>> Greetings folks,
>> 	Another spring arrives, and a very nice weekend too to boot!.  I
>> was cleaing some of the components when this little thing about time cross
>> my mind again....so I thought I'd also kick off the solder season by
>> saying I have me another on of these fine devices...but whatever happened
>> to the 1904 ...?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 16 May 2009, William Beals wrote:
>>
>>> Will:
>>>
>>> Good news is that the core method of determining the time is the same
>>> between the two devices. It is simply a 32-bit counter that increments
>> every
>>> second and they assume you set the time to "Unix time" which is the
> number
>>> of seconds since midnight 1/1/1970.
>>>
>>> Not-so-good news is that everything else is different.  A different
> family
>>> ID, and different internal addressing to get to that counter.
>>>
>>> So, code changes are required to support the DS1904, but only to get the
>>> data, the other 95% of the code to convert that counter value to a
>> date/time
>>> should not need modifying.
>>>
>>> I tried placing a sample order for one and will see if I get it.  The
>> reply
>>> email said it needed "Business manager approval", so not-so-sure yet.
>>>
>>> will
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Will
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:25 AM
>>> To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [wxsig] Whither DS1994L?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 15 May 2009, William Beals wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bill:
>>>>
>>>> I've been busy protesting home land valuations the past three days, a
>>>
>>> Gee!  You too?!  I guess all governments follow the same fads....
>>>
>>>> bi-annual ritual here in Colorado!  Let me look up the DS1994L and see
> if
>>>> Dallas/Maxim did "the right thing" and made the DS1904L
>>> backwards-compatible
>>>> with the original DS1994--at least within the context that I care about.
>>>
>>> Great thanks.  If needed, I can be a guinea pig.  Hmm.  Maybe I should
> get
>>> another kit.....
>>>
>>>>
>>>> will
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
> Of
>>>> Will
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:04 PM
>>>> To: wxsig at tapr.org
>>>> Subject: [wxsig] Whither DS1994L?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> 	So I've had my T238+ for a while no, and finally have come around
>>>> to giving it a good home (more like a recycled junction box).  I've been
>>>> following discussions on and of for a year now, and decided to take the
>>>> plunge with the X1W kits as well.  (too bad one of the kits is no longer
>>>> available).
>>>>
>>>> 	So here's the question:  I tracked down the discussion related to
>>>> the DS1994L.  Now, just the other day I thought I had seen several
>> hundred
>>>> available on the Maxim shop.  Oh goodie I thought.  The next day...oh
> no,
>>>> no longer made.  Alright, I guess I was dreaming!  So now it looks like
>>>> the 1904L is it.  I caught a thread fragment on this SIG about maybe
>>>> possibly supporting the successor device.  This still on track?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
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