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Weather geek, ungeeked

2/24/2012

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For the last several years, I've linked my Oregon Scientific weather station to the Internet as a reporting station for Wunderground. I migrated it from a standalone PC, to a laptop with a serial port, to a laptop with NO serial port running Window Vista Home edition. (I know, I know, but it worked and was free.) 

To get it functional on the laptop without a serial port, I had to buy a serial to USB connector, and find a driver that would emulate the serial through the USB. Kind of a PITA, but I had the time and inclination to do it. Finally, Vista crappiness caught up, and the computer wouldn't run more than a few hours at a stretch before crashing. I upgraded it to Windows 7. The issue I have is finding - once again - the drivers to set up the USB/serial emulation. This time around, I don't have the time, and seemingly, the inclination. 

That's where you come in, Internet. Can anyone help me out with this? I'm not the (smartest guy, sharpest knife...insert  your favorite metaphor/simile here) about this kind of stuff; I'm pretty much a specialist in end user software customization. I'd like to be able to capture the data, and be able to access it from my travels, but as it stands now, I have nada.

Also, looking at you Ambient Weather... your software STILL relies on serial? Seriously?
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Nick Lang link
2/24/2012 02:15:35 am

This is on my amazon wishlist

http://www.ambientweather.com/amws2080wumackit.html

The probable best solution would be to upgrade your weather station, so that you don't have to rely on old tech and monkey patches.

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Slang link
2/24/2012 03:34:29 am

Awesome. It looks like Weathersnoop Lite will connect to my model on the Mac. Hadn't seen viable Mac software to date. I'll confirm my model when I get home. Thanks!

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