How this all works
The Oregon Scientific WM-918 (wired) Weather Station
The Thermo-Hygrometer | ||
The Anemometer | The anemometer measures wind speed and direction. The anemometer wind speed operating range is up to 200kph and has a accuracy resolution of +/- (plus or minus) 0.64kph. In steady wind conditions the anemometer transmits new readings to the display unit once every minute; in gusty conditions, gust updating occurs every 14-seconds. Wind direction operating range is 0° to 359°. Data transmission to the display unit occurs every 5-seconds.
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The Rain Gauge | The Rain Gauge measures rainfall in 1.0 millimeter increments reflecting current rainfall or accumulation, the unit stores total rain fall from the last time the unit was reset. The Rain Gauge features a self-emptying rain collection unit which provides a pulse each time the corresponding unit of rain is measured. Daily rainfall sampling rate is every 24-hours, rainfall rate is at every tipping interval (1mm).
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The Main Display Console | ||
The Main Console receives the data from the outdoor sensors, and processes it for output to a dedicated onsite pc (server) called "weather" The data is sent to the weather server via a RS232 (serial) link. |
The File Servers | ||
The sensor data is received via the RS232 (serial) link The stations file servers; "weather" is on the left. It runs 24/7 (since 1 January 2003) and does all of the data processing in real time using 'FreeWX' weather software. This server is connected to broadband internet, and sends daily weather update emails (contact us to be included in daily 9am weather bulletins) and generates the updated web pages every 3 minutes derived from 'templates' written in the HTML markup language. It also controls the webcam that can be found here: http://www.aussiesky.net/weather/weather6.html which updates every 3 minutes between sunrise and sunset. The server on the right ("telescope") does something else. |