I bought a WS2310 Weather station last August. Four months ago the rain meter stopped working, two days ago the wind meter stopped working and today no...
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Colin Law
clanlaw2
Mar 1, 2010 9:22 pm
... In the UK if something fails when it is only a few months old the supplier has to repair or replace it. Colin...
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pumps2fix
Mar 2, 2010 2:55 am
Colin, the Lacrosse WS2310 is a TOY, entry level weather system.... If you are really serious about a weather station then I suspect that you will have to...
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johnecarter
Mar 2, 2010 6:23 am
Are the base and remote wired together? Is the base unit on batteries or an AC adapter? If the remote is running on batteries, you should use good ones - the...
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Colin Law
clanlaw2
Mar 2, 2010 9:29 am
... Although you have snipped my post so I am not certain, I assume the above is in response to my suggestion that if a weather station fails within a few...
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Ken
ken_xau
Mar 2, 2010 10:14 am
Colin, that just means the parts aren't edible. :) Let's get real here. The LaCrosse weatherstations are cheap (at least in the US). To some degree you get...
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Colin Law
clanlaw2
Mar 2, 2010 4:16 pm
... I don't disagree with any of this, I was merely stating that if it breaks within a few months then the first recourse (at least in the UK) would be to the...
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Eli
egallup25
Mar 2, 2010 9:07 pm
John, I also have the WS2310 and had similar problems. I have had the unit for approximately four years now and just replaced the hygrometer at that $37.00...
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john_volent
Mar 2, 2010 11:34 pm
Thanks for the responses. I made an error in my post. I bought the WS-2310 in August of 1998 not 1999. The hygrometer warrantee is 1 year. The $37.00/free...
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Elizabeth Dodd
drlizau
Mar 3, 2010 9:17 am
... If you bought in 1998, it has given good service. did you mean 2008? My hygrowhatsit died within the first month, was replaced now the system is up 2...
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pumps2fix
Mar 3, 2010 10:06 pm
Colin, what everybody is trying to say is that the LaCrosse WS2310 is not a major meteorological instrument...The units are marketed by a company in Minnesota,...
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Colin Law
clanlaw2
Mar 3, 2010 10:31 pm
... There seems to be some confusion, mine is not broken. The great feature of UK consumer law is that the supplier (that is whoever the item is purchased...
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laurie camion
lauriecam2006
Mar 4, 2010 3:51 am
Of course the downside of that and other protections and taxes is that a $250 weather station will cost you $500 in the UK :( ... The great feature of UK...
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cookevilleweatherguy@...
cookevillewe...
Mar 4, 2010 3:59 am
Wonderful government intrusion. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: laurie camion <lauriecam2006@...> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:51:12 To:...
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john_volent
Mar 7, 2010 8:27 pm
One last question. I found a place that sells the replacement Termo-Hygro Sensor for $39 including shipping. Is there any way to tell before buying that the...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 15, 2010 1:13 am
Hello, I'm french, so forgive my bad English ! I've just bought a WS-8610 yesterday for a good price, but the soft that goes with it is very simple and doesn't...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 15, 2010 3:15 am
After joining the group (as it seems you already have, from the simple fact that you've posted this query)-- login and check the group's file archive. Be aware...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 15, 2010 10:14 am
Thank you very much for your answer and the files ! I have a legacy RS232 UART-based serial port and no USB adpater. But your post is pointing the fact that...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 15, 2010 12:49 pm
... ports" What that means is that one is better off NOT using a USB adapter. As you say, Open8610 runs in a DOS-box. The experience you report with the ...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 15, 2010 3:29 pm
... file haven't been set appropriately (specifying the >comm port in use, etc)-- or the configuration file isn't "found." OK, I've had a look at the...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 15, 2010 4:59 pm
There are separate builds of Open8610 for Windows and for Linux OS variants (as indicated in the Yahoo LaCrosse file archive directory.) Checking the file...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 15, 2010 6:18 pm
I've used the open8610win.zip file archive too. But thanks to your commentary, I know now for shure that it must work ! What I'll do is to try it with other PC...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 15, 2010 11:13 pm
Well, I got the files working at least ! But with the Dos command window only (not by clicking on the .exe directly) It did'nt work before because of a path...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 16, 2010 12:23 am
... Your English actually seems quite good-- but precisely what you meant by: "doesn't allow any direct access to the data" isn't clear. Do you mean that the...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 16, 2010 7:44 pm
... Yes, this is exactly what I mean. I'm interested in real-time and automatic measurement (without manual intervention at all). As a mater of fact, I...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 17, 2010 3:53 pm
auguste -- as it happens, our WS8610 application needs/interests are different. Your interest is in real-time logging of the unit's data stream (as can be...
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johnecarter
Mar 17, 2010 6:34 pm
If the laptop has a PCMCIA/CardBus slot, you can get a "real" serial port via a plug-in card. Example: 128-byte deep transmitter/receiver FIFO Supports data...
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Hank Riley
n1ltv
Mar 17, 2010 6:39 pm
... We've been hearing about that project of yours for years. Especially since you're talking about several stations and several laptops with their attendant...
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auguste.dupin19
Mar 17, 2010 7:32 pm
Jeff - I totaly approuve your last remark about LaCrosse products ! I can see more clearly what your projet is, now. I'm concern with apartement-heating too,...
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Jeff Bogumil
rjbogumil
Mar 18, 2010 2:37 pm
You know John, the PCMCIA card option isn't a bad reminder/suggestion. I had not pursued that alternative in years past, hoping/thinking that surely some...
