Some further information: 1. Setting WS3600 Heavyweather Rain units to inches writes the correct value to current.1st (at least the 2 total fields) 2. At...
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fikkaud
Sep 16, 2005 7:01 am
I'll give it a go, but I don't have time the next couple of weeks. I'll move everything to a dedicated computer this autumn. Hopefully that will cure most of...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 17, 2005 1:30 am
Current.1st doesn't hold any Wind Gust information even though it is stored and displayed in history.dat. I thought it strange when my unit was displaying...
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wuhu_software
Sep 17, 2005 5:43 pm
David, You are correct. A couple of months ago we experienced a severe storm. The gusting winds were probably in excess of 60 mph. A large tree in my front...
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stevech
stevech11
Sep 17, 2005 9:22 pm
I believe that it's a fact that LaCrosse obtains their products from a particular company in China, and that company sells to other than LaCrosse for certain...
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sbillie1
Sep 18, 2005 4:36 am
Hi, I have a question about Heavyweather Review. The graphs it provides are great but I have not been able to find a way to graph wind direction, only wind...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 18, 2005 6:10 am
I think the issue is that there is no gust information at all in the current.1st file - just the wind value in all units. My history.dat file is updated every...
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wuhu_software
Sep 18, 2005 6:31 pm
David, I am not certain, but I believe the history.dat is written at a minimum of 5 minute intervals. If the Heavyweather application were to write currdat.lst...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 18, 2005 10:03 pm
It wouldn't matter how often they write the data to current.1st The problem is that they are NOT writing gust information to it. Cheers David Higgins ...
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wuhu_software
Sep 19, 2005 12:36 pm
David, I am guessing that the unit is measuring current wind speed in a given time interval. It may or not be capturing the gust speed and reporting that value...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 19, 2005 11:01 pm
Are we talking WS2300 or WS3600 here? The doco for the WS3600 specifically states that it reports wind gust information. Wind Gust *is* displayed in the unit...
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wuhu_software
Sep 20, 2005 3:51 pm
David, I was refering to the WS2300 series. I was not aware that the WS3600 maintained gust informaiton. Do we know if the gust information is stored in the...
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wuhu_software
Sep 20, 2005 4:08 pm
David, I found the info for decoding the history.dat file. You are right, the 3600 does record wind gust whereas the 2300 does not. HeavyWeather History File...
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wuhu_software
Sep 21, 2005 12:42 pm
If someone could send me a history file created using Heavyweather pro (ws36xx) I would appreciate it. Please email to wuhu_software@... Thanks....
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 22, 2005 12:19 am
There is a sample on the heavyweather site: http://www.heavyweather.info/new_english_us/index.html Cheers David...
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niceguyvic1
Sep 22, 2005 3:33 pm
Does anyone know what happened to www1.findu.com? Thanks, Victor 1ngvic@......
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Miguel
ai4em
Sep 22, 2005 9:33 pm
Well, I could not get to it either,, they must be doing upgrades... Miguel...
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stevech
stevech11
Sep 23, 2005 3:14 am
I have some history data if you want it. I asked for people to send some to me, but didn't get any yet - hoping to use it to check my software... I have a VB6...
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niceguyvic1
Sep 23, 2005 3:43 pm
Could be that they have shut down because of all the storms?????...
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wuhu_software
Sep 23, 2005 6:05 pm
Steve, Thanks for the offer. I fetched the one off of the Lacrosse website and it seems to work fine. I am wondering if you could tell me what the meaning of...
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Miguel
ai4em
Sep 23, 2005 7:37 pm
That could be too, because they might be base out of near houston TX area, so those folks there are getting out in a hurry... at least Rita is now cat 3...
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wuhu_software
Sep 23, 2005 8:00 pm
I have added a new version that is available for testing that will support the WS36xx history.dat file monitoring. It is available from the alternative...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 24, 2005 1:05 pm
Thanks. Installed and testing now. Cheers David ... this...
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Miguel
ai4em
Sep 26, 2005 1:37 am
Hello Everyone sorry for the problem,, but after several tries it did not take it the program keep saying CWOP lat is incorrect can someone convert this for...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 26, 2005 11:34 am
Quick manual calculation: 2650.59N 08005.26E Cheers David ... the...
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wuhu_software
Sep 26, 2005 11:52 am
Miguel, Here is a site that will convert decimal lat/lon to degrees/minutes/seconds. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html Entering your data...
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Miguel
ai4em
Sep 26, 2005 12:32 pm
Thanks a Bunch i wake up sunday morning and the computer crash most of my files lost but most of it was on backup. Thanks again Miguel ... it ... much...
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Miguel
ai4em
Sep 26, 2005 12:32 pm
Thanks I put that link my favorites Miguel ... for ... 08005.26W. ... it ... much...
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wuhu_software
Sep 28, 2005 2:22 pm
David, Do you have any test results for v132 with 36xx history.dat support? Anyone else with a 36xx try it? Thanks. ... will ... from ... If ... me ... ...
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David Higgins
higginsdj
Sep 28, 2005 10:04 pm
I haven't encountered any bugs. All the data appears to be just what the unit is producing though I haven't done a full comparison as yet (but the gust...
