Category: Windows / Others

License: Freeware

Limitations :

OS: Windows All

Size: 2.57 MB (2,686,659 bytes)

Introduction: SBWeather was developed to work with the WX-200 Weather Station, as sold by Tandy/RadioShack. The WX-200 is a modestly priced (Approx $300) computerized weather station that offers temperature, humidity, barometer, wind, and rain features. It supports an RS-232 interface for transmitting data to your computer. The WX-200 is sold under other names, including the Oregon Scientific WM-918. SBWeather also supports the new Wireless Weather Stations: WMR-918 and WMR-968. Support for the wireless stations is very new, so please forward any bug reports. One of the goals behind SBWeather is to support remote weather monitor stations, connected by telephone, cellular modem, or other means. This is the main reason for using UDP/IP for network connections, it scales fairly well and is supported by a diverse range of hardware. You can actually connect a SBWeather server to the Internet if you wish and allow anyone in the world to access weather data. SBWeather can also be used with the Linux wx200d. Wx200d is a program for the Linux operating system that acts as a daemon to support hooking up the weather station to your Linux computer. If you're a Linux user, then your probably know exactly what this means - don't worry about it if you're a Windows user. Here are some key features of "SBWeather": · Client/Server support. You can connect one machine (server) to the WX-200 itself, and share the weather data amongst many computers (clients) in your house connected by a LAN. · Better visual layout. This is a subjective matter, but I like mine better! :) · Elimination of extraneous programs -- the default software includes a bunch of stuff for downloading weather information from a pay service which really isn't necessary for most users. · Almanac: SBWeather will record weather data over time and allow you to view it at your leisure