News
News:
Sunday 18th Jul 2010
Wind Speed sensor stoped working, whole unit replaced. The reed switch in the unit must have failed, stuck closed. Now working.
Tuesday 15th Jun 2010
UV sensor has been fixed and is working again. The Solar and UV enclosure will be moved to a better/higher location when possible.
Wednesday 24th Mar 2010
Power Usage Meter working. It's the blue line on Wind Direction graph on main screen.
Thursday 25th Mar 2010
Soil Moisture Sensor working. This can be found on the Extra Temperature/Sensor graphs.
Friday 1 Jan 2010
Happy New Year! It's a new Year so Weather information like yearly temp, wind, rain min/max records and graphs get reset.
Wednesday 30 Dec 2009
The Fan Aspirated Outdoor Temp and Humidity shield has been made and setup outside. Temps are looking much better. Please look under Weather Station Info for more details.
Sunday 6 Dec 2009
1-wire Soil Moisture and Leaf Sensor installed. Calibration will continue over the next few weeks.
Saturday 28 2009
1-Wire Soil Temp Sensor Installed.
Sunday 22nd Nov 2009
Most of the updates of the Weather Display software have been done and are working successfully. Much more stable
The old La-Crosse Station is now disconnected.
Tuesday 10th Nov 2009
Major upgrades to Weather Display Software for 1-Wire Network.
Sunday 11th Oct 2009
Added New Zealand Earthquake RSS feeds onto website, data sourced from GeoNet.org.nz
Thursday 10th Sep 2009
The new 1-Wire UV sensor arrived. Will be a little while before its installed due to trying to find the best solution to mount the sensor in a waterproof enclosure but let the UV light through. Most glass and plastics will block the UV light.
Wednesday 19th Aug 2009
New 1-Wire Wind speed and Direction aerometer has been installed. Wind direction should near 100% accaurate; Wind speed according to manufacturing specs would be within +/- 4% when winds are above 10mph or 16kmh.
New 1-Wire Wind speed and Direction aerometer has been installed. Wind direction should near 100% accaurate; Wind speed according to manufacturing specs would be within +/- 4% when winds are above 10mph or 16kmh.
Monday 17th Aug 2009
New 1-Wire Rainwise rain gauge has been installed. We had rain the first night and it recorded well.
Saturday 16th Aug 2009
Webserver upgraded to a HP ML330 G3 - Intel Xeon 3.06GHz with 2GB ram. Loading pages sould be faster now.
Friday 12th Aug 2009
Added more info about the 1-Wire Sensors in detail on website. Made new bracket for the 1-Wiew Rain Guage
Friday 11th Aug 2009
Made new bracket for the 1-Wire Wind Anemometer.
Friday 7th Aug 2009
The new 1-Wire sensors arrived. We had to pay extra to release the items out of NZ Customs. New sensors will hopefully be installed over the next few weeks. A Solar Radiation Shield is still yet to be brought or made to house the outdoor Temp/Humidity sensor.
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Website redesign. Added more links. Divided the website up for improved look, loading speed and an easy menu to navigate.
Friday 10 July 2009
New 1-Wire parts ordered to improve accuracy. 2 x Humidity/Temp 1 x Rain Gauge w/Counter 1 x Anemometer Inspeed
The TO-DO List:
- Mount Lightning sensor in a case and ground properly.
- Purchase 1-Wire UV sensor when it comes available.
