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keriboi

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#27961 12-Nov-2008 14:51

I want to by my father a weather station for christmas and run http://www.weather-display.com/index.php

Does anyone know of any stations for sale in nz that will run mac os x?

gabba

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#177628 12-Nov-2008 19:27

The best (ok I am a bit biased) option is to go with the following option:

http://www.weather-display.com/index.php

It's written by a Kiwi (Brian Hamilton), and there are links on that page for supported weather stations. He also does a mac version.

The website you mention is the support site for weather display but other stuff does get discussed, so you could post there if you needed more info on that software.

You might also want to check out www.nzweather.net - there are a heap of us online, and more than happy to help out

Cheers
Andrew
www.huttweather.co.nz

keriboi

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#177632 12-Nov-2008 19:50

yeap, thats the software, but I need the hardware, the list on that site doesnt say if it runs mac

gabba

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#177644 12-Nov-2008 20:40

Ok - I'm not a mac user, but the way it works on a PC is that you just configure up a port for the software to use. I have an oregon scientific station plugged into the serial port on my PC. I would assume you would do the same for a Mac.

Brian has a mac that he has tested a number of stations on with that software. OS also make a WMR100 and WMR200 model which appear to work on Macs, but they may be difficult to get in NZ.

I'd say your best bet is to email brian and ask him - infoATweather-display.com

Cheers
Andrew

MattD

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#179551 23-Nov-2008 08:37

gabba: Ok - I'm not a mac user, but the way it works on a PC is that you just configure up a port for the software to use. I have an oregon scientific station plugged into the serial port on my PC. I would assume you would do the same for a Mac.

would need USB over serial port as not supported on a Mac.