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by Touchtone
Tue 24 Sep 2013 8:13 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: solar & uv sensor
Replies: 8
Views: 3178

Re: solar & uv sensor

Ok, thanks i'll give it a try and see what happens. Don't expect instant readings. Usually takes around 60 seconds to get a reading from both of those sensors after they're plugged into the ISS. The UV & Solar sensors only update every minute, which is the normal update interval for these units.
by Touchtone
Tue 24 Sep 2013 10:03 am
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Davis Vantage Vue Anemometer Sticking
Replies: 15
Views: 8095

Re: Davis Vantage Vue Anemometer Sticking

I have posted this before, but to refresh those who are new to Cumulus, putting a dog flea collar around the pole below the unit, be it the anemometer or the whole outdoor unit will almost stop the spider problem. I have used them for over 6 months & have had no spider problems at all, but I did...
by Touchtone
Tue 20 Aug 2013 12:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Windows XP support to end.
Replies: 4
Views: 2226

Windows XP support to end.

Microsoft has announced it will discontinuing support & security updates for Windows XP from the 8th April 2014. Therefore it may be time for XP users to start thinking about a new operating system for their XP computers. Without support & security updates XP will become very vulnerable to c...
by Touchtone
Mon 19 Aug 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: Cumulus 1 (No longer being developed)
Topic: New
Replies: 10
Views: 3714

Re: New

I preferred the old Cumulus symbol, at least it was descriptive of weather & what one would expect to see at a weather forum. The new one could be anything, even a chemical factory.
by Touchtone
Sun 18 Aug 2013 10:07 am
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Difference in rainfall on console vs. Cumulus via Envoy
Replies: 32
Views: 10000

Re: Difference in rainfall on console vs. Cumulus via Envoy

It sounds to me like you didn't have the Envoy set to the correct value for your rain gauge previously, i.e. 0.2mm if you have installed the metric adaptor. That would account for a value of 0.3mm, if it was set to 0.01 inches per tip previously. Just as was the case with the original poster in thi...
by Touchtone
Mon 12 Aug 2013 10:01 am
Forum: Cumulus 1 (No longer being developed)
Topic: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?
Replies: 118
Views: 300568

Re: What screen resolution does your Cumulus PC use?

I have updated my monitor from 1440 x 900 to a new 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920 x 1080 HD.
by Touchtone
Mon 05 Aug 2013 10:51 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Best way to preserve data for a few days outage
Replies: 4
Views: 2139

Re: Best way to preserve data for a few days outage

Also when your power is restored & everything is up & running again, make sure you open Cumulus first so that it can get the stored data from the station before you reset the logger interval back to the setting you were originally using.
by Touchtone
Fri 26 Jul 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: Weather
Topic: What are the odds on this?
Replies: 5
Views: 2630

Re: What are the odds on this?

I do have to smile at you guys complaining about how hot it is. Where I am in Australia we occasionally reach 26 in the middle of winter & of course over 40 on some summer days. The lowest temp I have had this winter is 4.8. Occasionally we get a frost. But I suppose you adjust to the temp where...
by Touchtone
Fri 19 Jul 2013 10:58 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Differences in Graphical Wind Display
Replies: 11
Views: 4141

Re: Differences in Graphical Wind Display

You could check to see if the anemometer wind cups do spin easily & are not being restricted by cob webs or something else. Cob webs can & do slow down the wind cups & they can build up very quickly. I was surprised to have that problem within a few weeks of installing my new station. I ...
by Touchtone
Thu 18 Jul 2013 10:21 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Vantage Vue wind reading increments
Replies: 3
Views: 3948

Re: Vantage Vue wind reading increments

As far as I know Davis stations read wind speed in increments of 1 mph & do a conversion to kph which equates to 1.6 kmh. Software such as Cumulus do report readings in 0.1 kph as long as you don't have it set to round wind speeds, in which case it will read in 1 kph readings. WeatherLink report...
by Touchtone
Thu 18 Jul 2013 10:34 am
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Differences in Graphical Wind Display
Replies: 11
Views: 4141

Re: Differences in Graphical Wind Display

Wind speeds vary enormously even when located reasonably close to each other. Topography, tree lines & siting of the anemometer in relation to the ground as well as how close it may be to the roof line etc. etc. etc.. Comparing wind speeds is probably a futile exercise unless both anemometers ar...
by Touchtone
Mon 15 Jul 2013 10:07 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: VP2 Archive interval
Replies: 12
Views: 4077

Re: VP2 Archive interval

Hello, Please excuse what might be a dumb question but by the term "Archive Interval" do you mean the interval between successive transferring of information from the VP2 console to the PC? Does this interval related directly to the "Data Log Interval" on the "Station Setti...
by Touchtone
Fri 05 Jul 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Installation Tips
Replies: 15
Views: 4835

Re: Installation Tips

No such problems here for the last couple of months with a VP2 purchased in April 2009 and updated to 3.12 under XP. Are you running XP or Win7? I am running Win 7 Home Premium. However I have seen quite a few posts on various sites mentioning problems with v3.12 & VVP, so I thought I would men...
by Touchtone
Fri 05 Jul 2013 10:30 am
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Installation Tips
Replies: 15
Views: 4835

Re: Installation Tips

Just a note of caution.
I have heard that there are problems trying to use VVP with Davis VP2 consoles that have v3.12 software installed, which probably applies to all the latest ones. I certainly could not get it to work on mine.
by Touchtone
Thu 04 Jul 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: Davis VP/VP2/Vue
Topic: Vantage Vue Lost Connection to Station
Replies: 19
Views: 9039

Re: Vantage Vue Lost Connection to Station

So far so good! Yeah I suspected it had to be the connection between the console and the PC when I heard the USB disconnect sound. The cable they shipped with the Data Logger has an unshielded connection on it, so it may have been possible that the RF from the cluster of electronics was causing pro...