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Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2009 9:14 pm
by BestGear
harrym1byt wrote: You might try replacing the red antenna wire in the pictures of the receiver/display unit with a single straight length of 166mm, that length being a half wave of 868Mhz. Simply soldering an extra piece onto the existing red wire to make the total length 166mm would be just as good. Allowance may need to be made for some of the wire length being on the PCB - deduct the track length from the 166mm.

Just remember that some of the Uk ones appear to be 433Mhz, not 868.

David

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2009 10:24 pm
by hans
about the lights to be on always:
been testing and also made the mod.
when you connect a switch to the yellow dots,you can turn them on.
at these points they burn not at full power,but enough for constant lightning,they give a nice gentle green glow.
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small edit.
i also marked the points if you want the leds go at full power(red dots,left red and left yellow are the same point)

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2009 10:53 pm
by Alcedema
Thanks all, I'll give that a try in the morning.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Mon 09 Feb 2009 8:40 pm
by bruce45
hi just fitted a switch for the back light and it works great.

thanks for the tip

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Mon 09 Feb 2009 8:58 pm
by hans
just editted the picture for full power.
glad it works out for others too.

i also found the station with it's original standards lying to flat.
so i use one of these standards(used for plates),gives a much better view.
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Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Mon 09 Feb 2009 9:05 pm
by Jonsey
I might try this at the weekend, just a shame I can not replace the led's with blue ones. Been looking for them just can not find them.

Dave

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Mon 09 Feb 2009 10:41 pm
by bruce45
if in the uk try maplins or rs components for the leds http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=2083 there is more versions not looked as to what type but its a starter.

as for the back light if you use a miniture slide switch it fits very neat above the wall mounting screw recess and could be wired to full or half light. yes you need to cut a hole in the case but it is not in the road of anything else.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Mon 09 Feb 2009 11:46 pm
by Jonsey
bruce45 wrote:if in the uk try maplins or rs components for the leds http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=2083 there is more versions not looked as to what type but its a starter.

as for the back light if you use a miniture slide switch it fits very neat above the wall mounting screw recess and could be wired to full or half light. yes you need to cut a hole in the case but it is not in the road of anything else.
I first looked at Maplins but they have only red/green ones

Dave

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 10 Feb 2009 7:21 am
by wheels
Is it possible to have two LCD receivers for the one transmitter or is it a two way communication?
Thanks
Wayne

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 10 Feb 2009 8:51 am
by hans
wheels wrote:Is it possible to have two LCD receivers for the one transmitter or is it a two way communication?
Thanks
Wayne
my first station is the Watson W-8682 (http://www.airbandonline.co.uk/watson_w8682.htm)
they are working next to each other.
this one is almost the same,without usb and wind direction.
it works here on 868mhz.
they don,t have interference with each other.
i guess that each station uses some sort of own channel.
so probably if you got another lcd (=station) you should change it's channel to your first transmitter on the receiver module
(the one with the red wire on it)
to see if that is possible the values of the parts should be compared with a few other stations,(resistor,condensator,cristal),if they are different

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:24 pm
by Alcedema
Then again, we could always use an LDR on the front/top of the logger by itself or in combo with a 3-way switch (on/off/ldr).

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 11 Feb 2009 11:44 am
by Alcedema
Oh and those of you looking for blue LEDs, this guy seems to keep quite a range of electronic components;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-x-Blue-LED-5mm- ... 634.c0.m14

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:58 pm
by keithatrochdale
Might you have to alter the pull up resistor when changing the LEDs?

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 12 Aug 2009 7:00 pm
by harrym1byt
hans wrote:just editted the picture for full power.
glad it works out for others too.

i also found the station with it's original standards lying to flat.
so i use one of these standards(used for plates),gives a much better view.
Image
I have only just got around to buying one of these plate stands - well actually four sizes for a pound made from plastic. The larger size gave a much better viewing angle, but due to the two halves of the stand being hinged together it was all a bit unstable. So I detached the two at the hinge, cut a short length of 15mm copper tube and bolted the two back together with some threaded rod, using the tube as a distance spacer. It is now very stable.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Thu 10 Sep 2009 8:29 am
by Mike60
Hello all

Sorry for my English Language.

My first post with my WS. This is not WS1080 but maybe you can change LED in yours.

I have couple of WS. Last modified are WS2357. See attach. Before are green, after White. You see diferences ? ;)

I change led from green to white and inserted two diode. One for iluminating all the time and second for iluminating from bateries. You need one power supply ( if you don`t have ) ~ 5V -.

I have another three little WS where I change LED.

Mike