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Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Fri 13 Aug 2010 3:34 pm
by hans
in a dutch tech-forum they looked into the wh1080(alecto 3000)
same station only without the winddirection and usb.
there you can see some scope pics.
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/lis ... eerstation
as mentioned there, a logic analyzer would be more usefull.

the pics show the data of the various pins,and later a databurst.
which pin sends what data,sequence,etc is unknown.
also the protocol is unknown.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 07 Sep 2010 1:25 pm
by virusdunil
so...after all that time...did someone found out if its possible to increase the update time for the 1080 instead of the 48 seconds?

cheers

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 07 Sep 2010 2:10 pm
by Gina
To change the timing of the transmission you'd need to reprogram the transmitter microprocessor. I'd bet the microprocessor is not re-programmable.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 17 Nov 2010 4:55 pm
by gbee
goldrush wrote:Kieth
You do not need to clear the memory, it will simply insert the new data and push out the oldest.
A problem seems to occur whereby the WH-1081 does not report rain, if the on board memory is full. Don't know how extensive this is though.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 17 Nov 2010 5:03 pm
by Gina
gbee wrote:A problem seems to occur whereby the WH-1081 does not report rain, if the on board memory is full. Don't know how extensive this is though.
It's faulty then. I run my WH1081 continuously and never clear the memory.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 17 Nov 2010 9:35 pm
by hans
Gina wrote:To change the timing of the transmission you'd need to reprogram the transmitter microprocessor. I'd bet the microprocessor is not re-programmable.
regarding the spikes in the other thread,i experimented with my outdoor pcb and put a strip of aluminum between the cable connectors and the thermistor,in an attempt to shield it from static.
the strip is connected to the neg.of the batteries.
so far no good.still an ocassional spike.
however i did accidently got some solder removed between 1 connection of the cristal(i think,its the small thin metal one) and the to be connected resistor on the other side between the cable connectors and the battery
contacts.
result:led constantly on but no transmission,only one transmission with data when batteries are inserted but no update after 48 seconds.
so experimenting with that cristal or resistor "could" change the update time.
Image
on the left you see the 000 resistor,the second most left(third from below)) from that one is the resistor and at 11 oçlock is the first cristal connection,that connection was broken.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 17 Nov 2010 9:50 pm
by Gina
I believe that to be the timing crystal for the microprocessor. With that disconnected everything comes to a halt. Yes, changing the crystal frequency would probably change the 48 second transmit timing but it would also change all the other timings making the data timing wrong and therefore wrecking the data structure.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 17 Nov 2010 10:03 pm
by hans
i see,makes sense.
fortunately you know more about microprocc.than i do,
analog is more my thing.
still was worth a shot.
back to the spike problem..

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010 4:44 pm
by gadgetmadz
has anyone hardwired one of these txs to a rx? (ie not use wireless) if so what did you do?
The 433mhz version

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010 6:17 pm
by ben-s
It should be possible, but you'd need to work out the pinout of the radio chips in both the transmitter and receiver. Given that at least the transmitter is usually encapsulated with resin, this could be tricky.
It might be easier on the 868 MHz W8681, as (at least on recent units) the Tx circuit is freely accessible and you can read part numbers.

In theory, you could intercept the data in the transmitter before it reaches the RF circuit and inject it into the receiver after the RF circuit. You'd also need to disable both radios.

Depending on what the radios do to the signal, and how they communicate with the main processor, you might need to process the signal with a microcontroller of some sort.

All in all, I think it would be quite a big job...

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010 6:40 pm
by Gina
Yes indeed, I think it would be too. Probably easier to connect the sensors using something like 1-wire.

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Wed 15 Dec 2010 10:39 am
by phtvs
Hi,

I have an WS4000.

I wonder if it is possible to connect an additional temperature sensor to the station?

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Thu 16 Dec 2010 10:12 am
by nitrx
phtvs wrote:Hi,

I have an WS4000.

I wonder if it is possible to connect an additional temperature sensor to the station?
No because the WS4000 from Alecto is exactly the same as a WS1080

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Sat 01 Jan 2011 2:30 pm
by L.F.
Because she hasn't changed the batteries in time, my wife has lost all the data on her unit on more than one occasion. Is it right that all the data disappears when the main AA batteries lose their power or is there a backup battery of some kind (although I can't find one from the photos of the inside of the 1081)?

Re: The inside of the ws-1081

Posted: Sat 01 Jan 2011 2:47 pm
by Gina
The console memory is retained when there's no power (either battery or USB) but I don't know how long the memory data will last without power - I've never had power off long enough to find out.