Whats the difference

[robynfali]

I have tried to read through, and failed to see the difference between these two stations on Maplins

this one, the one i have had twice, and failed

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223254

for £119

and this one, on offer

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=228825

both seem exactly the same, unless i am missing some spec on one of them?

[steve]

The main (only?) difference is that the N96FY has the DCF clock.

[daj]

The more expensive one has a DCF auto setting clock -- waste of time really as Cumulus uses the PC time anyway.

They are both re badged Fine Offset style devices. Just so happens one is on a great offer.

[Gina]

Which is of no advantage if you're running Cumulus or other software that uses the PC clock.

[robynfali]

So i paid the extra for an automatic clock, nice lol!

oh well, one more try with this machine wont hurt i guess,

[robynfali]

the new one has come through, set it all up, have decided to start from scratch, no history etc, due to the previous rain problems.

Everything is running ok, except the sunrise/sunset dawn/dusk thing, which is for some reason showing that the sun is rising in the afternoon lol? have double checked my location, that seems ok, pc clock and cumulus clock are all ok,. any ideas?

[nking]

Without checking it I would feel it's your location details within the station settings. I know you've checked this already but perhaps a further check is required. Try this http://www.earthtools.org/

[robynfali]

http://www.h-i-r.org.uk/weather/index.htm


thats absoloutley spot on mate, as said, checked it,

Latitude N 53° 28' 82" Longitude W 04° 05' 00"

Valley, Isle of Anglesey

[steve]

The sunrise and sunset times get updated when you start Cumulus and then on the hour. So if you haven't restarted Cumulus since you entered your co-ordinates, you can either do that or wait for the hour - which is about now.

If that's not the answer and your PC time zone is correct, then I'm stumped.

[robynfali]

PC timezone steve, hadn't realised the CMOS battery had gone flat, and since the restart the clock had reset the timezone, cheers mate,

[steve]

I was just about to post that the TZ must be the answer, because (having checked) it does also reset the sun times after you enter your co-ordinates.

[nking]

Quite unusual that the CMOS battery failing didn’t cause all of the BIOS settings to revert back to the original BIOS dates and settings…. but I’ve learnt that even the most improbable is possible with computers

[robynfali]

Yeah usually, you have to go into bios to do the settings, or simply reset to defaults, but not this time, oh well, this one is staying on permanently now

[serowe]

Quite unusual that the CMOS battery failing didn’t cause all of the BIOS settings to revert back to the original BIOS dates and settings…. but I’ve learnt that even the most improbable is possible with computers

Yes - and no.

Many PC's these days are run 'as is' i.e. without any changes needing to be made to the BIOS so, if yu DO need a battery replacement, then you won;t even have to go anywhere near the BIOS.

Downside of this is that many people forget thay they have made one change in the BIOS and, because everything seems to work OK at first, they forget about the one little tweak they made!

[robynfali]

Is ok, know what i am doing in the bios anyway, i may be TOTALLY useless with websites lol, but after 12 years of building and repairing computers, know me way around them thankfully