I have been reading intently the numerous threads on serial "porting" the Vantage Vue/VP2 and the dreaded "green dot" dilemma. At first I had all of the pieces in my shopping cart for which to noodle about with af4ex's and DeKay's XBee wireless serial connection which I found both fascinating and mind-spiraling.
I have a smidgen of experience with electronics and circuitry, and only a rank amateur's understanding of programming and coding, but I am also blessed as a tinkerer and not afraid to, as some have said, "let the magic smoke out".
But on my review of the component parts I would need to build two XBee breakouts and various sundry other items, I would be spending over $100 at
www.sparkfun.com just to get a third-party solution. So I bit the bullet and picked up the Vue and WeatherLink ($116) from Ambient.
Here's what I am wondering - in future applications I know I can probably generate an XBee transmitter set using the Davis logger, but I have a Raspberry Pi running WEEWX which presently acts as the go-between for my console (Ambient Weather WS-2095) and the web. Would there be any way - any benefit to the Forum - to read FROM a newer "green dot" Davis logger and break down the line-level or raw data stream for someone to look at? I can't find where anyone has taken a direct data translation from a new logger and tried to create a facsimile, workaround, or bypass to the native security.
Maybe I missed it somewhere, but if there is interest and someone can give me a little "how to" for sniffing the Logger via the USB port, I could give it a go.