Topic: WEATHERMAX by Maximum & Weatherview 32

[alienxp]

Hello all, I currently Own a WEATHERMAX weather Station unit, which was made by Maximum Inc. in New Bedford Mass. The weathermax is a great unit and has sensors for wind speed/direction, rainfall, outside temp/inside temp/windchill/barometer/humidity..and records all highs/lows for all readings.also can be reset every night at a specific set time. this is a "WIRED" System and sensors go into a junction box, then 2 wires go to the actual display unit from there. here is a PDF File of the owners manual for anyone interested in having a look at it all:

here is their main site:

 http://www.maximum-inc.com/

here is the manual for weathermax:

http://www.maximum-inc.com/documents/WeatherMAXmanual.pdf


I was told that if I wanted to upload the weather Data from this unit to my PC, I would need a weather logger, which they do still have in back stock. They Do Not Make the Weathermax units anymore though. I got mine quite a while ago.

as far as using software for the uploading to the PC, I was told that WEATHERVIEW 32 will work, but I am hoping if someone else knows if there is any other software that may work with this set up? I already wrote an email to VWS and they told me it is NOT cOMpatable with my Weathermax Unit. so if anyone is familiar with this unit I have and can reply with some info, I would appreciated it.

My first plan was to just buy a davis vantage pro2 and use the VWS Software but that may be too costly at the moment for me, and since I already have a dependable and accurate unit, maybe just getting software for now is my best bet.

thanks all, alienxp

my computer specs, which I built myself are:
 P4 @ 3.0GHZ/800FSB CPU
2GB Kingston Hyperx PC3200 Ram
Maxtor 80gb hard drive
intel 865PERLL motherboard
 Zalman copper HSF (very quiet)
cd & dvd drives
win xp home edition

[carterlake]

It appears Weather Display will work.

Weather Display - Supported Stations
Weather Display can be used with the following weather stations:>

the Huger/Radio Shack/Oregon Scientific WM918/WX200,WMR-918/WMR-968/WMR-928N,WM-900H,63-1016
the Davis WMII, Wizard III, Grow, Vantage Pro/plus/6161/VP2 etc (with datalogger), supports soil temperature/moisture/leaf wetness and UV/solar (extracted data from logger too)
the ELV/Conrad/Huger WS2000/WS2010/WS2210/WS7000/WS2300/WS2305/WS2310/WS2315/Hyundai WS-05/WS2500PC/WS2510/3600
the La Crosse 2010,2110,2210,2310,2315,2300,WS23XX,2500,2510,3600/3610
the Peet Bros Ultimeter 100,500,800,2000,2100 and II
the Maximum Instruments Weathermax (with datalogger)
the Metron UWS 3000-ws
the Rain Wise WS2000/MK III (with data logger)
the Dallas 1 wire weather station (and version 3)
the Texas Inst. WR-25 and variations
the Heathkit ID -5001
the Climatronics Ultrasonic
the Novalynx WS-16 Weather Station
the Capricorn 2000
a ASOS station and a RAWS station
the Weather Hawk
the Environdata weather master 2000
the Kestral 4000
the Instromet
the Inspeed Vortex anenometer
the Vaisala WXT510 ultrasonic station
the HoneyWell TE923/Irox Pro/Nexus USB
the ELV WS500 USB
the OS WMR100 USB


... and others too!

 

http://www.weather-display.com

That is what I'm using (but with a Davis VP2)

But you're going to need the data logger....

[alienxp]

Hello, I got the weather logger and it came with WEATHER VIEW 32 version 7....I also downloaded the 30 day free trial of weather display software and it is also working with my weathermax station...now I got to learn everything else I can do with these...Thanks for the help and have a good evening.

[aa6qn]

Hello all, I currently Own a WEATHERMAX weather Station unit, which was made by Maximum Inc. in New Bedford Mass. The weathermax is a great unit and has sensors for wind speed/direction, rainfall, outside temp/inside temp/windchill/barometer/humidity..and records all highs/lows for all readings.also can be reset every night at a specific set time. this is a "WIRED" System and sensors go into a junction box, then 2 wires go to the actual display unit from there. here is a PDF File of the owners manual for anyone interested in having a look at it all:

here is their main site:

 http://www.maximum-inc.com/

here is the manual for weathermax:

http://www.maximum-inc.com/documents/WeatherMAXmanual.pdf


I was told that if I wanted to upload the weather Data from this unit to my PC, I would need a weather logger, which they do still have in back stock. They Do Not Make the Weathermax units anymore though. I got mine quite a while ago.

as far as using software for the uploading to the PC, I was told that WEATHERVIEW 32 will work, but I am hoping if someone else knows if there is any other software that may work with this set up? I already wrote an email to VWS and they told me it is NOT cOMpatable with my Weathermax Unit. so if anyone is familiar with this unit I have and can reply with some info, I would appreciated it.

My first plan was to just buy a davis vantage pro2 and use the VWS Software but that may be too costly at the moment for me, and since I already have a dependable and accurate unit, maybe just getting software for now is my best bet.

thanks all, alienxp

my computer specs, which I built myself are:
 P4 @ 3.0GHZ/800FSB CPU
2GB Kingston Hyperx PC3200 Ram
Maxtor 80gb hard drive
intel 865PERLL motherboard
 Zalman copper HSF (very quiet)
cd & dvd drives
win xp home edition

This is a "dated" reply. I have been using a WeatherMax for many years now. I am using WXNet software on Gentoo Linux, which is freeware (also not being maintained). This works quite well but the setup is not for the "Normal" user. It does report to Wunderground for online data access. I am using a Soekris Net5501 Single Board Computer (SBC running Gentoo) to collect the data and provide internet access. I do have the wxnet-1.11.tar.gz and doc files if interested.

Keeping the Weathermax working will be a challenge due to parts availability. At some point, I will have to research another system since I am on my last unit (I have two). I do know the repair facility contact if needed.

If someone has a good Linux software interface to a newer system I would be interested.

73, de AA6QN

[jay_hoehn]

Weather Display has a Linux version.

Jay