Little help please

[offroadjosh]

ok i run my weather station off my desk top... i want to run my vws in stationless mode on my laptop so i can see my weather station on my laptop when im around the house. i read the directions on it and couldn't figure it out...  could really use directions i am no good with computers... and then one more question is it possible to set vws to show both the F/C scale? right now its 4.3 degrees F o0ut side but i also want it to show what is in Celsius.

thanks
Josh

[ironton]

Hi Josh,
I recently added VWS to my laptop.  Took me a couple adjustments to get it to display too.  I may not have all your answers but will offer a few tips from my experience.

First, make sure the host computer (one that is connected to the weather station) allows file sharing.  This is something you will need to adjust at the weather station computer.  You will need to allow sharing for the VWS program folder.

Install VWS on your laptop if not already done.

Once VWS is running on the laptop, click 'communication' in the top bar
this window should open.
       

Set it for stationless operation
then click the stationless button and this window should open
       

In my system, my weather station is located on a computer named "cbw" so you should see the name of your computer followed by the folder where VWS is installed.  You should be able to use the browse buttons to locate the folder on your weather station computer.

Hope this helps.
-ed

[longmire]

Josh -
I am assuming that you are running the Internet Edition of VWS since you are uploading data already. So, in my case, I tried the stationless setup and using WeatherFlash. I settled on WF because there is nothing to set up on the "remote" laptop(s), and you can configure a number of different displays that respond in near real time.

WF is an optional add-on for VWS, available from Meteorologica.uk. You don't have to be a computer geek to use it (TRUST me - all I know about http is it's something they use in a cult to produce magical web pages to hypnotize the masses  ) You just pick which dial or meter you want displayed and drag it to where you want it. Once you have set it up, you can access your WF pages using any web browser that can run the Flash Player browser addin.

You can also use WF to download radar snapshots, and set that control to refresh the image at intervals.

Good Luck --

Steve

[offroadjosh]

thanks guys! thinking about setting  weather flash up=) but would aslo like the stationlesss setup. so  we will see how it goes

[MoradaWx]

Ed, I am tring to do the same. I have allowed file sharing on the main computer for both the C & D drives, VWS is on D, and have all computers on the same work group, but when browsing for the host computer it does not show up. I'm in vista on lap top, but XP on host. Any ideas as to what I am missing would be great.

Thanks,
Rick

[ironton]

Hi Rick,
My laptop is XP and the main PC with the weather station is a Win98 machine.  I have very little experience with vista and the one experience was an unsuccessful attempt to make a vista machine connect to a wireless network. 
Can you see the Vista laptop from the main computer with XP?  Are you able to share any other computers on the network?

Anyone else out there with more networking or Vista experience?
-ed

[MoradaWx]

Ed, would the location be different if VWS was behind VirtualVP??? Might be why I'm missing something in the learning curve.

[blackjack52]

Pista shares w/ XP on my home net.  My wx comp is Pista and XP has our music.  I can share both ways.

[ironton]

Ed, would the location be different if VWS was behind VirtualVP??? Might be why I'm missing something in the learning curve.

Rick,
I have not used VirtualVP so I can't answer that question either.  Sorry, guess I am not much help.    
....But it would seem that as long as your laptop could find the VWS files on your main computer the laptop version of VWS would work regardless of VirtualVP on the main PC. 

I assume you are not able to see any files/folders on the main PC from the laptop;  if so, it appears to be more of a network/windows file sharing issue.  Maybe a firewall blocking access?
My approach to most PC problems is....
   
Ed

[mmorris]

You might try the google thing and type:   networking xp to vista
all kind of stuff come up..