Virtual VP and non-Davis Weather Stations?

[Swede]

My station is a RainWise WS-2000, which connects to the computer via the RainWise data logger with serial to usb connection.  For a new website I am planning to run Weather Display + Weather Display Live, as well as WeatherView 32 for certain functions.

Here's the question.  Will Virtual VP work with non-Davis setups?  If not, my next option is to purchase a second RainWise data logger and antenna and collect data from the weather station via two loggers.  One will use a Com port for Weather Display, the second logger will link to WV32.  Other than the expense involved, anyone see a problem with the second option of two loggers, two com ports and two different software programs running at the same time?

On a side note, I now have StartWatch running and it's a slick program.  Nice to know your weather station software is being monitored 24/7 and will be restarted if it hangs up.

Regards,
Swede

[johnd]

Here's the question.  Will Virtual VP work with non-Davis setups?

Afraid not. VVP is specifically written to handle the output from Davis Vantage loggers.

Conceivably Steve may have long-term plans to add in other logger types, but nothing even on the horizon yet as far as I know.

[Swede]

So, this means I'm looking at a second RainWise Data logger, running two loggers at the same time with serial to usb connections, and two different com ports going at the same time.   Before I spend the money, any reason why this can't work?  Never tried it before.

Swede

[Bushman]

can't you use something like the clientraw.txt file generated by one progarm in the other?

[linuxfreak]

Hi Swede,

Get a virtual comport splitter program, I'm using one with my GPS receiver to feed StrikeStar and GPSDiag for monitoring the satellites. The program is called Comfoolery, it splits the incoming serial port into 2 TCP/IP ports, then Lantronics port redirector creates as many virtual comports as you need and feeds the data from the TCP ports to the virtual comports. Less costly than the "made for GPS" comport splitters I checked into, and my software actually recognizes the comport and data stream coming from it!

George