Author Topic: Build Your Own Davis Console Datalogger (Read 109546 times)

Garth Bock · « **Reply #175 on:** October 12, 2012, 11:05:02 AM »

Until I covered several devices and made sure I turned off the printer and monitors....my computer room at night looked like the inside of Darth Vader's bathroom....

Bushman · « **Reply #176 on:** October 12, 2012, 04:25:44 PM »

Ever shine a flashlight into the swamp at night and see all those red, yellow and green eyes staring back at you? That is my cottage living room.

JHellis · « **Reply #177 on:** October 13, 2012, 05:31:53 AM »

Sorry, I disagree.

Bring on the LEDs

Perhapse we could ask for a software control - "Do you want indicators YES / NO?"

I would be voting YES everytime

John

pimohdaimaoh · « **Reply #178 on:** October 14, 2012, 01:02:02 AM »

well im just only want to know where to attached those LED's for my choice to have one, maybe he could indicate in the schematic at least so anyone who can DIY the circuit has an option to add those LED's ^^ I hope he will

belfryboy · « **Reply #179 on:** October 14, 2012, 02:22:19 AM »

Hi, I am currently away from my main PC where my design files are located, I will post the latest files as soon as I get home.

belfryboy · « **Reply #180 on:** October 14, 2012, 09:02:57 AM »

Here are the design files, the PDFs show the schematic and component layout, and the Eagle files and Gerber data are in the zip files. this should be all self explanatory to anyone familiar with producing their own circuit boards.

pimohdaimaoh · « **Reply #181 on:** October 15, 2012, 04:35:10 AM »

thanks so much man ur d man for us weatherists ^^

Ingineer · « **Reply #182 on:** October 16, 2012, 02:05:12 AM »

I wanted a wireless connection to my server from the VP2, (the server and VP2 are difficult to wire in my setup) so I came up with a much easier and more elegant way to achieve connection/logging, and it cost less than $20:
http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=16937.0

pimohdaimaoh · « **Reply #183 on:** October 16, 2012, 04:12:49 AM »

only in VP2? how about the VUE?

Ingineer · « **Reply #184 on:** October 16, 2012, 06:12:53 AM »

I don't have a Vue, and I haven't taken one apart, but I don't see why not. (Though details may need to differ.)

rdsman · « **Reply #185 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:22:43 AM »

On initial power up, at some point in the sequence, on the expansion connector the following happens:

Slave Select goes low.
An attempt is made to read from address 0xD7.

Address 0xD7 is the Status Byte for the 45DBXXXX. Can someone with a data logger tell me what the returned Status is?

DeKay · « **Reply #186 on:** October 21, 2012, 08:50:00 PM »

Quote from: rdsman on October 21, 2012, 11:22:43 AM

On initial power up, at some point in the sequence, on the expansion connector the following happens:

Slave Select goes low.
An attempt is made to read from address 0xD7.

Address 0xD7 is the Status Byte for the 45DBXXXX. Can someone with a data logger tell me what the returned Status is?

Are you trying to emulate the flash chip? If so, "The data in the status register is constantly updated, so each repeating sequence will output new data." Ref: 45DB011 Datasheet, Section 11.4. Look at Table 11-1. Not sure of the page size though.

rdsman · « **Reply #187 on:** October 21, 2012, 09:04:30 PM »

Quote

Are you trying to emulate the flash chip?

Yes!

Quote

Not sure of the page size though.

That's why I need the returned Status byte!

C5250 · « **Reply #188 on:** October 21, 2012, 09:54:47 PM »

There is only one bit that matters, and that is bit 3.

rdsman · « **Reply #189 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:38:34 PM »

C5250:

Thanks, I'll see what I can do with that.

ukwoody · « **Reply #190 on:** October 24, 2012, 03:21:32 PM »

FEEDBACK!

Hi all, just thought it was about time I posted a little note (and a thankyou) to Belfryboy for his logger/interface.

I ordered one at the end of January this year, so I had one of the early ones. It has been running almost nonstop for 8 months now. There was a Small two week hiatus when my pc died, but otherwise it has been on 24/7 ever since, connected to my Vue.

I run WeatherDisplay and WDLive and there hasn't been a single hiccup in that time.

So, for the money this is a superb bit of kit, that has been very reliable and I am well chuffed with the performance.
just wish I could afford to buy the wielss one,lol.

So if any of you are a bit unsure, speaking personally based on my own experience, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

Just for clarity - Belfryboy had no idea I was posting this and I haven't been in contact with him since purchasing it, so it's totally unsolicited

Hope this is of interest (especially with Crimbo just around the corner).

Kind regards
Woody

SlowModem · « **Reply #191 on:** October 24, 2012, 04:56:49 PM »

Quote from: ukwoody on October 24, 2012, 03:21:32 PM

So, for the money this is a superb bit of kit, that has been very reliable and I am well chuffed with the performance.

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chuffed (comparative more chuffed, superlative most chuffed)

(UK, informal) Very pleased or satisfied.

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belfryboy · « **Reply #192 on:** October 25, 2012, 05:09:40 PM »

Well that's the last of this batch sold. I'll be ordering some more boards tomorrow so it'll be another ten days until in up and running again. Thanks again to all those that have bought from me.
UKwoody, thanks for the thumbs up.

ukwoody · « **Reply #193 on:** October 27, 2012, 04:54:07 PM »

Quote from: Slow Modem on October 24, 2012, 04:56:49 PM

Quote from: ukwoody on October 24, 2012, 03:21:32 PM
So, for the money this is a superb bit of kit, that has been very reliable and I am well chuffed with the performance.

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Adjective

chuffed (comparative more chuffed, superlative most chuffed)

(UK, informal) Very pleased or satisfied.

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oh gawd, i was being British again,lol

belfryboy · « **Reply #194 on:** November 09, 2012, 06:53:33 AM »

New batch of boards have been ordered, as before just click the link below and I''l do the rest.

DBone · « **Reply #195 on:** November 20, 2012, 11:30:48 AM »

I'm looking forward to trying one of these dataloggers out - sent payment through the paypal link and once setup I will let you know how it worked out. Cheers for the great solution...

belfryboy · « **Reply #196 on:** November 20, 2012, 03:57:49 PM »

I am still awaiting the bare PCBs, But should be ready to ship in the next week or so.

gmu · « **Reply #197 on:** February 06, 2013, 09:22:24 AM »

Just came across this thread - do you have any left for sale?

/btw, how much trouble would it be to put a web server into one of these things?

SLOweather · « **Reply #198 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:44:51 AM »

Quote from: gmu on February 06, 2013, 09:22:24 AM

Just came across this thread - do you have any left for sale?

/btw, how much trouble would it be to put a web server into one of these things?

Before you go too far down this road, verify that your console firmware rev is less than 3.0, and/or your console manufacturing code (on the lable on the back) begins with a sing;e letter followed by numbers, not 2 letters. None of the aftermarket serial interfaces currently work with the 3.x firmware/2 letter man codes.

gmu · « **Reply #199 on:** February 06, 2013, 05:34:15 PM »

Thanks for that. I guess one can't go too far wrong with the Sparkfun 9717 equivalent on ebay, it's only £2-80:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-2-0-to-TTL-UART-com-Module-SERIAL-CONVERTER-Adapter-6pin-CP2102-With-Cable-/230822820671?pt=UK_Computing_Parallel_Serial_PS_2&hash=item35be1cbb3f

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