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Offline LIWeather

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Weather Station Display Software
« on: April 13, 2020, 04:16:49 PM »
I've been using Ambient Virtual Weather Station since I first purchased a weather station. I'm using an aged Davis VP2 Wired (humidity sensor has recently crapped out) I have not had any issues with the software. I was looking to update the software only to learn that it is discontinued now. I'm moderately upset about this...lol

Looking through the forums, I've only seen some dated info but I have seen that MetoBridge seems to be popular. I may be missing something but the price tag for this is far out of my range.

What are the more popular options among software these days? I don't mind spending some money on software to view on a PC and send to various websites but $300+ is a bit steep for me.


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Re: Weather Station Display Software
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2020, 06:24:10 PM »
CumulusMX or weewx are free and very good alternatives

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Re: Weather Station Display Software
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2020, 08:46:35 PM »
If you have a USB or IP logger you can get a Meteobridge from Ambient for $145.
https://www.ambientweather.com/amweatherbridge.html

The Meteobridge is software but it also includes a dedicated hardware where you don't need to have a computer running 24/7. The Meteobridge is great to upload data to many places.

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Re: Weather Station Display Software
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2020, 07:08:20 AM »
Conversely, there is also the wifi logger.
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?board=143.0
It uploads to several different sites and you can have it send data to software like Cumulus and Weatherlink.

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Re: Weather Station Display Software
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2020, 05:44:00 PM »
Thank you for the recommendation folks. I must have missed the cheaper alternative to Metobridge. I do have the data logger so I'm in good shape it seems.