[Xastir] Re: Xastir and Vantage Pro2

[Robert Grattan]

Thanks for the reply, Mike.  Your setup sounds like the way to go until someone (much more talented than I) comes up with a more direct way to get VP2 data into Xastir.  I was thinking that this would work since the data logger can be connected directly to a tnc; however, I guess, in the Davis instructions, they are counting on the Win-based software to do the polling.

I wonder if anyone else out there has a different setup using Xastir/wview/Vantage Pro2 ?

Happy New Year to all!

Bob  (N4MRV)

>>> "Mike Long (N3QD)" <n3qd06 at gmail.com> 02-Jan-08 01:02 >>>
Bob,

	Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.  We've had company  
through the holidays and I have not had a lot of time to play ham radio.

	The problem with the Davis is that it does not stream from the data  
port.  It needs to be polled.  If you want to stream WX directly to  
Xastir, Meteo is the only way to do it.  I too found Meteo too  
complex, and I've come up with a rather clunky solution.  I am using  
WView which is much easier to set up, but it does not interface with  
Xastir in any way.  It does, however, send APRS WX to the APRS-IS  
through the CWOP program.  So, I configured WView to send my WX to  
CWOP, and Xastir to gate my WX packets from the internet port to RF.   
That way my WX shows up on Findu and on my local RF APRS network.

73,
Mike (N3QD)


On Dec 28, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Robert Grattan wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I saw some of your postings on the Xastir list and wanted to  
> contact you without clogging up the list with questions that might  
> be old to some.
>
> I have a Vantage Pro2 wx station with the APRS data logger  
> connection and want to interface it to my RedHat box (RHES5)  
> running Xastir.  I'm thinking that you have sort of the same setup.
> I've played around with the meteo/MySQL software but it seems  
> somewhat over my head although I'm sure it's good once setup  
> correctly.  Are you using something easier to work with?  On the  
> interface setup (Xastir) I see there are both entries for a serial  
> WX station and a networked WX station but I guess the VP2 needs  
> something else beyond connecting the data streamer to the Linux com  
> port?
> That would be too easy.....
>
> Anyway, if you have time to answer some question then I would  
> appreciate it; otherwise you might point me in another direction  
> where I could get some help.
>
> Thanks in advance and best wishes for the holiday season.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob  N4MRV
>
>
> Bob Grattan
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