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Monitoring Remote Weather Conditions. Mark A. Barrett Davis Instruments markb@davisnet.com. Davis Instruments, Inc. Founded in 1963 Products manufactured in Hayward, CA Weather Automotive Marine Leader in weather station manufacturing Cutting-edge product development.
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Monitoring Remote Weather Conditions Mark A. Barrett Davis Instruments markb@davisnet.com
Davis Instruments, Inc. • Founded in 1963 • Products manufactured in Hayward, CA • Weather • Automotive • Marine • Leader in weather station manufacturing • Cutting-edge product development
Conditions Reported • Barometric pressure • Temperature • Humidity • Heat index • Dew point • Moon phase • Forecast • Conditional Alarms • Rainfall and rain rate • Wind direction • Wind speed • Wind chill • Time and date • Time of sunrise and sunset
Vantage Pro Display RX/TX System (can be as minimal as an HT) RJ-11 telephone jack to RX/TX audio RJ-45 Temp/Hum jack to TX PTT control DB9 Serial connection W-608RI Weather Word Power to all. Note that the Vantage Pro should be run on an external source of power. Figure 1. W-608RI System Overview WeatherWord – Radio integration Weather Word is integrated with the Davis Instruments Weather Link enabling spoken reports of measurements such as wind speed/direction, precipitation, and temperature/humidity measurements, barometric pressure and dew point.
What Customers say… • “We chose a Davis weather station because not only was the price great, but the accuracy was unbeaten by any of the other major competitors.” • John Van Pelt, Storm Chaser • “We bought a Davis weather station to inform us of 30 mph wind bursts, so now we have an alarm that tells us when wind speeds get up to that point.” • Walter Dunckle, Paramount’s Great America • “We originally purchased the Davis weather station for real-time weather on hazardous materials calls, but then we found we could also use it on wild land fires throughout the season. If we know the wind speed, we can better predict what fires will do.” • Mark Mehring, City of Tracy Fire Departmentc
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Davis Instruments, Inc. • Founded in 1963 • Products manufactured in Hayward, CA • Weather • Automotive • Marine • Leader in weather station manufacturing • Cutting-edge product development