Recent content by Cheap Engineer

I use Weather Display to update the weatherunderground. It supports the rapid fire mode and updates the website near real time. Weather display is very configurable and works with many weather stations including 1-wire systems. I have the software output a text file every five minutes that I...

Try this one http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_5f1_0829.html Five for one. That is the best one that I have.

You might want to try hot glue. It is pretty easy to clean up and it dries quick. I've used it before for sticking magnets on things and it works really well. You can even get high temp glue if you are worried about high temps, but you might need a different gun for it.

Jim, The Davis and Peet Bros units are expensive, but they are very accurate. If you want to go by on the cheap I would recommend the one-wire sensors. I use a one-wire lightning counter with my Ultimeter and it works fine and was easy to setup. The weather display software even supports...

I would also have to add another vote for the Peet Bros unit. I'm running a Ultimeter 2100 and it has worked great. I've had it for the last 8 years. I upgrade from a Ultimeter 2000 on a trade in. I've had to replace the wind sensor twice, but that was because I was running a heated wind...

Well I was leaning that way anyways, so it looks like I'll order the w800 and a MS10 and see what happens. I found some software that will take the w800 input and transfers it over to my Homevision software through DDE. Now if I start adding a bunch of DS10 transmitters to the mix is there a...

I'm currently using a X10 ms14 motion detector in my sunroom and it has been working fine. The problem I have is that it puts out a lot of X10 traffic and sometimes it screws up some of my other X10 devices. I'm using a Homevision connected to a PC to handle my automation. I'm looking for a...