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Hey there Sandpiper, I think it largely depends on what you are wanting to do with your 1wire equipment. Me, I just monitor / record weather data. Just in case this is what you have in mind, I suggest either Wserver or Weather Display, both of which are available as shareware downloads so you...

Hi folks, It turned out to be my solar sensor causing some kinda pull on the network. After dropping it out of the loop. Everything was fine. Thanks! Steve

OK Eric, I'll try dropping the entire 1wire net off my 'puter today and just run my Lacrosse to see if the problem goes away. If it does, I'll start dropping off sensors (starting with the lightning struck solar.) As always, thanks for your support. Steve

Hi Eric and thanks for the reply. I was scared that I was going to get that reply. You might recall that I recently added that lighting struck solar sensor back to the LAN and am fearful that it's causing the "hitches". BUT - Have you seen anything like this when the LAN is overloaded...

Hi there, I've got an old version 1 Dallas Wind/temp array running with lightning, solar and other temp sensors on the LAN. Last night, the temp sensor in the wind/temp array started recording wild fluctuations (-22F to 8600F and some "normal") for several hours. I didnt catch it until I...

Best of luck there Diceman. Did you find one that had standoffs for the board mounted DS18S20's? I ended up drilling holes (not perfectly I might add) for mine. After that, I stopped getting the board mounted version and just went with a wire soldered to a socket to accept the DS18S20. That...

Hi there, Not sure where your talking about mounting.... but for my primary indoor sensor, I mounted a non-board mounted DS1820 inside my HVAC thermostat housing. I then calibrated the DS1820 to the temp shown on the thermostat. That way I was able to run the sensor wiring in the same wire...

Hi Eric, Just got around to finish testing my suspect boards. The humidity temp and even the good ol' "toasty" solar detector works fine using parasitic power. :) I think I'm going to try to leave the solar using parasitic since the damaged components seem to be limited to the aux power...

Hi Eric, In all honesty, I didn't even check. I checked out the supplemental voltage issue first. After that, I literally went up to the roof and took my mast down and set it back up in the yard. We are in for storms the next few days and I figured I have pressed my luck enough. My wife has...

Hi Eric, Welp, the solar sensor (Utmost highest part on mast above the house) has given up the ghost. Connected my humidity sensor and got the target volts. Connected my Solar sensor (Now know as toasty1 :) and seen the wispy black death tendrils of D1 wafting softly through the evening...

Hi Eric, Thanks for the guidance ;) Just for clarification...my boards requiring supplemental power (Humidity and Solar): I understand (and am relieved) that the sensor aspects can be checked by connecting to the the 1wire net w/o connecting the supplemental voltage. However, in the better...

Hi Spanky and thanks for the reply. I hear you and found several tips for "lightning protection" and have tried some of the less outlandish. I'm almost ready to give up and relo my weather mast off the roof and give up accuracy for a bit more safety. My main concern right now is figuring...

Hi there, Running a Dallas SemiConductor 1 Wire Weather array. Recently took a lightning strike that knocked out at least 2 ds18s20's and a ds9097u. (Not to mention my hard drive.) Found some horror stories when looking for a safe way to check a lightning detector, solar sensor and...