After working perfectly for 2 weeks, the weather station is once again refusing to cooperate. The data gets as far as the console on the wall, but doesn't update the PC (so no update to the web).
Assuming the fault to lie with the computer, I had planned to switch to an old laptop. But, having copied over all the files and configuration, I realised it had no serial (RS-232) port to connect to the console.
I'm considering our options -
Serial to usb convertor (I know this doesn't always work)
New basic bottom of the range computer (but none seem to have serial ports!)
I'm not sure where to go next, but for the time being -
Assuming the fault to lie with the computer, I had planned to switch to an old laptop. But, having copied over all the files and configuration, I realised it had no serial (RS-232) port to connect to the console.
I'm considering our options -
Serial to usb convertor (I know this doesn't always work)
New basic bottom of the range computer (but none seem to have serial ports!)
I'm not sure where to go next, but for the time being -
there is no weather at Strickley
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