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n9qgs · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Georgetown, KY

OKay I really like what this software has to offer, so I bought my vantage pro 2 which is to arrive in a couple of hours. I have an older 400 MHZ windows machine, I understand I could get Linux and run this wview with it or maybe I think I would prefer getting a Mac Mini and running it on it, but not knowing anything about command line, Im sure with some help I can get it up and running, ut it says you need other programs or modules installed, do you have to pay for these, also can the computer still run OS X applications while this wview is running? will a base 256 MB of ram be enough in the mini, the only applications I would use on the computer if I can run this in the background is maybe a ichat or something for text messaging or pulling up a weather radar, can it be configured once it is set up to automatically run upon the computer booting up... Im just trying to understand how this will be in the system compared to having an icon, etc that I can set up to autostart in OS X... also for Mac, what flavor of the weatherlink do I need to get, sounded like the USB would not be the way to go, but to get the windows serial version and a Serial to USB adapter whcih I already have a keyspan... Any help so I can make the next purchases would be helpful. Thanks for your input so far..

Guest · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

it says you need other programs or modules installed, do you have to pay for these,

No, you just need to download them.

also can the computer still run OS X applications while this wview is running? 

Absolutely.

will a base 256 MB of ram be enough in the mini, the only applications I would use on the computer if I can run this in the background is maybe a ichat or something for text messaging or pulling up a weather radar,

Plenty

 can it be configured once it is set up to automatically run upon the computer booting up.

Yes, that is the default installation mode.

what flavor of the weatherlink do I need to get, sounded like the USB would not be the way to go, but to get the windows serial version and a Serial to USB adapter whcih I already have a keyspan

I got the Mac USB version, cable from the Vantage Pro 2 plugs directly into the Mac. There have been some "issues" with that and wxview but I think those issues are now resolved.

The other option is to get the PC serial version and then buy a Keyspan serial-to-usb converter (about $20). I didn't do that so I can't comment. Note that if you get the PC version, you will get the PC version of WeatherLink which is significantly "nicer" than the Mac version of WeatherLink. That may or may not be important to you.

I do Weather Underground and CWOP with my xview setup running on my G5 iMac at home. It runs 24x7.

greg

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Thanks Greg,

I would point out for clarity that you mean "wview" when you say "wxview" and "xview" Wink

Mark

Guest · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject:

That's what 10,000 years of UNIX does to a person's brain. I can't tell the difference between xview, wxview, and wview any more Smile

greg

n9qgs · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Georgetown, KY

Greg

Thanks for the information, So is the whole command stuff just to get it installed and then it runs on its own, and shows up in your dock, and you then can click on it to bring it up and configure your settings, or possibly see some type of realtime data? I may go with the windows version, cause I have a windows laptop, and have heard that the weatherlink software is better for windows, BUT I may never even touch that since itsounds like this program will handle all my things I want to do just fine (creating web sites, logging the data, CWOP, and wunderground) That is really all I want in a nutshell, and it appears this program works with the datalogger so if your computer for some reason is shut down or offline from the vantage pro, it will update itself from the logger and make best use of filing the gaps, which is excellent. Also do you think it will still run if you have amilt users on mac OS X? I have my machine on 24/7 but sometimes someone else signes in on a different account while my account is still logged in. Again I think the datalogger and wview will fill in the gaps if it doesn't so Im nottoo worried, Im sure it doesn't fill in the gaps on wunderground or CWOPS, but this is why I was gona dedicate a macmini to this as you can get those for around $379 to $429 refurb through apple.

Greg Again thanks for your help, and Im sure Ill have ore questions for you once I get into installing, I just have to roder the weatherlink, station arrived last night and I have it set up and working great!

Guest · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject: