[AT] OT Personal weather station/computer?

[charlie hill]

Thanks to everyone for their input.  I'll check the sites and suggestions. 
If all else fails I'll just connect it to my desk top computer but I was 
hoping to be able to occasionally move the weather station to job sites and 
download it to my notebook.

In case someone is interested in these weather stations here is the link to 
the site where I bought this one.
 http://store.yahoo.com/yhst-2146093350217/wslacrwiwest4.html

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Wigton" <bwigton at swbell.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT Personal weather station/computer?


> One of the items we use for a port replicator on notebooks that do not 
> have
> serial or parallel ports is a USB port replicator made by Targus.
>
> My suggestion is to go to Ebay and to a search for "Targus Port 
> Replicator".
> This may or may not work, however, as many PDA synchronization tools will
> not work through "Serial over USB"...
>
> Plus, this way, if you have a parallel port printer, you can print with 
> the
> notebook as well...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:01 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] OT Personal weather station/computer?
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently ran across a deal on a La Crosse technologies weather station
> that I couldn't pass up.  It came and is very impressive.  I haven't had a
> chance to hook it up yet but I have a question for the computer savy among
> us.
>
> The instruments have output and software to display and record data on a
> computer.  This is done via a phone wire with a typical phone connector on
> one end and a 9 pin female com connector on the other.  I would like to 
> use
> my notebook computer to record data (at least part of the time.  I have a
> desk top available too) but I don't have a com port on my notebook.  I 
> only
> have USB and the phone cord type data ports.  My notebook is a fairly new
> Toshiba Satellite.  Can anyone tell me what I need to do or what adapters 
> I
> might need to connect the weather station to the notebook?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
>
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