[Weather] Newbie entering 1-wire world

[Matt]

My personal choice is to use OWFS  (http://www.owfs.org) to read 1Wire 
devices.
http://www.owfs.org/index.php?page=windows-usb


Fikke, Audun wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I'm already running an off-the-shelf weatherstation and want to add 
> more sensors to my setup.
> I do hope I can get some kickstart help from this group. If my post is 
> totally misplaced, just let me know and I'll seek advice elsewhere.
> I've got the following on order from hobby boards:
>
>     * DS9490R-A USB adaptor
>     * LD3.6-R1-A Lightning detector
>    *
>
>       S3-R1-A Solar
>
>    *
>
>       I'll be running off a Win2003 Server w/apache,perl,php,java,MySql
>
> _PRIMARY TOPIC:_
>
> I do need some help on where to start looking for an application to 
> read my sensors. Can the group advice me on this topic?
>
> I'd be quite happy to just get the readings from the sensors. The post 
> processing I can handle myself. (data storage and displaying)
>
> Any suggestions to put me into the right direction would be greatly 
> appreciated. I've already looked at ONESIX DDE server, which 
> unfortunately is incompatible with my USB Adaptor (according to a 
> thread elsewhere). Otherwise I believe this would have been a perfect 
> application for my purposes.
>
> _SECONDARY TOPIC:_
>
> The solar sensor is measuring IR and visible light with a peak at 
> 860nm. Is  there a pseudo conversion that would work to give a 
> reasonable UV index comparison?
>
> Regards
>
> Audun     http://vindkast.com
>
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