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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=452331417-30032007>All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>I have a project
that has been presented to me, and I have been beating around the best way to
handle it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>We are trying to set
up remote weather stations at some key locations in the area for emergency
management, and pipe the data into the Aloha/Cameo (<A
href="http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/cameo/aloha.html">http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/cameo/aloha.html</A>)
setup. We would like to be able to selectively grab the data from one WX
Station and pipe it into Aloha depending on the incident.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>Aloha is typically
used with a straight serial connection to the WX Station, AFAIK. Aloha
looks for a specific data string from the WX stations. I have beat around
several ideas, such as COM<> IP adapters and a serial server (several
variations) or using APRS. I like the idea of using APRS because the data
could be used to serve the public via APRS and the CWOP
program.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>What I would like to
do is set each weather station up on APRS, pipe the data into APRS-IS, and then
come up with some sort of IP <> Com app that would connect to APRS-IS,
parse the data from a specific callsign, reformat it for Aloha, and pipe
into a virtual serial port. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>Is there any app
available now that will allow even some of this functionality? Anyone
interested in writing some code? Anyone have some good VB.net snippits
that I can use? lol</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>This would be a
really good app for any emergency managers who use Aloha/CAMEO, as it would
allow them access to any APRS-IS weather station. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>Any thoughts would
be much appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=452331417-30032007>Danny
Messano</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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