<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpfbc54cd7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">> Davis used to make two different serial (RS-232) interfaces to Vantage Stations: the regular one Davis 6510SER, and the other with APRS</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Yep, after some more searching I realized there was really three flavors of the data logger, including the APRS version. Seems it's pretty rare and I couldn't find much online about it. Nothing used for sale that I found.</span></span></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpfbc54cd7signature">Jason Rausch K4APR<div>www.ke4nyv.com</div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 09:30:20 PM EST, Andrew AB9FX <ab9fx@aprs.pl> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv7003078195WordSection1"><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">Hi,</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">Davis used to make two different serial (RS-232) interfaces to Vantage Stations: the regular one Davis 6510SER, and the other with APRS output ready to feed TNC/WXTrak/TM-D710 etc. – Davis 6540</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0515/5992/3873/files/07395-218_Adendm_06540.pdf</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">It seems that Davis is shifting out of serial/USB interfaces to output data on TCP/IP connection. The new concept can be found on the WeatherLink Live released couple years ago, and newly released WeatherLink Console.</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">Details for communication protocol are at https://weatherlink.github.io/ </p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">The local API are at https://weatherlink.github.io/weatherlink-live-local-api/</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">73</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal">Andrew AB9FX</p><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"> </p><div id="yiv7003078195yqt26967" class="yiv7003078195yqt2958487873"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> aprssig <aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Rausch<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 22, 2023 14:10<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@lists.tapr.org><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] Davis Vantage Vue and RF APRS</p></div></div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Well, maybe I should have researched JUST a little more. I found out that the adapter plugs into a multi-pin expansion port on the Davis display console. I found a pinout for the port and there is TTL level serial, along with ground and +VCC to power the adapter. Looks like an easy ST3232 TTL-Serial adapter mod job using a PCB. I'm curious to see what format the serial data is coming from the port.</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Jason Rausch K4APR</span></p><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ke4nyv.com">www.ke4nyv.com</a></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="yiv7003078195yahoo_quoted_7265586480"><div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 03:06:23 PM EST, Jason Rausch <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jason@ke4nyv.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jason@ke4nyv.com">jason@ke4nyv.com</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="yiv7003078195"><div><div><div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Does anyone on the list have any experience with getting a Davis Vantage Vue weather station on RF APRS? I am trying to help another guy get this going. From what I have found out so far, it looks like Davis makes an (RS232 Datalogger) that looks like some kind of TTL to RS232 adapter going from an RJ45 to a terminal block that I guess is putting out RS232 levels and still needs a cut off serial cable or something similar to complete the wiring job. The major problem with this is, the adapter is another $225.</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Has anyone found a better (lower cost) option. I see that WeeWX running on a Pi has native USB support for the Davis and even feeds to the CWOP servers, but I can't find any support for APRS whether through a direct TCP/IP feed to APRS-IS and/or a way to reformat the data to a Peet Bros or other similar format and then spit it back out at serial (TTL or RS232) levels that I can then feed to an OpenTracker or similar APRS device to get the data to the actual RF network.</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Any guidance would be great!</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Jason Rausch K4APR</span></p><div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ke4nyv.com">www.ke4nyv.com</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="yiv7003078195MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">aprssig mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org">http://lists.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig_lists.tapr.org</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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