ROSWELLweather.net, Roswell,Georgia 30075 Weather Conditions

The RoswellWeather.Net Station is Powered by the Oregon Scientific Wireless Weather Station Model WMR-968 purchased from Ambient/WeatherConnect.Com (See Ad below). This professional Weather Station is totally Wireless. Features Touch screen Desktop Control and solar powered remote precision sensors. Every sensor necessary for total weather monitoring is included -- temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, and rainfall. The Computer connection is driven by Ambient Software that posts information to the web server and to local weather sites. Currently RoswellWeather.Net weather data is posted to The WeatherUnderground and WeatherForYou.Com.

The mounting Setup for RoswellWeather.Net is unique in that ALL sensors including remote weather cam is mounted on a single 5 Foot Mast mounted in a tripod for roof mounting. To insure proper temperature measurements the temperature and humidity sensor is located in a Solar Radiation Shield manufactured by Onset Computers. The solar shield protects the sensor from erroneous readings by being exposed directly to the UV elements from the sun as well as shielding from any reflected heating from the roof surfaces. The Wireless weather cam is powered from 3 (Picture only shows one - two more were added later) solar arrays mounted to each leg of the tripod mount. The weather cam is backed by a 12Volt sealed battery located inside the housing used to mount and level the self emptying rain gauge. This housing also serves as mounting for the weather cam and all electrical connections.

In essence, the entire outside station is both WIRELESS and FULLY SOLAR POWERED, All transmitters and sensors are fully solar powered and battery backed for periods without sun. The batteries are self charged from the solar cells during sunlight. The Transmitters transmit data on 433Mhz. to the remote console.

Update: 12/20/2001 Original self contained 2.4Ghz camera ( Which I was not real pleased with it's performance) was replaced with an Auto Switching Color/B&W Bullet Camera and Separate 2.4Ghz Transmitter/Receiver Combo from my new sponsor, Discount Security Cameras

The Bullet Camera is provides color pictures in daytime and auto switches to Black and White mode in low light at night. The camera is sealed and approved for outdoor use and works great as a WxCam. The front lens is flush and sealed so rain tends to slide right off. The separate 2.4Ghz transmitter sends a much stronger and cleaner signal than the prior camera. The separate transmitter presented a problem for housing inside my original control box, so a temporary mount for the transmitter was necessary. New pictures and complete coverage of the new installation is planned for this page as well as upgraded mounting. Please stay tuned ( It's a little cold on the roof right now ) For those of you looking to purchase bullet cams, I highly recommend talking to Dave with Discount Security Cameras. After talking to many camera providers, I found Dave the most knowledgeable in this field. They have even created their own complete solar powered system for retail sales.

I can not sing enough praises for the folks at Discount Security Cameras and their products. The bullet cam and 2.4Ghz transmitter and receiver has operated flawless for over a year. The outside transmitter has been subject to temps as low as 6.7 F and performed like it was warm outside. The bullet cam's flat face sheds water just after hitting the lens. This is a great combination folks!

Update: 12/23/2001 I am also currently evaluating a new pan and tilt unit that works great with the bullet cam. You can see it in one of the pictures below- Stay tuned for new pictures when the weather cooperates <grin>

The pan and tilt unit is an X10 product. The price is right but the unit can be a bit flaky. It has been a little more than a year now on this product and I have gone through four of these units. The last unit has been the most stable and has been in 24 hour use for about 5 months with only a couple of failures. It seems the problem is with programming points in the 180 degree loop. If all scan points are in a horizontal line, the unit behaves much better. X10 advises that the unit needs to pass through what they call the CENTERED position every so often for the unit to remember where it is in it's cycle. They have issued additional programming instructions to program the unit to do this automatically every X number of cycles, However I found this did not work. I would notice after a couple of days the unit stopped in a fully down or up position. My eventual solution was to put the unit in a CENTERED position that was in the horizontal path that I wanted to scan. Every cycle the unit passes through center and the unit seems to stay fairly stable. The only exception is when I want to manually pan or tilt the unit from remote control the unit sometimes just will not respond. It pans manually ok, but may or may not tilt on command. So my final conclusion is that the unit has problems of which I hope X10 will eventually solve, but for the price class it is still hard to beat and sure beats a stationary camera shot. Enjoy!



WMR-968 Inside Console And Receiver	Self Emptying Rain Gauge And Transmitter Mounted On Control Box	Radiation Shield and Transmitter Ready For Mounting


Anemometer For Wind speed and Direction and Transmitter Mounting	New 12/2001 Bullet Cam mounted on new pan and tilt unit.	Rain Gauge Being Leveled During Mounting


Solar Cell To Drive Camera Mounted to One of the Tri-Pod Legs- two additional Cells were added to the other two legs after this photo.	Full Station Mounted and Operational View 1	Detailed Large View for High Speed Connections


Close Up Of Box, Camera, Rain Gauge And Radiation Shield Mounted	View From The Ground Of Complete Station Mounted

Since Writing this original page, I have had several requests for a materials lists. Three Foot Tri-Pod Roof Mount - Radio Shack (Comes with Lag Screws and Sealer for Roof) Five Foot Heavy Duty Coated Mast - Radio Shack Terminal Wiring Block for Solar and Battery Connection and Sealed 12V Battery - Radio Shack Solar Cells were Close Outs from RadioShack.Com Polyurethane Outdoor Electrical Box With Front Door and Seal - Lowe's Home Stores Stainless Steel Mounting Studs, Wing Nuts, Lock Washers - Lowe's Home Stores (Be Sure to use STAINLESS for outside use - 2 years from now you will be glad you did!) One Side Note- The Bolt Pattern on the ONSET Radiation shield matches perfectly two mounting Holes on the OS Transmitter and provided a perfect mount! - Only drilling required was to the Polyurethane Box For mounting transmitter, camera, electrical connections and mounting studs. I decided to use studs and plates to mount the box to the mast, as the studs and plate allowed more precise adjustments for leveling the rain gauge than did U-Bolts.