Setting up to use TAPR

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Setting up to use TAPR

TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) provides a variety of 1-wire weather sensor kits, including the following:

  • X1W-1
  • X1W-4
  • X1W-4
  • T-238+MODEM2

These kits provide temperaure, humidity, barometer, radiation, lightning, and rain sensors or interfaces through the Dallas 1-wire system.

Programming X1W-1 Barometer

  1. On the main Weather Display window, click Control Panel.
  2. Under Station Settings, click Dallas 1 Wire.
  3. On the Main/Save Setup tab, in the Current Direction Chip ROM ID # box, select and then copy (press CTRL+C) the number to the clipboard.
  4. Select the I have a barometer (Bray-Jennings or AAG) check box.
  5. On the Barometer setup tab, in the Bray/Jennings Barometer ROM ID box, paste (CTRL+V) the number you copied to the clipboard in step 3.
  6. Enter values for the High Baro, Low Baro, High Voltage, Low Voltage as follows:
  • High Baro = 31.60
  • Low Baro = 25.69
  • High Voltage (volts) = 9.75
  • Low voltage = 1.75
Weather Display Barometer Setup Page
Barometer Setup Page
  1. Click Set.
  2. On the Main/Save Setup tab, click Save/reset.
  3. Click Close.
  4. After approximately five minutes, barometer sensor readings are captured.
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