NAME WxM2 - Davis Weather Monitor II Station device driver SYNOPSYS use Device::WxM2; Constructor my $ws = new Device::WxM2 ("/dev/ttyS0"); Destructor undef $ws; Archive Retrieval and Logging Functions my @wxArchiveImage = $ws->getArcImg($archivePtr); my @currentWx = $ws->getSensorImage; my $void = $ws->archiveCurImage(); my $status = $ws->updateArchiveFromPtr($lastArchivedPtr, $file); my $void = $ws->printRawLogHeader(); my $ptr = $ws->getNewPtr; my $ptr = $ws->getLastPtr; my $ptr = $ws->getOldPtr; my $status = $ws->setLastArcTime($time_in_minutes_since_midnight); my $minutes_since_midnight = $ws->getLastArcTime; Individual Access Functions my $outside_temp = $ws->getOutsideTemp; my $dewpoint = $ws->getDewPoint; my ($windHi, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiWind; my ($dewHi, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiDewPoint; my ($dewLo, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoDewPoint; my ($wndChLo, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoWindChill; my ($temp, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiInsideTemp; my ($temp, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoInsideTemp; my ($temp, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiOutsideTemp; my ($temp, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoOutsideTemp; my ($hum, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiInsideHumidity; my ($hum, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoInsideHumidity; my ($hum, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getHiOutsideHumidity; my ($hum, $hour, $min, $mon, $day) = $ws->getLoOutsideHumidity; my $rainfall_float = $ws->getYearlyRain; my $rainfall_float = $ws->getDailyRain; my $value = $ws->getBaroCal; my ($hour, $minute, $second) = $ws->getTime; my ($month, $day) = $ws->getDate; my $status = $ws->setTime($hour_24_format, $min); my $status = $ws->clearHiWind; my $status = $ws->clearHiDewPoint; my $status = $ws->clearLoDewPoint; my $status = $ws->clearLoWindChill; my $status = $ws->clearHiLoOutTemp; my $status = $ws->clearHiLoInTemp; my $status = $ws->clearHiLoOutHum; my $status = $ws->clearHiLoInHum; my $status = $ws->clearDailyRain; my $status = $ws->clearYearlyRain; Configuration Functions my $void = $ws->setArchiveLogFilename($filename); my $filename = $ws->getArchiveLogFilename(); my $void = $ws->setStationDescription("text"); my $string = $ws->getStationDescription(); my $void = $ws->setSerialPortReadTime($timeout_value_in_milliseconds); my $void = $ws->configPort(); my $timeout_value_in_milliseconds = $ws->getSerialPortReadTime(); DESCRIPTION Installation This driver depends on the Device::SerialPort Perl driver found on CPAN. You must install it somewhere on the @INC list, so that wxm2.pm can call it with 'use'. The standard CPAN install works fine. To install WxM2, use: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install For all the regression tests to pass, your Davis Weather Monitor II must be operating and connected to your computer's serial port. The test will query you for the name of the serial port. It will also ask if you weather station is operating and connected. If it is not, the regression test will skip 5 of the 8 tests. You can re-run the regression test at any time with either: make test OR perl -w test.pl Setup To use the WxM2 driver, simply create a class object with 'new', ie. $ws = new Device::WxM2("/dev/ttyS0"); The only parameter to &new is the port to which your weather station is connected. The constructor initializes all the class variables and configures the Device::SerialPort parameters for the Davis Weather Station. Note: I found that I had to fiddle with a parameter in the SerialPort, called 'read_const_time', which is like a timeout value when waiting for read data. I found that the value needed to be increased significantly for the WxM2. I use 5000 (units are milliseconds) and this is the default setting in this package. Should you need to change it, use &setSerialPortReadTime(time_in_millseconds). Then call &configPort, which puts the new setting into effect. Individual Access Functions There are a bunch of individual functions that retrieve one weather value from the weather station, such as b<&getOutsideTemp>. These are fairly self-explanatory. Archive Retrieval and Logging Functions There are 2 primary archive retrieval functions: &getArcImg - get Archive Image &getSensorImage - get the "live" sensor data image &getArcImg retrieves the archive image at the address given to it as a parameter. To retrieve the most recent archived image, use this: my $lastPtr = $ws->getLastPtr; my @archiveData = $ws->getArcImg($lastPtr); &getArcImg takes the archive data, reformats it where necessary, stores the results in class variables, and returns an array of the data. @array= ($avgInsideTempInArchivePeriod, $averageOutsideTempInArchivePeriod, $outsideTempMaximumInPeriod, $outsideTempMinimumInPeriod, $barometricPressure, $avgWindSpeedInPeriod, $avgWindDirInPeriod, $maxWindGustInPeriod, $rainInPeriod, $insideHumidity, $outsideHumidity, $monthOfSample, $dayOfSample, $hourOfSample, $minuteOfSample, $outsideTempHumIndex, $outsideTempHumIndexMaximum, $avgWindChill, $windChillMinimum); &getSensorImage enables a continuous streaming of "live" weather data from the Davis Wx Station. I've found this stream to be very easy to get out of sync, so this funcion reads a single block, stops the streaming, and flushes the serial receive buffer. The data returned by this function are the current values and not average values within a sample period, like &getArcImg returns. The array returned is as follows: @array = ($insideTemp, $outsideTemp, $windSpeed, $windDirection, $barometricPressure, $insideHumidity, $outsideHumidity, $totalRainfallToday); There are 4 configuration functions for logging the archive data: &setArchiveLogFilename - set the name of the log file to write archive data &getArchiveLogFilename - returns the name of the log file &setStationDescription - sets the station description text (used by &printRawLogHeader) &getStationDescription - returns the station description string Use &setArchiveLogFilename to set the log file name. It is used by all logging function calls in the class. There are two logging functions: &archiveCurImage - Writes the periodic data samples to a file &printRawLogHeader - Prints Header for the periodic samples log file &archiveCurImage writes the data samples held in the class variables to a filename passed in as its only parameter. For example, $ws->archiveCurImage(); will write the data samples as 1 line of data in the file &getArchiveLogFilename. &printRawLogHeader writes a header for the data samples into the filename in &getArchiveLogFilename. The second line of the header for your weather station description. Set it with &setStationDescription("description"). Typically it contains the name and location of the weather station. The function &updateArchiveFromPtr is handy for retrieving multiple archived images from the WxM2's archive memory. I use it primarily after an extended power outage, but there are lots of other reasons to use it. Use it as follows: $ws->updateArchiveFromPtr($lastArchivePtr, $file); where $lastArchivePtr is the address of the last archive image that you read. &updateArchiveFromPtr will call &getArcImg and &archiveCurImage for each address between $lastArchivePtr and the currently active archive image. It will NOT return the image at $lastArchivePtr or the currently active image, only the ones in between. $file is a filename in which all the output will be written. KNOWN LIMITATIONS AND BUGS This driver is primarily for archive retrieval, so things like alarm functions on the WxM2 are not implemented. &getSensorImage data tends to get out of sync or overflow the receive buffer, so it currently terminates the intended nearly infinite stream of data after 1 complete block. HISTORY / CHANGES Version 1.00 is the first public version. I have been using it for about 2 years, and it seems stable. AUTHOR Mark Mabry: mmabry@cpan.org NOTE If you use, or even try out, this software, please drop me a short email at mmabry@cpan.org, to let me know that others are using it. SEE ALSO Device::SerialPort ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to Davis Instruments for publishing the reference specifications needed to access the Weather Monitor II. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2003 Mark Mabry. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU public license.