Configuring Weather Stations
There are two ways that YAAC can receive data from a local weather
station:
- Via an RS232 serial port from a Peet Bros. weather station
(Ultimeter series) or compatible sending the Peet Bros. protocol.
Click here for directions.
- Via another software program that records the weather station
data into a standard WXNOW.TXT file.
Click here for directions.
To transmit such received weather data to other APRS stations, the YAAC beacon needs
to be configured to:
- report weather data in the position report comment by clicking the Report Weather checkbox, and
- for compatibility with other APRS software, you should set your beacon symbol code to one of the
weather station symbols, /_ or \_
- also for compatibility, you should use standard position report format, not compressed or
Mic-E format.
However, YAAC does support stations with beacon symbols other than weather station symbols transmitting
weather data, using the Positionless Weather Report message format.