This firmware is based upon the SiK telemetry radio firmware from http://github.com/tridge/SiK.
It implements the receiving side of the Davis ISS 900MHz wireless weather protocol. This will allow a 3DR telemetry radio to be used as a USB enabled Davis weather console.
For more explanation see this discussion: http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=18718.0
First you need a 3DR 900MHz radio, either a TTL serial or USB version:
- http://store.diydrones.com/3DR_Radio_USB_915_Mhz_Ground_module_p/br-3drusb915.htm
- http://store.diydrones.com/3DR_Radio_915_Mhz_Air_module_p/br-3dr915.htm
Plus an antenna:
For really long range reception, get a RFD900 instead:
Then you need to load the DavisSi1000 firmware. You can build the firmware yourself on Linux using sdcc and make, or you can download a prebuilt firmware here:
For the 3DR radio you will need the radio~hm_trp.ihx file. For the RFD900 you will need radio~rfd900a.ihx.
To upload your firmware use the Firmware/tools/uploader.py Python script.
After the firmware is installed you can connect to the radio at a baudrate of 57600. It will initially display a series of messages like this:
Searching 3 at 907868377 Hz
Searching 4 at 922418792 Hz
Searching 5 at 905359466 Hz
That shows the time since reset in seconds, and the frequency it is looking on.
Once it finds your ISS it will display messages like this once every 2.7 seconds:
{ "transmitter_id": 2, "RSSI": 128, "recv_packets": 22, "wind_speed_mph": 0, "wind_direction_degrees": 215, "temperature_F": 67.95, "humidity_pct": 63.6, "light": 1536, "rain_spoons": 12, "raw": "82 00 98 2A 29 00 E1 45 FF FF ", "version": "1.0" }
These are in JSON format.