I’ve tried out several more Web cam software packages.  Without naming names, some lock up after running for a while, and one even crashed almost instantly.  I probably could have gotten them to work better by granting admin privileges or running them in compatibility mode.  But for now, ConquerCam seems to be my best choice.  It’s been running for several days without a hiccup so far.  It doesn’t offer streaming, so I created an almost streaming Web page that refreshes once per second.  I may work on it some more, but didn’t want to invest a lot of effort for a software package I may not decide to keep.

I’ve been keeping an eye on my data quality reports at CWOP, and it looks pretty good.  I’m still not convinced my temperature sensor is accurate.  I may have a solar heating problem, but I’m not sure yet.  I’m also experimenting to see if my fan is causing some heating due to restrictive airflow in the FARS.  I may add some holes to reduce any restriction and to keep the fan from warming up.  I may also add a resistor to slow the fan down some.

For anybody who is curious, here is a picture of the weather station.  I still need to run a ground wire for the lightning sensor.  Always something to tinker around with.  I’ve also added some Ajax code to the Web site to refresh of the weather data without reloading the entire page.  A lot more to come in that department as I’m just doing some prototyping for now to see how well it works.

Completed Weather Station