Just wanted to post a quick update.  I have everything mounted on the station pole and in the weatherproof housing.  I’ve applied caulk, liquid electrical tape, and silicone grease everywhere I can.  I still need to dress the wiring and make everything look nice and neat.  Then I will test the entire assembly to make sure all the connections are good.  Once it passes that test I can move to working outside.

I already have the 1-wire network connection outside.  I just need to clean up the RJ-45 some.  The power cord I had run previously most likely needs replacement.  The ground wire for the lightning sensor needs to be replaced as well.  But I have plenty of spare wire, connectors, and solder, so I’m not expecting major challenges in that department.

I found some time for a few more minor software corrections.  I now display dates for all of the XML feeds so I know how current they are.  I also fixed a bug in the moon rise and set code I was using.  I tried to take the easy way out and use some open source code I found rather than converting my tried and true Java code to PHP.  But the code I downloaded didn’t account for daylight savings time.  It dealt with time zones, so I don’t know why DST was omitted.  But one easy fix and it appears to be working correctly now based on my comparisons with the information published by the Navy on their Web site.  Finally, I made some changes to the CSS code so that it works better with IE.

Hopefully I’ll be able to finish up the outside installation this weekend.  I’m almost ready to put this weather station back in operation after more than a month of rework.  Then I can spend the winter revising the software and Web site as much as I want.