no they probably are trying to figure out to fire the owners kid who does their programming and hire you instead.
You know with a great instrument as they have, they really haven’t thought the whole software thing out. They could really do a lot better with their software, logger and sensor capability. It has potential that isn’t tapped.
However, they do provide under support on their site, software that allows programmers to customize their product.
Anyway, you have done a remarkable service to their product and probably caused their world wide sales to go up.
I do have some sympathy for them over that, if they do it for one then the only sensible thing is to advertise ALL competitive software on their site. It can really open a can of worms for a company…probably the safest thing to do is not to do anything, yes you get some flack but not nearly as much as doing something would give them.
If they really want WD as their software then the thing for them to do is buy Brian out but I dont believe any of us would really want them to take that option - that is if Brian would even consider it, however I think we should keep quiet about it because Mrs Brian might well try to get him to accept if the price was good enough
One thing Davis hasn’t done, and that’s offer a temp/humidity sensor similar to what OS sell, which can be placed inside of a room with or without a led display, that doesn’t really look out of place. The only option that have is some clunky design intended for outdoor use. I have suggested they consider something similar to what OS offer, but that’s just a suggestion from just ONE person only. Perhaps if those who would like something similar, could suggest the same to Davis, we might just wake them up.
Brian,
This is the code in VPLive that converts the integer battery status into a brief readable text string. If the battery status is 0, that means all transmitting station batteries are ok, and the text will be:
‘Ok’
If any of the stations have low batteries, the text would be somthing like:
‘Station 1,3 Low’
I purposefully have the text be brief since the value hase to fit in a small display space.
function TWDisplayUtils.BatteryStatusStr(const value: byte): string;
var
str: string;
begin
if (value = 0) then begin
Result := ‘Ok’;
end else begin
str := ‘’;
if ((value and 1) > 0) then str := str + ‘1,’;
if ((value and 2) > 0) then str := str + ‘2,’;
if ((value and 4) > 0) then str := str + ‘3,’;
if ((value and 8 ) > 0) then str := str + ‘4,’;
if ((value and 16) > 0) then str := str + ‘5,’;
if ((value and 32) > 0) then str := str + ‘6,’;
if ((value and 64) > 0) then str := str + ‘7,’;
if ((value and 128) > 0) then str := str + ‘8,’;
if (Length(str) > 0) then str := Copy(str, 0, Length(str) - 1); // get rid of trailing ‘,’
Result := ‘Station ’ + str + ’ Low’;
end;
end;
Brian having installed 10.31s on the 18th at 20:55 (local time) I have only just checked my %vpissstatus% flag and it still says ‘0’, I though the code you were going to add would have changed this to ‘OK’ or whatever value for a not OK battery? Have I not got the correct 10.31s or is there a problem here?
Hi brian,
Summer…so lucky guy…It’s deep winter here. I need to wait for 4/ months before entering into summer time…
Thx for your quck answer (as usual…). I guess I’m not the only one to be impatient to get this info on WD…
Cheers,
Chris (4
Summer, 5 months away for us, weather has been mild, other than the 1.6 in snow last night here ( it is melting sort, just below freezing). Of course , it is flat here, not the beautiful country you have …Sigh 8)
Stuart,
I just downloaded the lastest version 10.31t but where I can’t find the VP2 battery status , what do I need to do please?
Thx for your help.
Chris
