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Technical information & User manual
• CloudWatcher and Solo – video introduction
• CloudWatcher and Solo Quick Start Guide
• Software downloads
• User manual
• AAG Cloudwatcher PCB connections (CW v2.5, 2017)
• AAG CloudWatcher “Readme First”
• Anemometer technical characteristics
• AAG CloudWatcher online users’ manual
• AAG WeatherCenter online users’ manual
• Sky temperature model
• Ambient temperature readings and the CloudWatcher
• Some notes on cloud detection
• Troubleshooting the AAG CloudWatcher
• How the Hydreon Rain Sensor works with the CloudWatcher
• How the Hydreon Rain Sensor works in general
• Software news, from the blog
Tips and Configuration and Articles
• Rain sensor: Capacitive or Hydreon version, what to choose?
• Automatic start of CW software
• For backyard observatories
• Setting up a simple web server with AAG CW information
• CW as a watchdog
• Why is the CloudWatcher software signalling unsafe?
• BIG ALARMS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES (by Mark Zaslove) – Astronomy Technology Today magazine (Vol-14-Iss-7)
• LUNÁTICO ASTRONOMÍA POCKET CLOUD WATCHER (by Jon Teus) – Astronomy magazine (nº 238 – April 2019), section “Testing Bench” (Spanish version).
• Automated Weather Monitoring for Observatories: Lunatico AAG CloudWatcher Review (by Rouzbeh Bidshahri) — AstroGear Today, Published: Apr 06, 2022.
Repairs and Spare parts
• Price list of REPAIRS AND SPARE PARTS
• Replace the LID
• Relative humidity and Atmospheric pressure sensor installation
• Calibrate the rain sensor for the CW
• How to connect a Hydreon rain sensor to a CW equipped with a capacitive rain sensor
Maintenance for older models:
• Replace the IR sensor
• Replace the rain sensor
• How to apply Plastidip to protect the CW rain sensor
How to...
• Save all CloudWatcher settings to a file
• CloudWatcher Zero Configuration Network
• Physical CloudWatcher installation
• AAG WeatherCenter & Cumulus
• Setting up MASTER mode
• Setting up REMOTE mode
• Correct placement for the anemometer
• How to send a push message to your smartphone using the Cloudwatcher windows software
• Getting rid of the big, ugly window covering all
• Node-RED tutorial
• Parking the mount
• CloudWatcher operated roll-off roof
Information for developers / integrators
• Serial protocol documentation, 4 documents:
- First (v 1.0)
- Second (v 1.1)
- Third ( v 1.2) and
- Fourth Addenda and errata (v 1.3)
- Fifth Addenda (v 1.4)
• Rain sensor heater algorithm
• Object Safe library and installation instructions
• HTML examples to get data from AAG_CloudWatcher / AAG_WeatherCenter and display it in the internet browser
• VB6 example to read/set parameters of the AAG_CloudWatcher
• VB6 example to read data directly from the AAG_CloudWatcher
• VBScript example to start AAG_CloudWatcher
• VBScript example to get corrected sky temperature and display it every 10 seconds
• ACP browser modifications
• ACP browser modifications “read me”