Cyclone Gabrielle Source: NZ Herald Located between two tectonic plates, New Zealand is no stranger to severe natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Lately, we’ve been experiencing some extreme weather events, the most notable being Cyclone Gabrielle, which wreaked havoc in the country and in whose aftermath many families continue to face difficulties. […]
CATERPILLAR – Advanced roof and dome controller for observatories Born from large professional installations, now available for custom and advanced observatories worldwide. Discuss your observatory Caterpillar is an observatory controller designed to automate and safeguard roof and dome operations in professional and custom-built observatories. Originally developed for large installations, Caterpillar has evolved into a flexible
Taking your CloudWatcher to the Next Level Note: this is a post made by the user Will B in our forum, you can access the original here — you will need to be registered (it’s free) to see it and download the .stl files. Thank you Will for your insight! Introduction This is an update to
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CloudWatcher Anemometer Placement You’ve received the parcel with your brand new CloudWatcher and Solo plus accessories and are excitedly unboxing the contents and looking forward to setting up your observatory’s weather station. At this moment, you might be inclined to dismiss the anemometer as a cheap piece of plastic that you could have built yourself,
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Emergency priority PushOver messages from the Dragonfly Starting today, any PushOver message sent by the Dragonfly, if it includes the word Alarm (capital A), will be sent to your smartphone as emergency priority. This means: the message will be repeated every 30 seconds, until acknowledged, for as long as 10 minutes You can adjust PushOver
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New complete CloudWatcher software suite Hi all, we are releasing updated versions of all CloudWatcher related software, that is, Windows software, Solo, and ASCOM drivers (INDIGO and INDIlib software have their own paths). These not only support our new combined RH+Pressure sensors, but in general provide more modern functionality, such as: – a new
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How the Hydreon works with the CloudWatcher The Hydreon works by opening or closing a contact when it detects rain, and it’s been adapted to work with the CloudWatcher, who expects a variable reading depending on the amount of rain. A special cable has been devised, that will result in two different readings (from the
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Hive Now that the CloudWatcher is able to measure more weather data than ever, that is: ambient temperature, sky reflected IR, humidity, atmospheric pressure, rain, wind… we are reactivating a project of old to apply machine learning to cloud and rain detection. The idea is to collect a huge amount of data, cloudwatcher sensor data and
Hi all,
we are releasing a new version of the CloudWatcher software, with complete support for both the RH and the newer dual RH + Atm pressure sensor.
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CloudWatcher operated roll off roof Many motor systems include a push button to open or close the roof. They typically require the button to be pushed for a short period of time, and that will trigger the roof to open if closed, or close if opened. One safe way to have the CloudWatcher relay close
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