Weather Direct IP protocol
I plugged both the Gateway and my laptop into an old hub that I have (NOT a switch) and fired up Wireshark on my laptop so I could watch what happened:
Above is a screen capture from Wireshark showing the gateway getting assigned IP address 192.168.1.100 by my router then ARPing the gateway before doing a DNS lookup for box.weatherdirect.com
Finally the Gateway issues a PUT to box.weatherdirect.com/request.breq The server didn't send any data back at this time because my gateway was not associated with any account or location on their end.
I follow the directions and create an account at weatherdirect.com (they are more aggressive at signing me out after a period of inactivity than my bank - god forbid someone sneaks onto my signed in laptop and takes over my thermometer!) I enter the serial number for my gateway and click on the picture of my display unit and I am all configured. I force an update of the display by holding the + button on the display. The gateway issues the same PUT as before but this time the server sends back 256 bytes of data and my display is populated with a forcast for my location:
Comments
Any progress on a local server?
Hi,
Have you made any further progress on intercepting the data from this weather station? I just ordered one and would like to use the data locally instead of sending it to the weatherdirect.com site.
Thanks for figuring out the server name info, that is a great start.
paul
data from weather direct
Hi,
The remote temperature is sent to theweatherclub.com somehow. I have not been able to capture the data yet. Once you join theweatherclub.com it somehow gets your remote sensor data and puts it on a map.
Another remote sensor, TX50U-IT, can be purchased and it supposedly posts data to weatherdirect.com. Have you seen that sensor?
Thanks for the work you have done on this. I hope you post anything else you figure out.
Thanks
Paul
Bought one too
I bought one of these units for $30 at Costco. I already have a ws2300 based unit and I thought maybe I could play around with this unit. Online and in the documentation it says "check your backyard temperature from anywhere" so I am hoping to be able to read the temp values off of the device. I've done that same as you and have some dumps laying around, but I've not deciphered anything yet.
Bought one too
I bought one of these units for $30 at Costco. I already have a ws2300 based unit and I thought maybe I could play around with this unit. Online and in the documentation it says "check your backyard temperature from anywhere" so I am hoping to be able to read the temp values off of the device. I've done that same as you and have some dumps laying around, but I've not deciphered anything yet.