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New software for the breeze
With a serial port connection to the breeze receiver, any Mac (OS X) or PC (‘98, 2K, XP) can be used as a logger for wind speed (and direction, if you have a direction sensor, of course). Below is a screen snapshot of the software:
Choose the com port number your receiver is attached to, pick your preferred averaging interval, hit the Start arrow ( -> ) in the top left corner, and logging begins. A dialog box will ask you to name your log file. As pictured, the logger is set to take 10 minute averages (600 seconds). The display meters show the current wind speed and direction, and the last 10 minutes of wind is shown on the strip chart. Every averaging period the average wind speed, average direction, the maximum wind speed, the minimum wind speed and the standard deviation of the wind speed,along with a time and date stamp is written to a text file which is easily opened with most spreadsheet programs, such as Excel. The software is provided free with all breeze purchases.