dms@ai.mit.edu (David M. Siegel) (10/03/90)
We have just ordered a Heathkit IDW5001 weather computer. Our plans are to make the readings from the computer available over our network. It would be nice to use a "standard" weather TCP/UDP protocol for this purpose. Ideally, all Internet sites with weather data could support this protocol. The protocol should be extensible, since it is hard to anticipate all types of weather data that people might have. I'm wondering, does such a protocol exist? Also, does anyone else have IDW5001 weather computers. We'd be interested in obtaining your software to interface to the computer, and for client programs. Our plans are to run it on a Unix box, connected via the RS232 port. -Dave
af%sei.ucl.ac.be@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU ("Alain FONTAINE ", Postmaster - NAD) (10/11/90)
On Wed, 3 Oct 90 16:24:46 GMT David M. Siegel said: >would be nice to use a "standard" weather TCP/UDP protocol for this >purpose. Ideally, all Internet sites with weather data could support >this protocol. The protocol should be extensible, since it is hard to >anticipate all types of weather data that people might have. > >I'm wondering, does such a protocol exist? > This question has been discussed some months ago. The conclusion was that no new protocol is needed: this is an ideal application for SNMP. Just define a weather-report MIB.... P.S. I tried a private reply, but it was bounced at uunet..... Alain FONTAINE +--------------------------------+ Universite Catholique de Louvain | If your mail software barks at | Service d'Etudes Informatiques | my address, you may try : | Batiment Pythagore | | Place des Sciences, 4 | FNTA80@BUCLLN11.BITNET | B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM +--------------------------------+ phone +32 (10) 47-2625 z * * * 47745578 'Alain FONTAINE (Pos David M. Siegel 10/11/90*Heathkit Weather Computer (IDW