meteohub and boltek ld-350

[MarKel]

hello,

would it be possible to have the boltek ld-350 connected to meteohub using usb ?

when i look at the manual:

http://www.boltek.com/LD-350%20User%20Manual_030712.pdf

it shows on page 14 some usb-commands which perhaps meteohub could read by using a virtual sensor of some kind ?
would be nice because i don't have to run a pc 24x7 just for the lightning detector

i'm no programmer so i can't see how easy or difficoult this would be

regards,

Marcel

[YJB]

Hi,

I don't think that this is going to work:

Yes, technically one could build an interface on MH, and read the status from Boltek. The biggest issue is, however, CPU power. During a thunderstorm you will need a lot of CPU power to handle the incoming data (at least that is my understanding). Since MH is running on a low performance platform, I guess it will be overloaded (and then, how long will it last before your flash card runs out of space?)

[MarKel]

i think you don't have this issue with the dl-350 (more memory and faster cpu)

how would i do this, you say it could be done technically
should i build a plugin or so ?

[YJB]

how would i do this, you say it could be done technically
should i build a plugin or so ?

Correct, you will probably need to build a user defined plugin. Best to start with reading the serial port and see what the data looks like. You can find several other examples on this forum from users who have done so for other type of sensors.