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Equipment

Weather Station : Davis Vantage Pro II
Communication : Wireless (300 Feet)
PC Communication : Dataloger (Serial)
Software : Weatherlink 5.8.0, Weather Display 10.37i.
Submissions : Wunderground (KTXABILE23), FindU (CW9824), NOAA.
Update Frequency : Every 5 Min

Cams
IP cameras : (x3)
USB : Notebook Pro. (Not shown on site)
Analog : I.R. Nite Cam (Not shown on site)

Computers
1. 3.4ghz P4 Extreme, 2gb of DDR ram, 120gb SATA HD, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AGP, SBLive Sound, USB 2.0 (x10)
Firewire (x2) on a APC Back-UPS RS 900 running Windows XP. Jobs: SkyWarning server, GRLevel3 Radar.
2. 3.0ghz P4, 1GB DDR, 80gb IDE, Intel 82865G AGP graphics, SoundMax Sound Card, PCI Capture Card,
PCI TV-Tuner Card, running Windows XP. Jobs: WebcamXP (recording), IP Surveillance (Recording- Dlink),
Backup for the Davis Station, Movie Salsa Movie server, email server.
3. 2.5 P4, 1GB DDR, 20GB IDE, Intel Video Card, SoundMax soundcard, APC Back-UPS 900.
Jobs: Davis Weatherstation, Weatherlink, Weather
Display, Active Webcam, Weather site submissions, FTP jobs for Webcams.

Other
Router: Linksys WTR54G (on TripLite UPS)
Network Bridge : Airlink101 SuperG Access Point(x2)
Network Bridge :Linksys Ethernet to Wireless Bridge(x3)
Scanner: Beartracker 800 (BCT7)
Cam Software : Active Webcam and WebcamXp
Jpg Converter : I built with Microsoft VB
Movie converter : MovieSalsa (jpg to DIVX)
Upload Frequency : 3 min for the Cams, 5 Min for movies
Grlevel3 : Dopler Radar with AllisonHouse Feeds
Cobian Backup: Backup Software
OddCast: Skywarning and Weather Radio streaming utlilty

Interested in making a site like this? Do you wonder how much it costs to startup and
maintain a site like this? (In all cases you can go cheaper with different hardware)
Weather Station: $420
IP Cameras: $140 (x3 in my case)
Analog & Usb Cameras: $35 (x2 in my case)
Airlink Network Bridges: $44 (x2 For my case)
Linksys Network Bridges: $40 (x3 in my case)
Beartracker Scanner+ Antenna: $130
Computers: $600 (x3 + one laptop backup)
Ups: $80
Software
ActiveWebcam: $30
WebcamXp: $39
MovieSalsa: $25
GrLevel3: $75
AllisonHouse Feeds: $10 Monthly
Hosting Fees: $9 Monthly
Cobian Backup: Free
Odcast: Free

Total so far (not including the cost of cables, housings, and electricity)
Hardware: $3128.00
Software: $169
Monthly Fees: $19

Questions about the hardware of software? Ask Me