Davis Instruments 6510USB WeatherLink USB Data Logger and Software for Windows

If you are at all interested in the weather (who isn't?) and you own or are considering a Davis Instruments Weather Station, this product is for you. With the included cable, it easily plugged into the back of my Vantage Pro2 weather station console and connected to my computer. The included software allows data logging including: current conditions, charts, graphs, plots and more so I am able to store, view, analyze, export and print weather data collected by my weather station. The instruction are thorough and set-up is easy. The on-screen "Walkthrough" steps you through the configuration process. On-line help is also available. Parameters for the charts, graphs and plots are easily set, simple to understand, and viewing them is quite interesting and fun. I've had the WeatherLink for 2-years and it has performed flawlessly. All in all, this product and software is well-designed, easy to install, and a "must have" for Davis Weather Station owners.

I'm a bit surprised that the PC connectivity is sold separately, it is an option I wanted for a weather station console. Installation and connection between the PC and console went well. The software does its job and brings the data to the PC, but the GUI seems more crude than most windows software you pay for, more like a shareware package. There is further instructions to follow, in order to install modules for uploading to weather sites/programs. Usually online resources and readme's. I'm currently sending data to Weather Underground and Weather bug. Also, a flier in the unite pointed to [...] which quality checks data and collects it for NOAA, a worthy place to contribute. The software also provides daily and monthly breakdowns of all the data collected, indoors and out. In the long term, I expect that will be useful. While 5 min data are useful to see the weather systems pass, longer variations will be interesting with these. I had an issue the other day, where the software could not find the hardware. I unplugged and reattached the USB connector, and even restarted the computer, and the same "Cannot FInd..." error occurred. While I was looking up the trouble shooting, I tried the software again and if found the console, without any intervention. It seems possible that I just need to wait for drivers etc to get restarted, but otherwise I didn't do anything really to fix that. There are also occasional drops of connection, during which time the data is not being sent to the internet sites. The console continues to collect the data, but it must be restarted and downloaded to the PC to catch back up.

WeatherLink work good, everyone people wrote rate star 1 said WeatherLink do not work usb on the computer and do not buy it.. STOP! ✋ if first time new vantage pro console do NOT turn on, memory insall first than plug in and battery back in or after you use vantage pro console turn off unplug and battery remove than memory install than plug in and battery back in will work WeatherLink on the computer better to understand.

While needed to connect your weather station to your computer/internet I think this should be included in the "expensive" Davis line of weather stations. I purchased this when I purchased my weather station three years ago... All of a sudden, it stopped working. I thought, well, all things fail... so I eliminated all obvious reason, like loose connection, system needing a reboot.... I even ordered new one, thinking this unit was bad.... After installing the new one ,and the same "dead" results, I started checking other things. As instructed, you should us the "USB" as the connection method. With all Windows, this was exactly correct. Well, with the latest Windows Update, November 13, all of a sudden my weather station stopped reporting to my computer and to Weather Underground. I knew that I could not have two bad units all of a sudden!!!! So, I started testing all of the options for data connections and finally found that Windows 10 had changed my data from a USB to a com port... 5 to be exact on my system!!! So, before you do as I did and buy something you didn't need, try a different communication method. I hope this saves at least someone some money.

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It wors well, and exactly as described. Only comment is it is quite expensive compare to its details and materials.

Fonctionne parfaitement avec mon console Vantage Vue EU, RAS ! Le logiciel fournie s'installe facilement sur le PC et rapidement, avec en plus, la toute dernière mise à jour (6.0.4).

Well, have to say it wasn’t cheap, but it really is an amazing piece of equipment. The information accrued is diverse. Broad spectrum of localised info that can be shared globally. Interesting to see and compare results from nearby weather stations. All in all a good investment!

There was no warning about problems getting this to work with Windows 7, but I've tried everything I could think of without success. The instructions advise to contact Davis tech support, which I did by phone and email,...they have not responded. I've started the return procedure, but if Davis tech service gets back to me with a fix real soon I'll revise this review. 18-05-17 Davis tech support got back to me with a quick easy fix...all is good and I'm a happy little nerd. Windows 7 requires a simple little deviation in the setup, but works just fine when you know what to do.