From 22f43d98c69ee5dbe15e92fefe1cab2578e99449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Reichel Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:48:53 +0100 Subject: add README file --- README | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..619d414 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +This code can be used to access data from Pollin's weather station [0]. It +probably supports more weather stations, but that has not been tested. The +repository provides 3 parts: + + * a C library using libusb to access the weather station + * a VAPI file for the C library to be used by valac + * a small demo program written in vala, which outputs the current data log entry + +To build the code you need to install libusb (the 0.1 branch) and its header +files. On Debian/Ubuntu you get it by installing 'libusb-dev'. Just type 'make +library' in the project's directory to get the library. You can optionally call +'make demo' to compile the demo binary, if you have valac installed. + +You can find documentation for the chip inside the weather station on [1]. + +[0] http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/NzE2OTYxOTk-/Haustechnik/Wetterstation/Funk_Wetterstation_WS_0101.html +[1] http://site.ambientweatherstore.com/easyweather/ws_1080_2080_protocol.zip -- cgit v1.2.3