24hr access to your meteorological data direct from your home or office Access from almost any country MiniMet in any country with a suitable GSM Network A variety of low cost low consumption options

You probably already use a GSM digital network when you pick up your mobile phone. The new GSM link from Skye uses the same Vodafone digital mobile ‘phone network in the UK to permit the control and offloading data from MiniMet weather stations and DataHog loggers. Operation is very simple. A modem is probably already installed in your PC for use with Email and the Internet  (the vast majority of makes are compatible)and this is used by Skye software to call up your MiniMet. A single click of the mouse will initiate the call to your weather station. Quite automatically your call is routed to the nearest GSM transmitter to your remote MiniMet or DataHog. Once the call is connected you can use all the functions of your weather station as though you were sitting next to it - offload data, clear memory, alter setup parameters etc. GSM networks in a variety of countries are suitable. Remember the remote weather station only needs a GSM network, so the

MiniMet may be, for example, in the south of Spain whilst you ‘talk’ with it from your office in sunny Manchester. Just as the Skye MiniMet and DataHog have been designed to operate on minimum current for long periods in sites with only a battery supply so has the GSM Link. Unfortunately, it is a physical fact that to get a radio signal through the air (all mobile phones work like this) requires rather more power than to run the MiniMet or DataHog itself.  In most applications enough power is available from a small solar panel for self-contained ‘recharge free’ operation. The GSM link has electronics built in to protect the

system from low power and power loss situations. If a solar panel is not appropriate and mains power is not available, then operation times are maximised by use of either a clock or telephone ‘switch on’ device for the modem within the Skye GSM link. The Clock will switch on the GSM link for a set period each day. With the telephone ‘switch on’ system, the user dials a pager service number (where available in the country concerned) which in turn calls electronics in the GSM link, switching on the modem for a user-selected period.

For help on choosing a suitable modem click here Modem Help

 

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