Weather Word^™ can be used to answer a standard US telephone, or it can be used with a radio.   The telephone interface plugs into the telephone service connection, just like an answering machine.  The radio interface can directly control devices such as amateur radio repeaters, or a transceivers.

Within each usage category there are a range of Weather Word configurations, the one that is right for you depends on the costs, measurements and features that you want.  First think about what measurements you need.   Wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity and rainfall are offered by all units.  If you need barometric pressure or dew point, then you need to choose a version of Weather Word which connects with a Davis Instruments weather station.  If you need the auxiliary input for a custom application, then you need to choose the version of Weather Word which connects directly to instruments.

Next move on to considering where you will place the unit.  Often times there is no power at the site of interest, and battery power or solar power must be applied.  Also, the ease of installation must be considered.  The products that use the wireless weather stations are far easier to install because no wires need to be routed from the sensors to the Weather Word or weather station.

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Usage	What you get (click on image to enlarge)	Description (click on description to  get more detail)	Measurements  Possible	Cost	Power  Usage	Ease of Installation
Telephone		Weather Word  connected to  Sensors	Wind speed Wind direction Temperature Humidity Rainfall Auxiliary  Battery voltage	$280 up	Low	Wired
Telephone		Weather Word  connected to  Davis Weather Monitor II™	Wind speed Wind direction Temperature Humidity Rainfall Dew point Barometer	$280 or $689	Med	Wired
Telephone		Weather Word  connected to Davis Vantage Pro™	Wind speed Wind direction Temperature Humidity Rainfall Dew point Barometer	$280 or $889	Low	Wireless
Radio		Weather Word  connected to Pacific Research RI-300™ Repeater Controller and to  Sensors	Wind speed Wind direction Temperature Humidity Rainfall Auxiliary Battery voltage	$280 up	Med	Wired
Radio		Weather Word  connected to Tranceiver/Repeater  and to Davis Vantage Pro	Wind speed Wind direction Temperature Humidity Rainfall Dew point Barometer	$280 or $889	Low	Wireless HT interface

The auxiliary input accepts 0 to 2.5 volts, converts this to a number between 0 and 256, and is then capable of translating the number into a wide range of speaking formats including decimal point.  Custom names and units for the auxiliary channel can also be read in by the user.  For example you could connect the auxiliary input to a water pressure sensor and have it read out "Water pressure currently is seven five psi", with the corresponding past value read outs as well.

The Battery voltage measurement is performed by measuring the input voltage to the Weather Word.  User must insert two resistors inside the Weather Word to activate the channel.  The manual covers this setup in detail.  Adaptive Engineering will perform this modification on request at minimal cost.