Can you help trouble shoot Sharper Image Internet Weather Station EC-WS115?

Anonymous
2010-01-16T01:38:22+00:00

I got this as a gift. It came without a software disk. After emailing customer support I got a link to the the following software:

http://www.box.net/shared/static/6o8ihesobp.exe

I downloaded this software.  It brings up the software images on my screen ... I can enter my home location in the software ... but the software never connects to the internet ... so I star all over again.  The installation and troubleshooting guide for this software can be found at:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=125ff9392a328df7&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3Df308508e5f%26view%3Datt%26th%3D125ff9392a328df7%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbTyi01RNj22kC0cK4nMeZULvfQL9w

This gadget is supposedly compatible with Windows 7.  I am running Windows 7 Pro on my HP Computer.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-03T21:35:03+00:00

    Thanks to Stefan I have been introduced to Fiddler 2.  There is quite a bit of info to be gleaned from this product.

    The WS calls were coded in C

    The date time data being returned is from servers in Bayside I believe Queens in NY not Finland

    Finland’s IP addresses range is

    From IP                                To IP     

    62.44.192.0 62.44.255.255 16384 19/12/2001
    62.61.64.0 62.61.127.255 16384 06/06/2001

    The C Getweather call identifies the city with a 9 digit numerical

    The data being returned seems to be leftover caching info and to me is undecipherable.

    I suspect WS software waits until all data is returned in the call and buffers it before posting to the device hardware hence though a valid date/time is returned residual data is displayed. 

    The residual date data is buffered by WS software as it is updated. 

    There are 4 buffers for the City data the stored data for any city remains constant

    The HTTP protocol for the calls returns 200 (good call) there is no error indication returned on the call

    There’s lots more info uncovered by Fiddler I could post but who cares. 

    Conclusion

    The Ferco server as I stated Thursday is down.  This has been confirmed by you and other sources.

    My guess is no one is working over the weekend to fix it.  I would hope by COB Monday we get valid data again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-03T07:31:33+00:00

    if you still need a copy....my contact info is:-

    manofparts

    @

    aol.com

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-06-03T07:28:27+00:00

    Reason for all the problesm with date and time and updating weather data is they are currently moving the server...once its up and running again..everything will fix itself..

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-03T07:25:53+00:00

    I have original disk that came with mine....it works on All win formats..including WIN7 64 bit..

    Its a small file

     you can contact me direct on my email if you want a copy...

    manofparts

    @

    Aol.com

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-06-02T21:38:35+00:00

    For me I was switching computers.  It always worked on my previous, which was Windows xp 32 bit.  My new cpu was same OS but for some reason, tried and tried to no avail.  However, reading your post, I decided to try and run the program based upon Windows 2000 compatibility.  Seems dumb, but worked.  I figured the software seems Windows 2000'ish. lol.  thanks for something try anwyay.

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