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.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

138 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-02T16:15:01+00:00

    Hi Stefan

    http://www.esqsoft.com/javascript\_examples/date-to-epoch.htm

    is a different converter

    1338593037 converts to Fri Jun 1 19:23:57 EDT 2012local time

    This site gives the code as well.

    You and I seem a lot alike in that we expect things to work properly. I traveled the world troubleshooting mainframe network issues and file transfer software, mostly in Africa and South America. Programmers the world over reject inconsistencies which reminds me of the story of an English mathematician who was reported to remain standing at the bottom of two spiral staircases in an opera house trying to determine logically which side to take. The observer did not mention if/how a conclusion was reached.   Ed

    .

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-02T03:53:01+00:00

    Same problem here.  Its been down for the past 4 days (the software itself is not pulling any date) but the date is showing 11/3.

    It has been working fine for the past 2 months...  Its almost June 2nd and still not working though...

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2012-06-01T23:35:26+00:00

    Never mind the name, "ept". Being a Dutchman living in Canada, I've heard and seen about every possible rendition of my name... :-)

    But now the confusion gets bigger every day... the string I see coming in from the server now is "13385930 1338593037 23:23:57 Jun-01-2012", and when I check this epoch "1338593037" on for example http://www.esqsoft.com/javascript_examples/date-to-epoch.htm it shows as June 1st. Did you find another epoch converter that has the same outcome as what the WS application shows?

    Stefan Viveen

    Fraser Valley Software

    Hope, BC Canada

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-01T22:54:40+00:00

    Hi Stefan:

        Sorry for my misspelling of your name in a previous email.  I agree your epoch was valid as I tried it in a converter.  and it came up 11/2.  Interestingly the date and time is not remaining constant, right now the WS shows 11/3 at 1:27 pm which means it is being updated somewhere.  I can't see how the WS could do that after a shutdown of the PC that seems to indicate it's the server sending bad data but how if the server is shut down?  I'll see if the issue clears up by Monday, if not I'll experiment with your solution.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2012-06-01T19:42:55+00:00

    Hi All,

    I called SI (888.856.6781) this morning and their support person confirmed ept8202's info from FORECA.

    Apparently, FORECA is doing maintenance on their servers and the service is expected to resume in 24-48 hours.

    This applies to those experiencing the incorrect date/time issue with no weather info downloaded.

    If you are looking for the software it can be found here: http://www.sharperimageparts.com/software-downloads/

    It is a rar file so you will need something other than Win Explorer to unpack it. Recommend 7-Zip.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments