Sharper Image Weather Station EC-WS115 not updating

Anonymous
2020-12-07T00:50:36+00:00

Thanks to this community, I have found the software for the Sharper Image EC-WS115, and I've learned how to deal with its USB issues under Windows 10. 

But, it stopped updating the forecast on November 30th, 2020.

The 5-day forecast software gives me an error saying "Cannot connect to server. Please try again later" whenever I try to update the forecast.

Is anyone else having this issue, or just me? Has Foreca shut down the server used to feed information to these devices?

I don't want to send this device to a landfill.

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Anonymous
2020-12-20T19:05:29+00:00

I finally had some success this morning utilizing a workaround that was developed with a lot input from a number of people.  I've created a step-by-step guide as to what I did to get my Sharper Image EC-WS115 5-Day weather forecast station up and running again after the server quit working back on November 30th.  If you use Windows, then this solution should work.  I just got it working this morning, so I haven't fully tested it yet to see if it automatically updates like it used to or if there are any bugs in the code.  If you're interested in taking a peak at the process (5 steps), then download the zip file containing all the files you will need to make it work.  The step-by-step guide is a filed titled 'Read Me.pdf'.  Thanks to all those who did the hard work by decompiling and writing new code in order to make it work.  The zip file can be downloaded here (just click on 'download' in the upper-left-hand corner):  

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yin1t3oqjnyxwe1/5-Day%20Weather%20Forecast%20Workaround.zip?dl=0

Best of luck and Merry Christmas!

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Anonymous
2021-01-01T14:40:14+00:00

Can anyone put a detailed process on how to get the weather station up and running.  I have downloaded the zip files, gone to Weatherbit and got my personal number.  But , I cannot find the file folders that I have to copy other files to.. please help me.  I want  to get my weather station back on line.  Thanks!

Good morning Michael, as Eric mentioned in another post, check the ReadMe.pdf file that has step-by-step instructions on where everything goes.  Here's also a link to a 27-minute video tutorial that steps through each step in detail.  Hope this helps.  Happy New Year!

https://vimeo.com/495872313/ca3d3d378e

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T21:13:50+00:00

    Katherine,

    Thanks for the detailed description.  It sounds a lot simpler when you describe it, and I don't think I'll have any problems with the steps.

    I'm curious, what is WAMP relative to solving the problem?  This link tells me what it does https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/what-is-wamp (and I have published to Wordpress), but I'm not sure how that fixes getting the weather data back to the display devices.  My understanding of this thread is that the data was coming from Foreca, but that is no longer available.  Perhaps I'm asking a question that cannot be answered. 

    Terry

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T17:59:00+00:00

    Hello Casper3725,

    I really do appreciate your ability to get the weather station receiving data again.  We bought our EC-WS115 ten years ago, and since it stopped working, I realized how much I've depended on it to easily see what the day will be like.  

    I'm a 69 year old retired mechanical engineer, who once did programming in Fortran and Basic, but that's been decades ago. I haven't yet attempted to follow your instructions to get my EC-WS115 working again, because I've read others' comments that they've struggled to get it going, sometimes taking a long time. 

    Do you see any other changes in the process that might still be coming that would make it easier for a geezer like me to follow?  Should I wait for those, or should I run with what is out there now?  

    Terry

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T15:26:25+00:00

    Many thanks to Casper and all the “heavy lifters” behind the scenes. Truly amazing effort. Question: does anyone know the update interval of the new connection?  It seems every 5-6 hours.  Or is it erratic and needing a batch file to ping it regularly?

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