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.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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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
    2021-11-01T20:04:40+00:00

    I've seen it take quite a while for the weather data to arrive on the display. The fact the clock is setting is a good sign.

    Marc M.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-01T19:24:38+00:00

    Having seen the great community of support and software, I bought a "New in the Box EC-WS115" on eBay. It does look like it's new. The software fix with the WAMP server seems to be working perfectly. As advertised, the software finds the new weather servers and populates weather for my local server. (Thank you to the community for doing this fix!)

    The problem I'm having is that the communication between the two seems to be odd. When I connect the two, the time from the computer immediately shows (correctly) on the WS115. But none of the weather data appears from the computer. The computer is showing valid (and accurate) weather data for all five tabs, but all the weather data is blank or dashes on the display. If I change the time offset on the computer, the time changes on the display as well. Any idea what the problem could be?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-06T21:37:02+00:00

    Thank you Brian. I've been dabbling with Windows 11 myself and the driver problem still exists. I haven't been able to figure out a solution either. I've seen a few people report success with Windows 10, but I'm not sure why it works for some, but doesn't work for most. I keep hoping a hardware guru would be able to solve the driver issue. Hope all is well. Scott

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