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
    2021-07-12T13:58:19+00:00

    Hello Dear Casper3725,

    I am amazed of your devotion to bring back into life the 5 - Day weather forcast owned originally by Sharper Image! Your patience and extremely durable efforts to keep the interests and willingness of the entire community involved in bringing back this project to real life is the real and simple example of how to bring together people thus forming a fantastic community! I cannot express how thankful I am for the nice and unexpected present I received from you and from the ,,Team,, by getting back something I liked many years ago, and for something I paid then and for something I received from you gratis! The program is now working fine both on my Windows7 laptop and on the Sharper Image sreen! Thank you so much for the joy I had been trying to understand and follow all your instructions. I found this forum in mid June 2021, and it is true It took me four weeks to find all the mistakes I did in installing YOUR new program. I confess I am totally new to this kind of projects.Myself I am not new at all with my 77 years. So dear Casper let me send you my thanks and greetings from -Budapest-Hungary and let me wish you further successes in bringing together people with other projects!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-22T23:05:01+00:00

    lol... no worries at all!  I like to start with the simple potential fixes and work up from there.  Every once and a while, we get lucky and it's the first thing we try!  I'm so glad you got it up and running again!  Take care!

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-20T22:51:42+00:00

    Forgive the candidness of my reply but oh my God. I think I love you. I never thought about the WAMP server not being up and running on my machine. It must have closed upon a shutdown and I never thought twice of it.

    Thank you so much.

    Within one second I was up and running once again.

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