hello everybody.. i have a davis vantage pro weather station. this weather sensor has a sensor that gathers all the parameters and a separate console that displays the data. the sensor and the console is communicates via rs485. what i want to do is connect the sensor directly to my computer and do some manipulation on the data it gathers. it seems that the console doesnt send anything. it is the sensor the sends data every 3 seconds and the console just receives the data. however, when i try to sniff the data from sensor using an rs485-rs232 converter, it only repeatedly outputs these data "fxxf". can anybody help me as to why these happen? or has anyone in here successfully get the data directly from a davis weather station? please help.. thanks in advance