I need a replacement for my 25-year-old Vantage Pro (original, not +) and am considering either the Ecowitt 2551 or the 2553 or the Ambient equivalents. I'll also add a WH41 and a WH43 (or ambient equivalents) ar quality sensors. I've got a 25 year database of weather (started on wView) and I'm eager to keep it going. A couple of questions:
1. How does the ultrasonic anemometer compare to the one in the mechanical ones in accuracy, reliability, and expected longevity? 2. Of course, I will want to connect the new station to weeWx. I see that there is a new pull driver for the GW1000. Is it worth getting the GW1000 for that purpose, or can I use the new driver with the console included with the stations? 3. Is the maximum range from station to console the same for GW1000 and the included console? 4. One of the things I like about my ancient Vantage Pro is that there is a 2-week memory in the station console. If my linux server goes down for any reason, upon startup weeWX will recapture the data that it missed and populate the DB accordingly. Very nice! Is there any equivalent with the stations / consoles that I’m considering? 5. Getting the air quality sensors set up is a stage-2 sort of project for me, and I understand that it’s not completely straightforward, because there is no dedicated PM2.5 field in the standard DB. Still, though I’ll worry about that implementation a bit later, I’d like to plan for it. With that in mind, is there any reason to prefer the Ambient or the Ecowitt? If I’m picking up the data with weeWx, how does it get into one of the public air quality maps? Or, should I consider getting a PurpleAir instead? I know it’s pricier, but if there’s a good reason to go that way I’m open to it. Any advice will be eagerly, gratefully accepted. Thanks, in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/07ce6fe1-5682-4780-9e82-ac43ca987a5dn%40googlegroups.com.
