Thanks for the input everyone. The reason I was considering a different
brand than Davis is connectivity. Currently, my old Vantage console has an
option added to it which provides a serial output, which goes to a
Lantronix serial-ethernet server box (necessary because the station is too
far from the weewx computer to allow for the console to plug into the
computer directly). My weewx.conf includes the following:
type = ethernet
# If the connection type is serial, a port must be specified:
port = 3001
# If the connection type is ethernet, an IP Address/hostname is
required:
host = 192.168.198.202
It works fine, but the idea of a more "modern" station / console that has
wifi built in seemed more appealing. Also, I can't tell from the Davis web
site if the connectivity I'm using now would still work identically with a
new Vantage Pro 2, or if there's an option I'd need, or ??? How do most
people here connect them?
Also, since I want to add air quality sensors, it was unclear to me whether
that had to hook that in through my primary station, or if it could be
entirely separate. If I stay with Davis, then buy either a PurpleAir or a
sensor+GW1000, is weewx fine with reading them both into the same db?
BTW, Ambient quoted me a 2-month wait for the ultrasonic system, and it
sounds like Ecowitt won't sell me one in the US (they haven't confirmed
that to me yet) so it looks like that's not an option.
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 12:44:49 PM UTC-7 vince wrote:
> On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 11:48:27 AM UTC-7, loonsailor wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> With a 25 history with Davis gear, why would you change vendors ?
>
> I'll also add a WH41 and a WH43 (or ambient equivalents) ar quality
>> sensors.
>>
>
> Easy - you can add a PurpleAir now and integrate it pretty easily into
> weewx.
>
>
>> 1. 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.
>>
>>
> Not true as of weewx v4 which has air quality elements in the new default
> bigger (ie, 'wview-extended') schema, so that is actually pretty
> straightforward now.
>
> All comes down the usual price/size/look+feel/supportability things that
> only you can quantify.
>
> It might be worth contacting Davis support to see if your existing
> console+logger can be used with a Vue or VP2 sensor suite. You can get a
> Vue sensor suite very inexpensively if you look at places like Scaled
> Instruments and Scientific Sales. Heck a Vue sensor suite is only $165 or
> so. A complete VP2 sensor suite is $320 or so.
>
>
>
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