After all the useful input, I just ordered a Vantage Pro 2 from Scaled Instruments. They've got a great price for them right now. Also, at his suggestion I ordered a WiFiLogger 2. I'll post later about how that works out.
Thanks to all for the advice and wisdom. On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 1:15:40 PM UTC-7 loonsailor wrote: > 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. >> >> >> -- 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/3655954f-7bed-450f-92fc-16524c46f343n%40googlegroups.com.
