I recently installed an Ecowitt GW1002 <https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB6WZNH/> which apparently is a Fine Offset rebranding. It’s not a Davis (I’ve had a Pro2 for 6-8 years and think it’s great) but it includes solar radiation and UV, and the whole thing costs less than a Davis data logger. I don’t know about the accuracy or long-term reliability of any of the instruments, but it seems to work and the readings pass the sanity test.
There is a weewx driver for the gw1000 https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000 <https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000> I haven’t tried to set it up yet so can’t comment, but there’s a lot of discussion in the weewx-user archives. -Les > On 10 Dec 2020, at 13:23, Hans Fangohr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I'd love to use weewx with a weather station that can report - in addition to > the usual observables such as wind, precipitation, temperature, pressure - > the solar radiation (i.e. Watts/m^2 or equivalent). > > I have found the Davis Pro2 (but its outside my budget). There also appear to > be a range of other devices (such as "Sainlogic FT0300" [1]) which appear to > measure solar radiation, but for those it seems they cannot communicate with > weewx as they do not have a USB port, and only offer to report data to > wunderground via wifi. > > (I am not satisfied with the data visualisations from underground - that's > where I want to use weewx.) > > Has anybody got a recommendation for these requirements: > - solar radiation > - can communicate with weewx > - less expensive than Davis Vantage Pro2? > > Many thanks! > > Hans > > > [1] > https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Sainlogic-Professional-Wireless-Internet-Forecast/dp/B0836FVVYZ/ref=pd_lpo_86_t_2/258-2155217-5754057?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0836FVVYZ&pd_rd_r=f8d4286c-2b84-4976-b30c-139faa1e0aa2&pd_rd_w=bdvuU&pd_rd_wg=8llDy&pf_rd_p=d5c9797d-0238-4119-b220-af4cc3420918&pf_rd_r=PY28AYH3V5T5ZCYQA7MF&psc=1&refRID=PY28AYH3V5T5ZCYQA7MF > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ad4ea55e-1f25-4c62-b851-99710564d433n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ad4ea55e-1f25-4c62-b851-99710564d433n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/B0AB2FAC-2C22-4D74-BB70-CD5BC2F910B5%40gmail.com.
