On Tue 23 Nov Stephen Hocking wrote: > Something that transmits using the 433MHz can be done using the SDR > driver, but for most of the devices, the pressure is measured in the > base station, which doesn't need to broadcast. For the acurite stuff, > I use my user.py to scrape the pressure off the device's web page.
Most of the mid-price systems available now seem to be made by Bresser. I trawled this list's archive for recent mentions of Bresser kit, but only found references to older USB-connected systems. The new ones all seem to use 868MHz for communicating with their sensor unit. I did find one ACCUR8 unit available that uses 433MHz. My first system was a cheap Fine-Offset-based one, and it worked after a fashion (and somewhat intermittently) for about three years. I've had the BloomSky since mid 2019. The main unit hasn't been particularly troublesome, but I've already had to replace the Storm unit once before (under guarantee, thankfully), and the replacement now needs replacing. If they're only going to last a couple of years then they'll work out mighty expensive in the long run. (Sam Vimes' Boots Theory applies here, I fear...) Unless I mount it in a very inaccessible location needing long ladders etc., (which isn't great for changing batteries and cleaning things) the sensor unit needs to be wireless. -- 73, Rick, M0LEP -- 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/679b.619cd342.83bdf%40hewett.org.
