a-ha: i had confused the "weather envoy" with the "weather link subscription service" -- i need the local weewx software as i use weewx to also aggregates some soil/plant sensors.
just to confirm my understanding: (the davis documentation is not completely clear) the little cable coming out of the Weather Envoy as seen images is actually the tail of a Data Logger — but has to be purchased separately, right? So in essence the Weather Envoy is replacement for the Console? And also yes: actually the VP 2 Pro PLUS (lots of qualificative there) includes the solar radiation. so that would be a complete solution, and skips the console. I'll keep looking a bit into non-davis solutions (i'm interested in learning more about the field), but i now have a fallback plan. thanks! On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 9:53:22 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Two simple Davis options - #6100 Weatherlink Live replaces the USB > datalogger, console and PC, directly receives and uploads data via > ethernet. But, it also eliminates weewx and is over $200. (Can it also > upload to an IP? Not sure - I'll have to read about it now...) Or, a #6316 > Weather Envoy replaces the console with a smaller wireless receiver that > then uses your existing datalogger and plugs into your existing PC setup. > (This is what I use.) Can be had easily for under $150. > > This doesn't fix your sensor and protocol issues but simplifies the > hardware as you listed. You can also easily add the solar rad sensor to an > existing VP2. > > On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 7:14:03 PM UTC-9 burton wrote: > >> hello! >> >> been running weewx with a vantage vue with the USB davis dataloguer. all >> around great. >> >> organizing another project and looking to upgrade a few things: >> >> - solar radiation >> - friendly protocols >> - ethernet connectivity >> >> i dislike having to keep the clumsy vantage vue console hardware in the >> setup. i dislike having to use USB between the host and datalogger/station. >> i dislike the fact that the station and console communicate with an >> unfriendly proprietary protocol. >> >> budget could be up to twice the cost of a Vantage pro 2+datalogger. could >> also be the combination of a few independant sensors or platforms, but it >> has to be reliable and serviceable (i.e. not a sparkfun DIY kit). (i've >> seen the effort to connect directly to the station through a SDR (thus >> skipping the console and USB) which i personally find interesting, but it's >> a little too fringy for this project). >> >> thanks for any pointers! >> >> -- 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/5456bef3-2e6e-4490-af9d-3f17e06918cfn%40googlegroups.com.
