Thank you Greg and Tom for the advice and insight! I do appreciate it! The reason I am considering the 6163 (VP2+ Wireless) model is that it would be a very long cable run through my attic (which has poor access) to get to my utility closet where I keep my telco equipment and my dedicated machine for the weather station. Plus I might get a soil/leaf module in the future to monitor my garden once I recover from the sticker shock of buying the initial Davis hardware :)
For the weatherlink data logger, I will need to consider that in the future. Right now I was thinking of just getting the WeatherLink Live 6100 as according to the user guides, it will allow me to pull the raw data for both the airlink and the VP2+ via its API directly from the local device. I see that there are a number of weatherlink weewx drivers on the wiki page from others who are pulling this data today. The weatherlink 6100 will be on a battery backup and directly connected to my home network in a closet that is close to the weather station. I will see if that is enough to go through some of our regular thunderstorms here in West Florida (we lose power on a regular basis). Based on Toms' feedback, I am not going to go with the sonic anemometer. It is very expensive ($540 today) and what I read is that it is good for up to 90mph. I will use the included anemometer with the VP2+ and see how that goes. I read those cups can go through a cat5 hurricane, just hope I do not have to experience that to test that theory out at home! I am going to use a dedicated NUC PC for this station as they are currently cheaper than a RPI4 (8GB) and will have a M.2 SSD. That should be more than enough hardware to run the website and weewx with no issues. anything else I am missing? On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:37:13 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > I'm using a VP2 - about 12 years worth now. My connection is via a serial > Weatherlink in a Weather Envoy, as my weewx install is in the basement and > my console is upstairs in the living room. Since the WL Live came out the > Envoy is more affordable than it used to be, and works great. If you can > put your console next to (or close to) the weewx PC then you can just use > the serial/USB module, otherwise you'll need the Envoy. > > I use the standard anemometer on my roof; I also have a Tempest with sonic > anemometer, and it doesn't seem to be quite as accurate or sensitive as the > old-school version. (It's also $500 extra, and I'm cheap...) My anemometer > has needed absolutely no maintenance in that 12 years. I'm also thinking > about using the AirLink if I can get it's data pulled into weewx and > integrated, but haven't seen any discussion about it in here. > > Next plan is to start using the Tempest to report into a weewx instance > and see how it compares to the VP2, If it's accurate and reliable it'll go > up on the roof pole with the VP2 anemometer and do it's thing. > > > On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 4:33:20 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> 1. Should I use the WeatherLink or a direct connection module? Pros/Cons? >> 2. Has anyone used the Air Quality module from Davis on their weather >> station and reported the data using WeeWX? >> 3. Has anyone used the Davis Sonic Anemometer? I am thinking of putting >> the anemometer high up on the tower (33ft/10m), but maintaining that will >> be a big chore. I am surrounded by large oaks, so the higher the >> anemometer, the better wind reading. >> >> -- 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/396cb8fe-992f-4d4f-8b04-f9085cd41bc0n%40googlegroups.com.
