Only other thing might be, why the 6163? If you need 24-hour fans and the solar/UV then that's what you need, but it's a hefty price increase to get those. I think the 6162 loses the fan, and the 6152 (that I have) loses the solar/UV. Otherwise, the wireless is all the same, as are the basic weather sensors (the "ISS" to Davis). Note that the 6152C/6162C/etc are the cabled versions - all the ones without the C in the model are wireless, and all of the anemometers are wired to the ISS regardless of model (although Davis has a wireless anemometer adapter, either AC powered or solar).
If the WL Live will integrate both devices then that's probably the way to go - the Envoy pre-dates the Airlink by quite a few years and I can't see any docs that say it will see the Airlink. (In fact none of the Envoy docs mention the Airlink...) The Envoy + Weatherlink datalogger mostly duplicates the WL Live functionality, so you don't need both. The Envoy *may* be more reliable, depending on a LOT of variables, just because it's a dedicated ISS receiver that's hard-wired to your weather PC, while the WL Live depends on your weewx sniffing network packets for data. I have a *real* Dell/Ubuntu server in the basement, so weewx happily runs on it. If I was to duplicate it today I'd probably go get a Dell/HP/Lenovo micro-form factor PC instead. Models with 6-8th gen i5 CPUs, 16GB memory and decent drives are under $300 and that lets them run generic Linux on them - very easy to support, troubleshoot etc. A "spinny" drive would be my choice - I'm too old-school to trust any form of SSD for the constant writes that these systems do, and a 250GB-500GB drive is cheap. I've still got 20+ year old drives in the basement that function perfectly, although they're worthless when it comes to capacity - too easy to fill up a 4GB drive these days :-) On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:19:37 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > 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/fdcc8d07-0186-451b-ae45-63670fdfe3bcn%40googlegroups.com.
