I have been running two wireless VP2’s in windy marine environments (Florida: high heat and humidity; and Maine: freezing (with a built-in heater for the rain gauge) for several years, talking to two NUC’s. I change the batteries annually (consoles, the ISS units and some standalone 6332 transmitters), use UPS on the NUC’s. Very happy with the combination.
> On 16 Mar, 2022, at 09:19, Doug Jenkins <[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] > <applewebdata://0EC58D9E-D6EC-46B3-A669-D14E2546AD4F> 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] > <mailto:[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 > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/396cb8fe-992f-4d4f-8b04-f9085cd41bc0n%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/F5DCA0FC-00AC-4ED0-A0A4-EB401459EEA6%40suiattle.org.
