Many thanks, Rainer! Will do as you suggest.

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 12:06:16 PM UTC+1 [email protected] 
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> to get some more related information of your station - including hints for 
> latest firmware etc., visit 
> https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.0
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>
> upgrade to device firmware 1.8.1 recommended !! - WiFi firmware should be 
> 1.6.4 - if not, connect via WS View Plus app ...😎
> Am 03.08.2022 um 13:02 schrieb Martin Davies:
>
> Many thanks, Rainer. I think I understand. I was confused because the 
> display/console says it is 'Model HP2553AE' running Firmware: Pro_v1.7.6 
> and I thought this supported the new API/driver. I didn't realise that it 
> is only the Ecowitt 'displayless consoles/gateways' that support the newer 
> API/driver.
>
> Thank you for your advice. I followed your suggestion and with Matthew 
> Wall's intercept driver (https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor 
> ) I have got the Ecowite HP2553 to communicate with WeeWx.
>
> On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 7:48:18 PM UTC+1 [email protected] 
> wrote:
>
>> you asked for the HP2553 station with the HP2551 console.
>> For the GW1000/GW1100/GW2000 displayless consoles/gateways and the WN19x0 
>> console , weewx can directly communicate via their API using the Ecowitt 
>> Gateway driver (new name) or GW1000 API driver (old name).
>> The HP2551/HP350x, WS2320E/ WS2910 consoles don't have this API, hence 
>> the use of the interceptor driver.
>> Am 02.08.2022 um 15:12 schrieb Martin Davies:
>>
>> Hi Rainer. Many thanks for your helpful response. I will follow your 
>> suggestions and let you know how I get on. I did discover details of a 
>> service/driver at https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/wiki which 
>> should work with the Ecowitt LAN/WIFI gateway but I couldn't get it to 
>> work. Reading the detail, it looks like this is a different approach from 
>> the one you suggest above?
>>
>> On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 11:45:12 PM UTC+1 [email protected] 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You can use the weewx interceptor driver - station_type = ecowitt-client 
>>> and have your HP2551 console post via custom server to the server where 
>>> your weewx runs. path must contain a "/" (without ""), server/IP is IP 
>>> address only (no http:// in front) - port has to be the same where the 
>>> interceptor driver listens to - e.g. 8000. (port = 80 won't work as your 
>>> web server usually already uses this port)
>>>
>>> If you use more than the standard sensors, you will an expanded version 
>>> of the Ecowitt driver some forum members have developed based on Matthew 
>>> Wall's original version which considers the whole Ecowitt sensor "fleet".
>>>
>>> A mere HP2553 (WS80 + WH40 outdoor sensors) should be covered by the 
>>> original M.Wall interceptor driver from GitHub.
>>>
>>> On 01.08.2022 15:07, Martin Davies wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi - I was looking for some guidance on how to send data from an Ecowitt 
>>> HP2553 weather station to WeeWx. Looking at the WeeWx documentation I can't 
>>> find any specific guidance. I believe that there isn't a standard WeeWx 
>>> configuration for HP2553? I understand you may need to configure a custom 
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