Regarding your first post:
This is actually correct. I thought, the community here in the
google group may be larger and therefore I can get more input.
I'm just wondering, if the Vantage Vue really is the only weather
station in this price range, which is compatible with weewx.
"if you can access your VM via your local network, weewx can
access/can be accessed (depending on the consoles) your console
via the local network"
That is true, when the console and the vm are in the same
network, which is actually not the case. My server is in a dmz
and I only have wifi for my LAN, so USB would be the easiest
thing. Of course I can put a wifi dongle to my server, pass it
through to the vm and connect the console of the weather station
with that wifi dongle, but that would be much more work.
Regarding your second post:
Of course it's a non-representative opinion about
Ecowitt/Froggit, but it's based on my experience and on the
experience of my friend. And in my opinion it's totally legit to
make future decisions from these experiences.
Ok, I have to admit, that I didn't know, that there is such a big
difference in these models.
I'm totally aware, that shit happens at Ecowitt and at Davis,
that's no question.
The reason why I thought, that the person who replied to my topic
works for Ecowitt is firstly, that he was totally focussed on
Ecowitt products and secondly that he wrote "have a look at the
overview in OUR wiki". This could lead to the assumption, that he
works for the company. Please get me right, I'm totally fine with
his answer. It's totally subject-related and super helpful.
Of course what I do here are "complaints at a high level", but
I'm just checking my options. As I said, not only my family sees
the data of the weather station, our whole village has access to
it. Therefore, I would like to provide a service which is as
reliable, as it can be (in a certain price range of course).
Right now, there is no choice, but the comparison with the cars
was very helpful.
Rainer Lang schrieb am Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2023 um 19:36:35 UTC+2:
sorry to say that but you are just trading subjective
non-representative opinions regarding Ecowitt (and clone)
stations and hardware
modern Ecowitt stations have proven to be quite reliable and
to compare an ancient WH1080 with the modern Fine Offset /
Ecowitt hardware is like comparing a year 2020 BMW or
Mercedes with the models around the year 1940.
Most of the Ecowitt station owners nowadays are quite happy
with their choice. Shit can always happen, also with a 2-5
times more expensive Davis Weather station. The main users of
the German Weather forum are quite critical regarding quality
etc. - and of course nothing is perfect (a Davis Vantage Pro2
neither). In that forum they call a spade a spade and nobody
has a business relation to FineOffset/Ecowitt there (what you
are insinuating in your mail). Some shortcomings of the
modern Ecowitt stations exist, yes, but are not in the area
of longevity so far. Mostly rather what Germans call
"complaints at a very high level".
But of course the choice is yours
On 22.06.2023 19:15, [email protected] wrote:
Thanks Michael for your reply.
I'm aware of the Ecowitt/Universe. Earlier this afternoon, a
guy from Ecowitt suggested some Froggit Stations, for
example the Froggit HP1000SE Pro Ultrasonic and the
GW2000/DP2000 in a German forum for weather stations.
Since a friend of mine had also a WH1080 SE which died
within 4 years and mine is also dying now, I'm not sure
about the reliability of the hardware from Ecowitt/Froggit.
That's the reason, I want to get more robust and stable
hardware.
[email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2023 um
19:05:14 UTC+2:
Hi Flo, I had similar requirements and finally bought
Ecowitt hardware some weeks ago and I'm really happy
with it. They have a modular approch and you can choose
between numerous consoles, gateways, sensors, ... That
was the main reason why I chose this hardware. You can
also get spare parts and extra sensors any time later.
There is also a significant large community running this
type of hardware.
All sensors come with independent wireless transmission,
but there is no USB connection for the data transfer.
But, if you buy the gateway, with the GW1000 driver it
should be even more easy to get the data into weewx
running in a VM using (W)LAN.
I spent not even 500€ for:
- wireless HumiTemp Outdoor Sensor
- a nice, customisable console, wall mountable, SD-Card
data storage
- indoor humitemp & pressure sensor
- the gateway
- a lightning sensor
- a 7-in-1 sensor with an ultrasonic anemometer,
luminosity sensor, piezo rain sensor, extra outside
humitemp sensor (overruled by the other sensor)
- a classic rain gauge with bucket
There are more sensors available you can connect, like
for air quality, leaf wetness, soil temperature, extra
humitemp sensors, ....
In EU (DE) there is froggit branded ecowitt hardware
available.
https://www.froggit.de/
Or buy from ecowitt directly, they should take care of
all tax and customs fees: https://shop.ecowitt.com/
[email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 22. Juni
2023 um 17:31:53 UTC+2:
Hi guys,
as the title suggest, I'm searching for a weather
station in the 400-600 Euro price range. Currently I
have a Froggit WH1080 SE, but after around 4.5
years, it seems that the station could fail
completely in the next days/weeks. So I'd like to be
prepared, if it's completely broken.
What I would like to have with the new station:
- More robust and longer lasting hardware
- Console with a nice big display
- Wall mountable console
- Wireless data transmission
- USB connection from the console to the pc
preferred, since weewx runs in a virtual machine on
my server (if everything else fits, the usb
connection is not crucial, I can find a solution)
I had a look at the Davis Vantage Vue, but the 250
Euro extra for the usb adapter hurt.
So if you have any alternative, feel free to comment. ;)
Thank you for your help!
Flo
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