Mark Fraser <[email protected]> writes:

>> So:
>>    Does the station have an illuminance sensor or an irradiance
>> sensor?
>>    (Or both?)
>
> It is an Aercus WS3085 and it doesn't say what sensor it is using, the
> display allows you to change the units from Lux, w/m2 or fc.

If there is only one sensor, that is simply wrong on the part of the
station.  I suggest asking customer support to fix their documentation.

> The source code of RTL_433 shows this is how it is receiving light data:
>     // GETTING UV DATA
>     int uv_sensor_id = (br[1] << 4 & 0xf0) | (br[2] >> 4);
>     int uv_status_ok = br[3] == 85;
>     int uv_index     = br[2] & 0x0F;
>
>     // GETTING LIGHT DATA
>     int light = (br[4] << 16) | (br[5] << 8) | br[6];
>     double lux = light * 0.1;
>     float wm;
>     if (preamble == SPB)
>         wm = (light / 1265.8f);
>     else //EPB
>         wm = (light / 6830.0f);

That's indeed a clue that it has a lux sensor only.  The "SPB/EPB" bit
and the two values are interesting.  The first one looks like sunlight
at 1 Sun, but the comments that explain the rationale are missing :-(


You'll also need to ask support to document their conversion from lux to
W/m^2.  Either that or ignore the display.

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