My best guess is that the Sensor reports every 79s "Hello, I'm there" and every detected lightning on top of that, immediately. If you don't live at Catatumbo River mouth, this shouldn't drain the battery too much. Let's see if Rainer Lang knows more Details.
Greg Troxel schrieb am Freitag, 25. August 2023 um 01:53:48 UTC+2: > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes: > > > I am just now in the middle of this Storm with stroboscopic-like > lightning > > flashing. > > > > I recognized my HP2551 is obviously showing lightning strikes in > realtime. > > Every one or the other second. > > > > Then I checked back in the manual and now disagree with gjr80, when he > > states: > > > > gjr80 schrieb am Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2023 um 22:32:42 UTC+2: > > > > In essence the WH57 reports three things; the number of lightning strike > > detected today, the time of the last detected lightning strike and the > > distance of the last lightning strike. This is clearly stated in the > WH57 > > manual. > > Gary > > This sounds very much like the chip that is in the Acurite 6045M > > > If there is a possibility to extract a singled detected lightning event > and > > it's data with standard devices, is another story. If so, I'd see the > point > > of doing so. At least the minimal distance and weighted average distance > > are interesting values to me. I doubt it is possible doing this with the > > "Ecowitt Gateway Driver", I have no idea if it is possible with the > > interceptor driver and a WH2551, it should be possible using SDR. > > Certainly it would be great to log the bits and study them. The 6045M > only transmits periodically, with a longer period without lightning and > then faster in 'active mode'. I suspect the chip reports immediately, > and there is a different radio in the WH57. There is no reason why it > couldn't be set up to send promptly, other than battery life. > -- 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/8f7f1332-ab38-4bb3-9f2f-785d4ebcea14n%40googlegroups.com.
