I had an old Vantage Pro console with a faint LCD display. I just opened it up and reseated the ribbon cable, it's worked fine since. I've never seen a Vue console, so I don't know if you can do that, but might be worth a try even if you don't pay much attention to the console.
On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 5:32:07 AM UTC-6 Tom Keffer wrote: > Another option is to salvage the logger from your old console and use it > in a Weather Envoy 6316 > <https://www.davisinstruments.com/products/wireless-weather-envoy>. > They're about $200 retail. > > Agree with Karen about the SKUs. Virtually everything in the Davis product > line is named "WeatherLink" these days. > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM Karen K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a WeatherLink Live 6100 device. For setup it requires an account >> with Davis (which is for free). WeeWX can get data from that device >> directly. There are several drivers available for that. The WeeWX built-in >> driver "vantage" is not suitable for the WeatherLink Live 6100. >> >> I am not sure what you mean by "WeatherLink IP". There was an adapter >> "WeatherLink IP 6555" which was not a standalone device but a an adaptor to >> the old console. It is outdated and not manufactured any more. >> >> As names are not sure, it is better to use article numbers. >> >> Richard Perry schrieb am Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024 um 07:11:33 UTC+2: >> >>> Folks - >>> >>> So my old WeatherLink (Vantage Vue) console has some dead pixels and the >>> LCD is faint as heck. Half of the back light doesn't work, etc. >>> >>> So it's time to upgrade. The sensor suite works fine and feed weewx >>> still. The thing is that I really don't see the need for another display >>> like the old console. Our family uses a display in the kitchen that I >>> rigged up showing the webpage (or we look on our phones.) We rarely look at >>> the official "console". I'd like to replace the console with a headless >>> unit. >>> >>> I see the two standalone units - the WeatherLink Live (WLLive) and the >>> WeatherLink IP (WLIP). The WLIP is obviously more expensive and (worse yet) >>> requires a subscription. The WLLive version is less expensive - I can't >>> tell if it requires either a subscription or an online connection, but I'd >>> like to avoid both. Also, the WL Live isn't officially weewx supported, but >>> seems to be well covered through extensions from the community and stable. >>> >>> I guess my question is this - is there any real reason to buy the more >>> expensive WLIP unit? >>> >>> Thanks, folks! >>> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24645e93-44d9-4d0f-a43b-03f6b1098d26n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24645e93-44d9-4d0f-a43b-03f6b1098d26n%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b5a825ce-adc8-4eca-bf7c-c6fc4d9f87c5n%40googlegroups.com.
