I use two GW2000 with one WeeWX instance, one with the Ecowitt Gateway Driver as a Driver, the other one with the Ecowitt Gateway Driver as a Service. I am on 0.6.3, which isn't capable of backfilling data from the gw3000s SD-storage in case your WeeWX wasn't running for whatever reason.
Vetti52 schrieb am Freitag, 4. Juli 2025 um 18:46:51 UTC+2: > Since a couple of years I have an EFWS2900 working without any failure > now. This is an Ecowitt 2900 clone, positioned on a pole at 6m above > ground. It has a colored console, which is just used for visual checks. I > added a Froggit DP1500, which is a clone of Ecowitt GW1000, serving as source > for weewx, using the GW1000 driver, version 0.6.3. This works perfectly. > However…. > When there is only drizzling rain, the sensor does not react. I therefore > decided, to add another rain sensor, which should be positioned at 2m AGL. > My current approach is: > I have purchased an Ecowitt GW3001 (coming next week), which consists of a > Wittboy sensor set and a GW3000. I plan to replace the WS2900 on the pole > with the Wittboy and place the WS2900 at a position 2m AGL nearby. This > should then be used for additional rain measurement only. > The GW3000 should be connected per LAN, situated directly at the router in > the basement. The temperature sensor is thus not relevant. The old GW1000 > remains in the living room for temperature and, maybe, for pressure > measurement. > So, I need a setup for collecting data from the GW1000 and GW3000. My > first approach was, to stay with the current setup using the GW1000 driver, > and ad the GW3000 with a second GW1000 driver, but running as a service. Is > this possible? And, if yes, how should I configure weewx to „merge“ the > data into an arrangement, which provides a „smooth“ transition? > I have seen the thread started from gjr, concerning a separate GW3000 > driver, which indicates, that there are improvements coming, concerning > Ecowitt drivers at all. But the actual situation of gjr being „offline“, > touches me considerably. > So, I am hesitating to follow my approach. Or should I, instead, replace > the complete GW1000 driver based data collection setup by something, which > is more „up to date“, and which needs, however, still to be developed? > -- 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/3d59c717-50be-42df-ba34-4b24bbbf0b8dn%40googlegroups.com.
