Perfect thanks. I spent days chasing my tail trying to get the above to work. The modified interceptor works nicely. Mark this as fixed in case someone else needs the same advice.
On Sunday, 28 December 2025 at 22:34:27 UTC Rainer Lang wrote: > the GW1000 or the EcowittHttp driver won't work with a HP25x0 console. > You can just continue with the interceptor driver, but with an upgraded > version as the original interceptor driver is no longer maintained and > doesn't support a WS90 (Wittboy) > > You have to get yourself the ecowittcustoms driver from > https://github.com/WernerKr/Ecowitt-or-DAVIS-stations-and-Season-skin > read the README.md file and follow the instructions there. > At the console end you can keep the customized server settings as you were > using before. > On 28.12.2025 23:25, Richard Whitcombe wrote: > > Ive just upgraded (or attempted to) my old setup using an older station > and Interceptor driver to an Ecowitt 2564AE (2560 series). > > However, try as i might, i cannot get it to work at all with WeeWx. > > Running WeeWx 5 (latest version) > - Clean install of WeeWx on a RaPi. No skins (basic testing here). > - EasyWeatherPro V5.2.5 firmware on the WittBoy > - The web interface responds on the IP address (as does ping). Do i need > to configure anything in "Customised" here? > > The gw1000 driver has been pulled but Github has > https://github.com/Millardiang/weewx-gw1000 which is claimed to work. > However, it does not. After installing the extension, running driver check > i get: > > > ---- > > *" PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python3 /etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py > --test-driver --ip-address=172.17.2.7* > > > > > > > *Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf Unable to connect to > device: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_FIRMWARE_VERSION' > after 3 attempts Things to check include that the correct device IP > address is being used, the device is powered on and the device is not > otherwise disconnected from the local network."* > > *------------* > > More digging and it seems the API only responds to firmware version and > nothing else. > > > > Am i barking up the wrong tree here? Using the wrong driver? Shall i > switch to interceptor? > > -- > 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/e9d033fa-97af-435b-ad11-280bed0822c0n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e9d033fa-97af-435b-ad11-280bed0822c0n%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/ea4f562f-677e-4ccd-aaf1-60348addf609n%40googlegroups.com.
