Yes, USB stations seem to be a thing of the past. So how do Wi-Fi/LAN stations work? Most of them have one thing in common: they connect to their manufacturers' cloud services and upload data. In addition, they often also offer local access to the devices. For instance, Weatherflow stations send UDP packets, Ecowitt stations offer access via local APIs and can be set up to send data to any remote IP address you configure. You can also set them up to publish data via MQTT.
For WeeWX, there are different drivers for accessing the data, depending on the hardware: specific drivers (WeatherflowUDP, ecowitt gateway driver, etc.) or generic drivers (MQTTSubscribe, Interceptor). Jacques Desroches schrieb am Sonntag, 22. Februar 2026 um 02:48:14 UTC+1: > Hi, > > Since 2010 I've played with Personal Weather Stations, to create some > weather templates on www.weatherbyyou.com > > I've used FineOffset (National Geographic) usb station for 12 years and > only have find one AcuRite usb station to replace my old station. But > today, usb station era seems ended, so I have 2 questions: > > 1- Today stations seems to be wi-fi, without connection to Pc. Then how > this work? Station has to publish to a commercial site (WUnderground or > others) and software take the data from WU? > > 2- As Davis seem to be again the holy grail (but $$$$), which brand offer > a cheaper alternative (I've looket to ecowitt with a GW3000) > > So, please share your opinion and experience to help an old timer! ;) > > Best regards, > Jacques > -- 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/f131ac89-62c8-4660-be93-bc66ac5f748bn%40googlegroups.com.
