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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 4, 2019, 7:57 am
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Quote from: galfert on Today at 07:26:51 AM
Firmware version 1.4.1 fixes WU to upload every 30 seconds. I wish it was 16 seconds like my WS-2000 and WS-2902A.

Has anyone tried 1.4.2 which came out last week? I'm hesitant to jump through versions so quickly. But I guess it is a good sign they are working hard to improve things. They really need to publish a change log.

Since everything is working fine it seems, I'm going to hold off till I hear from you all if version 1.4.3 or later is out. I want to test if firmware is incremental one by one or if it can jump and skip multiple versions in one step.

I updated to 1.4.2 without an issue.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 4, 2019, 9:07 am
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Quote from: Mandrake on Today at 10:37:59 AM
My Ecowitt kit has arrived (nearly). Unfortunately I missed the FedEx delivery and its back at the delivery centre and this means I will have to re-arrange. (Doh!)
The upside of course is that I have a shiny new GW-1000 shipped last week waiting for me with presumably the latest firmware.
As soon as I can unbox and start getting setup I will post here, but I suspect I wont get a chance until Thursday at the earliest and even then it might be just a cursory viewing as it will take me longer to get the Ecowitt version of the Osprey sensors up in its new home.

Great let us know what version it shipped with. Mine came with 1.3.0. I suspect that yours shouldn't be any newer than 1.3.8 out of the box. Then let us know if you can jump straight into 1.4.2 or if it forces you to go 1.4.0, 1.4.1, then finally 1.4.2.

The reason I want to know this is because if some time passes and you don't check for new firmware, I want to know if you need to upgrade once and then be done till the next update or if you need to upgrade and then watch for the next and the next that you may have missed if it forces you to go incremental.

With my WS-2902A console I stopped upgrading at 4.0.3. It kept showing me newer versions over a short time but I never took them. I then finally upgraded to 4.1.1. So with the WS-2902A you can skip versions and go straight to the latest. I'm assuming the GW1000 works the same way. But I just want to be sure.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 4, 2019, 9:39 am
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No problem, I will bare that in mind with both the console and the Gw-1000 and carefully take note the version numbers.
Given there cant be many non Ambient versions of the console (ws2000) around I shall be itching to see what differences if any there between them!
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Re: ObserverIP Firmware Tips - WS-2902A WS-2000 + Dealing with Meteobridge Bad Data

March 5, 2019, 4:00 am
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Helo,

I tested my weewx and its working now via interceptor, however Im not satisfied to its archive duration, since weewx only allows archiving the data on mt observer Ip up to 60 seconds, above that it will cause errors. 60 second cycle is not good for my weather webpage updating that long, so many already happened within 60 seconds duration.

http://pimohweather.webutu.com/pimohweewx/

can you tell me is there any aside from weewx that can produce weather data at least 16 seconds or much less?


regards

-Mike-
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Re: ObserverIP Firmware Tips - WS-2902A WS-2000 + Dealing with Meteobridge Bad Data

March 5, 2019, 4:24 am
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That is not the fault of WeeWx. That is the fault of your ObserverIP and the firmware it is running. My ObserverIP sends WU data every 30 seconds. What firmware version are you running on ObserverIP? Is your ObserverIP running Ambient firmware or Aercus firmware? Or some other brand? Good news is that you should be able to run Ambient firmware on other branded ObserverIP to get 30 seconds. But maybe you just need new firmware for your brand. But best I've seen ObserverIP do is 30 seconds with newest firmware. If you want 16 second update then don't use ObserverIP and instead use a display console that does 16 second updates and have WeeWx intercept that, like the WS-2902A or WS-2000.
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EcoWitt HP3500 on its way.

March 6, 2019, 2:52 am
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After browsing around for quite some time and come to my senses that a Davis vantage pro 2 was way to expensive here in EU I pulled the trigger on a EcoWitt HP3500 after a mail conversation to the much helpfull Lucy.
She was kind enough to point out that the display is only ~4" small. But as the main reason for me having this PWS is to UL data to WU the small screen is ok.

I have this chimney (for an old oilburner/heater) that isnt used anymore and its a few feet higher then than the roof. Thats the place I was thinking of attaching the metal rod for the HP. Not sure if its the best place with regards to easy access during winter but its the higherst place on our small property.


Glad I found this forum and read about Ecowitt. it seems to be a lot of bang for the buck. I know Davis is Davis... but one has to s tart somewhere :)
Today I have 6 different temperature gauges around the property connected via 433mHz to a telldus unit.

If anyone is interester I thought that this would be the thread I post pictures in later on once it arrives after testing at ecowitt. Had to order with 868mHz.


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Re: improving the the WS1001 (clones) screen layout

March 6, 2019, 4:14 am
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Is there a link to download the screen mod?, the links on page 8 don't seem to work anymore. Cheers.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 7, 2019, 5:29 am
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Hi Galfert you were spot on with the GW-1000.
Out of the box the little gadget shipped with V1.3.8 and immediately prompted to upgrade straight to 1.4.2
I did not have to do the intermediate firmwares
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Re: EasyWeatherIP and WS1001 Protocol

March 7, 2019, 6:36 am
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The interface program, ws1001wxdata.pl, is designed to communicate with the Ambient ws-100? consoles. It's based on the protocols used by the Ambient EasyWeather IP software (V3.0). So, I would expect that my program would work for any consoles that communicate with EasyWeather IP. I have an updated version of  ws1001wxdata.pl that runs reliably on the Raspberry Pi with CumulsMX. Let me know if you would like me to upload it.

-Bill
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Re: EasyWeatherIP and WS1001 Protocol

March 7, 2019, 7:04 am
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Hi Bill, yes please to the latest version!

I have literally only just got my Ecowitt HP2550 (WS2000) station from FedEx today and will need to do some work to put it all together and the sensor array in its new home.
I have speculated from network scans that Galfert did that the newer devices are using a different port to talk. It also seems Easyweather has been ditched in favour of the Ws View android app (AWNET for Ambient). I suspect the other newer consoles all have the same capability as the HP1000 but we just need to tune the port that the software will talk to the console!

Anyway, once I have my new station all setup and I have some time I will do some tests with my Pi and your script to see if I can coax some data from it.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 7, 2019, 8:19 am
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Quote from: Mandrake on Today at 08:29:44 AM
Hi Galfert you were spot on with the GW-1000.
Out of the box the little gadget shipped with V1.3.8 and immediately prompted to upgrade straight to 1.4.2
I did not have to do the intermediate firmwares

Excellent!  [tup]  Thank you for the update. Good luck with your network sniffing and data gathering. I'm sure you'll let us know of your progress.

Here is another thing to try, called Fiddler, and reverse engineer how the WS View app (or awnet) works. This tool lets you see the API traffic of a lot of Android and iOS apps. This can then be used to construct a new mobile app (or a computer program) that uses the same API and get the same data (and command control) to do with the device what you want. This tool has been popular in the home automation community to reverse engineer closed systems to integrate them into device drivers to do more with these systems than they were ever intended to do.
https://docs.telerik.com/fiddler/configure-fiddler/tasks/configurefiddler

I haven't given this a go yet for lack of time.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 7, 2019, 9:44 am
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Fiddler sounds interesting...will have to take a look when time permits.

OK so I have unboxed my new Ecowitt HP2550A and its various sensors and jury rigged it into the garden pending putting the new mast where the old sensor array is and set it up.
First observations and I am delighted. The screen is awesome and I can see why people are pleased with their WS2000 models!

Out of the box the firmware is 1.3.8.
weirdly the Ws View app is suggesting to update firmware to 1.3.1 so I shall have to ask Lucy about that!

I note that the display is showing the PM2.5 sensor data and also the soil sensor I have on test.
Photo attached.
The incredibly small Ecowitt Gw-1000 is great and shows everything sensor wise I expected on the app and in ecowitt.net
 [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

One thing that has surprised me is that the firmware as is does not seem to allow the HP2550 to upload to ecowitt.net on its own.
Another question for Lucy, though not a major issue as I have the gw-1000 gateway.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 7, 2019, 11:14 am
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Quote from: Mandrake on Today at 12:44:35 PM
Out of the box the firmware is 1.3.8.
weirdly the Ws View app is suggesting to update firmware to 1.3.1 so I shall have to ask Lucy about that!
I thought you said earlier it prompted you to upgrade to 1.4.2? Make sure with the WS View app that you are looking at the GW1000 and not at your HP2550 display console as the WS-View app can see both devices on the network. Look at the display settings and find the firmware version that is running. If it is anything like the WS-2000 display then there are two firmwares to maintain on the display console...one for the WiFi, that is upgraded via the app, and the other is the Revision firmware that does most of the features of the display and that is upgraded via SD card.

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I note that the display is showing the PM2.5 sensor data and also the soil sensor I have on test.
Photo attached.
The incredibly small Ecowitt Gw-1000 is great and shows everything sensor wise I expected on the app and in ecowitt.net
Yeah! I see you on the map with all your sensors. Nice. Your attachments didn't work...says waiting approval...I guess its a new user thing on this board.

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One thing that has surprised me is that the firmware as is does not seem to allow the HP2550 to upload to ecowitt.net on its own.
Another question for Lucy, though not a major issue as I have the gw-1000 gateway.
You never know until you update the firmware (both of them) on the display console of what it will be capable of. From the Ecowitt map the only devices I see are GW1000. So I think it is safe to assume for now that only the GW1000 has been made to report to Ecowitt.net. I don't know what you would gain from having both consoles report to Ecowitt.net anyway.
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Re: EcoWitt HP3500 on its way.

March 7, 2019, 3:32 pm
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It isn't just Winter when you'll need access. You should do quarterly or at least 6 month maintenance on the rain gauge. Not just debris cleaning but little insects and spider webs and heaven forbid you get bird droppings. You should check out Ecowitt's bird spikes I've got them on my unit.

You might want to consider sacrificing some win performance if you have open yard away from building to mount it from instead, that will ease maintenance and it will improve rain and temperature as some heat may radiate up that from that chimney even if not in use, just because it is a structure with mass that will radiate heat upwards. The perfect height for an all in one is anywhere between 10 and 16 feet (3 to 5 meters) with the magic spot being about 13 feet (4 meters) off the ground. Before you mount permanently you should test signal strength reception to the console.

Good luck with your new system.
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Re: EcoWitt HP3500 on its way.

March 7, 2019, 11:50 pm
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Indeed welcome to the fold and I am sure you will be delighted with your new station.
Mine arrived from Ecowitt Hong Kong in excellent condition having been well packed with no issues.

I would recommend the bird spikes as well. In addition given your location I would advise treating the station with Dry PTFE/Teflon spray which you can get from Amazon etc
The PTFE spray makes the plastic almost hydrophobic and helps with snowy conditions and also enhances the performance of the rain collector in very light rain conditions.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 8, 2019, 12:10 am
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Hi Galfert, apologies, did not mean to confuse.
The Gw-1000 is fine and updated to latest firmware as posted when prompted.

The HP2550 though when viewed from the ws-view app suggests a update to 1.3.1 which is odd as the firmware on the console suggests it is at 1.3.8 and wifi firmware 1.2.2
I having trouble with the console staying connected to my ASUS router so I am tempted to try the update and see what happens.
I am guessing that the suggested update is for the wi-fi firmware
Lucy has suggested that's the case and that a new console firmware is also in the pipeline and will be released very soon.
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 8, 2019, 2:41 am
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Quote from: Mandrake on Today at 03:10:07 AM
Hi Galfert, apologies, did not mean to confuse.
The Gw-1000 is fine and updated to latest firmware as posted when prompted.

The HP2550 though when viewed from the ws-view app suggests a update to 1.3.1 which is odd as the firmware on the console suggests it is at 1.3.8 and wifi firmware 1.2.2
I having trouble with the console staying connected to my ASUS router so I am tempted to try the update and see what happens.
I am guessing that the suggested update is for the wi-fi firmware
Lucy has suggested that's the case and that a new console firmware is also in the pipeline and will be released very soon.

Yes, correct the WS View app only updates the WiFi firmware of the console. The fact that the display says it is running Revision Firmware 1.3.8 is a total coincidence and it is not related to the firmware you saw in the GW1000. For further clarification and explanation of these two firmwares on the display I suggest looking at this thread.
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=35949.0
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 8, 2019, 3:03 am
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Yes, read that thread.

It does seem that the console (Hp2550) does not like my ASUS RT-87.
I have tinkered with Channel Bandwidth and it improves but is still unstable connection wise.
Also my GW-1000 has seemingly stopped talking to Ecowitt.net.
I shall try an old d-link router as a gateway and see if that helps.
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WS-2000 UV index

March 9, 2019, 8:14 am
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Just bought and installed a Ambient WS-2000. Everything is working great.

Just wondering if a UV index reading of 5-6 is normal when it’s only
supposed be 2 in our area during the winter months.

Thanks
Dave
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Re: New Stuff - Ecowitt Has the Newest Fine Offset Hardware

March 9, 2019, 10:17 am
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Quick update....

After battling with the HP2550 console and GW-1000 on my Wi-fi I have finally found a stable solution.
I have deployed an old D-Link 655 as an AP.
DHCP is still done via my ASUS 87 and I have made the IP reservation static.
So far so good.

I also updated the WiFi firmware on the console to 1.3.1 though I did that before tinkering and it made no discernible difference to the stability issue.
I am hoping that this will remain stable and will modify this post if all is well.
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