The IS a USB port on the drawing. I found the manual here: https://www.ecowitt.com/shop/goodsDetail/1#
Manual & Software tab, Page 7 in the manual, however it also states it is for firmware updates only... On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 9:55:10 AM UTC-4 axelle....@gmail.com wrote: > >The GW1100 is included with a number of display-less stations. As I > >understand it, there's a local API and the driver is just talking to > >that API and injecting to weewx. > > Right. And the GW1100 is plugged by USB to the weewx server, right? or can > weewx read GW1100 over wifi? > > >it looks like there is the equivalent of the GW1100 inside the console, > >because it says it uploads to similar places > > I have the feeling the protocol will be the same too. Same reason as you. > > The main issue that might occur is whether weewx GW1000 driver is able to > operate via wifi too or not? Looks like the HP2551 console does not have a > USB port (not sure though, couldn't find a photo). And I wasn't able to > find any info on Wifi connection on https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000 > nor about support for HP2551 or HP2552 or HP2553. > > Anybody from GW1000 driver can answer? > > Thanks, > On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 12:38:46 PM UTC+2 Greg Troxel wrote: > >> >> Invisible Man <axelle....@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I'm considering the purchase of a EcoWitt HP2551 : it has a console + a >> > 7-in-1 sensor. Just not totally sure how to integrate it with Weewx. >> > People said here to use the Ecowitt GW-1100 driver, right? But EcoWitt >> > HP2551 does not have that GW1100 gateway. Will the driver work >> > nevertheless? >> > Basically, I'm not sure the EcoWitt HP2551 (or 2552, or 2553) has a USB >> > cable. So how would I connect it to the RPi on which Weewx runs? >> >> I am unclear on details but am heading down the path of figuring out >> which EcoWitt station someone else should get. I lean to EcoWitt >> because it seems to be reasonable quality at very low prices and they >> seem to be open-source and local-access no-cloud-required friendly. So >> many things are cloud-only which I consider a total fail -- the >> interceptor driver is an impressive hack but it's a bad situation that >> it's necesary. >> >> The GW1100 is included with a number of display-less stations. As I >> understand it, there's a local API and the driver is just talking to >> that API and injecting to weewx. Thus it should work if the internet is >> down (or if the GW1100 is firewalled to keep the data from being sent to >> their cloud), but I'm not 100% sure as sometimes devices have code that >> phones home and stops if that doesn't work. >> >> Reading >> >> https://shop.ecowitt.com/products/hp2551 >> >> it looks like there is the equivalent of the GW1100 inside the console, >> because it says it uploads to similar places, and there is a list of >> optional sensors that seems to match. It would be sane to offer the >> same API and for them to reuse their code and circuit design, just >> sharing the case/etc. -- and doing so would be consistent with my >> impression of EcoWitt's approach. >> >> However, skimming the driver github site I don't see direct confirmation >> that the HP2551 is wire-protocol compatible. With any luck someone will >> post that they've used the driver. >> >> -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f99be245-5334-4b28-bb66-7229fdee4569n%40googlegroups.com.
