Certainly an interesting spin-off discussion: developing a platform to ensure our data will remain our data. A first approach could be designing a console. Many stations out there, modular or not, use wireless sensors that only transmit their readings unencrypted and simplex. It should be possible to design a console that receives the popular sensors out there and provides data on the (W)LAN they are connected to. An internal storage with a REST interface for data access and a GUI for maintaining settings and there you go. The idea isn't new, doesn't sound too complicated but would be a long way to go, if the goal is to provide something that deserves the label "product". Anyway, I'd be on board. :D gary....@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch, 9. August 2023 um 15:36:52 UTC+2:
> I have had good luck with the Davis WLL, though it is not my data source > for my primary weewx instance. I use it to feed my in home tablet displays. > I have run a SDR setup in the past and while it is NOT the easiest to > configure, it did work well once all the pieces were in place. I did need > to get a separate device (BMP380) to provide the barometer though. If you > run on a Pi, no problem doing that. I run off a PC with Proxmox, so I had > to add the Pi to have barometer. > > If I were the OP, I'd get the additional hardware to do SDR. > Ecowitt may be cheaper, but it certainly isn't a Davis. > > On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:14:43 AM UTC-4 Graham Eddy wrote: > >> swap vantage to ecowitt and you lose the data logger (stored in local >> hardware) → one day you lose critical data >> >> ecowitt already have a ‘regularly call home' to china built in that adds >> no value to customer, only a dependency on ecowitt company. if ecowitt turn >> off their ‘ok’ response, everyone’s stations will reboot continually. i >> expect them to introduce paid-only access - but they are clever not to >> restrict the data but to disable the devices. (you might want to be wary of >> accepting their firmware upgrades in future, for existing devices.) >> >> it is like the printer market - they flog you a printer really cheap but >> 'charge like a wounded bull' for the ink. ditto future weather stations: >> cheap hardware, but lock you into constant revenue stream for service. as >> the weather station vendors try to lock down into paid-only services, i >> plan to migrate to open lorawan devices (because i want COTS or public >> domain products rather than build my own - more effective use of my time) >> >> but i do like my current setup, with vantage providing core weather data >> and ecowitt lots of other inexpensive nearby sensors augmenting it, plus >> lorawan for some more distant and more complex sensors than ecowitt >> provides. >> *⊣GE⊢* >> >> On 9 Aug 2023, at 1:35 pm, Bob Rose <rose0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have been using the Ecowitt on my home weather station going on three >> years now. I can not say anything bad about it. The Davis 6313 I am dealing >> with is for an organization I belong to. It replaced the failing VP2. They >> are really bummed that they spent so much money for something that does not >> have accessible archives. I have even thought about sneaking an Ecowitt >> system out there and telling them “I got it working”. >> >> On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 8:05:51 PM UTC-7 Colin Larsen wrote: >> >>> Strangely enough I just replaced all my DIY hardware (weatherduino) with >>> an Ecowitt setup and it's excellent for the money >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 14:35, vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> rtl_davis driver can help somewhat at a higher complexity level FWIW >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/72f7c54d-ed55-4631-8eeb-0339cbf93588n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/72f7c54d-ed55-4631-8eeb-0339cbf93588n%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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3bbbaaf3-61b5-4574-8078-91992aca8ad4n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3bbbaaf3-61b5-4574-8078-91992aca8ad4n%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/aafc4089-9cd9-45d8-8991-5bf7dbc2fb67n%40googlegroups.com.
