Another option is to salvage the logger from your old console and use it in a Weather Envoy 6316 <https://www.davisinstruments.com/products/wireless-weather-envoy>. They're about $200 retail.
Agree with Karen about the SKUs. Virtually everything in the Davis product line is named "WeatherLink" these days. On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM Karen K <kk4468...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a WeatherLink Live 6100 device. For setup it requires an account > with Davis (which is for free). WeeWX can get data from that device > directly. There are several drivers available for that. The WeeWX built-in > driver "vantage" is not suitable for the WeatherLink Live 6100. > > I am not sure what you mean by "WeatherLink IP". There was an adapter > "WeatherLink IP 6555" which was not a standalone device but a an adaptor to > the old console. It is outdated and not manufactured any more. > > As names are not sure, it is better to use article numbers. > > Richard Perry schrieb am Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024 um 07:11:33 UTC+2: > >> Folks - >> >> So my old WeatherLink (Vantage Vue) console has some dead pixels and the >> LCD is faint as heck. Half of the back light doesn't work, etc. >> >> So it's time to upgrade. The sensor suite works fine and feed weewx >> still. The thing is that I really don't see the need for another display >> like the old console. Our family uses a display in the kitchen that I >> rigged up showing the webpage (or we look on our phones.) We rarely look at >> the official "console". I'd like to replace the console with a headless >> unit. >> >> I see the two standalone units - the WeatherLink Live (WLLive) and the >> WeatherLink IP (WLIP). The WLIP is obviously more expensive and (worse yet) >> requires a subscription. The WLLive version is less expensive - I can't >> tell if it requires either a subscription or an online connection, but I'd >> like to avoid both. Also, the WL Live isn't officially weewx supported, but >> seems to be well covered through extensions from the community and stable. >> >> I guess my question is this - is there any real reason to buy the more >> expensive WLIP unit? >> >> Thanks, folks! >> > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24645e93-44d9-4d0f-a43b-03f6b1098d26n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24645e93-44d9-4d0f-a43b-03f6b1098d26n%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zECb3wReiTE%3DWJHaErLqVeLhWHW99tXaUP00P3CZKs%3D3cg%40mail.gmail.com.
