First of all I'm really sorry to bother you guys with my ignorance. I'm just so keen on making weewx my weather station, because it is so good working and looks awesome. I'm just not an expert (getting better though every day) with linux. When I had the netatmo up and running I looked at it every day. And I would like that to continue, just with other hardware.
I see references to https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/wiki, but that page is error 404 and does not give any help. I am not shure how my weewx is setup. I think it is installed as a package since it gets update once in a while and is currently stating: WeeWX version5.1.0. I'm a little confused how exactly to install the gateway driver, and whether to install it as a driver or a service. What would be the recomendation? Should I uninstall the netatmo driver currently installed before I try to install the EcoWitt gateway driver. Or should I just install and make the changeover afterwards? I guess the installation process automatically write changes and setups "stanzas" into my weewx.conf. I'm also insecure about how to test the driver before invoking it into weewx. what is the exact commands. I'm really missing the wiki mentioned many places, but no longer available. Cheers Bent onsdag den 24. september 2025 kl. 21.32.33 UTC+2 skrev Ian Millard: > @bent, yes it is my own skin with help from friends. It started life as > something quite different. There is a cut down version in my repository > weewx-DivumWX ( use the divumwx lite branch only). The version you see on > my website is functional but making some changes under the bonnet before it > gets a public outing. > > I also have a version of the driver which is suitable for GW3000. I not in > front of a computer at the moment but if you dig around in my repository > https://github.com/Millardiang, you will find there. > > On 24 Sep 2025, at 20:20, '[email protected]' via weewx-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Received the wittboy with GW3000 today. I have used a couple of hours, and > all is good, everything works fine, also a soil moisture sensor. > > Now I need to get the right driver for weewx. I have weewx up and running > (except for the netatmo not working in weewx anymore), and is therefore to > be substituted with the Ecowitt Wittboy. So all I really need is to get the > right driver and set it up properly. > > Which driver would be the best and most recent, and is there some good > pointers as to do's and dont's? > > Also, steepleian, is the skin you use, a public open sourced skin, or > something you have made yourself? It looks amazing. > > Cheers > Bent > > tirsdag den 16. september 2025 kl. 13.23.49 UTC+2 skrev [email protected]: > >> I have searched around a little, and even though I have grown fond of >> aliexpress, I found it cheaper directly at EciWitts own homepage. >> >> So I have ordered a EcoWitt Wittboy (WS90 and GW3000) as a kit in which >> they throw in a bird spikes unit as well. I have also ordered a soil >> moisture unit in the hope I can find out a way to show that on my page as >> well. >> It will arrive in 10 to 25 days, so I will just sit back and wait >> patiently. >> >> Thanks for the advices, I hope this is better than the netatmo. If it >> turns out to be good, I will probably add in a ligntning detector and a air >> quality sensor. >> >> I think that now that it is possible to get realtime (at least more >> realtime than netatmo) I will find a more interesting skin with realtime >> gauges and stuff. :-) >> >> In regards to the rain meassure, I haven't had the netatmo to show >> correct rain fall at any time anyways. But that has to do with the driver >> for weewx. If it is a little bit of, it is ok, I have been used to that >> allready. :-) >> >> I might need help when it arrives, but I'll reach out then. :-) >> >> Cheers >> Bent >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> onsdag den 10. september 2025 kl. 17.16.53 UTC+2 skrev steepleian: >> >>> I am in total agreement here with Michael. The combination of the >>> traditional tipping gauge and piezo sensor is perfect as far as I am >>> concerned. Piezo is far more accurate at determining the start of rain but >>> the interesting thing I observe time and time again is that they end up in >>> much the same position after a period of time. So my advice is start with >>> the Whitboy, it is much improved in performance these days. You can always >>> add a tipping gauge afterwards. >>> https://claydonsweather.org.uk >>> >>> On 10 Sep 2025, at 16:03, '[email protected]' via weewx-user < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I use the WH40 and WS90 rain gauge combined: the ws90 detects light >>> rain long before the first signal of the tipping gauge. That's valuable >>> information for me. Valuable enough for recording and displaying it. >>> >>> >>> >>> vince schrieb am Mittwoch, 10. September 2025 um 16:54:05 UTC+2: >>> >>>> I would suggest not buying a Ecowitt piezo sensor. Even ecowitt’s >>>> manuals say to use their tipping rain gauge if you want better accuracy. I >>>> purchased a ws85 that was hopelessly bad at rain accuracy that I took it >>>> down and boxed it back up. I was not able to tune its settings to get even >>>> close to accurate readings. >>>> >>>> (If anybody in the US wants to buy it for the cost of shipping plus 40 >>>> bucks contact me via email) >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 6:23:14 AM UTC-7 >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd go for the GW3000/WS90 combo: >>>>> https://shop.ecowitt.com/de/products/ecowitt-gw3001 >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] schrieb am Mittwoch, 10. September 2025 um 14:23:47 >>>>> UTC+2: >>>>> >>>>>> I forgot to paste the link. Sorry about that. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005276861462.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.62dd7809CmFaML&algo_pvid=37cf5052-a9f2-416e-8ec4-d1ed80fe5f13&algo_exp_id=37cf5052-a9f2-416e-8ec4-d1ed80fe5f13-2&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%22185%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%7D&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21USD%21487.46%21268.10%21%21%213454.73%211900.10%21%40211b6c1717575029468506303e3a61%2112000036202949500%21sea%21DK%212071146943%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3A6669c22d%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&curPageLogUid=MRbbS6GcnRbm&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005005276861462%7C_p_origin_prod%3A >>>>>> onsdag den 10. september 2025 kl. 13.55.58 UTC+2 skrev >>>>>> [email protected]: >>>>>> >>>>>>> You can combine almost endless combinations of sensors and gateways >>>>>>> from ecowitt. And even more when using weewx with those devices. A >>>>>>> classic >>>>>>> tipping rain gauge can even be used in parallel with the piezo rain >>>>>>> gauge >>>>>>> from WS90/WS85 with a single gateway/console. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [email protected] schrieb am Mittwoch, 10. September 2025 um >>>>>>> 13:35:27 UTC+2: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is this the one you had in mind? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>> Bent >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> onsdag den 10. september 2025 kl. 05.23.51 UTC+2 skrev Graham Eddy: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> consider ecowitt. weewx acquires data directly from controller >>>>>>>>> (bypass cloud) but controller is on ether/wifi not usb/serial >>>>>>>>> *⊣GE⊢* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 10 Sep 2025, at 4:43 am, '[email protected]' via weewx-user < >>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I´m tired of my data not really being my data. I have to get it >>>>>>>>> from their servers, and that they don´t work all the time. >>>>>>>>> I´m tired of allway restarting and getting a new refresh token >>>>>>>>> from their api page, because it can´t get data after a restart of the >>>>>>>>> server. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I´m so glad of weewx though, and I want to keep having a weather >>>>>>>>> station, but I will not use oceans of money. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But which new stations should be considered. I really liked the >>>>>>>>> netatmo approach on the wind gauge, which is without moving parts but >>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>> ultrasound. >>>>>>>>> Does any other stations use this approach? I know some >>>>>>>>> professionals do, but they are far beond my financial reach. :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And which stations have serial or USB output that can be used in >>>>>>>>> weewx. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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/26ca89d5-af54-4647-9506-1a53bd092a7bn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/26ca89d5-af54-4647-9506-1a53bd092a7bn%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 [email protected]. > > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/94e8a0ad-b196-4333-b59f-6f3edd3df94cn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/94e8a0ad-b196-4333-b59f-6f3edd3df94cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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