Hi All,
After many years of quietly running data to the world, my faithful but prehistoric Watson W-8681 has finally detached itself from its various appendages, and is steadfastly refusing all attempts at electronic mediation.
Given that it's had as many spare parts as Triggers Broom, I feel it is now time to move into the 21st Century.
I've been looking at the Ecowitts and the HP2561 looks quite pleasing to the eye, and a scan of the manual suggests it will behave with a custom setup to CMX.
Firstly, could anyone please confirm the ability of the HP2561.
Secondly, I have a couple of Pi's kicking about, but I've been so far away from weather stations for years that I'm unsure which Pi would be most suited. I think mine are an A and a B.... so quite old in human terms too ... but Cumulus is currently running on a whole PC, so I have a little curve to navigate in fairly short order I think.
The Unread(13428) is hinting that I do a little more reading here, but I'd really appreciate a short shopping list, after which I can settle into Autumn with plenty top read and configure once the hardware has been bolted up while it is nice enough to do so!
Many thanks for all hints, tips, advice, answers and belittlement!
K
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Latest Cumulus MX V4 release 4.0.1 (build 4023) - 16 May 2024
(Note that 4.1.0 (build 4024) - 05 June 2024 remains available, but usage of this version is not recommended - particularly for Davis stations - and the included utility in this distribution for migrating to v4 is known to contain errors affecting conversion of dayfile.txt)
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Excuse me whilst I dust myself off...
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Re: Excuse me whilst I dust myself off...
Hi Karv
As well as a Davis I have an Ecowitt GW1101 which is effectively the same station as the HP2561 but without the display unit. You use the ecowitt free app to display your data on a phone, tablet etc I also view it on the pc and it is fully compatible with Cumulus MX. Other Ecowitt sensors can be added to the wireless gateway like lightning, soil moisture and air quality.
Might be worth considering if you don't need the display unit as it is close to half the price!
As well as a Davis I have an Ecowitt GW1101 which is effectively the same station as the HP2561 but without the display unit. You use the ecowitt free app to display your data on a phone, tablet etc I also view it on the pc and it is fully compatible with Cumulus MX. Other Ecowitt sensors can be added to the wireless gateway like lightning, soil moisture and air quality.
Might be worth considering if you don't need the display unit as it is close to half the price!
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Re: Excuse me whilst I dust myself off...
The HP2551 is slightly cheaper and it has all the interfaces required by CumulusMX. I use one and can recommend it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Forec ... 9hdGY&th=1
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Re: Excuse me whilst I dust myself off...
Thank you both.
The weather station is up and running, it does work with CMX quite happily, and also uploads directly to WOW and WU without issue.
The PI situation was a little underwhelming as the Zero is without network. The Pi B+ is really quite old, so I had to uninstall and reinstall mono-complete, after which it's perfectly happy.
The manual for the HP2560_C was a little vague in places, but everything is up and running at chest height for a couple of days until a new mast arrives.
K
The weather station is up and running, it does work with CMX quite happily, and also uploads directly to WOW and WU without issue.
The PI situation was a little underwhelming as the Zero is without network. The Pi B+ is really quite old, so I had to uninstall and reinstall mono-complete, after which it's perfectly happy.
The manual for the HP2560_C was a little vague in places, but everything is up and running at chest height for a couple of days until a new mast arrives.
K
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Re: Excuse me whilst I dust myself off...
if you want to know more - things that the manuals not (yet ?) reveal and presented in a structured manner ?
Have a look at https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.0
the best English language source for Ecowitt (and Ecowitt clone) related information ...
If you happen to understand German - then you have an even richer Ecowitt WiKi at https://www.wetterstationsforum.info/wi ... -stationen
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