Meteostick

[mcrossley]

I just belatedly 'discovered' the Meteostick. This seems like an answer to my problem in that I want my Solar and UV sensors connected to the Wind transmitter, but the Davis VP2 console only supports a single 'ISS'. My reading of the specs looks like it should be possible with this little gadget.

The next problem of course would be a lack of Cumulus support, and the lack of an on-board logger to cover outages.

[steve]

I was in discussion with Boris about this by PM some time ago, after he contacted me about it; he offered me a free sample so that I could add support to Cumulus, but I said I was too busy just now. I asked him a question about the likely range of the device through walls, but he hasn't been back on the forum to read my last PM for some time.

[mcrossley]

Yes it looks like the range will be reduced, then page has the comment...

Remark: Caused by the form factor RF reach of Meteostick is not as extended as with Davis® Console or Envoy but can be expected fine up to 100 meters.

which would probably be fine for me.

Hmm, thinks... one of these plugged into a RPi running Cumulus....

[Likid]

Any updates on this topic? Not many soft alternatives for this interesting gadget

[steve]

My previous post is still the current situation.

[prodata]

Range wouldn't be an issue for most domestic users, who would typically operate at no more than 50-100m. Also, if you're willing to do a little surgery it ought to be feasible to attach a higher gain whip or omni antenna or even a small yagi as is used with eg the Davis long-range repeaters, eg something like Sirio SY906 or even SY910 if you wanted more gain, albeit at some extra cost then.

[whortas]

I'm running Meteostick crossing 2 walls and at a distance of 40 mts.
No problems
Hope Cumulus can run it soon.