Indoor Temperature and Indoor Humidity from Ecowitt GW1000

[lgeitner]

Hello,

I have upgraded to CumulusMX 3.12.0 b3141. My primary weather station is a Davis Vantage Pro 2 Plus Wireless Weather Station Model 6163. I have configured in Settings > Extra Sensor Settings an Ecowitt GW1000 Gateway. I also have a Ecowitt lighting sensor WH57 as well. The data from the lightning sensor does display on the Extra Sensors > Extra Sensors page. However, the Indoor Temperature and Indoor Humidity do not display on the Extra Sensors > Extra Sensors page.

I have enabled Data Logging under Settings > Program Settings

I can see in the log file shown below that the indoor temperature and indoor humidity is being sent from the GW1000 Gateway to Cumulus MX.

2021-08-16 22:32:32.274 ProcessExtraData: Processing posted data
2021-08-16 22:32:32.274 ProcessExtraData: Payload = PASSKEY=CDB634DB9E57A8F739199D65CB7D7F5B&stationtype=GW1000B_V1.6.8&dateutc=2021-08-17+02:32:31&tempinf=75.9&humidityin=45&baromrelin=30.109&baromabsin=30.109&lightning_time=1629166712&lightning_num=58&lightning=14&wh57batt=5&freq=915M&model=GW1000_Pro
2021-08-16 22:32:32.275 ProcessExtraData: Record date = 2021-08-17 02:32:31
2021-08-16 22:32:32.276 ProcessExtraData: StationType = GW1000B_V1.6.8, Model = GW1000_Pro, Frequency = 915MHz
2021-08-16 22:32:32.278 ProcessExtraData: Complete

For some reason CumulusMX is not displaying the Indoor Temperature and Indoor Humidity on the Extra Sensors > Extra Sensors page. Does any one know why the Indoor Temperature and Indoor Humidity will not display on the Extra Sensors > Extra Sensors page?

Thanks,
Lance

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[Gyvate]

I guess the reason is that the indoor temperature and humidity are observations from sensors of your primary station, your Davis station, and are not extra sensors.
If you had a GW1000 as your primary station, indoor temp/hum would not fall under the extra sensors but under your basic station sensors.

There is one exception. The WH45 5-in-1 combo sensor (meant to be used indoors) provides pm2.5, pm10, CO2 observations along with (indoor) temp/hum data.
But even those are not displayed on the extra sensor section of the extra sensor page (yet ?) if you have a WH45 (or Ambient AQIN) registered to your GW1000.
These two observations (T/H) could imo be added there in the CO2 sensor box!

extra sensor data from a GW1000 will be:
1-8 WH31 extra temp/hum sensors
1-8 WH51 soil moisture sensors
1-4 WH41/43 PM2.5 air quality sensors
1-8 WN34 soil or water temperature sensors
1-4 WN35 leaf wetness sensors
1 WH57 lightning sensor
you can look up all sensors possible with a GW1000 console at https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.0

[lgeitner]

I guess I assumed the indoor temperature and indoor humidity from the ecowitt GW1000 would be considered extra sensors from my Davis stations indoor temperature and indoor humidity.

I will look into purchasing a WH31 extra temp/hum sensor and place it in the same room where my Ecowitt GW1000 is located. The WH31 is a very inexpensive sensor!

Thanks,
Lance

[mcrossley]

@Gyvate is correct, the "basic" station sensors temp/hum/wind/in-temp/in-hum are coming from your Davis. The GW1000 data will only be used from "extra" sensors - i.e. those listed and enabled on the Extra Sensor configuration page.

[Gyvate]

@Gyvate is correct, the "basic" station sensors temp/hum/wind/in-temp/in-hum are coming from your Davis. The GW1000 data will only be used from "extra" sensors - i.e. those listed and enabled on the Extra Sensor configuration page.

And what about adding the WH45 temp/hum measurements to the CO2 "box" ("CO2 sensor") on the extra sensor page ?
These T/H observations are like an extra Temp/Hum sensor, only from WH45 and not from a WH31/WN30 sensor.
It's a 5-in-1 combo sensor after all.