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Ecowitt Battery Voltages.

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2022 2:07 am
by Phil23
Just notice this in my Diags file.
Battery Voltages seem to be reported as very low for my soil moisture sensors (4).
Reported as 0.3 Volt, while ecowitt.net shows them as OK.

Edit:- I also notice that it lists five WH51's while I only have 4.
Ecowitt.net & the Console also only list the 4.

Only other strange thing that might be in the mix is I do have an old La Crosse WS-9018 which still may have batteries in it's outdoor sensor.

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2022-02-06 12:52:03.744  - WH65 sensor id = 218 signal = 4 battery = OK
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH68 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH80 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH40 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH26 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH1 sensor id = 143 signal = 4 battery = 0 (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH2 sensor id = 42 signal = 4 battery = 0 (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH3 sensor id = 137 signal = 4 battery = 0 (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH4 sensor id = 36 signal = 4 battery = 0 (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH5 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH6 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH7 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.745  - WH31CH8 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH1 sensor id = 53588 signal = 0 battery = 0.3V (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH2 sensor id = 57923 signal = 4 battery = 0.3V (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH3 sensor id = 57784 signal = 4 battery = 0.3V (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH4 sensor id = 57754 signal = 4 battery = 0.3V (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH5 sensor id = 53524 signal = 0 battery = 0.6V (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH6 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.746  - WH51CH7 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH51CH8 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH41CH1 sensor id = 50377 signal = 4 battery = 6 (DC)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH41CH2 sensor id = 149 signal = 4 battery = 5 (OK)
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH41CH3 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH41CH4 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH57 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH55CH1 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.747  - WH55CH2 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.748  - WH55CH3 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.748  - WH55CH4 sensor = registering
2022-02-06 12:52:03.748 PrintSensorInfoNew: WS90 sensor detected, changing the update rate from 10 seconds to 4 seconds
2022-02-06 12:52:03.748  - WH34CH1 sensor id = 10858 signal = 4 battery = 1.3V (OK)
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Re: Ecowitt Battery Voltages.

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2022 4:37 pm
by mcrossley
Thanks for reporting this, now fixed for the next release (and WH/S80 battery decode as well)

Re: Ecowitt Battery Voltages.

Posted: Tue 08 Feb 2022 2:39 pm
by Gyvate
@Phil23
you should actively disable all sensors which you do not have in the sensors ID page in WS View (Plus) [ or in the Web UI if you have a GW1100/GW2000].
Same is true for the HP2551 (clone) console.
Leaving them on "registering" is a potential error cause for reporting nonsense, gibberish, ....