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EcoWitt Weather station

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Post by richard_newberry »

Sorry to be thick here,

the log attached is moaning about the GW1000 does that mean cumulus doesn't find the console it's gotta attach the GW1000 does it matter if it's misol GW1000 as it gotta be the Ecowitt GW1000?
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The fact you are getting a Bad Checksum and
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 Checksum: Error - Bad checksum
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 DoCommand(CMD_READ_FIRMWARE_VERSION): Invalid response
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 Checksum: Error - Bad checksum
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 command resp=80, checksum=BAD
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 Received FF-FF-50-15-11-45-61-73-79-57-65-61-74-68-65-72-56-31-2E-36-2E
2022-05-23 23:28:33.933 Ecowitt firmware version: ???
would infer that the Misol GW1000 is not producing the same data as a Ecowitt GW1000 which do not have that problem.
2022-05-04 18:53:19.398 Ecowitt Gateway reconnected
2022-05-04 18:53:19.398 Connected OK
2022-05-04 18:53:24.415 Reading firmware version
2022-05-04 18:53:24.700 DoCommand(CMD_READ_FIRMWARE_VERSION): Valid response
2022-05-04 18:53:24.701 Received - FF-FF-50-12-0E-47-57-31-31-30-30-41-5F-56-32-2E-31-2E-34-B9
2022-05-04 18:53:24.701 Ecowitt firmware version: GW1100A_V2.1.4
2022-05-04 18:53:24.702 Reading Ecowitt system info
2022-05-04 18:53:25.055 DoCommand(CMD_READ_SSSS): Valid response
2022-05-04 18:53:25.055 Received - FF-FF-30-0B-01-01-62-72-CB-A3-27-00-A6
2022-05-04 18:53:25.056 GW1000 Info: frequency: 868MHz, main sensor: Other than WH24, date/time: 04 May 2022 19:53:23, Automatic DST adjustment: False
2022-05-04 18:53:25.056 Reading sensor ids
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Yep, the response is badly formed. The 4th byte gives the length (0x15 = 21) which is correct, 21 bytes have been received

But the 5th byte should be the start of the data, instead it is value 11 which is not a ascii character.
The data actually starts in the 6th byte, and reads "EasyWeatherV1.6." and is truncated there, the final character is missing, as is the checksum byte which should follow that.

If this happens every time then it is a firmware bug in your station.
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I have a vague recollection of this or something similar being reported before for these Misol stations.
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Its working now.
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So what did you do to make it work, because it was responding incorrectly?
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Just waited 5 minutes to sort itself out

as you can see it works http://countesthorpe-weather.co.uk

I am just waiting for someone to put it up as i havent got long enough ladders.
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That doesn't make any sense given the previous MXDiags file. Could you post the latest MXDiags file where it is working please.
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