>From a friend who has this weather station.
Maybe you need to pass on to them about the Wind gage not being correct at all
if it gets wet like while it is raining and it is windy.
Also pass on to them about the weather station being slow at changing for Temp
and Humidity if you get quick weather changes. IE if you have a temp drop of
30-40f in lets say 20-30 minutes. The station will not reflect that. It takes
about 1 hour and more to reflect the temp/humidity drop.
You can only add 3 additional indoor sensors. So limited if you have more than
3 rooms you want to look at.
Also if he connect the weather station up with his phone by Bluetooth like he
is going to add a new sensor! The software will be updated and then he’ll gain
the extra abilities he is talking about. Last I knew they are up to version 162
of the software for the main station.
Version firmware numbers follow numbers could have changed within the last 4
months.
Outdoor unit: 48
Additional indoor unit: 46
Wind unit: 24
Rain unit: 11
Main unit: 162
When using the web site from a PC! You can get the above information. Need to
go down to the very bottom where it says SHARE and press enter on that. Also
when on this page, you can see the battery status of each sensor, Signal for
each sensor, name of each one and you can also change the name. You can also
get Wi-Fi strength for the base station. There are other options on this screen
that you can go into and Change things.
The station is OK! However if you just want a Temp Humidity sensor type of
setup and don’t care about Wind and rain! There are much cheaper units on the
market. I would go with an Samsung Smartthing Smart Hub, then pick up some
Centralite Temp Humidity Sensors. Then you can add many more and you your phone
or a web site to get the information.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Eric
Caron
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 1:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Hygrometer, Talking Unit Found, Info Inside
Hi Sieghard,
This is great info. And, this reminds me of how much I’ve
missed by being off this list for a extended time.
I’m interested in the full set up but plan to download the app to check it out
first. Also, waiting for a sale seems like a very good idea.
I appreciate the heads up on the mounting issues. I can
prepare in advance for locations and materials.
I look forward to any other user input, but this seems like a
great addition to my home.
I do have a Nest thermostat and it gives me inside humidity on
the app but not through Echo devices. And outside info is from the web and not
very consistent to my real situation.
Best,
Eric Caron
On Mar 22, 2020, at 7:39 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca
<mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:
Just check it out at www.netatmo.com <http://www.netatmo.com/> , there would
also be a number of older posts about it in the archives.
The app is accessible although you have to swipe for Voiceover to read the
information, touching and exploring the screen does not work very well.
You can access all the basic info like indoor/outdoor temperature, humidity,
indoor CO2 levels and, for the main module, the noise level.
Unfortunately at this point you can’t go back and see the information from
yesterday or other days in the past.
The system consists of the initial package which is the main indoor module and
the outdoor module. The indoor module gets connected to power via Micro USB and
it’s about the size of one of the round Anker or other brand external
batteries, a cylinder made from aluminum maybe 2 inches thick and 4 or 5 inches
long. Actually all modules have this form factor, could be that the other
modules are just a bit shorter.
The outdoor and other indoor modules take 4 Triple A batteries and you can
simply use a coin to unscrew the plastic lid on one end to put them in.
It’s been super long since I connected mine to WiFi and maybe the process has
changed, but basically you start out by downloading the app and you then do
whatever the wizard tells you to connect the indoor module to your WiFi. The
outdoor module which comes in the package is already paired to the indoor
module and you can easily have it 20 or 30 feet away unless maybe you live in a
house with concrete or stone walls, this may reduce the range a bit.
You can add up to 3 more indoor modules as well as 1 rain gauge and 1 wind
gauge.
The rain gauge is made from plastic, it has a funnel-like top and the water it
catches then falls through a small opening onto a tiny shovel which I assume
holds 1 Ml, when it’s full the weight of the water tips that shovel down and
spills the water out and another shovel on the other side is filled, sort of
like a tiny really well-balanced Seesaw.
On the bottom is a standard threated tripod mount and I think it comes with a
mounting bracket.
The wind gauge is also a thick plastic cylinder, maybe 4 inches thick with an
opening all the way around near the top, this is where the wind goes through
and it is measured. The app gives you wind speed, but I don’t think I saw wind
direction which I assume is there visually, but maybe Voiceover doesn’t read
it. I don’t have mine properly installed yet.
Rain Gauge and Wind Gauge do need to be mounted correctly, the rain gauge
should best be about 3 feet above ground on a pole and of course you have to
make sure it is perfectly level since it would not measure totally correct if
it were tilted one way or another.
The recommendation for the wind gauge is to have it mounted on the highest part
of your house’s roof and then on a pole which I believe should be 5 feet tall.
This means you probably have to get something made, I asked a guy to weld
together two steel plates in a V-shape so they fit perfectly across the ridge
of my house’s roof, then he will weld the 5-foot pole onto this and I’ll mount
the wind gauge on that. Of course you also have to use lots of silicon or roof
pitch to make sure you don’t get water coming through where you screw this to
the roof. The wind gauge has an arrow on it and it has to be mounted so that
the arrow points North, I still have to read or figure out where this is
supposed to be magnetic North or true North. This little detail tells me that
it does indicate wind direction as well as wind speed.
The new stations now are I think also Home Kit compatible, mine is too old for
this since I purchased my main unit back in 2013. At that point the app was
barely useable, but when I contacted Netatmo I received a relatively quick
reply from their head developer, a Spaniard who was living in Paris, France
where the company is located. He was quite interested in accessibility at the
time and made beta versions available to me and I then provided feedback as to
which changes worked well and which didn’t. I’ve been meaning to see if he is
still there and ask if he couldn’t try to make historical data available in
some way and also ask him about the wind direction.
All in all this is a good and accurate weather station, but it’s also not
cheap. I believe the initial main module with outdoor module is $159 US, then
each indoor module is I think $79 and the rain and wind gauges are a bit more
than that. I haven’t looked at their pricing in a while and they do sometimes
offer 15 or 20% off promos, I think last year they had a Father’s Day promo and
of course also a Black Friday one, you can also find it on Amazon I think, but
you can order directly from them as well and in this case that is what I would
do since it’s the same price.
Best regards,
Sieghard
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<viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Eric
Caron
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:32 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Hygrometer, Talking Unit Found, Info Inside
Hi Sieghard,
I’m very interested in this Netatmo device. Any tips for me as
I start shopping for it? I would want the wind and rain gauge and probably two
or three additional sensors.
Tips appreciated.
Eric Caron
On Mar 22, 2020, at 10:50 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca
<mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:
However, the flexibility and additional features you get from a connected
weather station like Netatmo which you would check via you r iPhone or Amazon
Echo are worth the extra cost to me. I have had my Netatmo for I think 7 years
now and apart from changing batteries it’s performed reliably and I can check
the indoor and outdoor temperature at my house whether I’m at home or
travelling around the world (OK, not an option right now, I know).
In addition to temperature I of course also get indoor and outdoor humidity,
CO2 level and noise level on the main indoor module.
Since I have also purchased the rain and wind gauge I also get information
about that and the additional two indoor modules allow me to get temperature,
humidity and CO2 level in 4 rooms as the main module provides this information
as well as the 1 indoor module you get when you buy the station (it’s in our
bedroom) and then there are the two additional indoor modules (one downstairs
in my woodworking shop and one downstairs in our guest room).
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