I've now set up my Ecowitt system. Very pleased with it. The main :-( was the added cost of using a courier (DHL; all they offer) to ship to Europe and then VAT on the shipping on top. I originally wanted 433Mhz kit but they could only offer 868MHz at the time and I agreed, although 433Mhz was my original reason for preferring Ecowitt to buying from Froggit (rebadged Ecowitt) in Germany. There's some useful info on what can inter-operate across brand names on wxforum.com.
As it turns out I'm happy with 868Mhz as it seems work flawlessly -- I was concerned about it having a shorter range (I bought some additional sensors) -- and it means there's no interference with my existing station, so I can run in parallel for as long as I like. I bought both an HP2551 console and a GW1000 gateway. The latter is now uploading data to an Ecowitt site and I'll use it with a raspberry pi and WeeWX shortly. Ecowitt included no documentation with the package (not even one page; no "Getting Started", no inventory, no pointer to online docs, nothing). This seemed a little off, but not a huge concern and I was able to set it up, almost completely, without reading the online documentation. One surprise was that the GW1000 device is so small it could almost be overlooked when unpacking. I've connected mine to the back of a NAS (w a UPS) via a USB extension cable. Overall, I would recommend without hesitation. The functionality is excellent and the design of the console display is almost perfect. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f716fad6-957d-4bec-b9eb-ab23753bcb02%40googlegroups.com.
