I have had good luck with the Davis WLL, though it is not my data source for my primary weewx instance. I use it to feed my in home tablet displays. I have run a SDR setup in the past and while it is NOT the easiest to configure, it did work well once all the pieces were in place. I did need to get a separate device (BMP380) to provide the barometer though. If you run on a Pi, no problem doing that. I run off a PC with Proxmox, so I had to add the Pi to have barometer.
If I were the OP, I'd get the additional hardware to do SDR. Ecowitt may be cheaper, but it certainly isn't a Davis. On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:14:43 AM UTC-4 Graham Eddy wrote: > swap vantage to ecowitt and you lose the data logger (stored in local > hardware) → one day you lose critical data > > ecowitt already have a ‘regularly call home' to china built in that adds > no value to customer, only a dependency on ecowitt company. if ecowitt turn > off their ‘ok’ response, everyone’s stations will reboot continually. i > expect them to introduce paid-only access - but they are clever not to > restrict the data but to disable the devices. (you might want to be wary of > accepting their firmware upgrades in future, for existing devices.) > > it is like the printer market - they flog you a printer really cheap but > 'charge like a wounded bull' for the ink. ditto future weather stations: > cheap hardware, but lock you into constant revenue stream for service. as > the weather station vendors try to lock down into paid-only services, i > plan to migrate to open lorawan devices (because i want COTS or public > domain products rather than build my own - more effective use of my time) > > but i do like my current setup, with vantage providing core weather data > and ecowitt lots of other inexpensive nearby sensors augmenting it, plus > lorawan for some more distant and more complex sensors than ecowitt > provides. > *⊣GE⊢* > > On 9 Aug 2023, at 1:35 pm, Bob Rose <rose0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been using the Ecowitt on my home weather station going on three > years now. I can not say anything bad about it. The Davis 6313 I am dealing > with is for an organization I belong to. It replaced the failing VP2. They > are really bummed that they spent so much money for something that does not > have accessible archives. I have even thought about sneaking an Ecowitt > system out there and telling them “I got it working”. > > On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 8:05:51 PM UTC-7 Colin Larsen wrote: > >> Strangely enough I just replaced all my DIY hardware (weatherduino) with >> an Ecowitt setup and it's excellent for the money >> >> Colin >> >> On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 at 14:35, vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> rtl_davis driver can help somewhat at a higher complexity level FWIW >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/72f7c54d-ed55-4631-8eeb-0339cbf93588n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/72f7c54d-ed55-4631-8eeb-0339cbf93588n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> > -- > 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+...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3bbbaaf3-61b5-4574-8078-91992aca8ad4n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3bbbaaf3-61b5-4574-8078-91992aca8ad4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- 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/3a9e7f06-6495-4081-aab8-8ce51c17b239n%40googlegroups.com.
