The Davis Vantage Pro2 would do what you want, other than using your homemade sensors. The console has built-in sensors, though. I've bought two of them used - first a cabled one, then a wireless one, and neither was over $800. You can find them new in that range these days. Get the old console, not the new one, or find a sensor suite and add the console and datalogger (either Davis datalogger or the 3rd party one that's been discussed here). The dataloggers will connect directly to a PC, or you can use the Weatherlink Live and sniff the packets - either way works. I recently saw a complete station on eBay in the $500s - sensors, console and datalogger.
You could also go the Tempest route, which has all the datalogger stuff built in but no console, then add a tablet of some kind and the free Tempest Console package. Another packet sniffing option for weewx. Tempest is more consumer-grade, slightly larger margins for error than Davis, but seems to be pretty close to my Davis station as far as accuracy (I have one of each). If you live in a cold/snowy/dark place (like I do - Alaska) then the Tempest needs their wired power option added, while the Davis has a power port built-in, so all you need to add is a wall wart and you're good. The Tempest power option includes battery backup (8xAA - good for days), while the Davis one is a single CR-123 (also supposed to be days). The Tempest takes a bit more thought on mounting, since it's an all-in-one design, while the Davis anemometer can be separated and put up high while the other sensors are somewhere else. On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 7:05:49 AM UTC-9 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: > Davis and $300, doesn't sound this fits together. > > In my opinion, currently the Ecowitt universe provides the most flexible, > most adaptable and most extendable hardware on the market. You can start > tiny and go big, they even provide a whole range of different sensors, > allowing you to adapt you system to you special needs. Currently, and > hopefully they don't go the evil way like others, you also have the > possibility to locally access and collect all your data, even without being > forced to have your devices online. > > You can "build your own" station with Ecowitt components. Start, for > instance, with outTemp/humi, barometer, wind, rain, radiation sensors and a > console for ~$300. Expand your system with a lightning sensor a month > later, buy soil moisture and leaf wetness sensor for Easter, let Santa > bring half a dozen extra humi/temp and air quality sensors next Christmas. > If a sensor breaks? Get a spare, everything is sold separately. > > They are not perfect, but usually you find a way to get around the > limitations. > > Their hardware is also sold differently branded by some resellers. > > Nick Kavanagh schrieb am Dienstag, 19. Dezember 2023 um 16:46:54 UTC+1: > >> I recently moved and made the conscious choice to leave my Accurite 7 in >> one behind, intending on a major upgrade now that I'm a homeowner and not >> renter. >> >> Now, I'm overwhelmed by choice. For my purposes, I'm looking for good >> quality and accuracy, setting my weather website back up, contributing to >> NOAA, and integrating my homemade temp/humidity/pressure sensors within my >> house. I'm not trying to provide data for flight/navigation etc., so I'm >> somewhat in the middle. I want a great system, but not a purely >> professional system either. >> >> Blah, blah, blah... what recommendations do you have for best bang for >> the buck in that kind of use case? My wallet wants to open around 300 >> dollars, but will have to slam shut again at about 800. I THINK I want >> Davis, but am quite willing to look at any others some of you might suggest. >> >> TIA, >> Nick K. >> > -- 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/790d0448-ede7-4b45-a481-6a151c2afe94n%40googlegroups.com.
