The Envoy is only wireless to the ISS. You still need to route ethernet cable from the add on $270 WeatherlinkIP "kludge" to a router or run USB to an always on 24/7 PC.
Where everyone is going wrong is when they consider Davis a consumer electronics company. They are an INSTRUMENT company, marketing primarily to government, industrial, academic, and agricultural buyers with deep pockets. Look at their complete product catalog. These customers want data quality, not color displays to get locked into a weatherproof box in the middle of an apple orchard or toxic waste dump. Consumer electronics is a low-margin, low price market, and they are smarter than to try and compete in that cut-throat sandbox.....
Someone who finally gets it!
Ahem... I have written about most of this Davis stuff before here, several times, among others (*see link and quote at bottom*).
Another major PWS item, in an ideal world, would be the use of standardized interfaces and comms protocols, especially for the links between the sensors and the 'consoles', displays, and/or WiFi and other connections to IP transport, PCs, and WX data using apps or whatever.
I'm thinking/referring to the very effective, long established, existing standards from similar product sectors that would require very little adaptation or modification
to act as PWS WX equipment standards industry-wide.-- The marine industry long ago decided that a universal device protocol was needed. They came up with the NMEA protocol, which allowed at least a minimum interconnection level between almost all marine instruments and controls, from all manufacturers..
The actual wireless links, from sensors to console/IP access, etc., could be done over the very reliable DECT radio (band) interface. It too has been long established, has excellent transmission characteristics and ranges, and has enough device classes, protocols, and equipment parameters already worked out that its' adaptation for PWS's should be a breeze.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Marine_Electronics_Associationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Enhanced_Cordless_TelecommunicationsDECT can also be used for purposes other than cordless phones, such as baby monitors and industrial sensors. The ULE Alliance's DECT ULE and its HAN FUN protocol[2] are variants tailored for home security, automation, and the internet of things (IoT).
I have a very flexible, useful, hugely effective home surveillance and alarm system that uses DECT, WiFi, and cellular (and even has a landline-like cordless phone for voice, etc). Digging into it initially I was very impressed with the systems' complexity, and it just works, day after day; with all its' many sensors (up to 50, cameras (up to 4), displays (up to eight), IO outputs, power UPS, etc everything, plus a very nice smartphone app.
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Most recently on October 24, 2018 , at:
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=35350.msg362075#msg362075 (Davis Instruments Weather Stations / Re: Any rumors on New Davis Stuff coming soon?? )
Where I wrote this (partial quote):
I'm not sure that most here realize that WX stations are just a fraction of Davis' overall business. I don't know the Davis corp financials breakouts for Davis (would like to see them if anyone has some), but they cover many other product sectors that probably drive the bottomline much more than prosumer WX does.
http://www.davis.com/ , versus the limited: https://www.davisinstruments.com/
I too would like a Davis setup, at a reasonable pricepoint, based mostly on their perceived quality and durability (although the many threads here seem to expose some problems, eh?).
But like others, I'm really turned off by their overly proprietary designs (IMO*) and very dated product.
Also by the staggering costs to 'upgrade' a Davis to a 'modern' IP functionality. Having to buy costly extraneous doodads in order to have basic internet connectivity is absurd. The wireless-IP tech today is so cheap that they could build it into every system shipped, including all the non-IP models, just in case (excessive 'model sub-speciation' is a design flaw IMO). Their proprietary cloud scheme/subscription service is a negative too.