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Offline davidsmartin

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WS1401 vs WS1550 -- Observer vs Osprey?
« on: April 12, 2019, 05:13:37 PM »
What is the difference between the WS 1401 and 1550?  The features seem similar.  The first seems to be Observer while the second is Osprey?  Does that matter?  Is the Osprey sensor any different than the Observer?

Sorry to be so confused!

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Re: WS1401 vs WS1550 -- Observer vs Osprey?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2019, 06:15:32 PM »
I basically just answered an almost similar question for someone that had a broken outdoor sensor array.
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=36601.0

Basically the only difference is the outdoor sensor array is different. The WS-1550-IP uses the Osprey sensor array also called the WS-2902-ARRAY. The WS-1401-IP uses the WS-1002-ARRAY sensor instead.

Both the WS-1401-IP and the WS-1550-IP use the ObserverIP device as the console to receive the data from the sensors and connect to the Internet. It is the exact same ObserverIP running the same firmware. Which allows someone to change the outdoor sensor array from the older model to the newer model.

The WS-1002-ARRAY is the older model ... used in the WS-1401-IP, WS-1002, WS-1201(-IP) and many other discontinued models.
 
The WS-2902-ARRAY (Osprey) is the newer model ...used in the WS-2000, WS-2902A, WS-1550-IP, WS-1900.

See this post to for more info:
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=36296.msg372434#msg372434

Therefore I recommend the WS-1550-IP without reservations absolutely. No reason at all to get the WS-1401-IP.
 
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Re: WS1401 vs WS1550 -- Observer vs Osprey?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2019, 11:29:44 AM »
Thanks for the explanation.  Ambient's web site makes it very difficult to figure any of this out.