Up to 5 beta testers wanted.
This info will be of relevance to you if:
-You operate a WiFi enabled weather station that is actively uploading to WU but has no built-in capability to collect live or historical data other than retrieving it from WU.
-You have a website, your own Internet or LAN web server or a single board computer (Raspberry PI etc.) where you can store your weather station data on. Basic requirement is a web space or server with PHP and SQLite support.
-You have a 5V/1.0+ amps micro-USB type B power supply laying around (an unused smartphone charger will do the job)
You will be beta testing ATMOCOM which is a small form factor, special purpose WiFi device that you connect your PWS to instead of directly connecting it to your 2.4 GHz Internet router. The device will seamlessly link your PWS and Internet router, send all weather data uploads to the original destination (WU) while simultaneously also re-transmit the data to a user configurable target URL (e.g. on your website). On your web space a special companion PHP receiver/parser script stores the replicated data in monthly zero-configuration SQLite archives. While restricted to the WU data protocol during the beta tests, the PHP script can actually be tailored to support any weather network upload protocol.
In theory any WiFi enabled weather station that can upload data to Weather Underground is compatible. For the past months we have been testing with the following PWS models:
FOSHK WH2900 series (a.k.a. Ambient WS-2902 Osprey, Ventus W830, MiSol, ChiliTec, PanTech, Froggit WH3000, <
insert your favorite rebranded variant here> etc.)
GARNI 1055 Arcus (a.k.a. Ambient WS-8478 Falcon, Bresser etc.)
FOSHK HP-3500 series (new unreleased model)
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A live demo dashboard based on a customized version of Home Weather Station template - designed by Brian at weather34.com and used with kind permission - can be seen here:
https://atmocom.com/wx34/?units=metricNote this dashboard is for demo purposes only, not officially supported by weather34.com!You should be located in either Europe or North America and know your PWS and Internet equipment well. You should also have some spare time to set up the device when you receive it so that it doesn't sit and collect dust for weeks.
If selected you will get:
-ATMOCOM beta device, which you may keep using with tech support included after tests are completed.
Downloadable:
-User manual
-Data receiver/parser PHP script (Weather Underground protocol)
-Data fetching PHP script (outputs JSON or XML)
-2x graphical weather sticker demo PHP scripts (see signature for an example)
You
will have to pay for shipping to your location, estimated 10 EUR ($12 USD) tracked. Package will be declared low value so no import taxes should apply outside the European Union where the items are shipped from.
Key features:
-Minimal form factor. The production version will be the size of a matchbox (beta devices are a bit larger than this)
-Simple configuration via Telnet client when device is in Access Point config mode.
-Plug-configure-play; No operating system dependence, no router, network or any other type of hacks required
-Automatic and fail-safe firmware over the air updates
-Replicate skip option 0-240 seconds. For reducing disk space usage the device can be set to transmit data to your private data store less frequently than the PWS default update rate.
-Numerous watchdog functions to ensure PWS and uplink router WiFi connections are working 24/7/365
-On-board combined status/network traffic LED. Traffic LED indications can be enabled/disabled the user
-A single multifunction button
-Powered by commonly available 5V/1A+ power supply with micro-USB type B connector (not included).
If interested please PM me the following:
-Weather station make and model
-WiFi router make, model and your Internet bandwidth
-Weather networks your PWS is uploading to in addition to WU, if any
-Your WU ID or link
If anything is unclear please feel free to ask below and I'll do my best to answer.