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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #75 on: June 03, 2019, 10:50:11 PM »
on my awnet app the wu dashboard is blank (no data).
wifi 4.1.5 and firmware ver 4.1.4.

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #76 on: June 03, 2019, 11:07:09 PM »
on my awnet app the wu dashboard is blank (no data).
wifi 4.1.5 and firmware ver 4.1.4.

Just ordered the pm2.5 air sensor, guess will see how well that goes........

The awnet app WU Dashboard is blank (no data) because Ambient has not updated the awnet app to use the newest WU API. Recently WU turned off some old servers and the old API went away. Fine Offset and Ecowitt and other FO clones that use instead the WS View app have an update to fix this problem as they are using the newest WU API. You can run WS View if you would like to see it work. Word of caution though. You can't run WS View and awnet at the same time. You can have them both installed but you must swipe one closed before you open the other. WS View is not a full replacement for awnet app as there are things you can't to in each because of brand differences. But there is some overlap and cross functionality. Bottom line is you can't break anything by trying it. For example with WS View you can't get to Ambientweather Dashboard....it just doesn't show up as an option.

I think you meant to say you are on Revision firmware 1.4.1 (not 4.1.4). If so your PM2.5 will not work unless you upgrade to 1.4.4. But then you'll have the stability problems I mentioned. And yes WiFi firmware 4.1.5 is the latest. Confusing isn't it? I'm not sure that WiFi firmware does anything for the WS-2000. But I suppose it can't hurt to upgrade it when its available. Seems to go lock step on upgrades with the WS-2902A so they are the same code it seems.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #77 on: June 04, 2019, 11:01:16 PM »
on my awnet app the wu dashboard is blank (no data).
wifi 4.1.5 and firmware ver 4.1.4.

Just ordered the pm2.5 air sensor, guess will see how well that goes........

The awnet app WU Dashboard is blank (no data) because Ambient has not updated the awnet app to use the newest WU API. Recently WU turned off some old servers and the old API went away. Fine Offset and Ecowitt and other FO clones that use instead the WS View app have an update to fix this problem as they are using the newest WU API. You can run WS View if you would like to see it work. Word of caution though. You can't run WS View and awnet at the same time. You can have them both installed but you must swipe one closed before you open the other. WS View is not a full replacement for awnet app as there are things you can't to in each because of brand differences. But there is some overlap and cross functionality. Bottom line is you can't break anything by trying it. For example with WS View you can't get to Ambientweather Dashboard....it just doesn't show up as an option.

I think you meant to say you are on Revision firmware 1.4.1 (not 4.1.4). If so your PM2.5 will not work unless you upgrade to 1.4.4. But then you'll have the stability problems I mentioned. And yes WiFi firmware 4.1.5 is the latest. Confusing isn't it? I'm not sure that WiFi firmware does anything for the WS-2000. But I suppose it can't hurt to upgrade it when its available. Seems to go lock step on upgrades with the WS-2902A so they are the same code it seems.

Correct 1.4.1
My PM2.5 should arrive tomorrow. I currently have no stability issues on my ws2000, at least not that I know of.  My ws2902a I still can't do any updates as it don't show on the awnet app as mention in another thread.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #78 on: June 05, 2019, 03:51:44 PM »
The awnet app has the WU Dashboard working today. But I don't think it is because the awnet app was updated but rather because WU has their old servers running today. Recently these old servers are up sometimes and down at other times. We don't know what intentions WU has for these old servers that support the old API.

The proper fix would still be for Ambient to update the awnet app so that WU Dashboard works with the new API reliably instead of still using the old WU API servers.

You can tell when the old WU server are running because you can see your WU station using the Horizon URL:
http://horizon.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLWINTE111

Lately even though the old servers may be running the map and radar are empty. It is still a handy site to have when it works because you can see tenths decimal precision for temperature, feels like, wind speed/gusts, dew point...etc. in both the data and the graphs. You also gain History Summary with Yearly and Custom date ranges.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #79 on: June 05, 2019, 10:29:45 PM »
Renamed my neighborhood in the old site, maybe at some point it will stick in the new site....
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #80 on: June 06, 2019, 06:26:15 AM »
Renamed my neighborhood in the old site, maybe at some point it will stick in the new site....

Hmmm. Interesting. There are two possibilities. The old front end may still be able to talk to the back end database or it might not be able to and that data was migrated to the new front end as a one time transfer when the switch occurred.

Let us know if it changes.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #81 on: June 06, 2019, 10:40:34 AM »
A clever approach - let's see if it works. Hope it does...

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #82 on: June 06, 2019, 06:50:40 PM »
YES IT WORKED  or they just fixed it. Either way its working \:D/ =D>

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/il/rockford/KILROCKF100
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1-HP10 2-WH45 4-WH55 5-WH51
1-WN30 1-WH41

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #83 on: June 06, 2019, 08:14:32 PM »
That is awesome that it still synchronized changes. I've updated the Trrllo board to let others know.
https://trello.com/c/koohtgbX

This is worthy of sharing in the WU subforum.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #84 on: June 07, 2019, 10:49:06 AM »
June 6 2019 | Version 1.4.5

Changes:
  • Improvements to RF Chip Sensitivity
  • More intuitive WiFi and User Interface Set up
  • Improvements to Keyboard User Interface
  • UART0 communication bug fix
  • Improvements to AmbientWeather.net data stream
  • Fixed false Low battery alert PM2.5 sensor
  • RAM optimized
  • Rain calculation algorithm optimized Backlight on/off control algorithm improved

Hopefully this fixes the stability problems I report with 1.4.2. and 1.4.4.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #85 on: June 10, 2019, 06:33:33 PM »
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #86 on: June 11, 2019, 05:49:11 AM »
June 10 2019 | Version 1.4.6

Changes:
  • Fixed issue with back light button not responding.
  • Fixed issue with Wunderground.com 16 second updates introduced in Version 1.4.5.

The notes of 1.4.6 say that it fixes WU 16 sec update issue introduced in 1.4.5 but I notice this issue since 1.4.2. The release date is wrong on 1.4.6 as it says June 6th instead of 10th. That was left over from a bad page edit as on the 6th is when 1.4.5 was released.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #87 on: June 15, 2019, 12:57:54 AM »
1.4.6 has been terrible for me. I have a WS-2902 console and a WS-2000. The 2000 is my primary and is what updates to Weather Underground. This console is in a window and has direct line of sight to the sensor array. The distance is approximately 50 feet.  The WS2902 is further away with additional walls in between the console and sensor array. The WS2902 is always on full bars. Over the last few days I can’t recall a single time I’ve walked past and seen the WS2000 show full bars for reception. Prior to 1.4.6 both consoles always showed full bars. Hopefully this gets resolved quickly. Anyone else with a similar experience?

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #88 on: June 15, 2019, 06:03:00 AM »
Thanks for the feedback Zackattack. I'm still running 1.4.1. Please report your findings to Ambient. But move down to 1.4.1 first as a test to make sure your hardware is still okay.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #89 on: June 15, 2019, 01:48:29 PM »
 I dropped back down to 1.4.2 with the same issue. I’m starting to believe this is a console and not a firmware issue.  I’ll reach out to ambient and update the group if I hear anything.

As an aside, I just updated my WS2902 to 4.1.6 and it still doesn’t miss a single 16 second update (with 2 interior walls and an exterior wall with aluminum siding between it and the sensor). Go figure.

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #90 on: June 15, 2019, 08:31:09 PM »
I dropped back down to 1.4.2 with the same issue. I’m starting to believe this is a console and not a firmware issue.  I’ll reach out to ambient and update the group if I hear anything.

Yes 1.4.2 (and 1.4.4) has issues that I've already confirmed. Which is why I recommended 1.4.1.
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=35949.msg381984#msg381984
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #91 on: June 16, 2019, 04:39:31 PM »
Updated to 1.4.6 since my replacement console I got came with 1.4.4
No issues thus far that I can tell.
My old one which wasn't but a few months old if that just went dim on the left side of it for some reason as in 50% dimmer than the right - was rather odd but they replaced it and the adapter so yay.

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #92 on: June 25, 2019, 01:09:34 PM »
Hello!
I am having difficulties updating my firmware. I bought the unit in April, and I've updated the WiFi firmware using my phone. I realized
there was the 2nd firmware when I came here! It was shipped with 1.2.1, and I've been trying to update with a SanDisk 16gb micro SD. I can't get the unit to recognise the SD card, either to do a backup or for the firmware upgrade. It just boots like normal. I have access to both Mac and Windows, so I used my Windows Laptop, older but with a built in SD card reader, to remove the partitions and re-formatted with FAT32. Copy and pasted from the download folder USER.bin. No luck after several tries. Could this be a SanDisk problem? What SD cards are people using? The card is readable by both Mac and Windows laptops.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #93 on: June 25, 2019, 01:38:47 PM »
Hello!
I am having difficulties updating my firmware. I bought the unit in April, and I've updated the WiFi firmware using my phone. I realized
there was the 2nd firmware when I came here! It was shipped with 1.2.1, and I've been trying to update with a SanDisk 16gb micro SD. I can't get the unit to recognise the SD card, either to do a backup or for the firmware upgrade. It just boots like normal. I have access to both Mac and Windows, so I used my Windows Laptop, older but with a built in SD card reader, to remove the partitions and re-formatted with FAT32. Copy and pasted from the download folder USER.bin. No luck after several tries. Could this be a SanDisk problem? What SD cards are people using? The card is readable by both Mac and Windows laptops.
Thanks,
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You are probably using an SDXC type card and it is too big. The recommended type is SDHC and 4 GB and 8 GB sizes are recommended. Maybe only 4 GB is recommended as Ambient just sells a 4 GB SDHC. I'm successfully using an 8 GB SDHC.
https://www.ambientweather.com/kisdc48gb.html

Also the file should be user.bin not USER.bin. Not sure if case makes a difference but just something to check.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #94 on: June 25, 2019, 02:16:33 PM »
Hey Galfert,
Thanks for the help! I saw the link on the AW website for the SD card, but I assumed as long as it was within size specs, I would be good. On the firmware page on AW, it says 4, 8, 16, or 32 would work and I had a 16 ready to go. So, I ordered a Kingston 4 GB microSDHC Class 4 Flash Memory Card SDC4/4GB from Amazon, so I should have it tomorrow or Thursday. If it really is about the type and size of micro SD card, it probably could be a little clearer on the AW website....like SDHC required. With the ever advancing speed of read/write, I wonder how long these slower cards will be available.....I will report back!
Thanks again!
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #95 on: June 25, 2019, 04:34:35 PM »
I got my ws-2000 last month and purchased a 32gb Sandisk micro sd card from Walmart which says SDHC and SDXC compatible. It did the last two updates successfully.

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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #96 on: June 26, 2019, 03:42:23 AM »
I have a Samsung Ultra 32Gb in mine and have had no issues whatsoever from new.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #97 on: June 26, 2019, 05:03:53 AM »
I have a Samsung Ultra 32Gb in mine and have had no issues whatsoever from new.

I think you mean SanDisk Ultra not Samsung. The SanDisk Ultra is a SDHC type. I think the key requirement is that it be SDHC compatible. The SDHC type only comes in 2 GB to 32 GB sizes.
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #98 on: June 26, 2019, 05:17:13 AM »
ooops as always you are spot on.

I normally only buy Samsung, but on this occasion it looks as though I used an old Sandisk SDHC card I had lying around!
« Last Edit: June 26, 2019, 05:20:56 AM by Mandrake »
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Re: WS-2000 Firmware Tips
« Reply #99 on: June 27, 2019, 02:09:00 PM »
So, it was indeed my SD card. New one arrived, added the user.bin file, booted up, updated, all good now.
Thanks for all the help!
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