Hello Everyone and happy new year.
I received a weather station present for Christmas. The station, an Aercus which looks identical to an Ambient 1001, with the sensors all contained in one single unit, works well as intended and publishes all the acquired data, including temperatures, pressure, wind and gusts, solar radiation and UV index to Wunderground.
As you probably guessed the reason I am posting this message is that I intend to use an external software instead (I'd like to publish the data on APRS via CWOP).
I started going through the weewx wiki and documents and I have a few questions which I hope someone with knowledge of my type of station and weewx can help me with:
1. I haven't found any notes suggesting that the computer can download the data through the WiFi network. If so, I conclude that a USB cable and relevant driver (for which I found relevant info on the wiki) are needed. Is this correct?
2. This station looks similar (or shall I say identical) to the Ambient and others. In particular, the weewx wiki refers to FineOffset. By looking at the start screen, I think the firmware was customised by the distributor (Aercus). Is there a preferred alternative firmware that could be loaded onto this station? If I swap firmware, what advantages or drawback can I potentially face?
3. From your experience, is weewx a good match for this station or would you choose something else to run on a Rasberry Pi, possibly headless? Would weewx be able to read all the data collected by this station (I found some conflicting info on the wiki).
Thanks for your help.