?

Below are photos of a colleague's WS80 installation. cleaned he had the transducers after 2 years and uploaded fresh software from Ecowitt with 1.2.8. Another colleague from Poland reports to me Ecowitt ultrasound undershooting. These comparison results from this setup can be followed below.

It could be that the measurement results between WS80 units differ on the same software version, which could be due to poor repeatability and stability of the hardware.

Ecowitt WS68: https://www.ecowitt.net/home/index?id=185056#
Ecowitt WS80: https://www.ecowitt.net/home/index?id=72964

From our observations, it seems that the Ecowitt ultrasonic wind gauges are far from acceptable accuracy and stability even in dry conditions, and subsequent updates as we can see do not bring a breakthrough in accuracy. We consider it a waste of time.

In order to confirm this problem further and to determine whether the WS68 or WS80 on the 1.2.8 software is closer to the truth and the correct speed range, we plan to make a long-term comparison with WMO-compliant reference instruments that perform wind direction and speed measurements using the same measurement technology as the WS80. There is no other way and eyewitness observations will not dispel this for us.

https://gillinstruments.com/compare-2-axis-anemometers/windsonic-2axis/

https://tiny.pl/crj2m

In fact, it refers to the WS90 Wittboy, because the hardware layer is the same as in the WS80 and analogous 40Khz converters are used in both, hence most likely there will be no difference in accuracy between the two measuring instruments.

We Poles are interested in accurate measurements or strongly close to reality. Hence, we check Ecowitt equipment in depth, but not only, as we also check semi-professional and professional companies.

I've had a few minor issues with IPTL, but never something like that.

My issues were resolved with making 2 GUI's.  One to take the pictures, and another one to make the MP4.  Once I separated those, my issues with making the MP4 at the scheduled time went away.

It's the setting in the console settings - please see the link I gave you.

Well, as promised, I'm back to share how my issue was resolved.

In a series of chats with an Ambient customer service rep, they opined that my issue was likely the result of a power adapter failure. I ordered a replacement power adapter, although with a bit of trepidation, as the website was a bit confusing about which adapter was compatible with which console device. As a fallback, I also ordered the gateway device you guys had recommended.

Both arrived yesterday, Saturday, 28 April. I tried the power adapter first, plugged it in, the console powered up and within a couple minutes was fully populated with data from my sensors. No additional setup was required -- all returned to settings that existed prior to the outage.

So I have not needed to try to set up the Gateway Hub. I think I will retain it as a fallback in the event the WS5000 console goes out again. Ican still monitor data with teh Weather Window device, which is now running in tandem with the WS5000 console.

Thanks again for your suggestions and support. That's what I hope to see in a product Forum.

Cheers