Topic: battery level indicator - difference GW1000 <--> HP2551?

[olicat]

Hi!

Is the behavior of the battery level display between GW1000 and e.g. the HP2551C different?

From the GW1000 I know that the WH57 outputs the battery level in Ecowitt-format with 0..5, where 5 means full and 0 means empty.
Now I have a user with a new WH57, whose HP2551C reports the level as 0, although new batteries are in it.
So my battery warning mechanism fails of course - FOSHKplugin warns if the level is less than 2.

Could the HP2551 send a 0 if everything is ok and a 1 if the battery level is critical? So exactly how the GW1000 it does with the WH65?
So do I have to differentiate between the sending device?
That would be unpleasant ...
Does anyone have any experience?

Regards, Oliver

[mcrossley]

Different devices report their battery status differently Some 0-5, some 0-1, some as a voltage!

[olicat]

Hi!

Different devices report their battery status differently

I know this behavior from the sensors.  I am only surprised that the weather stations behave differently.  Because the sensors always output the same data - regardless of the receiver.

Oliver

[mcrossley]

Ah, sorry, I misread what you were saying.

[olicat]

Hi!

Is the behavior of the battery level display between GW1000 and e.g. the HP2551C different?

Lucy told me today that this behavior is not wanted but is a firmware bug that will be fixed by an update.

For all developers who use the custom server in the Ecowitt protocol as a basis: currently GW1000 and HP2551 deliver different battery levels with the same sensors. The reason for this is a firmware bug in the HP2551C.

Regards, Oliver

[olicat]

Hi!

Problem solved with firmware v1.6.7 for HP2551C - battery levels are shown on HP2551C as on GW1000.

Oliver

[wardie]

Hi!

Problem solved with firmware v1.6.7 for HP2551C - battery levels are shown on HP2551C as on GW1000.

Oliver

Thanks. Given mine is a Froggit branded item from EU does that make any difference or is the firmware identical. I just checked my Froggit manual and the English section doesn’t tell you how to do a firmware update but the German section does. However it says go to their froggit.de website to get the firmware under support docs, but nothing is there on their site... Obviously I don’t want to brick it via a firmware no-no...


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[olicat]

Hi!

Do not worry! Froggit uses the same firmware for the HP1000SE Pro as the original HP2551C.
Just download current firmware from Ecowitt and install this firmware:

1. Take out your microSD card(max 32G, Fat 32).
2. Drag the user.bin under the root directory of your microSD card.
3. Insert the card into the console -  power off the console - power on the console - update the program.

Oliver

[wardie]

Hi!

Do not worry! Froggit uses the same firmware for the HP1000SE Pro as the original HP2551C.
Just download current firmware from Ecowitt and install this firmware:

1. Take out your microSD card(max 32G, Fat 32).
2. Drag the user.bin under the root directory of your microSD card.
3. Insert the card into the console -  power off the console - power on the console - update the program.

Oliver

Thanks v helpful I’ll give it a go and report back.


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[Gyvate]

in fact, just re-inserting the SD card while the console is still running will already start the firmware update process.
Power-off /-on not needed.
That's good to know as you may interrupt the already started update process if you still pull the plug !!!

Or, alternatively, plug/power off, insert the SD card, plug in/power on.