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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: WS5000 stopped sending data
« Last post by Seeker336 on Yesterday at 08:19:39 PM »
Super thanks to @Gyvate and @hkeller2 for your suggestions. I did finally receive response from a person at Ambient who offers an opinion that the power adapter for the console might be bad and is offering to replace it. If that works, we should be back in business. If not, and the console remains dead, then your suggestion of the Weather Hub gateway module looks like a good alternative solution.

Will certainly keep that in mind. Hopefully, the power adapter replacement will do the trick.

Either way, I will provide updates as this effort progresses. I always like to see people share solutions on message boards, enabling all of us to learn together.

Thanks again. Cheers.
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: WS5000 stopped sending data
« Last post by Gyvate on Yesterday at 07:53:36 PM »
I think the Ambient Weather Hub/ObserverIP 2.0 module (~78 USD) would be the smartest solution if you want to keep that Weather Window. The Weather Hub can receive all existing Ambient sensors (which are Ecowitt clones - there are others too) including the WS80, the Ambient WS-5000 ARRAY (ultrasonic 6-in-1 outdoor array), the WH40, the Ambient WS-5000-RAIN sensor.
This Weather Hub is a gateway, a displayless console, even more powerful than the WS-5000 console.
If configured, it will post the data to ambientweather.net. The live data can be viewed with its inbuilt WebUI (http://IP-address-of-the-Hub) and most likely (to be verified as this constellation is rare) with the Ecowitt WS View Plus app (ANdroid and iOS).
Once your sensor data is on AWN, your Weather Window will be able to receive and display them.
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Davis Instruments Weather Stations / Re: Joining Davis Tech Support
« Last post by davidmc36 on Yesterday at 07:52:04 PM »
Quote from: srpawski on April 20, 2024, 08:10:51 PM
The late product architect of Uniden Scanners, the SDS100 and SDS200 for those of you into scanning and have seen the Radio Reference forums, I am referring to Uniden UP Man, Paul Optiz, who provided tech support to the forum community and there was no conflict of interest.

Spektrum RC radio software engineer on forums also. Posts on a few of them. Reveals and assists with what is allowed and keeps secret what is required.
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Weather Website PHP/AJAX scripting / Re: nws-alerts-log .. can full alert be logged?
« Last post by saratogaWX on Yesterday at 07:20:39 PM »
To change the logging contents does require modifying code in both nws-alerts.php and nws-alerts-log.php to support having the details included, and it wouldn't likely be backward compatible to existing log files.
I've not heard about such a request before, and as Curly's code is quite complicated, I'd need to hear from others about the mod before embarking on doing the mod.
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: WS5000 stopped sending data
« Last post by kheller2 on Yesterday at 07:18:23 PM »
I'm sorry to inform you that the Weather Window is not a replacement for your WS5000 console.  It can only display data that has already been published to AWN.

From page 4 of the manual:
"NOTE: If you already have an Ambient Weather station, do not discard the console that it came with. All Ambient hardware requires either a console or a Weather Hub to send sensor data to the cloud. Your Weather Window is a display and does not replace the functionality of a console or Weather Hub."

Put another way, the Window is for displaying weather data only that is already in the cloud, not for receiving it from your sensor array or publishing it to AWN.

You do have a few ways you could go: 
  • Ask Ambient for a refund and get a the same console you already had.
  • eBay has a few used ones at times
  • Or try the Ambient Weather Network Weather Hub for $78.

I think other's might chime in with other ideas for you as well.
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Custom Website Templates / Re: Problem getting Wdisplay html 5&7 going after reinstall
« Last post by rrrick8 on Yesterday at 06:03:22 PM »
Thanks a bunch. Will unzip and see what I can do this evening.
Just got out of dentist office.  The visit there has been easier than fixing this computer crash outfall.  ](*,)
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Weather Website PHP/AJAX scripting / nws-alerts-log .. can full alert be logged?
« Last post by k8tek on Yesterday at 05:59:06 PM »
How do we log the entire text of warnings and advisories without truncating them…

https://ballcock.us/nws-alerts-log.php?logfile=20240417  Like this for example. I would like to retain the entire text of the warnings and watches.
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Weather Website PHP/AJAX scripting / Re: Warning: Undefined array key "properties" in advforecast2.php on line 2412
« Last post by staze on Yesterday at 05:44:05 PM »
oh, on forecast, got it!

Thank you so much for your help! Sorry this drifted off from the initial request so much. =)
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Custom Website Templates / Re: Problem getting Wdisplay html 5&7 going after reinstall
« Last post by hcorrin on Yesterday at 05:32:53 PM »
using view source in edge browser i got the info of you html files wx,wx2,wx3,wx4,wx5,wx6 and wx7 copied into notepad++ and saved then copied 5-7 and renamed the copies as wxlocal5.html, wxlocal6.html and wxlocal7.html have put the right tags in wxlocal7 have attached a zip with all wx plus 3 wxlocal  and testtags.txt which your missing you will need to find the the right tags for the values currently in wxlocal5
hope this is of some use
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / WS5000 stopped sending data
« Last post by Seeker336 on Yesterday at 05:20:39 PM »
My WS5000 system was purchased Dec 2022. It was worked flawlessly until this past week. Last good data showing on my console was Friday evening, 19 April.

When I came down on Saturday morning, 20 April, the control console was black. I went through all the troubleshooting steps and it would not restart or show any glimmer of light anywhere. I checked the station data on my cell phone app, on my tablet app, and on my PC login – all show no data transmitted as of Friday evening.

Per the troubleshooting guide, I was left to order a replacement console. As I checked the website for a replacement, I discovered the Weather Window console is the same price as the replacement console, so I chose to order the Weather Window device. I have received the Weather Window, completed registration and installation, and configured the screen I prefer.

Problem is, none of the data modules show any data from the WS 5000 devices. Each module reports “Device Offline” and “Last Report at (whatever is the current time of day)”.  The transmitter shows a Model # WS80BN.

I have cleaned the WS5000 unit, replaced the batteries, performed a Reset at the pinhole. When I hold in the pinhole reset, for 3 seconds or longer, then release it, there is a steady blue LED at the top of the solar sensor panel. After about 10-15 seconds, it goes off, the flashes on about every 5 seconds. I also covered the solar unit, removed the batteries, and did the pinhole discharge thing, then left the unit overnight. still no data connection when I re-installed the batteries.

How do I get the WS 5000 devices to resume reporting data? Can they be configured ONLY with the old original style Console? Why offer the Weather Window console as a replacement? And, oh, by the way, when I tried to identify a replacement console to order, the one that appears similar to the one I have (that now will not restart) lists it as compatible with multiple WS models, but NOT the WS5000. Is this just an oversight?

 I am a newbie with this gear and am rather lost. Just trying to figure out how to get my station back on line. Please assist as soon as possible.

(And I opened a support ticket with Ambient, but have received no response from them.)
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