Topic: new firmware version for WS3xx0: V1.3.6

[olicat]

Hi!

There's a new firmware version V1.3.6 available for the WS3800/WS3910.
Use the current WSView Plus app or the web interface (WebUI) of the WS3910 ("Device Setting") to update.

Changelog for V1.3.6:
- Optimizes Socket secure closure.
- Fixes incorrect WS68 battery display on the LCD
- Supports IoT device WFC02

Oliver

[sailingby]

Has fixed the low battery icon for my WS3910 + WS68 

[MVMHK]

Ecowitt also have another app (Android) which is just called "Ecowitt" the FW is also able to be updated from within the app is did this with the WS-3900

[Gyvate]

Ecowitt also have another app (Android) which is just called "Ecowitt" the FW is also able to be updated from within the app is did this with the WS-3900

There are more apps, Android and iOS - see WiKi (signature).
And yes, the Ecowitt app can also initiate a firmware upgrade when certain conditions are met.

[MVMHK]

Cheers for the reply,

I had no idea about the wiki but looks great, although it appears too much information, information overload, haha.

I would like to setup a custom server to play around with but it appears too hard to work out for myself.
I'll try and get my head around that wiki information and post in the relevant thread if needed.

[Gyvate]

Cheers for the reply,

I had no idea about the wiki but looks great, although it appears too much information, information overload, haha.

I would like to setup a custom server to play around with but it appears too hard to work out for myself.
I'll try and get my head around that wiki information and post in the relevant thread if needed.

it's the nature of a WiKi to provide information  - from general to detail - it is segmented by topics.
It will tell you how to use the custom server function of Ecowitt and Fine Offset clone consoles, will show the data flow, but the custom server function is "just" to send data to a customized (=user chosen) IP address/FQDN with the selection of a path, a port number and a posting interval. And a choice which predefined data format ("protocol") to be used.
It won't tell you how a custom (= set up up by you at your personally chosen configuration) server is to be installed ... how should we know what you want ??

Maybe you tell us what you want to do with this custom server of yours, which could be a local (=inside your local network) server or a web hosted server.
Then we could make some suggestions.
You can run a data logging program like CumulusMX or weewx on a local server, you could run a local website with a template (webpage(s)), you could build your own website locally (and later move a copy to a web hosted server), ... many things. You could run HomeAssistant. For these applications there are examples described in the WiKi.
To view such implementations via templates or web pages you can look up my Weather Landing Page (signature).

For local solutions often a qualified NAS server can be useful or a RaspberryPi e.g. RPi4B 4GB (maybe a RPi5 would be overkill to begin with).
If you are not completely computer illiterate, there are many examples for how to set up e.g. a Raspberry Pi in the internet.
With a RaspberryPi it is usually downloading a imaging program and an OS (operating systerm) image and copying the latter with the imaging program to a SD card, insert the SD card and start up - or it even comes with a preconfigured OS on a SD card, But some Linux OS knowledge will be needed.

[MVMHK]

Honestly, I think it's all too much for me right now, given I don't have too much spare time to learn how to do it.
I wouldn't mind trying sending data to Windy from Ecowitt but I haven't quite been able to get my head around it when looking into it, correct me if I'm wrong but it appears I need a 3rd party site to be able to talk between Ecowitt and Windy.

After look at your "at a glance" page, I would love to have something like that but that can be for the future.

[Gyvate]

posting to Windy is simple:
have a look at the section "often used weather services via Customized Server" in the WiKi in chapter
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start#c_the_customized_server_feature_of_the_ecowitt_consoles
there you find all you need ... 

[MVMHK]

posting to Windy is simple:
have a look at the section "often used weather services via Customized Server" in the WiKi in chapter
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start#c_the_customized_server_feature_of_the_ecowitt_consoles
there you find all you need ... 

I honestly got lost in it all, I found a user on Windy forums who posted a way to send data from Ecowitt to Windy via the google app script, took about 5 minutes to setup and started reporting within 5 minutes and free to use.

It was written for the most basic of people which is more down my path, lol.

I do thank everyone for helping me but I beleieve the WIKI is written for people who have some techincal knowledge with computing.

[Gyvate]

solving calculus equations on the forearm but not able to fill in a simple table ... ? 
if the below procedure is not basic, then what is ....
no script needed - just to click on two radio buttons and fill in four fields.
(and this is what the WiKi says).
But if you are happy with your solution, whatever that is, some Google app script, having to go via the ecowitt.net website etc., just be happy ...

by the way, when the Ecowitt server goes down, your solution will go down too - the console with the below configuration will not and will continue posting ...

even though the below procedure is far above your level of understanding as you state, just in case, because things can change, I write it still down, if not for you then for other users who might visit this thread

- get yourself a Windy account
- register your station: https://stations.windy.com/stations
- you will get an API key or ID (this will be needed below: [WindyAPIkey] = ID (no brackets !))
- open your web browser with http://IP-address-of-your-console to access the WebUI of your WS3900
- go to Weather Services (left hand side menu) --> Customized
- enter the data shown in the WiKi into the respective fields
customized: Enabled
protocol same as: Wunderground
IP/hostname:    stations.windy.com
path:    /pws/update/[windyAPIkey]?
port: 80
interval: 300
the ? in the PATH behind the ID is important and not to be discarded !

[SamiS]

solving calculus equations on the forearm but not able to fill in a simple table ... ? 
if the below procedure is not basic, then what is ....
no script needed - just to click on two radio buttons and fill in four fields.
(and this is what the WiKi says).
But if you are happy with your solution, whatever that is, some Google app script, having to go via the ecowitt.net website etc., just be happy ...

The problem with the wiki is that it is in a way too perfect. When you don't have any prior knowledge of this evosystem, and are looking for a tiny bit of information to achieve some specific functionality, scrolling through tens of screenfuls of information is just overwhelming. It is a very good source of information for anyone, but it is a steep mountain to start the climb.

Also the term of "custom server" is not self-explanatory to anyone who has not tinkered around Ecowitt previously. A "normal" user thinks that he/she doesn't have a server and neither wants one, when he/she just wants data being sent to windy. So the "easier" result indeed is a script found by googling while actually that was the hard way. But it is not always how things are, but how they look.

[Gyvate]

I think often people do not read the introduction of the WiKi - i.e. what to do if they have some issue.
One thing proposed there is to read the FAQ and Troubleshooting sections.
And reading the list of FAQs, surprise - surprise  , one would run into the following FAQ
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq1#what_is_the_custom_server_or_customized_server_in_the_ecowitt_universe

The WiKi surely can be improved for readability - and it is already significantly better than the original "MUST READ" thread.
It has a table of contents with links, has cross-reference links in many chapters, has a search function and you can also use your browser search.

I do appreciate suggestions, also bigger texts, which in the opinion of a user would make a topic better understandable, add missing information etc. to be sent to me as a private mail - VERY few people have done this.
And almost all such suggestions have found entry into the WiKi one way or the other.

The WiKi is not a replacement for reading the manuals - which are getting better and better at the Ecowitt end, but in their nature are only device focused.
How many questions are asked here which could be easily solved by having read the manuals.... 

There seems, however, to be with many users more of a complaining attitude or the expectation of getting everything provided on a silver tablet than providing constructive contribution.
If I had compiled the WiKi to please myself, I wouldn't have needed to publish it.

I'm also aware that it's a futile exercise to think one could do it right for everyone ...

[SamiS]

I do appreciate suggestions, also bigger texts, which in the opinion of a user would make a topic better understandable, add missing information etc. to be sent to me as a private mail - VERY few people have done this.
And almost all such suggestions have found entry into the WiKi one way or the other.

...clipped....

I'm also aware that it's a futile exercise to think one could do it right for everyone ...

I know your pain, 25 years of work in IT department... If I had a silver bullet for this dilemma of how to get people to read and follow instructions, I would be a rich man.    In this specific case I think that it is even harder, since many of us are non-native with english, so we may use language that is non-fluent even if it is grammatically correct.

[Rover1822]

Hi Gyvate.

You know what I am going to say here. But I will say it anyway.

What you think as simple and easy to understand and you consider to involve minimal computer skills , may not translate to the whole population that own these devices or visit this site. I was the software development manager for a large software product, I also managed others writing documentation, and support resources for the software product. 

Bottom line, never get rude , or insulting if they don't follow your documentation, as amazing as it is, and a lot of us appreciate it, it was your endeavor, your thoughts on layout and even if the user had the capacity to follow.

What you may consider simple, a lot don't , not most, but still a lot. Take a step back, I'm sure you have friends that have issues with operating the simple things you think are just simple easy. If you don't , well I do, and I'm sure others as well.

[MVMHK]

Imagine getting all salty over someone saying that they don't understand something all because you do, goes to show what a person you are.

Like I said, I found it very confusing to say the least and I was not shrugging it off as ignorant, I was merely stating that it was information overload and I felt overwhelmed, also not having knowledge of anything to do with hosting APIs and what not, it honestly felt overwhelmingly.

Like I also said, I found a simple solution that someone else posted and worked for me, key word here was"worked for me" took less than 5 minutes to setup.

So get off your high horse mate and lighten up.

Also thanks for that extra info, I'll try what you suggested in your reply, cheers.

[MVMHK]

- get yourself a Windy account
- register your station: https://stations.windy.com/stations
- you will get an API key or ID (this will be needed below: [WindyAPIkey] = ID (no brackets !))
- open your web browser with http://IP-address-of-your-console to access the WebUI of your WS3900
- go to Weather Services (left hand side menu) --> Customized
- enter the data shown in the WiKi into the respective fields
customized: Enabled
protocol same as: Wunderground
IP/hostname:    stations.windy.com
path:    /pws/update/[windyAPIkey]?
port: 80
interval: 300
the ? in the PATH behind the ID is important and not to be discarded !

I actually did this and got an error the first time then tried it again, I think I may have not done it quite right, it said saved but I wasn't sure if it was right, so maybe I did have it right all along but I wasn't certain it was.
I guess I second guessed myself, I'll try again in the coming days to see if it works.

[Wooks61]

I would just like to add a note of appreciation for the outstanding effort Gyvate has put in to the WIKI.

I have always found the information useful.
Indeed the Wiki has become an ever-growing document which just goes to show how much more information it contains than most user manuals.

Because of its size and scope , it can seem daunting to some, but well worth consulting.

[MVMHK]

I also agree, I honestly appreciate the effort with the wiki, I am not disputing it whatsoever far from it, I just felt overwhelmed and confused by it because I have zero understanding of what I'm doing myself, lol.

[Dirk27]

I also agree, I honestly appreciate the effort with the wiki, I am not disputing it whatsoever far from it, I just felt overwhelmed and confused by it because I have zero understanding of what I'm doing myself, lol.

That's how I started as well and of despair I began with the "Beginners' WiKi" under the roof of Gyvate's fine WiKi:
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=beginners. 

[Wooks61]

I also agree, I honestly appreciate the effort with the wiki, I am not disputing it whatsoever far from it, I just felt overwhelmed and confused by it because I have zero understanding of what I'm doing myself, lol.

That's how I started as well and of despair I began with the "Beginners' WiKi" under the roof of Gyvate's fine WiKi:
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=beginners. 

Indeed.
I also forgot to mention the other contributors' efforts which are also much appreciated: 

https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=beginners (Dirk27) 
and:
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=barometer (gszlag) 

and the many more who have provided input.