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Offline _John C

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New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« on: March 02, 2021, 06:23:49 AM »
V1.6.6
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2021, 06:56:24 AM »
Upgraded, but no option to choose between GW1000 sensor or WH32B sensor. This would be a nice feature to have .
Ecowitt GW1000CA x2,   HP2551CA,   WH65 Outdoor 7in1 2 arm array,  WH32B Indoor Temp/Hum/Baro, WH45 Co2/PM2.5/PM10,  WH41 PM2.5,   WH57 Lightning Detector,   WH31 Temp/Hum x8,  WN34L Liquid Temp x2,  WN34S Soil Temp x1, WH51 Soil Moisture x8,   WH55 Water Leak x4,   Meteobridge (TL-WR902AC v3),   Da9L PWT x2, Home Assistant Integration

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2021, 07:04:09 AM »
Ecowitt communicated that picking up the WH32B data was not intentional.

If you want this functionality (of using the WH32B) then I suggest that you buy a WH2650. The WH2650 is the only other device that also has the GW1000 API for 3rd party software support. All software will think it is a GW1000.

« Last Edit: March 02, 2021, 10:14:34 AM by galfert »
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2021, 07:56:22 AM »
Not loaded this up yet but curious signalling of the firmware, on the iPhone WS View app anyway:
- My current state is 1x GW1000 on 1.6.3 and 1x on 1.6.5
- On the Device List summary page in the app, there is a nice new blue "New Firmware" message that appears, but only against the GW1000 on 1.6.5 not the one on 1.6.3
- But when I go into the summary page of each GW1000, they both alert me to the new firmware 1.6.6 and prompt to download...
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Froggit HP1000SE Pro ultrasonic multi sensor with Ecowitt EC0002 heater (WS80)
Ecowitt Anemometer 5-in-1 array (WS68)
Froggit DP80 rain gauge (WH40) with spikes
Froggit indoor temp/humidity/pressure (WH32B)
Froggit DP50 Internal temp/humidity x2 (WH31)
Ecowitt Outdoor temp/humidity & RS-00001 shield (WH32)
Froggit DP200 PM2.5 outdoor (WH41)
Ecowitt indoor CO2 PM2.5 PM10 (WH45)
Froggit DP100 soil moisture (WH51)
Froggit DP60 Lightning detector (WH57)
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2021, 10:10:59 AM »
Downloaded the firmware to my 3 GW1000s at the house. No issue.
Kudos for the fast response on the issue from Lucy /EcoWitt  and those here that reported the issue.

If you think about it from a retail side, there are probably not that many that have the WH32B and a GW1000 as opposed to those that have a GW1000 and sensors that it can use. For there to be such a fast fix for this is astounding based on the number of people that were probably affected. Of course it doesn't help that in here we tell people the benefits of the GW1000 paired with other F/O devices, like from AmbientWeather (Which I think we should still do).

I work in software development (unrelated) , getting a patch out in a week, is to be lauded.


 

« Last Edit: March 02, 2021, 10:28:27 AM by Rover1822 »
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2021, 06:58:32 PM »
I work in software development (unrelated) , getting a patch out in a week, is to be lauded.

Same here as a SysAdmin. 30+ years. Getting a tested patch out that fast is just excellent support!
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2021, 07:30:59 PM »
I work in software development (unrelated) , getting a patch out in a week, is to be lauded.

Meh...I've gotten patches out in hours  8-)

100,000 users on the phone to support tends to be an excellent motivator ...

But yeah, nice work on Ecowitt's part fixing it quickly  =D> 

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2021, 10:37:17 AM »
Unfortunately owners of the WH2650 who already updated to 1.6.5 are now standing in the rain.  ](*,)
see https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41574.msg426254#msg426254
WS2350 1.6.7, GW1000(3) 1.7.7,WH2650 WiFi (2) 1.7.7 (test/backup), GW1100 2.3.1, GW2000(3) 3.1.1, HP2551 1.9.5,5.1.5;HP3500 1.7.2,WS3800 1.2.8, WN1910 1.2.3,WN1980 1.2.3;
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2021, 07:48:40 AM »
The respective firmware update for the WH2650 has been rolled out meanwhile, too.
My reported issue with firmware 1.6.5 and 1.6.6 for the WH2650 turned (so far) out as an interference
between a WH32B and a WH45 standing very close to each other.
see https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41574.0
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https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41574.msg426254#msg426254 through #426368

still waiting for the (final ?) feedback from Ecowitt engineering
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2021, 05:45:19 AM »
FW 1.6.7 will solve the issue
see also https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41574.0
WS2350 1.6.7, GW1000(3) 1.7.7,WH2650 WiFi (2) 1.7.7 (test/backup), GW1100 2.3.1, GW2000(3) 3.1.1, HP2551 1.9.5,5.1.5;HP3500 1.7.2,WS3800 1.2.8, WN1910 1.2.3,WN1980 1.2.3;
Ecowitt WS90(2)1.3.5/1.4.0, WS80(2)1.2.5, WS68, WS69, WH40, WH31, WH31-EP, WN30, WN34L, WN35, WH32, WH32-EP, WH32B, WH57 [Lightning], WH41 [PM2.5], WH51, WH45, WH55
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2021, 05:48:45 AM »
Hi!

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FW 1.6.7 will solve the issue
At least the v1.6.6 for the WH2650 has just been withdrawn. Currently, the WH2650 can only be updated to v1.6.3 again.

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2021, 05:54:04 AM »
Hi!

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FW 1.6.7 will solve the issue
At least the v1.6.6 for the WH2650 has just been withdrawn. Currently, the WH2650 can only be updated to v1.6.3 again.

Oliver
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2021, 04:14:22 PM »
Um I've just spotted that I think v1.6.6 has upset the battery level reporting out of the API v0.2.0 (not the customer server / Ecowitt server push). My Weewx loop data from the GW1000-API pull doesn't have it anymore - for any battery levels whatsoever. I get the weather data and sensor signal strength data, just no battery data. I've checked and the customer server data from the FOSHKplugin - that does get it though. Weird. I've posted on the google group for the driver...

I'm getting this out of a direct run of the GW1000-API:

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Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Interrogating GW1000 at x.x.x.x:45000

2021-03-15 19:54:15 GMT (1615838055): UV: 0, co2: 721, co2_24h_avg: 683, dateTime: 1615838055, dayRain: 4.0, daymaxwind: 9.7, extraHumid1: 57, extraHumid17: 53, extraHumid2: 75, extraTemp1: 17.9, extraTemp17: 18.9, extraTemp2: 11.3, inHumidity: 45, inTemp: 21.8, lightning_distance: None, lightning_last_det_time: None, lightning_strike_count: None, luminosity: 0.0, monthRain: 24.0, outHumidity: 84, outTemp: 7.5, pm10: 3.3, pm10_24h_avg: 3.2, pm2_5: 21.0, pm2_51_24h_avg: 24.3, pm2_55: 3.3, pm2_55_24h_avg: 2.6, pressure: 1010.3, rain: None, rainRate: 0.0, relbarometer: 1012.6, soilMoist1: 47, stormRain: 4.0, usUnits: 17, uvradiation: 0.0, weekRain: 5.3, wh26_sig: 4, wh31_ch1_sig: 4, wh31_ch2_sig: 4, wh40_sig: 3, wh41_ch1_sig: 4, wh51_ch1_sig: 4, wh57_sig: 4, wh68_sig: 4, windDir: 279, windGust: 1.0, windSpeed: 0.5, yearRain: 102.6
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Froggit indoor temp/humidity/pressure (WH32B)
Froggit DP50 Internal temp/humidity x2 (WH31)
Ecowitt Outdoor temp/humidity & RS-00001 shield (WH32)
Froggit DP200 PM2.5 outdoor (WH41)
Ecowitt indoor CO2 PM2.5 PM10 (WH45)
Froggit DP100 soil moisture (WH51)
Froggit DP60 Lightning detector (WH57)
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2021, 04:23:25 PM »
Hi!

I think George (galfert) already wrote there that there were changes in the API access regarding the battery values. There must / will be an update of the weewx driver (as well as other software that accesses the battery values via the API).
Interestingly enough, there is no issue on github yet.

Greetings, Oliver

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2021, 04:36:26 PM »
Yup, newest firmware removed the old way of getting battery status. For a while now recent firmware supported both methods (old and new) of getting battery status. Now with this latest firmware the old battery reporting method has been removed. This change cleans up the API and makes it much less confusing to deal with as battery status is reported along with each sensors weather data. The old method required a separate battery level routine, and the battery status of all sensors were together in one huge block and it was difficult to deal with because it reported battery level of zero even for sensors that didn't exist (not in use). The new method is much better. But software now needs to catch up to this new method.

By the way, the developer of GW1000 driver for WeeWX (Gary) knows about this (we chatted recently). But like any change...things take time. I'm sure he will get around to whenever he can.
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2021, 05:08:18 PM »
Yup, newest firmware removed the old way of getting battery status. For a while now recent firmware supported both methods (old and new) of getting battery status. Now with this latest firmware the old battery reporting method has been removed. This change cleans up the API and makes it much less confusing to deal with as battery status is reported along with each sensors weather data. The old method required a separate battery level routine, and the battery status of all sensors were together in one huge block and it was difficult to deal with because it reported battery level of zero even for sensors that didn't exist (not in use). The new method is much better. But software now needs to catch up to this new method.

By the way, the developer of GW1000 driver for WeeWX (Gary) knows about this (we chatted recently). But like any change...things take time. I'm sure he will get around to whenever he can.
Thanks! Makes sense long term and not critical as all the batteries are reported through Ecowitt.net monitoring anyway. Just messes up my nice dashboard for the time being I’ve built off the Weewx loop data... I guess I’ll stick myself on the beta roster for Gary then...
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Froggit indoor temp/humidity/pressure (WH32B)
Froggit DP50 Internal temp/humidity x2 (WH31)
Ecowitt Outdoor temp/humidity & RS-00001 shield (WH32)
Froggit DP200 PM2.5 outdoor (WH41)
Ecowitt indoor CO2 PM2.5 PM10 (WH45)
Froggit DP100 soil moisture (WH51)
Froggit DP60 Lightning detector (WH57)
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2021, 11:15:13 AM »
Hi All, I have some GW1000 installed which were running fine on FW version 1.6.3. After being alerted once and again to upgrade to 1.6.6 (every time I enter the App), I finally gave in, upgraded all of them and now I see having lost Battery status for my WH40 rain gauge, both on the App and on Ecowitt.net page. Not sure if this change was intentional...
Is there a way to roll back the FW to 1.6.3? Any solution to fix this change? Thanks!

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2021, 11:22:38 AM »
Hi!

The WH40 does not report the battery state at all.
All you have seen so far were dummy values which never have changed.
So even if you could somehow downgrade the firmware, it would have no practical use in terms of battery level.

We have to wait for the next hardware generation of WH40.

Have a look here.

Regards, Oliver


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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2021, 05:28:56 PM »
As Helmut63 stated ver1.6.6 has been nagging me for an update & I've ignored it untill today.
I should have continued to ignore it  ](*,) for now I've lost ability to connect via WS View ( menu's but a black screen no devices listed.
it no longer connects to my Cumulusmx or ecowitt.net.
what is the procedure to retrigger the update or roll it back?
blue led steady
red led occasional flash 4-10 sec
if I hold the red led button to enter program mode select GW-1000 from the list in Ws View enter my router WPA (normal steps) I get to the screen where normally the device list would show the GW1000 but it is blank,I can select all the menu items however they are not connected to anyhting.
 did take note of all my calibration setting prior to updating
so a factory reset is not an issue, but will that trigger an update?
Thnx Gold
BTW   I have managed to reconnect ws view version number 1.6.3 is displayed after factory reset.
however I have a prompt screeen over the app which says

                 Configure Device
          Please reconnect your
          mobile WIFI to 'GG'
          and return to this app. 
           to connect

with this displayed i can see current reading behind & it does connect with my cumulusmx
 if I tap the pop up I get kicked into my tablets connection settings which are correct then I resume the ws view app & it seems ok still attempting to reconnect outside temp.

Dont think I'll move from V1.6.3 .
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2021, 04:00:47 AM »
As Helmut63 stated ver1.6.6 has been nagging me for an update & I've ignored it untill today.
I should have continued to ignore it  ](*,) for now I've lost ability to connect via WS View ( menu's but a black screen no devices listed.
it no longer connects to my Cumulusmx or ecowitt.net.
what is the procedure to retrigger the update or roll it back?
blue led steady
red led occasional flash 4-10 sec
if I hold the red led button to enter program mode select GW-1000 from the list in Ws View enter my router WPA (normal steps) I get to the screen where normally the device list would show the GW1000 but it is blank,I can select all the menu items however they are not connected to anyhting.
 did take note of all my calibration setting prior to updating
so a factory reset is not an issue, but will that trigger an update?
Thnx Gold
BTW   I have managed to reconnect ws view version number 1.6.3 is displayed after factory reset.
however I have a prompt screeen over the app which says

                 Configure Device
          Please reconnect your
          mobile WIFI to 'GG'
          and return to this app. 
           to connect

with this displayed i can see current reading behind & it does connect with my cumulusmx
 if I tap the pop up I get kicked into my tablets connection settings which are correct then I resume the ws view app & it seems ok still attempting to reconnect outside temp.

Dont think I'll move from V1.6.3 .
it's not clear to me if you did a factory reset or not.
If the GW1000 is back with 1.6.3, obviously the update to 1.6.6 didn't complete. There is no downgrade functionality with WS app.

Blue light steady = no sensor reception. If the blue light is steady, nothing can be reported wheresoever (ecowitt.net, CumulusMX ....), as there is nothing to report.
Red light blinking (every 10 seconds = connected to WiFi, blinking steadily = in network [re-connection] mode, performed via WSView).

Not sure which red button you pressed ... afaik the GW1000 has not a (functional) red or blue button to press, only a black (reset) button in between the red and blue light for WiFi connection reset.
Factory reset is via the hole on the reverse side (or via the black reset button pressed 3 x for 10 seconds). That's what manual says at least. In the whole manual the word "program" doesn't occur.
I guess you meant to say "WiFi configuration mode".
(I'm not trying to be over-smart here, but in these contexts it's very much necessary to be precise in order to know what's [was] exactly going on)

The symptoms with the WiFi you later describe are typical for the GW1000/WiFi router pairing process (they are sometimes - not always - visible during pairing).
This may particularly occur after a factory reset or at the first time WiFi connection.
The factory reset will normally not trigger a firmware update. Only after the WiFi connection is established again you may be reminded that an update is available.

I guess you have an update which for unknown reasons didn't complete. And the rest are just results of (also not fully completed steps of) the reset procedure.

By the way - all my three GW1000 were upgraded to 1.6.6 without any issue - during the upgrade and afterwards. Of course I did it with one only first and looked out for unusual behaviour before I did it with the other ones.  ;) 8-)
Especially as it comes with a rather small price, it's good to have backup and test console.
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2021, 05:49:54 AM »
I was so totaly frustrated when I made the above post.4 + hrs trying to get it to work again prob why my above post isn't to well worded.
I'd bet i tried to pair it more than 75 times.(600+ hen pecks for the WPA alone...lol)

not counting the time it took to get it positioned back into the sweet spot so all sensors have 5 bars & dont mention making the mistake of trying to correct the monthly and annual rainfall totals with the ws app,spent another 1.5 hrs removing that from the cumulus data files.lol


I was under the impression that depressing the reset bar on the left (under the redled) put the unit into pairing mode)
I've never tried a press in the center or rh side.

with it working now my blue light is on with no blinking.(not as you describe)
my red is steady on with a blink ev 10 sec's or so as you decribe.
I was under the impression to do a factory reset was to hold the reset button down for  greater than 10 secs & hold for 5-6 sec's to enter pairing mode?



after a holding the reset button down for 10+ sec's & reinstalling WS view app on my tablet was I able to get it to pair and past the empty screen.
I assumed it did factory reset for all my offsets went back to 0.0

so will it ask me to upgrade the firmware again?
what preparation should be taken before updating?
disable all uploads & ?
there doesn't seem to be any guide lines as far as I could find.
I only have the basic station sensors so from what I've read of the new vers doesn't seem to apply for me?

I believe that I had Vers 1.6.4 on it prior to the update attempt
time wise how long does the update process take?

Thanx Gold
« Last Edit: April 20, 2021, 05:54:15 AM by Goldguru »

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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2021, 07:52:27 AM »
We are much aware of the trouble people sometimes find themselves in when doing the pairing,
be it for the first time - or sometimes later on too.
Therefore we have put all necessary information into a sticky post:
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41575.0

"it positioned back into the sweet spot so all sensors have 5 bars ..."
That's a common misunderstanding - the bars don't show the signal strength but the reception of sensor data in the sensors' respective transmitting interval.
Meaning: the less bars the more time has passed since the last reception of sensor data.
A bit weird, agreed, but that's how/what it is.
So, as long as the sensors are transmitting regularly, your bars should be full (only exception is the WiFi indicator on a HP2551 console - here it is signal strength).
Just have to wait. With a WH41/43 and a WH51 sensor it can take quite some time until all bars have built up again.

depressing the reset bar on the left (under the redled)
Maybe you have a GW1000 model with switched colors - in all mine the left one (looking at the front) is blue, is marked "RF" and blinks in the rhythm of the sensor reception.
But this may depend on the sensors it receives. I think it's just one bar, and whether you press it left, right or middle doesn't matter. It's either WiFi reconfig or factory reset,
depending on how long you press.

Regarding factory reset, it appears that there are two ways how to do - black reset button between the red and blue light holding > 10 seconds - and the hole on the reverse side between the top slits (needs a staple end - not documented  ;)), both times until the red LED starts flashing several times, > 3 times.

The WSView app usually doesn't need to be reinstalled - just restarted (in an Android phone removed from RAM [not storage], not just only pressing the return button).

In my observation it should ask you for update again if you are on FW < 1.6.6 - afaik there was no 1.6.4, only 1.6.3 and then 1.6.5/6 - 1.6.4 was a WiFi software version for the HP2551/HP350x consoles.
see also: https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.msg426256#msg426256

Preparations for an update are usually to save (on "paper")  your rain totals and calibration settings - they get lost during a factory reset - and sometimes also (even though mostly unintentionally) during an update/upgrade.
The weather network settings it usually keeps - but no harm and saving them too.

The update usually consists of two steps: download and install. It's usually done in a few seconds (maybe 1/2 minute).
A pairing, especially a first pairing, can take longer - even though, as I meanwhile know the potential pitfalls - see our post (mentioned earlier in the first paragraph) - it's also done now in a couple of seconds.



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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2021, 07:57:10 AM »
Hi Gold
On the blue light, mine look steady on and you have to stare at it for a bit to see the occasional very rapid blink. The more sensors you have, the more blinks you will get. I have 3 GW1000s sitting side by side and they will blink the blue in unison as they receive a signal from the sensors.

« Last Edit: April 20, 2021, 04:41:37 PM by Rover1822 »
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Re: New GW1000 Firmware V1.6.6
« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2021, 04:37:57 PM »
Thanx Guys all seems OK today so I'm good to go.

 

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