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Offline BoDuke

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New GW1100 firmware
« on: October 24, 2021, 07:56:08 PM »
It looks like Ecowitt released V2.0.6 firmware for the GW1100 this month.  I decided to take the plunge and try it out, upgrading from V2.0.2.  I haven't fully tested it with the GW1000 weewx driver or anything else yet but the main difference I noticed is a new option, which admittedly could have been added anywhere between 2.0.2 and 2.0.6.

Device Setting
Device AP Auto OFF
When the device is successfully connected to the router, the AP (GW1100B-WIFI____) will be automatically shut down 5 minutes later

It was unchecked by default.  I checked it and saved the option but I think it may have required a reboot to take effect.  It's very nice not having the AP active constantly!

Also for those interested, I poked around in the firmware, found where it is downloaded from, and verified it is an ESP8266.  The filename is the MD5 checksum of the file.  It would be awesome to be able to tweak or replace the firmware but that would take more skills than I've got.

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Re: New GW1100 firmware
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2021, 09:08:18 AM »
not sure what the changes, improvements in V.2.0.6 over V.2.0.4 are or are supposed to be.
Maybe it now keeps the lightning time stamp after a restart/reboot ... :roll:
The Device AP Auto OFF option was already available in V.2.0.4
« Last Edit: October 25, 2021, 09:10:37 AM by Gyvate »
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Re: New GW1100 firmware
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2021, 05:35:12 AM »
and the firmware change log is also out meanwhile
see https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.0  firmware section
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
MeteobridgePro(2)[test,prod] 5.8 Mar 01 2024, 15185 - Blake-Larsen Sun Recorder - RPi4/weewx 4.8.0/4.10.2/CumulusMX 3283/Meteobridge RPi4B-2GB(3169)
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