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Chit-Chat / Re: birthday shenanigans
« Last post by SterlingVASPC on March 24, 2025, 11:06:46 AM »well no, the funny part is.. it just never ends!
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Chit-Chat / Re: birthday shenanigans
« Last post by Notsorusty on March 24, 2025, 11:01:39 AM »With 23,778 members that could be approximately 65 people's birthday each day.
But I believe that all Race Horses have the same birthday!
But I believe that all Race Horses have the same birthday!
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Other Weather Topics / Re: NOAA
« Last post by SterlingVASPC on March 24, 2025, 09:11:11 AM »i agree with doctor know. Life saving information is more useful than... whatever they're using it for.They need to take some of this money that is being saved by cutting and use it wisely, like taking these poorly sited weather sensors they use from airports and locate them properly so that believable air temperatures can be measured and stop pumping a lot of hot air about false high temperatures from wind blowing across hot runways.That belief has been debunked for years now, even by Tony Watts, who spread it in the first place.
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: WS5000 - data granularity?
« Last post by Gyvate on March 24, 2025, 09:05:08 AM »a WS-5000 station = WS-5000 console plus the WS-5000-ARRAY (outdoor sensor array) + plus the 5k-RAIN rain gauge has different timings when data is sent to the console by the sensors:
- the ultrasonic arrow array sends every 4.75 seconds and the rain gauge every 49 seconds.
Details in our WiKi:
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start#sensor_array_transmission_timings_reporting_intervals
You may want to read the WiKi from the start to understand how Ambient fits into the Fine Offset/Ecowitt "universe".
The archiving interval of the HP25x0 console (Ambient WS-2000/4000/5000 - same console) can be chosen by the user between 1 - 240 minutes.
With a SD card inserted the corresponding data is saved (also) to the SD card.
When you press the gear wheel key of your console once, you will see the Setup page and in the right column the field "interval" - that's where you set up the archiving interval to the SD card (move with arrow up/down keys to the filed, select the place in the filed with the arrow right/left keys, change the value with the (+) and (-) keys)
- the ultrasonic arrow array sends every 4.75 seconds and the rain gauge every 49 seconds.
Details in our WiKi:
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start#sensor_array_transmission_timings_reporting_intervals
You may want to read the WiKi from the start to understand how Ambient fits into the Fine Offset/Ecowitt "universe".
The archiving interval of the HP25x0 console (Ambient WS-2000/4000/5000 - same console) can be chosen by the user between 1 - 240 minutes.
With a SD card inserted the corresponding data is saved (also) to the SD card.
When you press the gear wheel key of your console once, you will see the Setup page and in the right column the field "interval" - that's where you set up the archiving interval to the SD card (move with arrow up/down keys to the filed, select the place in the filed with the arrow right/left keys, change the value with the (+) and (-) keys)
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: new GW3000 gateway to be released soon
« Last post by broadstairs on March 24, 2025, 08:40:13 AM »96
Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: new GW3000 gateway to be released soon
« Last post by msgr on March 24, 2025, 08:35:53 AM »Hi,
I will purchase a GW3000 to replace my GW1100, but I need a different antenna. If you have a GW3000, can you tell me if the connector is SMA or RP-SMA. Or easier, take some close up photos? I can't see any details in the spec sheet or elsewhere online.
EDIT: sorry, I do see it on the WiKi now: "The connector at the GW3000 housing is SMA female"
FYI. my GW1100 is mounted in a waterproof box up 10m on an outdoor tower (a pole). Some more details here: https://github.com/matthewgream/weather
I will purchase a GW3000 to replace my GW1100, but I need a different antenna. If you have a GW3000, can you tell me if the connector is SMA or RP-SMA. Or easier, take some close up photos? I can't see any details in the spec sheet or elsewhere online.
EDIT: sorry, I do see it on the WiKi now: "The connector at the GW3000 housing is SMA female"
FYI. my GW1100 is mounted in a waterproof box up 10m on an outdoor tower (a pole). Some more details here: https://github.com/matthewgream/weather
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / WS5000 - data granularity?
« Last post by Bombahook1 on March 24, 2025, 08:05:30 AM »I have had a WS5000 for a couple of years and am quite happy with it. Upgraded the firmware, replaced the batteries at least once, maybe twice and added a few accessories. Now I'm starting to play around with it a little more and have found how to download data from the system.
What I have come to understand is that the sensors send data every 16 seconds. I've got a pretty big MicroSD card installed (128gig). When I download the data from my dashboard on the computer, it looks like it's a 5 minute average. While that's great, I'm looking for a little more granularity, maybe a minute or less.
Does anyone know if that's possible? Does it cache the 16 second updates, and then record a 5 minute average on the SD card, or does it record all the data on the SD card?
TIA
What I have come to understand is that the sensors send data every 16 seconds. I've got a pretty big MicroSD card installed (128gig). When I download the data from my dashboard on the computer, it looks like it's a 5 minute average. While that's great, I'm looking for a little more granularity, maybe a minute or less.
Does anyone know if that's possible? Does it cache the 16 second updates, and then record a 5 minute average on the SD card, or does it record all the data on the SD card?
TIA
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Weather Web Site Help / Re: wxsim and lastret.txt
« Last post by swright1957 on March 24, 2025, 06:16:16 AM »That might be an email to Tom about this
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: new firmware version for GW2000: V3.2.2
« Last post by olicat on March 24, 2025, 06:09:27 AM »Hi!
At least in an older firmware version of the WH6006, baromrelin was output instead of baromin - not in accordance with the WU standard.
This is the relative air pressure.
With some Ecowitt consoles (such as WH6006 or HP255xC), the absbaro key for the absolute air pressure is also transmitted (in parallel!). However, this (as well as the key) is not standardised and is therefore optional!
The transmission to PWSWeather is based on the WU format. This means that only baromin according to the Wunderground format description is used.
My console transfers the value for the relative air pressure to PWSWeather - that looks good so far.
Oliver
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Maybe @olicat knows more here as his FOSHKplugin forwards the console data in WU format to PWSWeather.According to the description of the Wunderground data format available to me, there is exactly ONE defined keyword for transmitting the air pressure: baromin.
At least in an older firmware version of the WH6006, baromrelin was output instead of baromin - not in accordance with the WU standard.
This is the relative air pressure.
With some Ecowitt consoles (such as WH6006 or HP255xC), the absbaro key for the absolute air pressure is also transmitted (in parallel!). However, this (as well as the key) is not standardised and is therefore optional!
The transmission to PWSWeather is based on the WU format. This means that only baromin according to the Wunderground format description is used.
My console transfers the value for the relative air pressure to PWSWeather - that looks good so far.
Oliver
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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: new firmware version for GW2000: V3.2.2
« Last post by Gyvate on March 24, 2025, 05:25:43 AM »I just tested and compared a WU format post of a GW3000 (1.0.4) and a HP2550 (2.0.3)
and in the GW3000 post the absbaromin value is missing ....
baromin appears in both posts
EDIT:
I forwarded the finding to Ecowitt support
I just checked again.
As far as I know does the WU protocol (used to post to PWSWeather/Aeris) not contain the absolute pressure - only baromin which is the relative pressure in inHg.
So why the HP2550 console is posting absbaromin in the first place is the question.
Maybe @olicat knows more here as his FOSHKplugin forwards the console data in WU format to PWSWeather.
What exactly PWSWeather expects baromin to be (altimeter or MSLP) I don't know - but the values posted for MSLP are consistent.
The difference between alitmeter and MSLP at 13.9° C (my current temperature) is 0.1 hPa.
So, given this situation, I rather suspect something being fishy with the PWSWeather website.
@Platokidd: did you choose to display station pressure on the PWSWeather dashboard and verify how this matches your station pressure (ABS) ?
ADDENDUM: on second thought
PWSWeather claim that only Ambient would send "native" data to PWSWeather (may be an outdated statement), but neither of the WS-1938/1965/2000/4000/5000 consoles post altimeter or MSLP (except the WS-2000/4000/5000 with device firmware >= 2.0.0 post MSLP), but just their local station pressure (ABS) and their REL (however it was determined) to AWN.
AWN has no knowledge of the barometer altitude, only the coordinates. Therefore, no exact altimeter nor MSLP calculation is possible which can be forwarded to PWSWeather