The bin file can be fetched directly for offline updates at:

https://osswww.ecowitt.net/ota/20240312/d0230943cdf23c9469244c49e32bc0e1.bin

How can I upload my GW2000 offline with this file?

@Dador have you checked what it says on ecowitt.net portal? I’m wondering that could this be a bug on WSView itself. Of course there is also the possibility of the bug being in GW1000 firmware, since Oliver’s pictures are from GW2000.

This discussion reminds me of the interesting  arguments discussions with GeorgeR  back in the earlier days of this forum. George was the resident pressure expert at the time and a SLP champion.

There were many "my pressure is better than your pressure" (Altimeter vs SLP) arguments.

In this forum, for our equipment, our barometers are different. You can't enter an elevation directly so we have to treat our barometers like altimeters( the instrument) by setting pressure and reading altitude. Our firmware is designed to use a fixed elevation offset. I think Davis refers to this as a "constant offset'. We have to emulate Altimeter setting similar to old VP2 console that was put into fixed offset mode by setting elevation = 0.

Long story short, is that Altimeter is a very important tool for calibration purposes as we need a benchmark without all the additional variable variables in SLP.

But just because I am the world's greatest fan for the the use of Altimeter for calibration purposes, does not mean that I am required to use it for meteorological purposes. Here, the torch is passed on.

I can't envision any discussion about weather by not discussing SLP. There are no Altimeter isobar charts that I can find.

SLP is not an international standard - all American AWOS/ASOS calculate SLP but not all METARs publish it. For weather purposes, SLP is not a "nice to have" it is a "must have". For aviation and safety-critical purposes, Altimeter is a "must have". Other than flight levels, QFF(SLP) is  important in the discussion between indicated altitude versus true altitude where temperature's relationship with QNH is paramount (a required test question if you are studying to be a pilot). The discussion of air density is mission critical for meteorology and aviation.

The ideal weather console should have all the pressures easily viewable: station pressure/Altimeter setting/SLP. Whether you prefer one over the other is up to you. For me - I want all of them.

In the meantime, if you have to, do what I do - use WeeWX to generate SLP. The FIne Offset consoles can't do SLP either. Someone on this forum recently said: "WeeWX does everything."

It does.

Hi!

I cannot confirm this for my devices - the reset takes place exactly at 00:00 as configured.

Oliver

After weeks with no rain, finally i got a nice rainy day with moderate winds

So i got the opportunity to do another  test .

My goal is to verify that my Davis digital vantage pro records precipitation correctly and callibrate if needed.

The most appropriate way at my opinion is to do the comparison with a rain collector with the same diameter .

So i collected rain using a Davis rain collector bucket .Tropo and Stratus was also installed next to Davis.

The Davis digital recorded 14.8mm of rain . I opened the bucket and i collect a 0.05mm from the spoon. 14.85 in total

The water collected from the Davis "analog" bucket  was 315 ml and using the cylinder volume calculator with Davis bucket
diameter 16.5cm i am getting a 14.73mm of rain.

So my conclusion is the Davis digital records rain accurately and no callibration is needed.

My task is to use the Tropo or Stratus as a guide , instead of collecting every time the rain from the analogue Davis bucket.

Tropo (dual inches + mm ) measured 14.6mm and Stratus mm only ,measured 15.4 mm. Tropo measured 5.5% less rain than Stratus or/and Stratus measured 5.2% more rain than Tropo.

Is it possible?

So i decided to empty the internal tubes of each gauge and measure the volume.

Tropo gave me 120ml and Stratus 122ml !!

My conclusion is both gauges are collecting the same amount of water BUT Tropo is more accurate in the way the readings in the internal tube are printed

I am waiting a rain episode with expected rainfall more than 50mm to do my final test ,but up to now.. Tropo is more close to the my Davis recording and it can be used as a guide

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