I am planning to purchase a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station. I'd like to be able to connect to the weather websites.
This is replacing an old weather station that was only a stand alone unit.
I can save a lot by buying the TPLink TL-MR3020 and flashing it with the meteobridge software instead of paying the $210 for the turnkey
package from Ambient Weather. I can get the 3020 from Amazon for $32.53 plus the $54 to $75 (Euro to Dollar conversion) license fee for the Meteobridge software.
I need to know how does the Vantage Pro2 Plus interface with the 3020?
In one place it looks like I need a Davis USB dongle, and in another place it seems like the 3020 and the Vantage Pro2 Plus are interconnected by a USB cable. Another site made it look like it was a CAT5 connection between the Console and the 3020.
The future placement of the display for the Vantage Pro2 Plus is such that a CAT5 interconnect to my router in impractical.
I need a WIFI interface.
So, does the Vantage Pro2 Plus just cable connect to the 3020 or do I need a special interface cable?
I can get the Davis unit for less from a couple of other companies much cheaper than Ambient Weather, and the 3020 from Amazon. I am concerned as to how the two devices connect. What do I need?
I think I can do the flash of the 3020 to the Meteobridge software without a problem, I just don't follow the physical interconnect of the Davis console and the 3020.
The 3020 will connect to my home network via WIFI.
Can anyone out there give me a step by step? Thanks in advance.
Thanks
VegasHiker
MSgt USAF Retired.