Topic: Ambient Weather WS-5000 Support

[scottct1]

A friend is looking to setup his own weather station and website.

He is looking at the new Ambient Weather WS-5000 system for his weather station.  Looking in my Weather Display program there does not seem to be support for this Weather Station.  Does WD support it? (Maybe its supported under a different name?)

I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2 plus, but looking at this WS-5000 and its got a few features mine does not have including a Lightning Detector which is kind of cool.  Although I wouldn't expect the data quality to be as good as the Davis.  With that said I don't think he has the money to spend on a David, but he is very interested in this WS-5000.

Thanks!

[Vasco]

Does WD support it?

From my reading of https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.msg417956#msg417956, not directly.

[CNYWeather]

I've been running Weather Display since 2006 with 2 different Davis Weather Stations. Made the switch in January to
an Ambient WS-5000. Also got a GW1100 Ecowitt Bridge. I use that to connect to Weather Display.
Pretty seamless transition. Takes a little bit of figuring at the start with IP and MAC addresses of your bridge,
but its been running my website since January 2024.

[weatherbee]

You can use an Ambient API to connect to Weather Display.
I got an Ecowitt GW1000 and connected my WS-5000 through that.  Either will work.
Tom