Hi,
I have just rejoined the group after being away for about 8 years.
The software is fabulous but my weather station back then became unsupportable, I struggled to replace the rain gauge that kept failing every 18 months with regularity then other "brittle" parts no longer being stocked in the UK. I since moved to an unsupported "Watson" solution and have lost the flexibility of having Cumulus as my main weather portal on my personal homepage. I want it back !!!
Time moves on and I am intending to reinstall Cumulus but with a more reliable "front end". I am leaning towards Davis Instruments, possibly a Vantage Pro II but cannot afford new and the ones that pop up on a certain auction site are dating back to 2007 (translating the mfg code). Not sure if that matters much and I would also be requiring a data logger in addition of course.
Apologies if this question has been raised before but I am wondering if there are any other stations I should be considering and currently "supported" (ie spare parts) here in the UK.
Thanks again,
Steve
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What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
The Ecowitt stations are supported and available via the Ecowitt shop on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/ecowitt ... f_=ast_bln
I have a HP2551 plus a lightning detector and Air Quality sensor and cannot fault them as they have been in continuous use since 2021.
I have a HP2551 plus a lightning detector and Air Quality sensor and cannot fault them as they have been in continuous use since 2021.
- SteveBB
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
Thanks Water01 ....
Now my console is the Watson Pro 2 which of course is not able to connect to Cumulus directly. However, I do have an Ecowitt GW1100AE WiFi gateway which is accessible via the Ecowitt weather page (inc lightning detector and 3x soil sensors). Not sure if I can connect this to Cumulus ..... one moment, just discovered the IP address for this gateway ... 192.168.x.x and have logged on for the very first time directly !!!!
Oh wow !!!
Right, time to do some searching in the archives to see / learn ... try to understand ... how to port this information over.
Thank you so much Water01 as I had completely written this possibility out due to the Console not having a USB out.
Best wishes,
Steve
Now my console is the Watson Pro 2 which of course is not able to connect to Cumulus directly. However, I do have an Ecowitt GW1100AE WiFi gateway which is accessible via the Ecowitt weather page (inc lightning detector and 3x soil sensors). Not sure if I can connect this to Cumulus ..... one moment, just discovered the IP address for this gateway ... 192.168.x.x and have logged on for the very first time directly !!!!
Oh wow !!!
Right, time to do some searching in the archives to see / learn ... try to understand ... how to port this information over.
Thank you so much Water01 as I had completely written this possibility out due to the Console not having a USB out.
Best wishes,
Steve
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
you can also purchase Ecowitt from https://weatherspares.co.uk/collections/ecowitt
Regards Simon
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
Yep you can connect to a GW1100. Plenty of us do. A quick search of the forum will reveal much info.
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
Thanks Simon, that is indeed where I bought this from - the gateway was something I bought to collect data from the lightning detector and the soil sensors and I never even thought for a minute it could also be used to connect to Cumulus.
It was literally looking at the MESH network now that I have found the IP address.
Just looking through the Ecowitt area for a setup guide but not seen one so going to attempt to wing it and see how it goes.
Thanks again everyone
Steve
It was literally looking at the MESH network now that I have found the IP address.
Just looking through the Ecowitt area for a setup guide but not seen one so going to attempt to wing it and see how it goes.
Thanks again everyone
Steve
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Re: What is the best supported "current" hardware for Cumulus
Just to make life easier make sure you assign a fixed IP address to your GW1100, can be done using the web interface.
Stuart
Stuart
Currently running CMX V4 4023