Fine offset wh4000, wh2310 these weather stations also rebranded as tycon tp2700 are manufactured by fine offset electronics and use a bit different protocol compared to the wh1080 and alike clones. These are increasingly being used by raspberry pi users. Its available under many brands from many outlets all over the world and is very common. I have an old wh1080 weather station and was thinking, i bet i could wire up a 433mhz receiver to an arduino or raspberry pi and read the wireless sensors to chart the weather data. Photos inside the maplin fine offset weather modules. Zephyr instrument pws100td weather station, tycon power, tp1080wc pro weather station, fine offset wh1081 weather station, fine offset wh1080 weather station, national geographic and thermo 265nc weather station, and other various 916 mhz models. A bit of googling revealed that these are made by fine offset electronics. Firstly i should disclose that i am a bit of a newbie while i have a lot of software experience, im new to arduino and hardware and embedded software and radio and signal processing. So i was delighted to discover that here in the uk maplin sell a relatively inexpensive weatherstation with wireless sensors. Use an old wh1080 weather station with a raspberry pi gyttja. We are positive you will enjoy the benefits of accurate weather readings and the precise radio controlled time information that our instruments offer.
Elecsa astrotouch 6975 watson w8681 wh1080pc scientific sales pro touch screen weather station. Share topic similar topics fine offset rain guage problem now where to get a really cheap weather station. Internet independent of your console display and read from software such as cumulusmx. Other fine offset stations which have solar sensors rather than just solar charging there are many other brands of station which are rebadged fine offset stations.
Touch screen weather station wind and air pressure wh1080pc operation manual about this manual thank you and congratulations on selecting this professional weather station. Its branded elecsa astrotouch 6975, but a brief web search showed that its functionally identical to several other brands, such as watson w8681 or wh1080pc wh1080 the wh1081 is. Fine offset wh1080 wh1081, watson w8681wx2008, national geographic. Weewx is known to work with the hardware shown on this page. Wh1080, wh1090, wh2080 are repackaged by many vendors, including ambient weather. If your station is not in the table, check the pictures at the supported hardware page it could be a variation of one of the supported models.
I found lots of links for reading the wireless sensors, but then i looked closely at my weather station display and noticed the usb port. Hacking the wh2 wireless weather station outdoor sensor. Arduino yun reading wh1080 using aurel rx4mm5 susa. Meteobridge makes use of live data, internal data logger functionality is not used. I have tried editing and, failing this, replacing them altogether. These are usb based stations and do not require a usb to serial converter or driver.
Weathercat also supports the weatherlinkip datalogger. The software supplied with the station is ok but i am using pywws a free gnu piece of software which while it is a pain to set up is much more flexible. Heres the sketch, it just reads and dumps to the console, the bridge can be used to send the data to the gnulinux side of the yun. The easyweather setting is an obsolete alternative for stations which use the easyweather software fine offset, mydel, nevada, wh1080 etc and is used when running. The interface is intuitive and userfriendly because it is both a cloud and webbased service that it will run on any device with a web browser. Its a single dashboard for full visibility of your entire. Ambient weather ws1090 weather station replacement parts.
Station type select the make and model of your weather station. Weathercat is weather station software for macintosh computers. Ws1080 solar powered touch panel weather center with pc interface. Use the fine offset wh1080 setting in cumulus for these. The weather station console continues to communicate with the sensors, and weather data are displayed properly on the weather station console. Watson w8681, digitech xc0348 weather station, pcefws 20, elecsa astrotouch 6975, froggit wh1080 ed altri ancora. Some people claim it works fine when placed high up away from any buildings, trees or other obstructions. Store the weather details on your pc with from the usb socket on this unit and included software. There is a memory meter on the display that shows when the memory is getting full so the data can be downloaded and archived to a computer thru wifi and the included weathersmart wifi software. Weathercat is weather station software for mac computers. Weathercat is designed to work with hardwarebased weather stations. Fine offset wh10801081 aka maplin n96fy weatherstation as i wrote on my blog, ive fancied the idea of having my own weatherstation for some time, but was always put off by the cost of buying one, and the complexity involved in making and calibrating one from scratch.
All 3 of mine have mysteriously gone down this morning. Yes, i have tried cumulus with station type as fine offset and with the data file specified as easyweather. A couple of years ago i bought a wh1080 weather station e. I always split the disk into 3 volumes, with windows on c. Did you ever succeed in decoding the wh1080 signals. Station driver for fine offset wh1080, wh1081, wh1090, wh1091, wh2080, wh2081. Decode rf signal from fine offset wh3080 weather station. Davis vantage, vue, envoy, monitor and wizard stations. Furthermore, the weather station calculates a forecast that is displayed with graphical symbols. The fine offset stations are known to periodically stop communicating via usb. See the other post on doing this with a raspberry pi for some code to turn the data into something useful.
Wireless weather station with usb upload and software. The backlit base station logs 3552 data points with adjustable sample interval. Preferably easyweather fineoffset software compatibility. New station for fine offset wh1080 showing 14 of 4 messages. In general, if the station is supplied with easyweather software, it is likely that.
From a software interface point of view, these stations are the same but the hardware may differ significantly between. In april 2008 i bought an electronic weather station. All weather stations that can use the easyweather application will work with this software. This also covers all the rebranded weather stations working with easyweather.
Hacking the wh2 wireless weather station outdoor sensor part 1. Roll forwards a couple of months and i came across kevin sangeelees project for intercepting the data from a cheap maplin weather station their n96gy, weather stations have become affordable enough to put in using the setup and registration instructions. I hope stu that you can manage to somehow coax weathercat to work with the fine offset without too much pain. The following table enumerates many of the weather stations that are known to work with weewx. Solar powered touch panel weather center with pc interface.
The wireless sensor collection communicates with a. Nextrend wh1080 profi wetterstation solar funkwetterstation. Unfortunately there are no firmware updates at the fine offset website to address the usb dropouts or any other issues, for that matter. In general, if the station is supplied with easyweather software, it is likely that the station will work with cumulus. The wh3080 series was released in late 2010, and at the time of release, was the. Vat download a pdf document for nevada wh1080pc weather station. I believe they are all manufactured by fine offset in china. The remote sensor measures both temperature and humidity. Ambient weathers cloud based service is one of the mostrecently developed personal weather station software options. The wh1080 and easyweather software may not be separated. I think the jury is still out on the wind vane that comes with wh1080 weather stations e. Easyweather wettersoftware fur wh1080 wetterstation im test.
Ignore any fields about easyweather these are obsolete options. Usb connection and software included for use with your computer. There is a flipside to steves point about the low cost of the fine offset. The data measured by the outdoor sensors are wirelessly transferred to the weather station.
Davis vantage range, vue, envoy, monitor and wizard stations. There are several software packages available that are each compatible with a range of personal weather stations. Fine offset wh1080wh1081, watson w8681wx2008, national geographic. These are increasingly being used by raspberry pi users as the basis for a home made wind and rain detectors. The wh3080 series was released in late 2010, and at the time of release, was the top of the range weather station made by fine offset. Personal weather stations and sharing weather data via the. I have a fine offset station wh1080 for several years which has given.
Ive been told that the same software works on it, but it remains to be proven if that applies to my software too. If using an easyweather compatible aws, ensure you select fine offset wh1080 etc. If you were archiving your fine offset easyweather. Fine offset weather station manuals in user manuals page. Here are pictures of what this cheap weather station looks like. This weather station serves to display different measuring values, e. Normally those using cumulus software will stop using easyweather software, but the guidance below is for importing missing historic observations contained in easyweather.
Even if it doesnt seem worth the effort directly, there might be benefits that even folks like davis would appreciate. Advanced weather station for the weather enthusiast. For the ws3083 select fine offset with uvlight sensor and tick the entry zuse data logger in do not select easyweather. Station this screen allows you to supply information about your weather station and your location. Ricezione dati meteo da stazione fine offset wh1080 con. The software shipped with the device is easyweather or. The modules sold by maplin in the uk are made by a chinese company fine offset. The easyweather are licensed for use with fine offset wireless.
The hardware comparison shows the specifications for many types of hardware, including those not yet supported by weewx. Fine offset manuafactured models are sold under various rebadged names and the. The cumulus software supports a variety of weather stations including the oregon scientific wmr100, wmr200, wm. Weathercat is designed to work with the following hardwarebased weather stations. Decode rf signal from fine offset wh3080 weather station via ykmx5v receiver. Siscin is a file analysis, archiving and compliance solution hosted in azure. The hardware guide has details about driver capabilities and hardware quirks for drivers that are included in the weewx distribution.
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