Weather station suggestions
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Jessie.slimer
BIT Beta Team
Are there any apps on these in order to view remotely? Or has anyone integrated them into their home automation?
Tempest supports IFTTT. I use it to control my automower and irrigation. It has a app.
Have been considering to connect my camera and AI to turn on the irrigation when a cat walks by. They poop on my lawn!!
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looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
I agree with this. 2902C is a well regarded station. And Ambient is very good with support.Gave the wife this on this past Christmas (she LOVES following the weather), as in late fall the 8 year old Davis Instruments VantageVue gave up the ghost, likely to lightning:
Ambient Weather WS-2902C WiFi Smart Weather Station
Uploads every 2 minutes to AmbientWeather here and to Weather Underground (wunderground) here.
We are very happy with it. It was easy to set up and has been very dependable and accurate; upload hiccups to WU are NOT BI Tool's fault....WU is about as dependable as my bladder!
Ambient branded stations are rebadged Ecowitt, with Ambients custom firmware.
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looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
Yes,, the Ambient stations can do all of this.
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
You can also setup alerts to be sent to you when meeting your defined conditions on the dashboard of your account.
NickTheGreat
Pulling my weight
I have a 2902C and really like it. I have not integrated into my system yet, Homeseer. But my understanding is that guys would connect to Wunderground, and pull in that way. But Wundergound really hosed up their API a year or so back, so that may have changed.
I don't really have a use-case for this, so I haven't really looked into it much.
Yeah, WU has been hosed off and on for a couple of years now.
I believe you can get API's from Ambient Weather that you might get to work with HS.
SirMeili AmbientWeather Software Plugin for HS3
We use the Ambient Weather PI for HomeSeer and use the populated devices to, as an example, control our heating and cooling. Another example is when it is snowing, we turn off motion detection in BI in some of our cameras.
Any suggestion on where to get the best price on VP2?
I've had VP1 for 19 years, and it is time for a new one...
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
www.provantage.com used to have the lowest prices, may still be.
Or
www.weathershack.com
Or
www.ambientweather.com
Or
Davis Vantage Pro2, Davis Vantage Pro 2, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Weather Station, Davis Vantage Pro, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 6152
Davis Vantage Pro2 at WeatherShack.com, Your Source for Davis Vantage Pro 2, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Weather Station, Davis Vantage Pro and Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 6152.
www.weathershack.com
Or
www.ambientweather.com
Provantage is where I bought the Davis Provantage 2 6153 many years ago. Honestly, I think you will need to really shop around. I bought a maintenance kit for the fan aspirated part of the sensor suite via Provantage and only paid $34 for it a few years ago. It included a new fan, (2) NiCad batteries and some other parts. Provantage didn't stock the item, so it was shipped directly from Davis. I have to say, never a problem with buying Davis gear from Provantage.www.provantage.com used to have the lowest prices, may still be.
Or
Davis Vantage Pro2, Davis Vantage Pro 2, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Weather Station, Davis Vantage Pro, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 6152
Davis Vantage Pro2 at WeatherShack.com, Your Source for Davis Vantage Pro 2, Davis Instruments Vantage Pro Weather Station, Davis Vantage Pro and Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 6152.
Or
www.ambientweather.com
Haven't compared prices, but there's also:
I think I bought my vantage pro 2 from Provantage back in 2005... it now desperately needs either a refurb or replacement...
Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather Station | Home Weather Station
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I think I bought my vantage pro 2 from Provantage back in 2005... it now desperately needs either a refurb or replacement...
As has been said, you get what you pay for. AcuRite tends to have a short life. Less than a year in my case.
I have a NetAtmo weather station and it lasted 6 hrs. They sell different modules for indoor, outdoor, rain, wind etc.
The rain gage on my first unit was accurate compared to my manual gage. New one isn’t and even after calibrating is under measures rain fall.
The indoor unit also measures Co2 which helped me identify a problem. 3 dogs in tightly sealed/insulated garage had elevated Co2 levels. Would not have known without the indoor unit. Added some powered ventilation and back to normal.
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I have a NetAtmo weather station and it lasted 6 hrs. They sell different modules for indoor, outdoor, rain, wind etc.
The rain gage on my first unit was accurate compared to my manual gage. New one isn’t and even after calibrating is under measures rain fall.
The indoor unit also measures Co2 which helped me identify a problem. 3 dogs in tightly sealed/insulated garage had elevated Co2 levels. Would not have known without the indoor unit. Added some powered ventilation and back to normal.
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I gots the Ambient 2902C (?) weather station I bought new last year. It does integrate with Home Assistant with the Ambient add-on and API (not happy I have to rely on API/cloud ... there is a module that will pull the RF signal directly but that is a future consideration). I initially bought the weather station to keep an eye on the wind speed for my drone use. I will be using the lumen light sensor to automate on HA day/night cycles (outdoor lights, Dahua profile changes, etc). The outdoor temp, of course, is also handy. And once I install new sod and sprinkler system using my new Z-wave Ranchio sprinkler controller, the Ambient/Home Assistant will do further magic together.
I researched a bunch of weather stations before purchasing this one. I believe, Acurite stations had the highest complaints, yet the most sold while being the most affordable. Ambient station seemed to be the better station for low-end range.
I researched a bunch of weather stations before purchasing this one. I believe, Acurite stations had the highest complaints, yet the most sold while being the most affordable. Ambient station seemed to be the better station for low-end range.
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