Barometer is at the display console. I know this because I am intercepting the ISS data stream and putting it in WeeWX using a Raspberry Pi. Had to add a BME-280 barometer/temperature/humidity to get inside temp and the barometer data.
Very well done video, clear audio, well structured. Thanks for that! You mentioned a kind of streaming the loacl API ist capable of: I was wondering if that data, then pure live data, could be imported/read by a local application, preferrably open source? Leading to a constant weather history, not relying on the Davis server and software, which I find rather restrictive. That would be for me the main argument to purchase the WLL. Regards from Spain! Tom
Hi Tom! What you mentioned is definitely feasible, but I think only in theory. Something like that could definitely be scripted, but at some point the device running the script would be unavailable due to patching/power outage/equipment failure. Whenever that device takes an outage, data would be lost. It's been a bit since I've looked at the Github for Davis, but I do remember seeing an update from a developer stating that they were not going to make historical data available. It's such a waste...
I have been running WeeWx off of another weather station for years. It is going old and I decided to get a good weather station as an upgrade. Davis is one of the best but trying to decipher the data retrieval options is confusing to me. We have the old console-based connectivity (WeatherLink via dongle) or the new WeatherLink Live (no console necessary). I'm not real interested in the cloud aspect but it might be interesting. Do you use any local non-Davis collection packages like WeeWx? I'll check some of your other videos too. Thanks for the information.
To get at the observations I use a software package I developed that is able to read the WLK files. More and more I am feeling that the Station->Console->WeatherLink Software is just overly complicated. I had really hoped the WLL would be the replacement I was looking for, but for my needs, it lacks functionality. This actually was on my mind today and I was thinking about what I could remove from the process. The options are there to communicate directly with the console and cut out the WeatherLink software....then there is the option to intercept the radio traffic from the ISS that uses 868/915 MHz. I do see that some folks have done this, but I have spent less than an hour looking at this, so I can't say much else about it. I will be looking into this some more, and who knows, this might be a future video topic! Thanks for watching!
Great information and spelled out nicely, Thanks! API related question. We are about to abandon VWS 15.x for a weatherlink install on the same dedicated Windows 11 computer running 24/7. Will I be able to use an API to gather data from the app? I'd like to continue the practice of compiling my own monthly reports from the data I used to scrape from the VWS data files and was hoping to be able to do this by using the weatherlink installed app. Hope this makes sense.
Excellent guidance. Thanks. If I understand correctly you can interrogate using the local v2 API the 6100 and retrieve current conditions but not historical conditions. Is that right? I tried to add a comment on github requesting this feature but couldn't find the Issue where the discussion took place. Do you have a link to where I can request this feature, or where at Davis should I request this? Thanks for your very informative video.
hi is there any monthly paymant or we buy it, pay one time for the prodact and just use it on weatherlink app as like we use to do with the data loggers? thank you
I did cover it in the video, but you can also look at this page on the Davis site. www.davisinstruments.com/pages/weatherlink-cloud Scroll down to the WeatherLink.com Plans and Pricing and you will find the info. There is a free tier, but it does have its limitations.
I'd like to just use it completely localy with my server. Of course, i'd open a port for something like weather underground just becuase I think that's neat to have weather informaiton on there. But if I'm forced to have information on the cloud, that's a no-go for me.
I bought the Weatherlink live around three years ago when it first came out. About a week ago it stopped reporting. After trying to troubleshoot it I came to the belief that it wouldn't connect to the wifi. After two attempts with Customer service the tech finally told me what I already knew and that was that there is a problem with the device. It powers on and tries to connect to my phone but will not reconnect to the internet e en with a ethernet cable. In the end I paid Davis 137 dollars for them to send me another one, which I'm still waiting for and then I have to return the one that I have at my own expense. Needless to say I'm not happy because it's more than likely a software issue
Hello my friend; I had a very bad experience!!! Please HELP!!!! I live in South America Lima Peru and I could never connect the weather link live because they tell me that this frequency is prohibited here and Davis blocks it. Will there be something to do to be able to use the app? Thanks for the help. Greetings.
I am guessing you are speaking about the communication between the ISS and the WLL unit. From what I have read, the frequencies used by the ISS to transmit are different in the UK/Europe and the US. I didn't immediately find information regarding South America. Unfortunately, I may not be much help to you in this area. My advice would be to contact Davis support.
Have had mine for about 1 year. And it suits me fine for my needs. Just a casual weather geek. Nothing to serious.
I am genuinely curious, so this is good to hear. Thank you for your reply!
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I am glad I can look back on the data. Which I do every now and then.
Barometer is at the display console. I know this because I am intercepting the ISS data stream and putting it in WeeWX using a Raspberry Pi. Had to add a BME-280 barometer/temperature/humidity to get inside temp and the barometer data.
Hey. I don't have any data logger. Should I buy one? I want to display the readings on the screen on my room. Can you guide me how to do it?
Very well done video, clear audio, well structured. Thanks for that! You mentioned a kind of streaming the loacl API ist capable of: I was wondering if that data, then pure live data, could be imported/read by a local application, preferrably open source? Leading to a constant weather history, not relying on the Davis server and software, which I find rather restrictive. That would be for me the main argument to purchase the WLL. Regards from Spain!
Tom
Hi Tom!
What you mentioned is definitely feasible, but I think only in theory. Something like that could definitely be scripted, but at some point the device running the script would be unavailable due to patching/power outage/equipment failure. Whenever that device takes an outage, data would be lost.
It's been a bit since I've looked at the Github for Davis, but I do remember seeing an update from a developer stating that they were not going to make historical data available. It's such a waste...
I have been running WeeWx off of another weather station for years. It is going old and I decided to get a good weather station as an upgrade. Davis is one of the best but trying to decipher the data retrieval options is confusing to me. We have the old console-based connectivity (WeatherLink via dongle) or the new WeatherLink Live (no console necessary). I'm not real interested in the cloud aspect but it might be interesting. Do you use any local non-Davis collection packages like WeeWx? I'll check some of your other videos too. Thanks for the information.
To get at the observations I use a software package I developed that is able to read the WLK files. More and more I am feeling that the Station->Console->WeatherLink Software is just overly complicated. I had really hoped the WLL would be the replacement I was looking for, but for my needs, it lacks functionality.
This actually was on my mind today and I was thinking about what I could remove from the process. The options are there to communicate directly with the console and cut out the WeatherLink software....then there is the option to intercept the radio traffic from the ISS that uses 868/915 MHz. I do see that some folks have done this, but I have spent less than an hour looking at this, so I can't say much else about it. I will be looking into this some more, and who knows, this might be a future video topic!
Thanks for watching!
Great information and spelled out nicely, Thanks! API related question. We are about to abandon VWS 15.x for a weatherlink install on the same dedicated Windows 11 computer running 24/7. Will I be able to use an API to gather data from the app? I'd like to continue the practice of compiling my own monthly reports from the data I used to scrape from the VWS data files and was hoping to be able to do this by using the weatherlink installed app. Hope this makes sense.
Excellent guidance. Thanks. If I understand correctly you can interrogate using the local v2 API the 6100 and retrieve current conditions but not historical conditions. Is that right? I tried to add a comment on github requesting this feature but couldn't find the Issue where the discussion took place. Do you have a link to where I can request this feature, or where at Davis should I request this? Thanks for your very informative video.
hi
is there any monthly paymant or we buy it, pay one time for the prodact and just use it on weatherlink app as like we use to do with the data loggers? thank you
I did cover it in the video, but you can also look at this page on the Davis site.
www.davisinstruments.com/pages/weatherlink-cloud
Scroll down to the WeatherLink.com Plans and Pricing and you will find the info. There is a free tier, but it does have its limitations.
Good information but the background music is so loud I could not get as much from it as I was hoping.
I'd like to just use it completely localy with my server. Of course, i'd open a port for something like weather underground just becuase I think that's neat to have weather informaiton on there.
But if I'm forced to have information on the cloud, that's a no-go for me.
We are on the same page.
Did you get this working with Weather Display?
Nope, but to be fair, I have yet to try. Although, it is on my list of things to experiment with.
I bought the Weatherlink live around three years ago when it first came out. About a week ago it stopped reporting. After trying to troubleshoot it I came to the belief that it wouldn't connect to the wifi. After two attempts with Customer service the tech finally told me what I already knew and that was that there is a problem with the device. It powers on and tries to connect to my phone but will not reconnect to the internet e en with a ethernet cable. In the end I paid Davis 137 dollars for them to send me another one, which I'm still waiting for and then I have to return the one that I have at my own expense. Needless to say I'm not happy because it's more than likely a software issue
Hello my friend; I had a very bad experience!!! Please HELP!!!!
I live in South America Lima Peru and I could never connect the weather link live because they tell me that this frequency is prohibited here and Davis blocks it. Will there be something to do to be able to use the app? Thanks for the help. Greetings.
I am guessing you are speaking about the communication between the ISS and the WLL unit. From what I have read, the frequencies used by the ISS to transmit are different in the UK/Europe and the US. I didn't immediately find information regarding South America. Unfortunately, I may not be much help to you in this area. My advice would be to contact Davis support.