Driver for Vaisala WXT536 and additional sensors

[mihec]

Hello,

I see that weewx supports the Vaisala WXT5x0 sensors. I am planning to purchase the AWS810 system that includes WXT536 and additional temperature sensors and a couple pyranometers.

Does the current weewx driver support the readout of all mentioned sensor values?

Thanks!

[matthew wall]

hello!

the weewx-wxt5x6 driver supports these protocols: sdi12, nmea, serial

it supports these weewx data fields (see the DEFAULT_MAP):

windDir, windSpeed, windGustDir, windGust, outTemp, outHumidity, pressure, rain_total, rainRate, hail, hailRate, heatingTemp, heatingVoltage, supplyVoltage, referenceVoltage

there is a dictionary called OBSERVATIONS that maps the raw sentences to driver observations, then the DEFAULT_MAP (or user-supplied map) maps the driver observations to weewx data fields.

so to answer your question, it does not support those sensors right now, but as long as those sensors use the same sdi12/nmea/serial protocols and patterns as the 'core' sensors, then it should be straightforward to add those additional sensors.

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