Ecowitt 2564 setup?

[Richard Whitcombe]

Ive just upgraded (or attempted to) my old setup using an older station and Interceptor driver to an Ecowitt 2564AE (2560 series).

However, try as i might, i cannot get it to work at all with WeeWx.

Running WeeWx 5 (latest version)

- Clean install of WeeWx on a RaPi.  No skins (basic testing here).

-  EasyWeatherPro V5.2.5 firmware on the WittBoy

-  The web interface responds on the IP address (as does ping). Do i need to configure anything in "Customised" here?

The gw1000 driver has been pulled but Github has https://github.com/Millardiang/weewx-gw1000 which is claimed to work.  However, it does not.  After installing the extension, running driver check i get:


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" PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python3 /etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py --test-driver --ip-address=172.17.2.7

Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Unable to connect to device: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_FIRMWARE_VERSION' after 3 attempts

    Things to check include that the correct device IP address is being used,
    the device is powered on and the device is not otherwise disconnected from
    the local network."

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More digging and it seems the API only responds to firmware version and nothing else.

Am i barking up the wrong tree here?  Using the wrong driver? Shall i switch to interceptor?

[Rainer Lang]

the GW1000 or the EcowittHttp driver won't work with a HP25x0 console.
You can just continue with the interceptor driver, but with an upgraded version as the original interceptor driver is no longer maintained and doesn't support a WS90 (Wittboy)

You have to get yourself the ecowittcustoms driver from
https://github.com/WernerKr/Ecowitt-or-DAVIS-stations-and-Season-skin
read the README.md file and follow the instructions there.
At the console end you can keep the customized server settings as you were using before.

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[Richard Whitcombe]

Perfect thanks.  I spent days chasing my tail trying to get the above to work.  The modified interceptor works nicely.  Mark this as fixed in case someone else needs the same advice.