6100 Davis WeatherLink Live and 'stock' WeeWX

[Rich Strle]

Question: Will the ‘stock’ WeeWX driver communicate with the 6100 Davis WeatherLink Live?

Detail:

I have upgraded to a Davis VantagePro2 (VP2) from a VantagePro1 (VP1).

Currently I get data from the VP1 from a Davis Envoy product number 6314 with a serial data logger installed.

To get the same functionality in my VP2 I need a new Davis Envoy product number 6316 Data Envoy and a new data logger 6510USB Davis WeatherLink Computer Interface.

Would I be better off with a 6100 Davis WeatherLink Live? It seems to offer more functionality like adding additional sensors including the Davis Airline air quality sensor.

In the Vantage Notes section:

“The Davis Vantage stations include a variety of models and configurations. The WeeWX driver can communicate with a console or envoy using serial, USB, or TCP/IP interface.”

Poking around in the drivers section of the wiki, I see a weatherlinklive weewx-driver. Is that my best option to feed data into weewx?

Or will the ‘stock’ WeeWX driver communicate with the 6100 Davis WeatherLink Live?

Apologies for the long drawn out question. My VP1 ran since 2001 and fed data to my website since then. A lot has changed since then.

[Tom Hogland]

I currently have a VP2 and use the 6316 Envoy and 6510Ser datalogger connected to the PC running weewx. If you have the VP2 console close to the PC you want to use for weewx you can install the new datalogger in it and run the cord to the PC - nothing else required. If not, then you can either use the 6316 Envoy and a 6510 datalogger in place of the console and put it by your PC, or you can get a 6100 WLL. WLL replaces the Envoy and datalogger and uploads directly to Davis Cloud - the "weatherlinklive" driver would sniff the network and intercept those packets coming from the WLL and inject them to weewx. 

Note that the WLL has temp/humidity and barometer built in. It can read additional wireless sensors, but so can the Envoy - each has 8 channels it can listen to. Both are pricey, but it appears that WLL is the "way of the future" for them, rather than the Envoy.

My VP2 combination has been online since about 2004 without issue, and using weewx since wview went defunct several years ago. I also run a Tempest, and I'm looking forward to replacing my weird "dual station" configuration with two small containers using v5.

-Tom

[gary....@gmail.com]

You may be able to use this. I have this and a WLL and like the WFL better.
https://www.scaledinstruments.com/shop/shop-by-category/data-loggers/wifilogger2/

[Rich Strle]

Thanks Gary, that looks interesting but you need the 'old' style console. I have the new fancy console with less functionality.

[Tom Hogland]

I'd suggest you look for a console, either on clearance (etc) from a vendor or on eBay, then install the datalogger in it. Consoles aren't too expensive, and it'll let you put up a weather display somewhere new.

Searching eBay for "Davis Vantage Pro2 console" found a number of them, including this one with the datalogger - https://www.ebay.com/itm/196026030497

On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 10:44:10 AM UTC-8 Rich Strle wrote:

Thanks Gary, that looks interesting but you need the 'old' style console. I have the new fancy console with less functionality.

[Rich Strle]

I like the way you think Tom. I ordered the console on eBay.