General advice please.

[Alan Salmon]

Hello everyone.

Is it better to let my GW2000 do my Wunderground uploads or should I use tjhe WeeWX function instead?

Cheers!

[gszla...@gmail.com]

Everybody's experience is a bit different. I guess one of the things to consider is reliability. Which of the two options  in your particular situation is more reliable. For instance, if you have to reboot the gateway every two weeks because it just stops..then that's a factor to think about. Ecowitt.net can send you an email alert that you are offline. If you are at home, no big deal to do a hard reset. If you are away from home, you'll need a smart switch to power cycle the gateway. If WeeWX never requires a reboot because it never gets "stuck" or runs out of memory, then you have your answer.

One thing about WeeWX is that it calculates the proper atmospheric pressures (Altimeter setting and SLP) using algorithms. The Ecowitt gateway or their display consoles do not have this ability. Even if you set up the barometer properly, it's REL value (relative pressure) is at best, only an approximation of Altimeter. The Ecowitt firmware has no abilities to do any temperature compensations for air pressure. In other words, Ecowitt can not do SLP calculations. If you are uploading, you might as well upload the most accurate data that is available.

Note: I am making the assumption that you do not live at or close to sea level.