Hardware/Software Suggestions

[Daniel Rzasa]

Any Hardware/Software Suggestions for a solid home set up and ideally a wifi reporting ability?

[Lucy Hancock]

I like Davis....  I have had Davis stations and they were just easy and robust. 

The technical reports for the solar radiation data subset of CWOP always have a quick look at what technology is in use, in Table 2.  In the report published 2021, Davis was at least 40% of the solar radiation data subset of stations in the CWOP network.

Those are linked at http://wxqa.com/lum_search.htm which is the home page for the solar radiation data archive.  Third-from-last paragraph has links to the technical reports.  

Another resource, not limited to the solar-radiation-data collecting stations, is the Gladstone site.  An example link is:  

• The gladstonefamily.com site gives information, including quality checking, relating to any specific site  

http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/C0003

I'm working on the next technical report for the solar radiation data from CWOP, nearly done but I am trying to show how to manage effects of shading, tilt and tarnishing, and it was kind of fascinating and I went down rabbit holes.  hoping to finish it soon. 

Lucy

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM Daniel Rzasa <drza...@gmail.com> wrote:

Any Hardware/Software Suggestions for a solid home set up and ideally a wifi reporting ability?

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[Bill Counts]

I have run Davis for last 7 years. They're expensive to up keep and I don't see Davis any better than much cheaper units. You may want to look at Ecowott.

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[Phil Pasteris]

All,

I have operated a Davis Vue Pro 2 since April 2014 with virtually no issues.  I have replaced the solar powered fan at least once, but that is all.  I routinely take out the bee-hive and clean the system with a vacuum.  I run the free CUMULUS software package and that has worked well to upload data to CWOP and WU.  You can view my data at www.climateservices.net.  Best of luck!

Phil

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[Ronald Brand]

FWIW, I've had good luck with the Ambient Weather WS2000.  In hindsight, for better compatibility with add-on devices, Ecowitt would have been a better choice.  For data transfer over wifi, it's pretty hard to beat Meteobridge.  I've got a relatively cheap router that I flashed with Meteobridge, and it's worked flawlessly.   Hope this helps!!

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[Roy Lamberton Gmail]

I agree, I have spent a bunch of money with them, but everything they sell just keeps working, and when it quits, they usually provide a hot swap at a discount.

Love 'em

rsl

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[John Tollini]

I have two stations, both Davis with Ambient's Meteobridge to publish the data.
#1: Davis Vantage Vue
#2: Davis Vantage Pro2

The only repair in 10 years has been the anemometer bearings. $20 for a rebuild kit and 10 minutes of work.

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