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[Prime] ECOWITT GW1101 Wi-Fi Weather Station: 7-in-1 Outdoor Sensor & Wi-Fi Gateway $108.49 Delivered @ ECOWITT Amazon AU

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ECOWITT GW1101 Wi-Fi Weather Station: WS69 Solar Powered [with battery backup] 7-in-1 Outdoor Weather Sensor Array and GW1100 Wi-Fi Gateway

Can operate entirely locally or data can be uploaded to various weather services.

Local options: WSView Plus App, Ecowitt App, via a local webpage, or can be uploaded to a custom server such as Home Assistant.
Cloud services: Weather Underground, WOW, Weather Cloud, Ecowitt Sever

Cheaper than when I purchased it in the previous deal.

I have been using it with Home Assistant and the Ecowitt2MQTT custom integration. It has been working well and the integration is being actively updated.

The native app is pretty grim, but Weather Underground has an app that seems useful (I haven’t used this yet though).

The included sensors are: Rain (self emptying), wind direction, wind speed, solar radiation, atmospheric pressure, outdoor temperature, outdoor humidity, indoor temperature, indoor humidity.

The outdoor weather station communicates with the indoor gateway via 433Mhz. The gateway connects to your network via Wifi 3.

The gateway also allows for expansion for adding addition sensors such as more accurate wind and rain, lightning, indoor temp/humidity, air quality, soil moisture, leaf wetness, leak and pool sensors.

I created a doc comparing all of the consoles/gateways and the sensors they support - here. Please forgive the fact it’s an image, I couldn’t see a way to easily share the Google Doc without also sharing my email address, but if an editable copy would be useful, please let me know.

Amazon’s description:

【Wi-Fi Weather Station】: Allows you to monitor your home and garden weather conditions on your phone(iOS&Android) via our free WSView Plus or Ecowitt app(within your home network) and Ecoiwtt weather server(remote monitoring); supports to add max 8 WH31 multi-channel temp and humidity sensor / 8 WH51 soil moisture sensor / 4 WH41 PM2.5 air quality sensor(with gateway firmware V1.4.6 or above)
【7-in-1 Outdoor Sensor Array】: includes wind vane, wind cups, UV / solar radiation sensor, thermo-hygrometer sensor, rain gauge, bubble level and solar collector; updates every 16 second.
【Live Data on APP】: Makes all sensor data available to mobile application (WSView Plus or Ecowitt APP for iOS or Android) on your local network; Mobile application is also used for local viewing of sensor data, and to assist in configuration of services.
【Graph & History Records on the Website】: supported to upload all the sensors data to our free Ecowitt Weather server(ecowitt.net) to view all the data graph and download the history records on the website; Email alerts functions available for all the sensors.
【Other Supported Weather Servers】: Supports uploads outdoor sensor data to weather underground, weathercloud and WOW; enables you to view historical records from your WU station(outdoor temperature, humidity, wind, rain)
【RF Frequency】: This product is 433 MHz. ( Products sold on amazon.com.au are all 433 MHz )

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  • Korban Dallas on 12/07/2022 - 01:24
    +8

    I want this but don't need this

    • janoski on 12/07/2022 - 01:34
      +1

      you and me both… also top handle

      She knows its a multipass!

  • BrutusB on 12/07/2022 - 03:05
    +1

    Very cheap. Great deal for those looking to get into a home weather station. Also use this for Home Assistant and it works flawlessly.

    • foggy10 on 12/07/2022 - 09:01

      Can you share some use cases for HA?

      • BrutusB on 12/07/2022 - 11:30
        +2

        I use the light sensor to trigger lighting in my house as it's accurate to the time/place not just relying on Sunset/Sunrise etc. I use the rain sensor for disabling my sprinkler system and also notifications e.g. 'It's raining - take clothes off the line'. If the windspeed is over a certain amount it will stop the home sprinkler system from running. It's endless really.

        • Typo on 12/07/2022 - 11:55

          What sprinkler system are you using? Opensprinkler?

  • Broos on 12/07/2022 - 08:05
    +2

    With so many different models, does anyone know which Ecowitt variant is the best / top of the line?

    • mduncan2 on 12/07/2022 - 08:29
      +5

      There are two types of all-in-one stations, the 7sensor,and the 5 sensor unit. They are mostly identical on quality, but the 7 sensor has a capacitor charged by a solar panel (so it only uses its batteries when the capacitor has run empty), and it has a sun-light wattage sensor.
      There are some 'component' stations, with the wind sensor being higher quality, and since the sensor units can be separated it means you can mount them in more ideal locations.
      There are multiple indoor receiver units. Some don't connect to the wifi/cloud at all, and are limited in extra sensors you can connect. This unit in the post has no display but the receiver unit has a esp+wifi chip that has a web/api server built in, and connects to the cloud to upload data. You can use a phone/tablet/computer at home on the home wifi to see the sensor values (continues to collect data if internet dies) , or you can log into the cloud connected app. The wifi/cloud capable screens have a esp+wifi chip in the display unit.
      These displays differ in colour and 'template' design, with some of them also having the better esp chip with a local Web-api server built in. These all allow a large assortment of extra sensors to be connected.

    • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 14:01
      +1

      I agree with Mduncan2’s comments. I provided some more detail on the different consoles/gateways below.

  • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 08:59
    +1

    Can these output data to a google nest display??

    • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 14:05

      Not natively, you would need to use another service to cast data to the display. You could do it with Home Assistant.

      • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 14:16

        Hmmm. Could I alternatively just do the same thing with someone down the road who is also casting to weather underground?

        • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 14:26

          Yes, you could also cast weather underground, but you would still need a computer/device to automatically cast it. Casting only works on your local network. You could do it on demand from your phone, but it might not provide much extra value.

          • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 14:32

            @Hargain Bunter: Oh yeah, I get that. I run a homelab, so no worries.
            just curious if it was worth getting my own station or just piggybacking off someone else. never bothered to look

            • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 14:34

              @Scales82: Ah cool, yeah have a look at Weather Underground, I was surprised to see how many people nearby were uploading their weather station data.

              • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 14:36

                @Hargain Bunter: Ill need to sit down and figure out home assistant first.

                • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 14:49

                  @Scales82: Oh to clarify, I haven’t used a Weather Underground integration with Home Assistant. Just a quick google I found this one, but can’t comment how it works: https://github.com/cytech/home-assistant-wundergroundpws

                  If you were thinking of getting into home automation, Home Assistant is great, but if you just wanted to cast Weather Underground data, HA may be an overly complicated solution. There may be more lightweight options that can just cast the Weather Underground webpage (from a nearby weather station).

                  • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 18:46

                    @Hargain Bunter: Nah, I've been needing to get into HA for a while. Just been delaying it.

                    • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 19:13

                      @Scales82: Nice, I’m using mine on a Pi 4, running Home Assistant OS (HA OS). If you’ve already got a homelab, running HA OS in a VM might be the easiest way to get going.

                      Here’s some doco - https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/

                      • Scales82 on 12/07/2022 - 19:44

                        @Hargain Bunter: Thanks man, Already on that… My setup is a little restrictive on the VM front, which is what has been holding me back to be honest. I want to migrate to a hypervisor setup….
                        might just go with the Pi option though.

                        • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 21:18

                          @Scales82: The Pi option is great, it’s the most popular install and is well supported. I skipped the SD card (as HA can burn them out quickly) and went straight to a spare SSD I had and it’s been a good experience.
                          Sourcing a Pi might be a bit harder at the moment, the HA devs have been suggesting https://rpilocator.com/ which you can get updates when stock is available from outlets that sell for RRP (rather than inflated prices).

                          • Scales82 on 13/07/2022 - 10:57

                            @Hargain Bunter: Thanks, I have plenty of spares. But I'd rather run it dockerized if possible. I vaguely remember them saying that's not the best way to go though, which is why I never really took it further.

                          • Scales82 on 14/07/2022 - 19:59

                            @Hargain Bunter: Just found 3 Rpi3 (not B+) and a Rpi4 4gb In my stash. Going to have a play….

                            • Hargain Bunter on 14/07/2022 - 20:34

                              @Scales82: Nice, my Pi 4 is 4GB too. Personally I would use the Pi 4 over the 3 because of the additional RAM. I find after installing a few add ons (like Scrypted and VS Code Server) mine is more RAM constrained than CPU. I can hit about 75% RAM but CPU is still low.

                              • Scales82 on 14/07/2022 - 20:36

                                @Hargain Bunter: That's what I've heard…. Just need a decent powersupply for it now. Fun times ahead

                                • Hargain Bunter on 14/07/2022 - 20:47

                                  @Scales82: I started using one that could do 5V 3A that I had laying around, then I had some crash/reboot issues and moved to the the official Pi power supply. Later found that the crashes were unrelated (was a widespread issue with the Pi OS kernel running in HAOS and once Pi patched it, it was fine).

                                  So in conclusion, a 5V 3A should be fine.

                                  • Scales82 on 15/07/2022 - 14:11

                                    @Hargain Bunter: Got an official one and a Argon one m.2 case on the way, as well as a m.2 sata ssd for it…. Should be fine. Going to replace my pi model A (yes really) running pihole with this device, seems logical.

                                    • Hargain Bunter on 15/07/2022 - 14:41

                                      @Scales82: Nice, quite similar to my setup, I’ve got an Argon Neo with a separate UGreen M2 SATA enclosure. I’m running the AdGuard Home add-on, it’s written by one of the HA core devs, so is well supported.

                                      • Scales82 on 15/07/2022 - 14:43

                                        @Hargain Bunter: Yeah I saw that before… Will migrate to that obviously. Seems like same functionality.

  • kulprit on 12/07/2022 - 11:32

    Could never decide.from the last deal which actual model to get.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/699963

    • FLICKIT on 12/07/2022 - 12:12

      I ended up getting the ECOWITT GW1101, no complaints, I'm not doing the home-automation thing and I have a PC running 24/7 so I'm just using it with the free CumulusMX windows software for now…

    • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 13:53
      +5

      I created a doc comparing all of the consoles/gateways and the sensors they support - here.

      Please forgive the fact it’s an image, I couldn’t see a way to easily share the Google Doc without also sharing my email address, but if an editable copy would be useful, let me know.

      The gateway in this deal is the GW1100, it supports almost all sensors, but only has Wifi 3 (802.11g). There are new gateways that support Wifi 4 (802.11n). There are also some old Wifi 2 (802.11b) devices. In my doc, anything that just says Wifi, means it wasn’t specified and is likely Wifi 3.

      This one does not have a screen, but there are many others with screens and varying levels of compatibility.

      I haven’t compared the sensors/stations, but you can get an idea from their cost. The cost is in USD as I just took the prices from the Ecowitt shop.

      The station that come with this deal is one of the most basic models. I decided to get it because I didn’t want to invest a whole lot into something I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy. I also liked the fact that it was all solar powered (with a backup battery). The more expensive models have separate sensors that use more batteries and I didn’t like the idea of having to get up on the roof to change batteries more often.

      • kulprit on 12/07/2022 - 14:54
        +1

        Thanks very much. Does the little blue box bit of this model go outside as well?

        Like if you bought the 2320 it doesn't come with that part.

        • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 15:09

          The blue device is the Wifi gateway you keep inside. It has a long antenna to communicate with the weather station over 433Mhz. It also has a temperature and humidity sensor in built for getting your indoor data. It was surprisingly small, about the size of a match box.

          The 2320 comes with a screen instead which has the wifi gateway in built.

          That just triggered a memory from my previous research, I’m not sure about the ability to connect the 2320 to Home Assistant. The ecowitt page doesn’t seem to mention uploading data to your own server like it does for the GW1100.

          • kulprit on 12/07/2022 - 15:15

            @Hargain Bunter: Ahh ok. I saw temp sensor and thought it was the outside one. It's for more indoor data.

            Cheers

            • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 15:17

              @kulprit: No probs, yep, the weather stations have temp sensors in them too.

  • mduncan2 on 12/07/2022 - 13:00
    +1

    The soil moisture sensor, extra WH31 temp/humidity sensors, and water leak sensor are also all heavily discounted today.

  • kabammi on 12/07/2022 - 16:36

    Is it possible to add on a TFT display to show the output of the sensors — contected to the console somehow??
    I'm looking at the Wittboy

    • Hargain Bunter on 12/07/2022 - 18:10

      Yep Wittboy (WS90) is compatible with HP2550 and HP2560 displays. The image also linked in the description shows a compatibility matrix.

  • maddoglee on 12/07/2022 - 17:58

    I had this in my cart and went to buy it and it went unavailable :(

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