I’ll do a little update on this. It’s been pushed back a number of times with the current pre-release date of March. The main reason for this was their first batch of units did not have the battery life they were hoping for. The components being used had much higher power drain than the manufacturer promised.
With no solution in sight they ended up basically having the redesign the wireless end of things. They will now be using 915 or 868 MHz range transmitters and using an indoor hub to receive it. Below is their latest status report:
Dear WeatherFlow Backers, We hope you are enjoying this holiday season, spending time with family and loved ones. Here
just an update
I have been provided with the API and a test station to connect to via that over the internet and I have WD working with that station
so great to be working with these guys
(compared to bloomsky who basicly told me to remove my windows 10 store app I had created because it was using their logo and name )
I would use my Davis VantageVue as my primary weatherstation for publishing data on my website.
Would it be possible to use the data for solar, UV and outside temperatue (at 10 cm ) from the Weatherflow weatherstation for publishing on that same website.
Increased telemetry range: One of the big benefits of re-engineering our weather stations (at the expense of delay) was a dramatic improvement in wireless range. In recent testing, our new AIR & hub maintained a good signal at a distance over 1000 meters ! (3280 feet) in clear line-of-sight conditions
Hope to get a pre-order going next month for the Air and the Sky units. I’ll operate them in parallel with my existing sensors to see if they track well. I’ll compare the Sky against my R.M young 05103, The Sky Haptic rain sensor against a oldie but goodie Handar 8" tipping bucket, the Air temp/humidity against a Vaisala temp/humidity transmitter. My Pyranometer quit on me over a year ago, and at a replacement cost of $170.00 or so wasn’t worth it. I believe the lightning detection is a AS3935 lightning detector chip or similar used in an Acccurite pocket detector (about $30.00 on Amazon (mine works pretty well and also a detect range of about 25 miles, so probably basically the same thing).
As a field tester I intend to closely compare WeatherFlow against my tried and true Vantage Pro. Will I be able to collect data from both weather stations using 1 instance of WeatherDisplay or will I need to purchase a second license?
My current VP 2 wind speed/direction unit is mounted on the roof. The transmitter is mounted next to a window so I can change the battery without getting on the roof. I wish the Weather Flow worked in the same manner. At my age, I don’t like roofs.
you can install a second version of WD onto the same pc and create a 2wd.txt file there and run it there as a separate version OK (and use the same reg code)