Since Home Assistant version 2022.5, I am now recommending that you use the official Ecowitt integration and not the HACS version. In that version of Home Assistant, the HACS version is broken due to changes in the python code. My post about the issue here : www.mostlychris.com/home-assistant-2023-5-broke-ecowitt/
They moved some setting in the app! I hope this helps others. 1) click the 3 dots "..." next to the gateway in the app. Far right! 2) Click "edit" 3) Click "Sensor". 3) Click DIY Upload Servers.
Well.... I should have made a video on that. I opened up the unit and soldered a 1/4 wave antenna to the same point as the coil antenna that was on the board and then stuck that through the bottom of the unit. In retrospect, as I was removing the coil antenna it came off easier than it should have which makes me think it suffered from a cold solder joint and had I just re-soldered it that would have solved my issues. My house has metal wrap (heat barrier) around the whole thing so signals need an extra boost in some cases.
Has anything changed with the integration? I followed the steps to a tee except for any modifications called for in the Ecowitt iphone app or the integration. I get a success message and Ecowitt integration but no entities, and I know they are there because I see the results on my phone and rain gauge receiver. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I just bought a Ecowitt Combo Pack (Gateway + Sensor) and installed the gateway without any trouble, now connecting the sensor is where I am having a issue. Once I put in a double a battery the sensor is suppose to blink 4 times? Mine doesn't blink could it be a faulty unit? or something I am doing wrong?
Hey @dukeplc, There isn't much to it since it is a single device. Mine is up and mounted so it's hard to get a real life picture of it. I do show it at the beginning of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vRO9zzrlbPI.html The Amazon link to the product page is here: amzn.to/3ko5KCv. It contains a WH65B sensor package and that is what transmits out on 915mhz to my raspberry pi receiver setup as well as this Ecowitt gateway. Let me know if you have specific questions.
Chris, thanks for all your videos. I've been using Smartthings for many years but are preparing to move to Home Assistant your and videos are very helpful. I'm looking at home weather stations and I'm considering Ecowitt hardware. How has your weather station working and would you say your happy with your investment in Ecowitt equipment? Thanks for your time and your helpful videos, Roger
I am only using the Ecowitt gateway at the moment because my Ambient station transmits in the 900mhz spectrum which Ecowitt can receive. I've had Ambient for years and only replaced my old station when a hail storm destroyed it (and my roof). In general, weather stations have been pretty solid if you get one of the name brand versions. My next station will probably be one of the ultrasonic all in ones. No moving parts.
I am doing this with an Ambient WS-2902 (the WH65B sensor pack). There are different models of this gateway for different frequencies. My WX station is 915Mhz and that is the version of the gateway that I have.
So I’ll ask another question. I had the Ws-2000 bookmarked cuz it was “internet push ready”. However, is there something yours doesn’t do that the ws-2000 does other than basically having the ecowitt built in? Thanks!
I wanted to pull in my weather data locally. I have another video on doing this using an raspberry pi and the rtl_433 software. However, this unit is all self contained and has sensor outputs that I wasn't getting from the pi setup. It is just another way to get wx data from sensors that transmit it so one doesn't have to rely on APIs and internet based data feeds.
One of my cats did me a favor and knocked down our LaCrosse main display breaking it. I was never able to get this on WiFi and couldn't integrate into HomeAssistant. Is an Ecowitt the best weather station to integrate into HA and what models are compatible/recommended?
There are a lot of options out there. I have been using Ambient for a long time and it happens to transmit on the frequency that my little GW1000 sensor receives at so I can use that data. Ecowitt has a nice set of modules that you can place around a property to get optimum readings. All-in-one stations like I have suffer from compromise in that the temp sensor, rain sensor, and wind speed/direction are all at the same height when it makes more sense for the rain to be close to the ground and the wind sensor to be 10-30 feet off the ground. There are also some cool sensors out there now that don't have any moving parts. The best thing about my setup is that if the net goes down, it still reports to HA locally. That is probably the number 1 thing to look for in a station.
Chris, do you know if the author of this code is actively supporting it as I note that many of the newer sensors are not catered for and result in exceptions within HA
I do not know. There was a change that had to be made a few months ago and the code was updated to fix that. But that is the last issue I had. Mine is still working. What new sensors are having issues?
Is there something to better explain the Ecowitt ecosystem? The prices seem to be all over the board, and I wondered what value gives you what features. Their forum seems pretty active.
There is a 433Mhz version so yes, you can use it on that frequency. I'm not sure where it might be available in Germany, but check their site directly and see what they might have: www.ecowitt.com/shop/goodsDetail/16
I can't add the integration after installing it through HACS. I added the missing version number 0.5.0 to the manifest and still not showing up. Seems like I remember you saying (I think in a live stream) you had to do something else to get this working. Do you recall what that was?
Does it show up as installable or just nothing at all? I had to change the voltage settings in the code as well once the later versions of HA with energy monitoring were released.
@@mostlychris I found where you mentioned the voltage thing in your live stream and changed that too. It still wouldn't show up but then suddenly did later so maybe all I needed to do was refresh the screen. Working now.
Mmmm i'm new to home assistant, but Ecowitt integration do not show in the list ... when i type "ecowitt" as the integration been removed ? Edit : Ok ssen the HACS Ecowitt as to be installed .. ;D
Yes. You need to install the HACS add-on first. For a lot of non core add-ons, you would first install something in HACS and then go to HA integrations and search. Sometimes clearing your browser cache is needed for the integration to show.
If you are asking about Home Assistant, there are a number of different platforms you can run it on. I run on a Raspberry Pi 4 for my test environment and an Odroid N2+ for my production environment.
Im desperately trying to find out how I can get lightning alert sent to my WhatsApp rather than gmail, I know its not related but I can see your a whizz at this stuff with ecowitt product. Thank You
Not a whizz. I get an alert sent to my phone from an automation in Home Assistant. I send an alert after the first 10 strikes and then another one at 250 strikes. First one tells me something is happening. Second one tells me I'd better pay attention. I think I have a video on it.
I've got to be missing something simple. I've installed HACS, let it pull all repositories, installed the Ecowitt Weather Station HACS integration and restarted HA. Ecowitt Weather Station is never listed as an integration in HA. I've uninstalled it from HACS and restarted HA twice but the problem persists. Any ideas? Core 2021.4.3 Supervisor 2021.04.0 HA OS 5.13
That question is too non-specific for me to help. The video talks about how I set this up. If you are asking where to plug the actual GW1000 in, you just need to power it and it connect it to wifi so it can send its info to HA or whatever you are viewing it in.
That, or any old phone charger that outputs standard USB voltage. I've got about a dozen of the older low powered chargers from old phones that I use for stuff. Could even use a wall powered USB hub, but that would be a waste if you were to only plug the GW into it.
I have it installed on both of my devices. When I search the repos in HACS, it is not there, but I don't know if that is because it is already installed. I can click on the repository link and it is still there on the Internet.
Cool. For what it's worth, I haven't seen any mention of it going away. I did have someone else mention it was missing but wasn't looking in HACS. I'm guessing I didn't spell that out in the video.
how do I get this to send the weather station data to another machine on the same network (Ubuntu) that already has influxDB and Grafana installed on it?
@@mostlychris thanks, Chris. I ended up figuring out how to do this. I simply used Node-RED on HA and sent it to my broker (on the same network) to InfluxDB and Grafana. By the way, I also integrated this to GA so I can voice-command my Ecowitt sensor data to my GA speakers/hubs. I noticed that GA doesn't really support all the sensors, it seems just temperature-based ones. Have you experienced this?
It's wiFi based so it just needs power. I have it plugged into a PC port that I have available but again that is strictly for power. It doesn't send any data over USB.
@@mostlychris Yes, and it is in the custom_components area. Even that doc instructs what you demonstrated. Perhaps I just need the configuration.yaml entry.
I am on core 2021.2.1. The integration should be there if you are using a supervised version. Do you have the ecowitt gateway and home assistant on the same network?
@@mostlychris I am running the same core. I had to install the integration through HACS and then in showed up in Home assistant integrations. Thanks for the quick reply.
