4g & wi-fi weather station mobile gateway (76 pages)
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Wi-Fi Gateway with Temperature, Humidity and Barometric Sensor Operation manual Model: GW1000 Thank you for purchasing this Wi-Fi Gateway with built-in temperature, humidity and barometric pressure sensor. Your sensor data will be available on your local Wi-Fi network and the Internet. Supported sensors (sold...
3.2 Publish to Internet Weather Services ....9 3.3 Gateway Wi-Fi Configuration ......10 3.4 Adding weather services ......... 13 3.5 Ecowitt Weather..........16 3.6 Weather Underground ........17 3.6.1 WU Dashboard vs Live Data ....18 3.7 Calibration or Rain totals ........ 19 3.8 Registering with and using wunderground.com...
Open your Wi-Fi gateway box and inspect that the contents are intact (nothing broken) and complete (nothing missing). Inside you should find the following: QTY Item Description GW1000 Wi-Fi gateway Cable clip User Manual Table 1: Package Content If components are missing from the package, or broken, please contact customer service to resolve the issue.
2 Overview Figure 1: Wi-Fi Gateway 2.1 Features • Built-in temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure sensors (cabled probe attached to unit). • Receives sensor data from external sensors, if installed and configured (sold separately): outdoor temperature and humidity, multi-channel (max 8) temperature and humidity, rain, wind, soil moisture (max 8), PM2.5 (max 4) and so on.
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• Supports uploading all the sensors data to Ecowitt Weather server: https://www.ecowitt.net. • Other supported weather services for uploading: wunderground.com, Weathercloud, and WOW. Only sensor data supported by each specific service will be uploaded. • View historical records from your WU station (temperature, humidity, wind, rain).
3 Setup Guide Gateway Introduction See Figure 2 to help you identify elements of the gateway. Figure 2: Gateway Introduction Wi-Fi Configure/Reset Button 2. RF Status Indicator Light 3. Wi-Fi Status Indicator Light 4. USB Connector for system power supply 5.
Before configuring the gateway with your mobile application, please read the description of the LED indicators (2 and 3), and button function for better understanding. 3.1.1 LED Indicators RF (Blue): Indicates RF data receiving status • Flash (each): indicates one packet of RF data from a sensor was received.
3. To multi-channels sensors WH51 WH41(optional), GW1000 firmware V1.4.6 or above will be required. No specific channel sensor needed to purchase, for each new sensor will be recognized as a new channel according to the Power-on sequence on the app.
The supported services are shown in the table below: Service Description Ecowitt Site: https://www.ecowitt.net Ecowitt’ s new weather server that can Weather host a bunch of sensors that other services don’t support at this time. Weather Site: https://wunderground.com Underground provides local &...
Site: https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk A UK based weather observation website. Weather Site: https://weathercloud.net Cloud A large network of weather stations reporting data in real time from all over the world. Table 2: Supported weather services 3.3 Gateway Wi-Fi Configuration The gateway can function as an independent Wi-Fi access point during Wi-Fi configuration.
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Press “Next”. This will be communicated to the gateway in a later step. 7. Now switch your mobile device to the ad-hoc Wi-Fi network created by your gateway. It will be named something like “GW1000-WIFI” followed by some...
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numbers. Wait until connected. You may see a message such as “Unsecured Network” and “No Internet connection”: this is normal and can be ignored. 8. Return to the mobile application. The connection should be recognized, and you should see a few messages about connecting to the gateway and configuring it.
10. Check the data quality and make sure sensor(s) are properly detected by the gateway. 11. With your obtained sensor ID or MAC address, register your GW1000 on the dedicated weather service you submitted. 12. If you register with WU, the current day history data can be viewed on WS View app.
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On the “Live Data” screen, press the “More” button in the upper right and select “Weather Services” from the menu.
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Navigate to the weather service you wish to configure by pressing “Next” and enter the appropriate data.
3.5 Ecowitt Weather It’s recommended to use the Ecowitt Weather server to monitor and record your sensors data. You may do so as the following tips: On the ecowitt.net uploading page, enable the ON button(displayed blue) and set the uploading interval time.
Note: When select device address on map, please wait till the map display before select your address. You may add a shortcut of the ecowitt.net website on the home page of your phone for quick access. 3.6 Weather Underground If you are planning to use wunderground.com you...
Back to the app and input the Station ID and Key. Press Save. Back to the Menu page and select WU Dashboard. You’ll see the current WU data, including graphs on the “WU Dashboard” screen within hours. To add additional WU stations, please follow this procedure: Press “Menu”...
Here is a short explanation showing data difference: Live Data is obtained by the mobile app by connecting directly to the gateway. This can only happen when your mobile device and gateway are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. It will then show up after you select “Device List”...
3.8 Registering with and using wunderground.com If you have not already done setup for wunderground.com during the Wi-Fi setup, you can do so later. Perform the following steps: 1. Visit Wunderground.com and click Join as the right top arrow indicates and select the Sign up for free option. 2.
Click verify location and fill out the form. After submitting the form, you will see the following: 3.9 Device Settings On Live Data page, press More and select Device Settings to set the following: Select sensor type Set time zone Reboot Device Reset to Factory Settings...
3.10 Sensor ID On Live Data page, press More and select Sensor ID to set the following: View sensor ID, signal bar and battery power condition Register the sensor when offline Enable or disable the sensor Input the Sensor ID when offline 3.11 Viewing data on wunderground.com You can also observe your weather station’s data by using the wunderground.com web site.
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There are also some very useful mobile apps. The URLs provided here go to the Web version of the application pages. You can also find them directly from the iOS or Google Play stores: • WunderStation: iPad application for viewing your station’s data and graphs https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wunderstation-weather-fr om-your-neighborhood/id906099986...
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• WU Storm: iPad and iPhone application for viewing radar images, animated wind, cloud coverage and detailed forecast, and PWS station data https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wu-storm/id9559577 • Weather Underground: Forecast: Android application for forecasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-undergroun d-forecast/id486154808 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.w underground.android.weather&hl=en...
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• PWS Weather Station Monitor: View weather conditions in your neighborhood, or even right in your own backyard. Connects to wunderground.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pws-weather-station- monitor/id713705929...
5 Warranty Information We disclaim any responsibility for any technical error or printing error, or the consequences thereof. All trademarks and patents are recognized. We provide a 1-year limited warranty on this product against manufacturing defects, or defects in materials and workmanship.
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