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ECOWITT GW1100 Operation Manual

Wi-fi weather station gateway with temperature, humidity and barometric sensor
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Wi-Fi Weather Station Gateway
with Temperature, Humidity and
Barometric Sensor
Operation Manual
Model: GW1100
Thank you for purchasing this GW1100 Wi-Fi
Weather
Station
Gateway,
with
built-in
temperature, humidity and barometric sensor. It
can also handle all the Ecowitt sensors developed.
By upgrading firmware, future sensors developed
can also be hosted, and this made the gateway an
extremely flexible Ecowitt ecosystem possible.
To ensure the best product performance,please re
ad this manual and retain it for future reference.
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  • Page 1 Wi-Fi Weather Station Gateway with Temperature, Humidity and Barometric Sensor Operation Manual Model: GW1100 Thank you for purchasing this GW1100 Wi-Fi Weather Station Gateway, with built-in temperature, humidity and barometric sensor. It can also handle all the Ecowitt sensors developed.
  • Page 2 Table of Contents 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS.......2 2 UNPACKING..........3 3 OVERVIEW........... 5 3.1 W ........5 ATEWAY 3.2 F ..........6 EATURES 4 SET UP GUIDE..........12 4.1 W .... 12 ATEWAY NTRODUCTION 4.1.1 LED Indicators........ 13 4.1.2 Button functions.......14 5 PUBLISH TO INTERNET WEATHER SERVICES...........15 5.1 G...
  • Page 3 1 Unpacking Open your weather station box and inspect that the contents are intact (nothing broken) and complete (nothing missing). Inside you should find the following: Item Description USB Wi-Fi Gateway USB extension cable for powering the gateway Cable clip User manual (this manual) Table 1: Package content If any component is missing from the package, or...
  • Page 4 Note: You may download the online PDF version manual of this product for better reading experience: 1. Go to our website: www.ecowitt.com 2. Go to “Support” and click “Manual & Firmware” 3. Search for “GW1100” 4. Download the manual...
  • Page 5 2 Overview 2.1 Wi-Fi Gateway Figure 1: Wi-Fi Gateway...
  • Page 6 2.2 Features • Attached temperature, humidity atmospheric pressure 3-in-1 probe sensor. • Collects sensor data from various supported wireless sensors. • Additional/optional sensors: • One WH32 outdoor temperature and humidity sensor • One WH40 self-emptying rain gauge sensor • One WS68 wireless anemometer •...
  • Page 7 • Calculates dew point for outdoor sensor (cloud upload supported) • Pushes sensor data to cloud weather services: • https://www.ecowitt.net • https://www.wunderground.com • https://www.weathercloud.com/ • https://www.wow.com • Custom sites using either Wunderground or Ecowitt protocol. Contact the Customer Support department for assistance.
  • Page 8 • Mobile application (WS View) • View collected live data. • Manage sensor calibration setup. • Manage sensor selection. • Data storage service on Ecowitt server: https://ecowitt.net • Data storing resolution: by day: 5 minutes average  by week: 30 minutes average ...
  • Page 9 RF frequency as your gateway (the frequency is different for various countries because of regulations). Note: www.ecowitt.net hosts all the sensor supported, however, it is not necessary true to other data hosting services. For example, the Wunderground only accepts...
  • Page 10 • Water leakage condition (from the WH55 Sensor) • Water/Soil temp (from WN34 sensor) • PM2.5/PM10/CO2/temperature and humidity data (from the WH45 Sensor) • Leaf wetness sensor(from WN35 sensor) To view and record all the sensors data remotely, we recommend you to use the Ecowitt server.
  • Page 11 Attention: Our product is continuously changing and improving, particularly online services and associated applications. To download the latest manual and additional help, please contact us support@ecowitt.com or support.eu@ecowitt.net (EU/UK).
  • Page 12 3 Set up Guide 3.1 Wi-Fi Gateway Introduction See Figure 2 to help you identify elements of the gateway. Figure 2: Gateway Introduction 1. Factory Default Reset Button 2. RF Status Indicator Light (Blue) 3. Wi-Fi Status Indicator Light (Red) 4.
  • Page 13 Wi-Fi (Red): Indicates the status of the Wi-Fi connection.  Off : Wi-Fi connection to router failed;  On: GW1100 was provisioned to router and has data sent to any one of the cloud data hosting successfully.  Flash slowly: GW1100 connected to WiFi router, but failed to publish data to any of the weather service on cloud.
  • Page 14 3.1.2 Button functions The black button is used for the reset mode: Reset Mode: Hold the black button for about 5 seconds will reset the gateway to factory default reset state. All the history data, Wi-Fi settings, calibration and sensor labeling etc. are all lost and need to be set again.
  • Page 15 Cloud stations reporting data in real time from all over the world. Site: https://www.ecowitt.net Ecowitt Ecowitt’s new weather server that Weather can host a bunch of sensors that other services don’t support at this time. Table 3: Supported weather services...
  • Page 16 4.1 Gateway Wi-Fi Configuration 1. Power up device. 2. Go to your computer’s or phone’s Network Settings page, find GW1100 AP in Network Settings page or WLAN page. Figure 3: Configure screen 1...
  • Page 17 3. Connect the AP, but please note you may wait about 60 seconds to connect this device, it may pops up a prompt ‘This WLAN network has no Internet access. Connect anyway? CANCEL | CONNECT’, see Figure 4, choose CONNECT always.
  • Page 18 4. After connected to the AP successfully, you can see the networked state is connected. If needed( to prevent automatically switching to mobile network for some user’s case), the mobile network service should be turned off. Figure 5: Configure screen 3 (show on phone)
  • Page 19 Figure 6: Configure screen 4 (show on computer)
  • Page 20 5. Open your browser, type 192.168.4.1 in the browser address search bar and enter. Figure 7: Configure screen 5 6. See Figure 8 to login directly, do not enter password. Figure 8: Configure screen 6...
  • Page 21 So now there are two ways to open the device embed web page: Phone directly connects to GW1100 AP , then the fixed IP address of (192.168.4.1) should be used. If GW1100 has been configured and...
  • Page 22 Figure 9: Configure screen 7 8. Go to Live Data page, then you can see the Live Data of device. On this page, you...
  • Page 23 can find which sensor is being connected currently. Figure 10: Configure screen 8 9. Other setting functions on left menu bar Weather Services: if you want upload data to the weather services, select Weather Services from the menu on the left, enter Station ID and Key, then click Save.
  • Page 24 Note: Before this step, you may go to weather services official web page to register account to obtain your device’s Station ID & Key.
  • Page 25 Calibration: If you need to calibrate the parameters, select Calibration from the menu bar on the left.
  • Page 26 Rain Initial Value: If you need to set the Rain for current year, month, week starting values, select Rain Totals from the menu bar on the left. You can edit the rain total for the current day, week, month, or year. This is useful when you start using this system instead of another one that has accumulated data, or simply if you know the values to be incorrect.
  • Page 27 If the sensor you have is same as the one showed here, you should check this option so that gateway GW1100 can interpretate correct rain and wind speed data from the sensor. Auto Time Zone: if you have set up your account on www.ecowitt.net...
  • Page 28 If this option is enabled, then GW1100 will upgrade firmware automatically ( precondition: gateway GW1100 connected to your router with internet access from the network) Login & AP Password: If a password is set, then the same password will be applied for connecting the AP as well as the login password.
  • Page 30 Sensors ID: manage your sensors from here. Register (Learning): click Re-register to  force gateway to search sensors manually.
  • Page 31 Disable (Stop): if device receives  unwanted sensor data , you may tell GW1100 to refuse receiving this sensor type permanently.
  • Page 32 Searching for Sensors with assigned ID: you can force GW1100 to search for a particular sensor by a known ID: enter the sensor ID manually on ID setting page and Press “save” button will apply this function.
  • Page 33 Unit Settings：click Unit Settings from the menu bar on the left, select the units you want.
  • Page 34 Under your account, add your device by its MAC address, location and time zone setting. Setup your GW1100 and enable to send data to this service. Open dashboard for your data viewing. If you want to share your station data with other users, you may use the Share option under the Menu to create a share link.
  • Page 35 Dashboard Graph display...
  • Page 36 List display Weather Map...
  • Page 37 Email Alerts Weather Underground 1. Register on https://wunderground.com, 2. Go to My Profile, click My Devices, add new device, complete the device information, and get Station ID & Key. 3. Go to the Wi-Fi configuration web page (IP address: 192.168.4.1), click Weather Services from the menu bar on the left, enter Station ID &...
  • Page 38 WU Dashboard vs Live Data You should be aware that the information presented weatherunderground.com represents the latest as seen by WU (from the last successful upload), and may not be identical what is on your live data screen! Here is a short explanation of differences: Live Data is obtained by the mobile app by connecting directly to the gateway.
  • Page 39 Note: When the Wi-Fi configuration done, the WU Dashboard will be the default interface on the WS View app. Use the Menu button can go to the Device List interface – select your device to jump to Live Data interface. Station Summary PWS CURRENT CONDITIONS...
  • Page 40 Weather History Graph...
  • Page 41 Table...
  • Page 42 6 Troubleshooting Guide Look through the following table and locate an issue or problem you are experiencing in the left column and read possible solutions in the right column. Problem Solution Relative  Relative pressure refers to pressure does sea-level equivalent not agree with temperature and should official...
  • Page 43 Problem Solution  The barometer is only accurat e to ± 0.09 inHg (3 hPa) within the following relative p ressure range: 8.86 to 32.48 in Hg (300 -1,100 hPa), which corresponds to an altitude of 2 9,527 ft. (9,000 m) down to 2, 500 ft.
  • Page 44 Problem Solution  Confirm your station ID is correct. The station ID is all caps, and the most common issue is substituting a capital letter O for a 0 (zero) or vice versa. Please note the digit 0 can only occur in the last part Data not of the station ID (which is a reporting to...
  • Page 45 Problem Solution station key, try to input the lower case of letter "L" to replace it on the app.  Make sure the date, time and time zone is correct in the Device Setting. If it is not incorrect, you may be reporting data for a point in the past or future and you may not see it where you...
  • Page 46 Problem Solution the Wi-Fi light will be steady. Make sure you configured the correct SSID and password. Repeat the procedure as necessary to verify.  The gateway does not support so-called “captive Wi-Fi” No Wi-Fi networks. These are typically connection, or “guest”...
  • Page 47 2. Power on the gateway. 3. Open the Wi-Fi network on your phone or computer, and connect to the hotspot of GW1100-WIFIXXXX. 4. Open your browser, type 192.168.4.1 in the browser address search bar and enter - login - Local Network - enter your Router SSID and Password - Live Data.
  • Page 48 If successfully, you may set your router password back and configure the gateway again. Method 4: Try the configuration using a different mobile device. If still unsuccessfully, please contact our Customer Service Department via email: support@ecowitt.com or support.eu@ecowitt.net (EU/UK).
  • Page 49 7 Specifications Note: Out of range values will be displayed using “---” USB gateway built- Specification in sensor Temperature range -10°C – 60°C (14°F - 140°F) Temperature 0.1°C, or 0.1°F resolution Humidity range 1% ~ 99% Humidity resolution Barometric pressure 300 –...
  • Page 50 Power Specification USB gateway 5V DC 1A Table 5: Power specification Frequency: 915/868/433MHz depending on location (North American:915MHz; Europe:868MHz; Other areas:433MHz)
  • Page 51 8 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. This limited warranty begins on the original date of purchase, is valid only on products purchased, and only to the original purchaser of this product.

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