Domoticz PWS Plugin

This Domoticz Plugin allows you to get the data directly from your own personal weather station (PWS). So this plugin does NOT require that you register your PWS to cloud accounts, like WeatherUnderground (support will finish in the near future!), Ecowitt (also displays your indoor sensors in the cloud!), WeatherCloud, WOW (takes weeks to get key), etc, or the use of WeeWX (extra software).

This plugin will directly capture the data from your weather station!

Supported devices

In general, if the station is supplied with EasyWeather software (version 1.4.x), it is likely that the station will work with this Domoticz plugin!

Tested

• Alecto WS-5500
• Garni 940
• Garni 2055 Arcus
• Ventus W830
• Waldbeck Halley Professional Weather Station

EasyWeather

• 1.4.x
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2

Prerequisites

Your PWS needs to be connected to your router by WS View (and also the 'older' WS Tool). With this application you can connect your PWS to the router, so that your PWS can upload weather data to Domoticz.

1. Install WS View on your mobile device
   • Google Play Store
   • Apple App Store
2. , or WS Tool
   • Google Play Store
   • Apple App Store
3. Follow the instructions to connect your PWS to your router
4. Goto to Device List in Menu and choose your PWS
5. Click on Next untill you are on on the Customized page (Do NOT choose for WeatherUnderground, Ecowitt, WeatherCloud, etc.)
6. Choose Enable
7. For Protocol Type Same As choose Wunderground (preferred)
8. For Server IP / Hostname enter your Domotiz Server ip address, eg. 192.168.0.10
9. If you choose for Wunderground protocol:
   • Fill in Station ID with a value
   • Fill in Station Key with a value
10. Port enter a free port number, eg. 5000
11. Upload Interval, leave it 60 seconds
12. Click on Save

Now your PWS will start to upload its data to your Domoticz server at the specified port.

Next step is to install the Domoticz plugin. This plugin will automatically create the required devices, listen to the specified port, retrieve the data and update the devices with the latest information.

Unfortunately you can connect your PWS only to one Domoticz server!

Installation

1. Clone repository into your Domoticz plugins folder

   cd domoticz/plugins
   git clone https://github.com/Xorfor/Domoticz-PWS-Plugin.git
   

2. Restart domoticz

   sudo service domoticz.sh restart
   

3. Make sure that "Accept new Hardware Devices" is enabled in Domoticz settings
4. Go to "Hardware" page and add new hardware with Type "PWS"
5. Enter the Port number as used in WS View
6. Press Add

Update

1. Go to plugin folder and pull new version

   cd domoticz/plugins/Domoticz-PWS-Plugin
   git pull
   

2. Restart domoticz

   sudo service domoticz.sh restart
   

If new devices are added in the plugin, you have to remove the hardware and add it again (sorry!).

Parameters

Name	Description
Port	Port number as choosen in WS View, eg. 5000 (displayed on Hardware overview as Address)

Devices

I have created as much devices as possible, so you can select your own favourites.

Name	Description
Barometer (absolute)	Pressure (absolute) in hPa
Barometer (relative)	Pressure (relative) in hPa
Chill	Chill (calculated when Ecowitt protocol is used)
Dew point	Dew point (calculated when Ecowitt protocol is used)
Gust	Gust
Humidity	Humidity
Humidity (indoor)	Humidity (indoor)
Rain	Current rain rate and daily total
Rain rate	Current rain rate
Station	Format: [ip adress] ([software]): [Protocol] (Wunderground or Ecowitt), from your PWS.
Solar radiation	Solar radiation
Temp + Hum	Temperature and humidity
Temperature	Temperature
Temperature (indoor)	Temperature
THB	Temperature, humidity and barometer (pressure and prediction)
UVI	UV index
UV Alert	UV index + warning level (calculated)
Wind	Wind direction, speed and gust
Wind	Wind direction, speed, gust, temperature and gust
Wind direction	Wind direction
Wind Speed	Wind speed

Protocols

WS View supports 2 protocols for Customized upload: Wunderground or Ecowitt. My information about the data to be uploaded is based on my own experience and information from:

Wunderground

Information can be found at: https://support.weather.com/s/article/PWS-Upload-Protocol?language=en_US.

Not supported (yet)

Name
weather
soiltempf
soilmoisture
leafwetness
visibility
Aq* (like AqNO, AqBC )

Not used

The following data send by the weatherstations is not used, e.g. because this is historical data which is already maintained by Domoticz, or not relevant as sensor:

Name
action
ID
monthlyrainin
PASSWORD
realtime
rtfreq
weeklyrainin

Ecowitt

Information not found yet.