Do you have batteries in there and are they in the proper orientation? 
Yes. And the Wittboy software shows a full battery icon.
The HE Devices screen shows:
Current States
- battery : 0
- batteryIcon : 100
- batteryOrg : 3.28
Now, I know next to nothing, but I recalled reading something about battery in the device thread.
I just did a search on 'battery' on that thread and came up with this:
So, do you have a version of the driver later than 2/5/23?
I think you'd stand a better chance of getting someone's attention on that thread.
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Is the only difference between the Ecowitt GW2000 and the GW1100 gateways the Ethernet port?
I installed everything; the Ecowitt software and the HE Ecowitt driver package (via HPM) just a few days ago. What thread are you referring to?
I was cruising the Ecowitt weather map last night.
Now, there aren't a gigantic number of these things deployed on the web near me, but it sure seems to me that a fair number of the units with soil sensors are associated with pot plants.
Some even have an Ecowitt camera on them with daily time lapse photos.
Interesting.
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I wanna say it was a topic of discussion 3 to 6 months ago.
Here is the link to the first post in the thhead talking about it [RE-RELEASE] EcoWitt and Wittboy Weather Stations And Sensors (Local) - #436 by tomobiki.mn
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Hey, my weather station cleared customs in NY!
I also just ordered some other stuff directly from Ecowitt. It was a savings over Amazon. I ordered a camera, lightning sensor, soil sensor, and rain sensor debris screen. No hurry, lol.
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Yeah, gotta say for shipping from China, they ship pretty fast. i ordered some sensors from Sonoff last year, and it was close to two months to get them.
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Well, I got the weather station in the mail. Just fooling around with it so far on the tabletop.
You know, I hate to admit it, but I think I like the smaller display better. It's less cluttered with crap, and more simple. Maybe I'll get used to it. It does have more capability.
Another thing I like about the little display: it has a built in battery backup that's supposed to be good for 48 hours. I disconnected the power, and it does seem to keep the wifi interface going, while the screen goes dark except for coming on periodically.
The big one does not have a battery backup. Hence, I suppose the reason they have Talent Cell battery backup units on their website now.
I discontinued reporting from the little one while I am experimenting. When I put batteries in the sensor array, they were picked up immediately by the small console. When I plugged in the big console, all the sensors also were picked up. Even the time is correct, although I did not hook it up to WIFI.
Both consoles seem to have the same capabilities, gateway wise.
Now I have to slightly trim a couple trees, relocate the flag's bracket, put up the plastic pipe, and attach and level the sensor array
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These worked for me and are quite cost-effective. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M64ISDE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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For sure! Thanks for that link. I've paid upwards of $40 for Stevenson screens to put sensors in. Compared to that $10.79 is a steal!
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do you happen to know if the functionality is dependent on it having internet access or a cloud account?
everything i use so far does not require any cloud access or accounts. its all local network only.
I don't believe it (ecowitt) requires the cloud connection based on the setup steps. But I can't guarantee that as I never specifically tested it without the cloud connection being present.
Ecowitt weather stations donāt need a cloud connection unless you intend to upload data to ecowitt.net, or to download firmware updates.
I canāt speak to the weatherflow tempestās cloud needs though.
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Definitely cloud dependent. Even though a substantial portion of data can be accessed locally using an MQTT broker. But accessing any interpretative data is cloud dependent.
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Even then. Your data isnāt routing through the cloud to your hub is still local with a data stream to the cloud for Ecowitt.net from the hub after it receives the data from your devices. Ecowitt.net is not required to use ecowitt devices.
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Iām not worried about what talks to the hub. I dont want any dependencies on the cloud to be able to use the product. I block all outbound traffic on the iot network and only open up specific rules for updates when needed. I had some smart plugs that would not operate unless they could communicate with the cloud. I was also using a power monitoring device that required the cloud. As of now the only thing that needs access is the HomePods and Apple TVās and those are on their own subnet.
Things i avoid:
Devices that require cloud account to activate
Devices that require internet access to function
Devices that require an app to function
