As long as the Ecowitt gateway has the option to upload data to a custom server (which I believe they all can), then it can integrate with Hubitat.
I’ve never looked into it in detail, but I suspect that’s incorrect.
I would guess the Wittboy design is a knockoff of the Tempest. IIRC the Tempest was brought to market at least a year or two before the Wittboy was released.
As I said based on looks. Both made in China. We know once one company gets a design over there, they all start making the same thing. Maybe the same company had to wait X period of time before releasing their version of it too. You are correct, the Tempest did come out a t least a year (probably longer) before the Wittboy. I think the Wittboy was released in 2022.
Yes. Mine has been pretty accurate. If you are close to a commercial airport, or an airport that has a lot of large jet traffic, be aware it can pick up those jets taking off as lightning. They do disclose that in the listing on their website. I live 9 miles from Alliance Fort Worth airport (Primarily cargo with FedEx and Prime Air hubs), and I found quickly that it was picking up those flights (9 miles away, multiple times a day, at even times (0 or 5's, i.e., 1300, 1310, 1315). When I set up my alerts, I just set them to alert for 1-8 and 10- 25 miles.
That is the other one I have been debating. I’ve been down to that or the Wittboy. Knowing the Wittboy is compatible with that display, I may end up going that route.
I will say their community isn’t as active as this one. Pretty much just a place to ask questions and they answer. Not much in the way of dialog or discussion.
I think you said you lived in a relatively warm area, so maybe this doesn't concern you.
I live in upstate NY, where winters are relatively cold and snowy.
@sburke781 could probably tell you if that HP2550_C console is supported, but if it isn’t, I believe you could pick up a GW1101 to connect it to hubitat. That will listen and pick up all the data that the display receives. My understanding is the ecowitt gateways/displays will listen for any devices they are compatible with, as they aren’t paired to the gateways in the way we are used to thinking (for example) a Zwave or Zigbee device is. It is entirely possible if you have a neighbor close enough using Ecowitt devices you could be picking up the data from their devices rather than your own (this happened to me).
I suspect it will work. If @velvetfoot hadn't purchased it already I would double-check this with EcoWitt, but the mention of the "Customized (Homeseer; Homeassistant;)" services on the site @velvetfoot linked earlier makes me think it will be fine. I tested my GW1000 a little while ago with the HA integration and it worked fine, so I expect the data format will be the same and work with the HE driver. I guess time will tell.
I wonder if it would be possible to put in another satellite console, such as this, along with the main console? For local readings elsewhere in the house.
From what I understand, as long as it shows that it is compatible with the weather station you bought, and it's on the same frequency, it should be. When I first started using Ecowitt stuff, one of my neighbors had an Ecowitt AQI sensor, and my GW1101 was picking it up. when I dug into it, what I was told was it (and the consoles) will pick up anything within range, even if another gateway or console is in use.
The actual weather station you bought is the WS69, based table I posted above (from Ecowitts website) it should be compatible.
The satellite display would use Wi-Fi to pick up the data from the WS69. but you shouldn't need to go through the web for it to work.
Accurite uses that Channel A, B, C thing. Ecowitt is slightly different. It broadcasts on 915Mhz frequency, and anything that is capable of receiving the signal in range can display the data (hence why I was picking up my neighbors AQI sensor) .
I just came across this for the WN1900_C:
"WiFi works on 802.11b Slow mode only."
I checked my router, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't support this.
Then again, if I don't care about WIFI, and only local for this satellite display, why should I care?