[PROJECT] Driver for Ambient API/Local and Ecowitt

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aaiyarAmbassador

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Jun 13

ecowitt sensors are very reliable and integrate well with Hubitat using integrations from @snell and @sburke781 both of which are linked below:

This is a set of drivers originally designed to support polling the Ambient Weather API. It was started back in July of 2019 but has seen quite a bit of change over time. The driver also supports the Ambient Local method AND Ecowitt protocol (such as for the GW1xxx devices). The three main methods are: Ambient API: Allows you to connect to the Ambient Weather API using an API Key you obtain from Ambient as well as the MAC address of your Ambient Weather station. From there it will poll the AP…

If you are considering venturing into weather sensors and including them in your home automation setup, EcoWitt offer a range of relatively inexpensive weather sensors that can be integrated into Hubitat using a local data feed (no Internet needed). Thanks: This is the re-release of the excellent EcoWitt Gateway and Sensor drivers developed Mirco, a previous member of the HE Community. Beyond my own support of these drivers, you will also find and incredibly helpful sub-group of the HE Commun…

These sensors are actually fairly inexpensive for their quality, running in the $15-30 range for moisture and temperature/humidity sensors. However, I found a cheaper alternative that also works with the ecowitt integration.

Basically, you need a gateway made by Misolie; the Misol GW1000 is exactly identical to the ecowitt GW1000. It costs about $20 on AliExpress. Misol soil moisture and temperature/humidity sensors are also identical to the equivalents sold as ecowitt sensors, and cost between $5-10.

The reason you need the Misol gateway is because the gateway and sensors are all configured to use 433 MHz, whereas ecowitt equipment sold in the US uses 915 MHz. As far as I can tell, it is legal to use 433 MHz equipment in the US because there's lots of other products that do ....

Anyway, here are the links:

Misol GW1000
Misol Soil Moisture Sensor
Misol WH31 Temp/Humidity Sensor
Misol Water Temperature Sensor

Anyway, if you're undecided about getting ecowitt sensors because of the cost involved, these lower-priced alternatives might help .....

I'm using the Misol WiFi gateway (GW1000) and soil moisture sensors at my friend's house.

Edit: I was just thinking. Since ecowitt hardware is limited to a particular number of sensors of each type (eg. 8 soil moisture sensors), using this gateway also becomes a way to increase the number of sensors available for automation.