@Mattk
Completely agreed that a home automation system is 'not the best PWS',
However, in my view Domoticz for Meteobridge potentially is a useful gateway/portal.
Because at least that home automation system for me has the technical & functional interfaces to read that 'misfit' PWS and a bunch of additional, non-standard sensors.
In that perspective considering Domoticz as a practical intermediary to get the data from that PWS and sensors towards Meteobridge,
now looking how to make technical interface between Domoticz and Meteobridge.
Why investigating the path from Domoticz to Meteobridge?
The 'misfit' PWS in fact is a legacy LaCrosse_WS7000 (aka WS2500 or WS2000), most reliably operating since 20 years!
With some of the T&H-sensors upgraded with SHT31 as sensor and expanded with a cloned WS7000/19 it is Qualitywise worth keeping as long as it lives.
The present interface from the LaCrosse_WS7000 to the outside world is by a PC, which is aging (already far exceeding predicted end-of-life) and 24/7 PC-operation takes more energy than a Raspberry+Meteobridge, even if replacing the present PC by some NUC.
Non-standard sensors have non-standard interfaces, which Domoticz might translate into format Meteobridge-compatible.
Why Domoticz as Gateway?
Meteobridge has a large collection of interfaces for PWSes, but Domoticz has peripherals like RFXCom and RFLinkGateway which have an abundance of wireless readout-functions for many more PWSes. Superior datatransfer if that RFXCom and/or RFLinkGateway fitted with 'real' antenna's.
Domoticz also most flexible to interface with all kinds of stand-alone sensors, over Wifi, or cabled also with interface types like RS485.
Domoticz has a very active supporting community.
Completely agreed that a home automation system is 'not the best PWS',
However, in my view Domoticz for Meteobridge potentially is a useful gateway/portal.
Because at least that home automation system for me has the technical & functional interfaces to read that 'misfit' PWS and a bunch of additional, non-standard sensors.
In that perspective considering Domoticz as a practical intermediary to get the data from that PWS and sensors towards Meteobridge,
now looking how to make technical interface between Domoticz and Meteobridge.
Why investigating the path from Domoticz to Meteobridge?
The 'misfit' PWS in fact is a legacy LaCrosse_WS7000 (aka WS2500 or WS2000), most reliably operating since 20 years!
With some of the T&H-sensors upgraded with SHT31 as sensor and expanded with a cloned WS7000/19 it is Qualitywise worth keeping as long as it lives.
The present interface from the LaCrosse_WS7000 to the outside world is by a PC, which is aging (already far exceeding predicted end-of-life) and 24/7 PC-operation takes more energy than a Raspberry+Meteobridge, even if replacing the present PC by some NUC.
Non-standard sensors have non-standard interfaces, which Domoticz might translate into format Meteobridge-compatible.
Why Domoticz as Gateway?
Meteobridge has a large collection of interfaces for PWSes, but Domoticz has peripherals like RFXCom and RFLinkGateway which have an abundance of wireless readout-functions for many more PWSes. Superior datatransfer if that RFXCom and/or RFLinkGateway fitted with 'real' antenna's.
Domoticz also most flexible to interface with all kinds of stand-alone sensors, over Wifi, or cabled also with interface types like RS485.
Domoticz has a very active supporting community.
Statistics: Posted by Tln7559 — Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:11 am