I want to buy a home wind turbine but to do this I need a weather station that has an anemometer and rain gauge and while I'm at it I would like it to be compatible with HA, it would be better with matter but the other solutions are also fine for me, the budget is around €100/150
#weather station
frail jetty
real gyro
I want to buy a home wind turbine but to do this I need a weather station that h...
perhaps over budget but there is the Ecowitt one that is "powered by shelly" connects via BLE or by Zigbee.
https://www.shelly.com/products/ecowitt-ws90-7-in-1-weather-station
frail jetty
perhaps over budget but there is the Ecowitt one that is "powered by shelly" con...
The overbudget isn't much, so I might even get it, but how do I connect it to the HA server? Does it need its own hub, or can I just get the USB shown on the store page?
real gyro
The overbudget isn't much, so I might even get it, but how do I connect it to th...
Do you have a zigbee network or any bluetooth proxies already? or any other shelly stuff that can be used as a bluetooth proxy?
frail jetty
not yet but i got a pc that i use as server w proxmox (dont know if it can help)
real gyro
not yet but i got a pc that i use as server w proxmox (dont know if it can help)
So the best solution for an easy setup is to get another shelly device that can act as a BT proxy. one of their gen3 smartplugs is probably the easiest.
Just plug it in near'ish the station (could just use it on the power plug for it).
stations speaks out over BLE -> plug picks it up -> relays over wifi to HA
You have to enable it on the plug AND tell HA to use it as a proxy which is not complicated then you should have a winner.
real gyro
so anything with these filters would do?
not necessarily everything but pretty much all the relays do. unless they are the older gens. ideally you want gen3/4
On the feature list it will call it bluetooth gateway or ble gateway or blu gateway or something like that.
If you want to put a relay in nearby where the station is anyway then using that is handy. I recommended using a smartplug because it requires no extra work.
frail jetty
I see, can I ask you another question? Since the weather station supports Zigbee, if I were to get a Zigbee device, could it follow this map?
zigbee device-(zigbee)-weather station-(ble)-smart plug-(wifi)-server?
real gyro
I see, can I ask you another question? Since the weather station supports Zigbee...
No, If you want a zigbee network then you need a zigbee coordinator (and to build out the mesh).
You can also use an ESP32 running ESPHome to act as a bluetooth proxy... but thats another story, using the shelly device allows you to easily use the shelly ecosystem directly if you need/want to.
If your HA server is close enough you can also add bluetooth to that and have that directly listen to the BLE signals.
This is one of those things that has a whole bunch of possible solutions, Just gotta find the right one for you.
frail jetty
If your HA server is close enough you can also add bluetooth to that and have th...
oh right i could also do that since the server its directly under the roof
tysm for the help man
real gyro
oh right i could also do that since the server its directly under the roof
Yeah then this is probably also a reasonable option. Shelly make a "USB gateway" but also "most" USB BT adaptors will work on HA.
You could also add a zigbee coordinator to your server like the ZBT-2 which would allow you to zigbee connect and also becomes a starting point of adding zigbee devices to your smarthome 😛
real gyro
tysm for the help man
No worries, As I mentioned you gotta work out the best solution for you, But hopefully I have given you some options.