![]() I found it a little crowded and overwhelming with all the sensors online. ![]() ![]() However, Ambient Weather has spots on the screen for just about all of its sensors, and it is a lot of data.Īs you add more sensors, more screen real estate is filled. All your key observations are large enough to be readable several feet away. The display is viewable at any angle, and you use the buttons across the bottom to navigate through the data onscreen. Using an actual display versus the LCD panel found in the WS-2902 allows the console to display all kinds of data, including graphs and charts. The TFT LCD console, first debuted in the WS-2000, is also the WS-5000’s. A solid upgrade Photo: The Weather Station ExpertsĮven though we didn’t have the smoothest setup, I enjoyed the rest of my time with the WS-5000. Instead, you’re forced to navigate through the console menus, which was cumbersome. The WS-5000 doesn’t have a “setup wizard” like many stations. If I had to choose something I didn’t like, it was the on-console portion of the setup process. That took a matter of minutes: all we had to enter was our console’s MAC address (on the back), and within two or three minutes, the station was live and reporting to the cloud. It also allows you to connect to various smart home services, including Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT. Doing so enables remote access to your data through either or third-party services like Weather Underground. Next up was connecting the WS-5000 to your Wi-Fi and the Internet. Ambient Weather does have a support document addressing the issue, which allowed the sensors to connect. The optional sensors I tested didn’t have the same problem, so I’m not sure of the cause. The rain gauge and indoor temperature/humidity/barometer sensor wouldn’t connect automatically, which slowed us down. About 30 minutes is what you’ll need to get things running. Be sure to have some “AA” batteries on hand, just in case they’re not in the package. The station arrives mostly assembled: there is not much to put together other than to mount it your mast or mounting solution.
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