Best Ecowitt Combination to use with WC4?

[Steve]

As previously noted, my Davis Wireless VP2 Plus w/24 hr FARS is in need of some TLC that I'm not sure I'm willing to spend. Enter the affordable Ecowitt station that Edouard and Reinhard have started using.

What's the best combination to replicate the Davis system? It appears that they are trending toward the acoustic wind sensor and vibration rain sensor. That seems a good idea if it is reasonable accurate, because of less maintenance and fewer parts to wear out.

Here's what I see as needed for a US station:
WS90 Weather Station
WS3901C Console
GW3000 WiFi Receiver
Accessory 12V Power Cord for Heater
Bird Spikes(?)

Can I run a second Console for display use only in the kitchen, and can it be a basic one such as the WS3800C?

And most importantly, does all of this integrate seamlessly into WeatherCat 4? Does adding a second station generate new tags for the web site? What all is involved in changing a basic web site, and I definitely want to continue using Mark Crossley's Live Gauges!

Thanks for any input from either of the early adopters and/or from Stu.

[WCDev]

I can't speak for the consoles (I don't have any), but if you get the GW3000 and stick an 8GB SD card in it, then that will cope with the whole ecosystem (and provide historical download capability to WeatherCat to cover periods where WeatherCat isn't running or can't talk to the GW3000 for whatever reason). That coupled with a WS90 gives the basics of the system, you can add additional sensors from there.

You can read more of my thoughts on it, when installed back in January, at https://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=3673.0

Since then I haven't had any problems with it - it's been running reliably since installed.

As far as WeatherCat is concerned, it's exactly the same as any other station - there are no specific changes to WeatherCat for Ecowitt outside of adding a whole bunch of extra channel types (lightning, depth, particulate matter etc).

Cheers,
Stu.