Frequently Asked Questions

Personal Weather Station Comparison Chart: https://ambientweather.com/weather-station-comparison-chart

The following is a comparison of specifications and features for the Ambient Weather station brands.

1. Falcon Series
   WS-8480

2. Observer Series
   WS-1201-IP

3. Osprey Series
   WS-2902C
   WS-1900A
   WS-1550-IP

4. Osprey Series
   WS-2000
   WS-5000

5. WS-7000 Series
   WS-7078
   WS-7079

6. WS-100 Series:
   WS-100

7. ColorView Series:
   WS-50

Each brand shares the same sensor array (Falcon, Osprey, Observer, ColorView), but have different console and Internet features.

IOS:

Ambient Weather Dashboard

• Free.
• The Ambient Weather Network is an ad-free weather platform enhanced by a powerful network of weather stations providing the most accurate hyperlocal conditions for your neighborhood, activity, or business. Connect your compatible Ambient Weather Station to access your data remotely and join one of the fastest-growing weather communities. Personalize your data tiles, set alerts, and share your weather updates with other weather enthusiasts - all for free!

ANDROID:

Ambient Weather

• Free.
• The Ambient Weather Network is an ad-free weather platform enhanced by a powerful network of weather stations providing the most accurate hyperlocal conditions for your neighborhood, activity, or business. Connect your compatible Ambient Weather Station to access your data remotely and join one of the fastest-growing weather communities. Personalize your data tiles, set alerts, and share your weather updates with other weather enthusiasts - all for free!

IOS:

awnet

• Free.
• The awnet app allows you to connect your Ambient Weather Station WS-2000, WS-2902A, WS-2902B, WS-2902C or WS-5000 console to your WiFi router and the internet. The WS-2902As were first sold in 06/2018.

ANDROID:

awnet

• Free.
• Connect your WS-2902A and other Ambient Weather Stations to WiFi, your router and the Internet, allowing you to publish on AmbientWeather.net and Wundeground.com.

IOS:

AmbientTool

• Free.
• The AmbientTool app allows you to connect your Ambient Weather Station WS-2902 console (sold from 12/2016 until 05/2018) to your WiFi router and the internet.

ANDROID:

Ambient Weather Osprey Tool

• Free.
• The Ambient Weather Osprey Tool allows you to communicate to your Osprey display console or internet module's WiFi connection, and program the connection to your wireless router and cloud services, such as Wunderground.

It will not. The device will only connect to a wifi routers main 2.4GHz signal. It will not connect to a guest account or a Mesh networks secondary nodes. To get around having to use a wifi router you can use our Observerip module which will connect directly to a router via an ethernet cable and remove the need for wifi.

WS-50: How do I reset to Factory Default

1. Unplug the power adapter.

2. Press and hold the MIN/MAX button and plug in the power adapter

3. Wait three seconds after plugging in the AC adapter then let go of the MIN/MAX button

WS-50: Wifi device unable to locate Wireless Network Connection ‘WeatherHome’

If your WS-50 console has the wifi symbol  flashing but is unable to locate the Wireless Network Connection ‘WeatherHome’ please verify you are using the AC adapter that came with the WS-50. This adapter is 5.9 volts. If using a different AC adapter it may not have the correct voltage to work properly.

At this time this weather station does not send annual rain to AmbientWeather.net

Ambient Weather stations are not designed to connect and send data over an open-air Internet connection such as cellular or satellite-based Internet. Even though the station may connect we cannot guarantee that it will send data consistently. This is due to a concept called Time to Live or TTL which states that our website is expecting data to arrive at a specific interval. The way data packets are handled by these type of connections does not allow the data to arrive when our website is expecting it. Therefore, the data is rejected as being invalid for not arriving at the correct time and you may see no data transmitting or inconsistent data transmission.

Ambient Weather stations are not designed to connect and send data over an open-air Internet connection such as cellular or satellite-based Internet. Even though the station may connect we cannot guarantee that it will send data consistently. This is due to a concept called Time to Live or TTL which states that our website is expecting data to arrive at a specific interval. The way data packets are handled by these type of connections does not allow the data to arrive when our website is expecting it. Therefore, the data is rejected as being invalid for not arriving at the correct time and you may see no data transmitting or inconsistent data transmission.