Leaf Wetness Sensor
Prevent the onset of horticultural fungal diseases and pests with the Ambient Weather WH51LW Leaf Wetness Sensor. Designed to be positioned amongst foliage, the outdoor sensor accumulates moisture, enabling it to quantify the wetness of the surrounding leaves as a percentage. Updates are delivered approximately every minute directly to your console or AWN weather station dashboard.
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Add another layer of plant monitoring to your Ambient Weather Station. Designed for effortless integration into your garden or orchard, this practical tool delivers precise insights into leaf moisture levels.
With strategic positioning among your plants and alignment to leaf angles, this sensor offers feedback on moisture levels as a percentage and is battery-powered for continuous monitoring.
By transmitting updates once every minute to your console or Weather Hub, this sensor empowers you to take proactive steps in maintaining your garden's health. Leaf wetness is vital to disease management, pest control, plant growth, and irrigation efficiency.
The WH51LW is compatible with the following stations:
- WS-1938
- WS-1965
- WS-2000
- WS-4000
- WS-5000
- Weather Hub
Features
Specifications
- Dimensions with bracket installed: (LxW): 7”x1.75”x1.625”. Display: 1.25”x.375”. Sensor panel 2.375”x1.5”.
- Power: 1x1.5V AA battery (not included)
- Battery life: Minimum 12 months
- Frequency: 915 MHz
- Wireless transmitting range: 100M (300feet)
- Sensor reporting interval: 79.5 seconds
- Sensing moisture: 0~99%; Accuracy: +-10%
Product Questions
Whether the leaf wetness sensor will connect to your indoor console out of the box can depend upon the age of your console.
To determine this, we will first need to access the about screen.
To access this,
tap the Settings button
four times to get to the Factory page.
Select up to highlight About Display, and select plus
.
If your about screen appears as below
Please update your firmware using this file:
To update our firmware, follow the steps below.
Note: File may download as another file name, rename to Factory.bin.
- Copy the Factory.bin to your Micro-SD Card (the SD card must be empty and format FAT32).
- Example of how it should appear after the file is copied.
- Power down your display console by removing AC power.
- Insert the SD Card into the display console.
- Power up the display console.
- The console will verify the firmware was updated.
- Power down the console after complete. Remove the SD Card when the console is powered down.
If you About screen appears as the screen below
Please attempt a resync of the sensor using the guide below
How To Re-Register The Indoor And Outdoor Sensors For WS-2000, WS-2002, WS-5000 Consoles
https://ambientweather.com/faqs/question/view/id/1486/