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I will add if you don't mind the using the wrong frequency (915mhz) the order process from amazon.com is very simple and quick, I have used it. But shipping and vat and import duty still hurts.

After the soil sensor signal problem was reported here I started paying more attention to what mine were doing and sure enough I have the occasional signal drop as well. Now I have two sensors connected to a gw1000 and what I have found so far is that it is the position or orientation of the sensor that causes the drop. the two sensors are about a meter apart either side of the poly tunnel it is only one sensor suffering drops so I swapped them around making sure to replace them in the same spot same orientation and the other sensor started dropping so what I have concluded is it's not hardware in my case it is position even only a meter apart is making the difference between working or not. I intend to test the way they are pointing next. hope this makes sense and maybe helps.

That also sounds wrong, the import duty on a £300 order should have been higher, around £60 maybe (I'm no tax expert), I wounder if they have corrected a previous error with your import charges.

that sounds wrong the import duties and vat are usually about 25% of the order total, but this was always the problem of importing. https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty

It's all very strange, Im with you on the ordering issue plus the import duties bug me, Amazon has spoilt us all. What about a replacement soil sensor or put the same firmware on both consoles, just to test what happens

how many soil sensors have you got? I was just thinking if it's more than one is the console that shows little signal picking up a different sensor. it's all very strange

I have never had interference problems with Davis and other stations but I have had problems between other Chinese copy stations, fine offset ventus tfa etc. it would be a simple check, turn everything else wireless off, see what happens.

so what version is the wifi firmware? my console lists hardware and wifi versions in the about section. it is interesting that the new console has a newer version than than I just downloaded.

there was new firmware for the console as well as the gw1000. The possible interference is why I got the separate sensors and gw1000 on a different frequency so thanks for confirming I made the right choice. wifi firmware is now 142 console firmware 146 as reported by the console

you are being very unlucky. I am not having any issues with soil sensors and the gw1000 mine go through several walls over about 10 to 15 meters. I have just got a new firmware using the app that may be worth a try.

You wouldn't recommend the bird spikes then, LOL. Where they part of your long delayed order, have you finally got a package?

I think you need to contact Lucy, it's just rude that they have not let you know what the issue is. There is also the chance they think they've sent it and you have received it.

your patience . Somebody has had wireless issues with the sensors, it may have even been you but I cant see what else can be tested unless there's a new firmware.

you lucky ******, I'm looking forward to reading your first impressions. Are they yours to keep? or will you have to return them.

what does Lucy say is the hold up. mine took about 10 working days to dispatch and I have never been sent a tracking number without asking for one.

oh bum!!! I got a vat tax bill from fedex for £44. HP2551 not such a bargain anymore

I think it was Dean E with the different console

there goes the warranty. can you see anything wrong in there?

your console looks slightly different to all the others I've seen you have a slim bezel around yours. I assume you have tried a reset and reconnect all the sensors if so I would say yours looks faulty and needs replacing, wont Lucy send a new console? are you running anything else on that frequency could it be interference ? I once had an old weather station that still had batteries in in a junk box, it took me days to figure out it was that giving me signal issues with the station I was running.

Ok I emailed Lucy who says "The HP2551 can accept the following extra wifi sensors: 8X WH31 Multi-channel T&R sensor 1X WH51 Soil Moisture Sensor 1X WH41 PM2.5 Sensor And don't need the GW1000 to upload to the ecowitt.net." Please let us know your thought. Best Regards, Lucy

have you got the app on your phone (wsview on android), does that show the extra data? while I am on the subject of data upload is ecowitt the only website that supports the extra sensors data. wunderground and weathercloud don't appear to.

I was just trying to figure out how everything meshes together. so your extra sensors talk direct to the console but that doesn't then upload the extra data. I think that's sorted now but I find it strange the console wont upload all the data it has. That may be another email to support I bet that could be corrected with a firmware update.

Hi all, I gave up waiting for this to come into stock anywhere and ordered one direct through Lucy. It arrived just fine but took a week to dispatch and a week to get here but no customs charges or vat yet (fingers crossed) it's all set up and working no problems so far. Now the question to the folks who ordered the extra sensors, does the console talk direct to the sensors or the GW1000 gateway or maybe even syncing with the ecowitt website and getting the extra data that way, does anybody know? thanks.

There was a couple of them on ebay a day or so ago. Depending on how much you have already spent I'm not sure I would bother I have had two of them in the past and both failed within a year. I also think there was a thread on here about failed blank displays on the n23dq and something about firmware if I'm remembering right.

I hope this is ok to post, I have no connection to the company it's just something that may be of use to others on here. I ordered one of these for my vantage vue a few months back https://www.weatherstations.co.uk/wifi-logger.htm after the the pc it was connected to via usb logger died. It has been faultless so far, easy to set up and uploads well to wunderground, the only trade off is obviously no local copy of the data anymore unless I download it. I think all the info anybody will need is on the link but if anybody has a question I will try and answer it.