These simplified products are also intentionally limited in features so as not to compete with the high-end systems from the same organizations. Whether from Campbell Scientific or a European company, these easy-to-use systems made by big weather companies often bear the cost burden of their legacy products. I am guessing that this new product was in development before the demise of Campbell Scientific’s WeatherHawk product line. I apologize if I am being a little pithy and sarcastic, but us little guys have to make the best of what we are given and Big-Weather’s new product is an interesting benchmark. You will also be informed that the system is not available until March 2021. To get answers to those questions, you have to call your Big-Weather representative ( because the price is a secret). How Much?īy the end of such a fancy presentation you might be asking: “What’s the price for this easy-to-use, no options system?”Īnd: “Do all of the sales reps have European accents?” But, should you need to run the weather station longer than one day without solar input, you can supply it with external power from an AC mains source. And, like the other features, there is no battery expansion option. One interesting design choice was the system has only one day of autonomous power from the internal lead-acid battery. The system does not have any configurable settings, no sensor options, no measurement interval option, no data cable connection, and no wireless communication options. This is accompanied by a solar panel, electronic control box, and separate cell phone box. The system includes an integrated weather sensor suite that provides basic measurements of wind, temp, hum, precip, and pressure. The end solution is as plug-n-play as you can get in something that doesn’t come from a big-box store. The basic weather data is automatically sent to their cloud service over a cell phone connection.
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This new cost-optimized, professional weather station from Big-Weather is targeted to commercial users that only need one or two weather stations, want something easy to use, and don’t want to spend $10,000 USD. Nevertheless, the presentation was interesting and their marketing department created a highly-produced video that employed all of the popular buzz words like “micro-climate,” “future-proof,” “cyberattack,” “cloud computing,” and “IoT.” Big-Weather’s Small Features (I always find it frustrating when a company tries to sell something that isn’t available.) They invited me to a sales pitch for a new product that has not yet been released. I came into the office one morning at 0730 hrs (1430 UTC) to sit through a presentation by a big-business weather equipment company.
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