Most existing WH45 users will be affected by a change introduced in v0.6.3 aimed at correcting an anomaly in PM1 and PM10 field names/mapping introduced in v0.2.0. The WeeWX default schema, wview_extended, includes fields pm1_0 and pm10_0; however, since v0.2.0 the Ecowitt gateway driver default mapping has caused fields pm1 and pm10 to be emitted. The Ecowitt gateway driver default field mapping aims, where possible, to emit fields using the same names as the default WeeWX schema (this results in such data being automatically saved to database without the need for the user to make any changes). Consequently, as of v0.6.3 the Ecowitt Gateway driver using the default field mapping now emits current PM1 and PM10 observations in fields pm1_0 and pm10_0 respectively. For consistency, similar changes have been made to the corresponding 24 hour average fields emitted by the gateway device.
Existing WH45 users should refer to the Upgrading to v0.6.3 section of the Ecowitt Gateway driver Upgrade Guide for details of action taken before using v0.6.3. New WH45 and WH46 users are not affected, nor are users who do not have WH45 or WH45 sensors.
Key v0.6.3 changes are:
- added support for WS85 sensor array
- added support for WH46 air quality sensor
- changed PM1 and PM10 output field names in default field mapping
- improved gateway device discovery
- added GW1200, WS3800, WS3900 and WS3910 to list of known models
- unknown gateway device models are now reported as 'unknown model' instead of 'None'