1. Preparation:
Customers can monitor whether data on the hopeCloud platform when using a compatible weather station in combination with a Hopewind datalogger.
The followings are required:
1. Hopewind datalogger: hopeComBox1000
or hopePowerBox2. Compatible Wether Station
Figure1: Hopewind datalogger
Currently supported Weather Station(s):
2. Hardware installation:
2.1 Install all the sensors of Weather Station according
to the diagram of Figure2 below.
2.2 Connect the Weather Station to Hopewind datalogger by connecting the RS485 cable between 3S-IS-5, RS485
port to the X5 port inside Hopewind datalogger cabinet. (Figure3)
Figure2: Connection diagram for Wether Station and Hopewind datalogger
Figure3: The position of Hopewind datalogger X5 port
3. hopeCloud platform configuration:
3.1 Login to hopeCloud & create a new plant. (Refer to the guide "hopeCloud: How to create a plant")
3.2 Add Hopewind datalogger
into the plant. (Refer to the guide "hopeCloud: How to add a datalogger to a plant")
3.3 Update the datalogger to the latest firmware version,
which should be above V102.015.000.
3.4 If the firmware upgrade has been successful, the Weather Station should be added into the plant
automatically. You could review the sensor data on the page below.