From cd7b8b3aab223ab81df21d1668ccedc0f476db39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Bach Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:32:11 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update Ambient Weather docs to include thoughts on local API (#14630) Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- source/_integrations/ambient_station.markdown | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_integrations/ambient_station.markdown b/source/_integrations/ambient_station.markdown index aad6e81890f..b7735741fb1 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/ambient_station.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/ambient_station.markdown @@ -42,3 +42,12 @@ app_key: required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %} + +## Local API Option + +This integration communicates with Ambient Weather PWS units via the Ambient Weather +Cloud. Users wishing to explore a local option are encouraged to explore the +[Ecowitt GW1000](http://www.ecowitt.com/wifi_weather/80.html), a small device that is +able to read RF signals directly from the PWS and transmit them to a variety of +other applications, including [`ecowitt2mqtt`](https://github.com/bachya/ecowitt2mqtt) +(which supports [MQTT Discovery](/docs/mqtt/discovery)).