Just got my new SKY set up in a temporary location in the backyard until I can get it up on the roof and mounted properly. I’ve noticed some odd behaviour with the wind readings. My sky is in a very sheltered backyard at the moment and immediately after placing it I turned power save mode on. It be…

Thanks for the help. We found the issue and will be resolved in a future update to the HUB firmware.

you should place it on a clear view of the sky to get better idea, not on the sheltered place.

crude test until you get it up in the air … get an hairdyer turn it to cold or cool output stand aprox 10feet away and point it at the sky , not meant to record accurate measurements but to break down your concern… move circular . note any solid object behind it will reflect the windflow back hence…

Thanks for the ideas everyone, and @WFmarketing thanks for weighing in. I’m aware of the calibration period however still thought it odd that very high, nearly constant wind values were being reported and once power save mode was turned off the values went down to something much more believable as t…

I read your post and decided to experiment. I put my SKY in low-power mode and it too began reading 5-10 mph when a moment before, in regular power mode, it was reading 0-2 mph (mostly zero.) I’ve had my SKY for three weeks so it should be calibrated unless it re-calibrates itself each time you cha…

@Cole @davest123 Humm, strange in deed. Quite literally the only difference in power save mode is the frequency in sampling – every 15sec vs. every 3sec. Curious to know if your observation of lower wind speed is in reference to the instant values (shown dynamically every x seconds in the wind dial…

Casual observation: 3 seconds to 15 seconds is 4X. 0 MPH to 5 MPH (low end of ranges) is 5X. 2 MPH to 10 MPH (high end of ranges) is 4X. Is there still a “3” hard-coded in the calculations somewhere???

Here’s what it looks like in Weather Display. The top image is with Power Save Mode on and the bottom image is with it off. [WF_windspeed] The time from right to left is about 5 minutes. I turned the Power Save Off at 9:32 PM. You can see how Weather Flow at first responds by sending the speed more…

[image] Here is a screen shot of the wind values. You can see at about 2100 I turned power save mode off. @davest123 looks like the exact same behaviour your seeing as well. @WFmarketing all values were reporting high, instant and average. As you can see about 5 - 10 knots high.

@dsj Check the code to ensure the minute average is divided by 4 and not 20 when in power save mode.

Wind reporting high - power save mode

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WFmarketing June 15, 2018, 9:18pm 4

@Cole Please also be aware: SKY: wind sensor initial self adjust

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Wind reporting high - power save mode

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