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<br />[[File:inhand.png|frameless|130px|left]]Meteobridge can be used with a variety of miniature consumer routers from TP-LINK, one from D-Link and one from ASUS, or you can by a Meteobridge PRO which comes on dedicated hardware. The devices from TP-Lin, D-Link and Asus are converted into a Meteobridge by flashing a new firmware. As always when you flash un-official firmware to a device you are voiding the manufacturers warranty. That means, when the device gets faulty later on, you can't reach out to TP-LINK, D-Link or ASUS for warranty. smartbedded UG, which owns the Meteobridge software, does also not provide any warranty on flashed device. As the routers are very cheap and risk of bricking the device is minimal, you don't have a significant financial exposure. However, you have to know, that you are converting the router into a Meteobridge at your own risk. If you don't want to take the risk, please buy a ready-made Meteobridge solution from one of the resellers or you go with a Meteobridge PRO. | <br />[[File:inhand.png|frameless|130px|left]]Meteobridge can be used with a variety of miniature consumer routers from TP-LINK, one from D-Link and one from ASUS, or you can by a Meteobridge PRO which comes on dedicated hardware. The devices from TP-Lin, D-Link and Asus are converted into a Meteobridge by flashing a new firmware. As always when you flash un-official firmware to a device you are voiding the manufacturers warranty. That means, when the device gets faulty later on, you can't reach out to TP-LINK, D-Link or ASUS for warranty. smartbedded UG, which owns the Meteobridge software, does also not provide any warranty on flashed device. As the routers are very cheap and risk of bricking the device is minimal, you don't have a significant financial exposure. However, you have to know, that you are converting the router into a Meteobridge at your own risk. If you don't want to take the risk, please buy a ready-made Meteobridge solution from one of the resellers or you go with a Meteobridge PRO. | ||
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Over time new hardware revisions of devices originally supported by Meteobridge did show up. Some of those are no longer capable to be reflashed with a Meteobridge image some are. Table below does gives you an overview of supported devices and hardware versions. | Over time new hardware revisions of devices originally supported by Meteobridge did show up. Some of those are no longer capable to be reflashed with a Meteobridge image some are. Table below does gives you an overview of supported devices and hardware versions. | ||
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| + | [[File:rpi4.png|right]]Any of the Raspberry Pi models 3B, 3B+ and 4B are supported. As Meteobridge is not high on RAM demand, the smallest RAM version will be fine. Meteobridge disk image is copied onto a Micro SD card with a low level disk copy tool like "etcher". To avoid SD card failure after a couple of months, Meteobridge enforces use of one of the following industrial SLC cards: | ||
| + | * swissbit SFSD1024N1BM1TO-I-DF-2A1-STD (microSD Card, 1 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1TO-I-DF-2A1-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * swissbit SFSD1024N1BM1TO-I-DF-221-STD (microSD Card, 1 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-I-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-E-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -25°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * ATP AF2GUDI (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C – 80°C) | ||
| + | * Cactus KS2GRIT-803M (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -45°C – 90°C) | ||
| + | * Panasonic SMSC02DA1 (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C) | ||
| + | * Apacer MSD02GIDI-T (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash) | ||
| + | The Meteobridge disk image automatically adjusts to the full size of the SD card, so when you have deep pockets, you can also use version of the above cards with greater capacity. Going below 1 GB is not recommended. | ||
| + | As Meteobridge does come with its own openwrt-based operating system, installing additional SW onto the Meteobridge will in most cases not be possible. The idea of Meteobridge is to convert your Raspberry Pi into an exclusive Weather data server and nothing else apart this. It is not meant as an experimental platform to try out generic Raspberry Pi stuff. | ||
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| + | ==TP-LINK TL-WR902AC (version 1.x)== | ||
[[File:tl-wr902ac.png|right]][[File:tl-wr902ac-package.png|250px|right]] TL-WR902AC from TP-Link is a tiny WLAN router, which is world-wide available for around $50. Flashing the unit with Meteobridge firmware makes the router a Meteobridge. This router hardware comes with the following features: | [[File:tl-wr902ac.png|right]][[File:tl-wr902ac-package.png|250px|right]] TL-WR902AC from TP-Link is a tiny WLAN router, which is world-wide available for around $50. Flashing the unit with Meteobridge firmware makes the router a Meteobridge. This router hardware comes with the following features: | ||
* 8 MB flash | * 8 MB flash | ||
Revision as of 14:22, 31 October 2020
Contents
- 1 Compatibility Overview
- 2 Raspberry Pi Model 3B, 3B+, 4B
- 3 TP-LINK TL-WR902AC (version 1.x)
- 4 TP-LINK TL-WR902AC (version 3.x)
- 5 TP-LINK TL-MR3020 (version 1.x)
- 6 TP-LINK TL-MR3020v3 (version 3.x)
- 7 TP-LINK TL-WR703N (versions up to 1.6 only)
- 8 ASUS WL-330N3G
- 9 D-Link DIR-505
- 10 TP-LINK TL-MR3040 (version 2.x)
- 11 Meteobridge PRO
Compatibility Overview
Over time new hardware revisions of devices originally supported by Meteobridge did show up. Some of those are no longer capable to be reflashed with a Meteobridge image some are. Table below does gives you an overview of supported devices and hardware versions.
| Manufacturer | Model | HW Version | Remark on Meteobridge Compatibility |
| Raspberry | Pi Model 3B, 3B+, 4B | a disk image needs to be copied to a compatible micro SD card. Only industrial SLC micro SD cards are supported, like with Meteobridge NANO SD. | |
| TP-Link | MR3020 | 1.x | Can be flashed via stock web interface. |
| TP-Link | MR3020 | 3.x | Can only be flashed via TFTP. |
| TP-Link | MR3040 | 1.x | Not supported. |
| TP-Link | MR3040 | 2.x | Can be flashed via stock web interface. |
| TP-Link | MWR902AC | 1.x | Can be flashed via stock web interface. |
| TP-Link | MWR902AC | 3.x | Can only be flashed via TFTP. |
| TP-Link | WR703N | up to 1.6 | Can be flashed via stock web interface (a bit complicated as it is in Chinese language). |
| TP-Link | WR703N | 1.7 and above | Not supported. |
| D-Link | DIR 505 | A1, A2 | Can be flashed via stock web interface. |
| Asus | WL-330N3G | Some models can be flashed via a TFTP client. You cannot see from the outside if the device you have is supported. |
Raspberry Pi Model 3B, 3B+, 4B
Any of the Raspberry Pi models 3B, 3B+ and 4B are supported. As Meteobridge is not high on RAM demand, the smallest RAM version will be fine. Meteobridge disk image is copied onto a Micro SD card with a low level disk copy tool like "etcher". To avoid SD card failure after a couple of months, Meteobridge enforces use of one of the following industrial SLC cards:- swissbit SFSD1024N1BM1TO-I-DF-2A1-STD (microSD Card, 1 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C)
- swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1TO-I-DF-2A1-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C)
- swissbit SFSD1024N1BM1TO-I-DF-221-STD (microSD Card, 1 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C)
- swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-I-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C)
- swissbit SFSD2048N1BM1MT-E-ME-221-STD (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -25°C - 85°C)
- ATP AF2GUDI (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C – 80°C)
- Cactus KS2GRIT-803M (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -45°C – 90°C)
- Panasonic SMSC02DA1 (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash, -40°C - 85°C)
- Apacer MSD02GIDI-T (microSD Card, 2 GB, SLC Flash)
The Meteobridge disk image automatically adjusts to the full size of the SD card, so when you have deep pockets, you can also use version of the above cards with greater capacity. Going below 1 GB is not recommended. As Meteobridge does come with its own openwrt-based operating system, installing additional SW onto the Meteobridge will in most cases not be possible. The idea of Meteobridge is to convert your Raspberry Pi into an exclusive Weather data server and nothing else apart this. It is not meant as an experimental platform to try out generic Raspberry Pi stuff.
TP-LINK TL-WR902AC (version 1.x)
- 8 MB flash
- 64 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal dual-band WLAN (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands are supported, no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 port
- A couple of activity LEDs (USB, LAN, WLAN)
- Illuminated button on the top
- Dimensions: 2.9 x 2.6 x 0.9 inch (74 x 67 x22 mm)
- Weight: 2.0 oz (58 g) without accessories
- Temperature: 0°C ~40°C operating (-40°C~70°C storage)
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (5%~90% storage)
- Power Consumption: 2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from TP-Link
- Street price around $50
TP-LINK TL-WR902AC (version 3.x)
- 8 MB flash
- 64 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal dual-band WLAN (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands are supported, no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 port
- A couple of activity LEDs (USB, LAN, WLAN)
- Illuminated button on the top
- Dimensions: 2.9 x 2.6 x 0.9 inch (74 x 67 x22 mm)
- Weight: 2.0 oz (58 g) without accessories
- Temperature: 0°C ~40°C operating (-40°C~70°C storage)
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (5%~90% storage)
- Power Consumption: 2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from TP-Link
- Street price around $50
TP-LINK TL-MR3020 (version 1.x)
- 4 MB flash
- 32 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 only port (not capable of driving USB 1.x devices, will need a USB 2.0 Hub inbetween)
- A couple of activity LEDs (USB, LAN, WLAN)
- Illuminated button on the top
- Dimensions: 2.9 x 2.6 x 0.9 inch (74 x 67 x22 mm)
- Weight: 2.0 oz (58 g) without accessories
- Temperature: -10°C ~60°C operating (-40°C~80°C storage)
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (5%~90% storage)
- Power Consumption: 1-2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from TP-Link
- Street price below $40
TP-LINK TL-MR3020v3 (version 3.x)
- 8 MB flash
- 64 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 port
- A couple of activity LEDs (USB, LAN, WLAN)
- Illuminated button on the top
- Dimensions: 2.9 x 2.6 x 0.9 inch (74 x 67 x22 mm)
- Weight: 2.0 oz (58 g) without accessories
- Temperature: -10°C ~60°C operating (-40°C~80°C storage)
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (5%~90% storage)
- Power Consumption: 1-2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from TP-Link
- Street price below $40
TP-LINK TL-WR703N (versions up to 1.6 only)
- 4 MB flash
- 32 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 only port (not capable of driving USB 1.x devices, will need a USB 2.0 Hub inbetween)
- One activity LED
- Reset button behind a pinhole at the back
- Dimensions: 2.2 x 2.2 x 0.7 inch (57 x 57 x 18 mm)
- Weight: 1.3 oz (36 g) without accessories
- Temperature: -10°C~60°C operating (-40°C~80°C storage)
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (5%~90% storage)
- Power Consumption: 1 watts
- Certificates: no indication of CE, FCC, RoHS
- only available for China market from TP-Link, but easy to get world-wide via China-based ebay sellers
- Street price: below $30
ASUS WL-330N3G
WARNING: newest version of this device does not allow to be flashed with Meteobridge firmware. You can't tell from the outside if a specific WL-330N3G router is part of this new, blocking production batch or an older version that can be updated fine. Therefore, it is no longer recommended to buy this hardware, when you want to flash it to become a Meteobridge. We will continue to support successfully flashed "old" versions.
- 4 MB flash
- 32 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 port (capable of driving USB 1.x and USB 2.0 devices)
- A couple of activity LEDs (Power, USB, LAN, WLAN)
- One button on the top and a non-functional reset button behind a larger pin hole at the bottom
- Dimensions: 90 x 38.9 x 12.8 mm (LxWxH)
- Weight: 1.3 oz (35 g) without accessories
- Power Consumption: abt. 1-2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from ASUS
- Street price: depends on region, cheaper in Europe/Asia (30 Euro), more expansive in the US ($50)
D-Link DIR-505
- 8 MB flash
- 64 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 only port(not capable of driving USB 1.x devices, will need a USB 2.0 Hub inbetween)
- One activity LEDs
- User accessable utton on one of the sides
- reset button at the USB/LAN connector panel behing a pinhole
- Dimensions: 2.68 x 1.65 x 2 inch (68 x 42 x 51 mm)
- Weight: 3.67 oz (104 g) without accessories
- Temperature: 0°C ~ 40°C operating
- Humidity: 0%~90% operating (non-condesing)
- Power Consumption: 1-2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from D-Link
- Street price below $40
TP-LINK TL-MR3040 (version 2.x)
- 4 MB flash
- 32 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN (no external antenna)
- USB 2.0 only port (not capable of driving USB 1.x devices, will need a USB 2.0 Hub inbetween)
- A couple of activity LEDs (USB, LAN, WLAN)
- Reset button behind pin hole near USB port
- Dimensions: 3.9 x 2.4 x 0.6 inch (100 x 62 x 16 mm)
- Weight: 3.3 oz (94 g) without accessories
- Temperature: -10°C ~60°C operating
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (no condensing)
- internal 2000mAh rechargeable battery
- Power Consumption: 1-2 watts
- Certificates: CE, FCC, RoHS
- As a consumer router world-wide available from TP-Link
- Street price below $40
Meteobridge PRO
- 16 MB flash
- 64 MB RAM
- One LAN port
- Internal WLAN with external RPSMA antenna
- 2 external USB 2.0 ports that can also handle USB 1.x devices
- Internal 2 GB industrial SLC USB storage
- optional: Internal RF receiver (Meteostick) to directly read out Davis ISS RF data
- LEDs for RF reception, network traffic, data storage, system status
- 128x64 graphical OLED (black/white)
- Internal sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure, voltage, power
- Power Consumption: 1-2 watts
- Reset button behind pin hole on front panel
- Dimensions: 57 x 95 x 27 mm
- Weight: 130 g with antennas, without accessories
- Temperature: -10°C ~ 60°C operating
- Humidity: 10%~90% operating (no condensing)
- Certification: CE, IC, FCC, RoHS
- International power supply
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