Outdoor agricultural weather station communication methods

Outdoor agricultural weather station communication methods

The common communication methods of agricultural weather station are: USB wired communication, RS232 wired communication, RS485 wired communication, RJ45 network cable communication, and GPRS wireless communication.

The USB wired communication method is to connect the automatic weather station to the computer via USB cable, and the transmission distance is only 10 meters.

RS485 communication can reach 800 meters, this distance is very good, and stable and cheap, directly connect the automatic weather station collector to the computer with RS485 communication cable, you can get the data.

What if the distance is too far? Such as hundreds of kilometers, then it is better to use GPRS/4G/5G wireless communication, which has the advantage that it is basically not limited by geographical distance, and can transfer automatic weather station data from Malaysia to Australia.

If you buy an automatic weather station, the above conditions are the ones to consider. After determining the above configuration aspects, what kind of weather station is needed is clear!