AcuRite Iris (5-in-1) Home Weather Station with Direct-to-Wi-Fi Wireless Display and Alerts for Remote Monitoring Indoor/Outdoor Temperature and Humidity with Wind Speed/Direction (01544M)

It appears a lot of people are having difficulty connecting the Display unit to their WiFi. Just follow these instructions and it should work for you.Setting up this weather station is not that difficult. Just READ THE DIRECTIONS!Connecting to the WiFi just requires a gathering some information before you start the WiFi setup. First go to Wunderground.com and either login or create a new account. Go to 'My Profile' you will see a Tab labeled 'MY DEVICES', click on that Tab. Then click on the 'Add New Device' Button. Select 'AcuRite 5-in-1 Weather Station with WiFi' from the drop-down list. Then click on the 'Next' button. The next screen will display your Station ID and Station Key. Copy down this information, you will need this information BEFORE you start your WiFi setupUse these two values for the Wunderground Station ID and Wunderground Key when you have connected to the AcuRite WiFi.WiFi SetupPress the Gear button on the display. This will turn on the AcuRite Wifi for a few minutes. The instructions state it will be on for 30 minutes, but actually it's a much shorter time. Connect to that WiFi, go to a browser and enter in the IP Address 192.168.4.1A webpage will display, enter in your WiFi name and password. Then below that enter in the Wunderground Station ID and Wunderground Key that was generated from Wunderground.comNow on the same page, near the bottom, click on the 'Save' button. The screen will change with a message stating to wait a few minutes. After a short time, the screen will change stating you have successfully connected to your WiFi.At any time you need to start the AcuRite WiFi, just press the 'Gear' button on the display.Don't forget to reconnect to your WiFi once you have completed the above.AcuRite AppFrom the menu go to Setting, Manage Devices. Click on the 'Add Device' button. Enter the name for this device (i.e. Home). Enter the Device ID. The Device ID is found on a white label in the battery compartment when you remove the battery cover on the Display unit. Select your Country and add your Zip Code.Now follow the 'Next' button a few more times to setup that device.Your done.************************************************************************************************************************Update:I've had this PWS for a month. It's performance has been flawless. The connection to my WiFi has been rock solid. The only time it was not sending data was when my internet provider performed service on our connection. We were without internet a few hours. As soon as the our internet connection was reestablished this unit reconnect to our WiFi and begin transmitting data again.Within a few days of installing this, Weather Underground attached a Gold Star to the account for consistent reporting and consistent data.We've already had high winds here. The unit has set me numerous high wind warnings to me. I have the high wind warning set to 25 mph. So far our highest recorded wind speed has been 32 mph.I'm very pleased with the performance of this unit.

I've had this product just less than a month. Right now it seems to operate perfectly and I am quite satisfied overall.Out of the box, the sensor was straightforward to install. But I had trouble connecting the display to my WiFi and saw reviews here describing that setup in greater detail than is given with the product. I would call that a deficiency - the installation instructions are sparse and say only "Connect to the Wi-Fi signal coming from your display”, lacking the necessary detailed specification to look for the network "AcuRite 01544MCB_XX” where XX is the last 2 digits of the display’s MAC address (shown inside the battery compartment). I had to find those instructions in these reviews. Even so, once I discovered that network, it was frustratingly difficult to hold the network connection to the display. The network would repeatedly appear and disappear, and this went on for over half an hour before I finally happened to time it perfectly to a) connect to the AcuRite network, then b) hit 192.168.4.1 in a browser to grab the setup page. Note this was virtually impossible using a phone or tablet, I was successful only using my computer.After a week or so, it appeared the measured barometric pressure seemed way off. I went to the AcuRite support site and sent a message reporting this. They quickly replied, asked a few questions, then promptly sent me a new display.The new display was far easier to connect to my Wi-Fi, in fact the AcuRite network came up immediately on my tablet and I had no trouble connecting to it and accessing the Wi-Fi setup page. This new display has been in full operation now for almost two weeks and shows a much more accurate barometric pressure (although still in “learning…” mode). Of note, I live at altitude (6800’) so must specify “Adjusted” vs “Station” Pressure in the device settings.

Setup of the unit was a little tricky with the My Acurite app and Weather Underground. The key was to get the ID and key numbers for Weather Underground and enter them into the Acurite setup app on the Acurite WIFI setup screen. There were not any clear direction for doing this and I stumbled my way through it with the help of Google.My biggest complaint with this unit is the indoor panel screen doesn't get bright enough and I hate how the wind speed numbers get so small if they drop under 10 mph. That makes them unreadable from my recliner.Lastly, I would like a little more beefier way to attach the sensor to the mounting pole. It seems like it is going to fail. The provided two, tiny screws, just seem inadequate to hold the sensor in high winds.