POPP Z-Weather

The POPP Z-Weather is a revolutionary, energy-autonomous Z-Wave Plus weather sensor that brings comprehensive environmental monitoring to your smart home. As the world's first solar-powered Z-Wave wind sensor, it operates completely maintenance-free, eliminating the need for batteries or external power. It accurately measures and reports a full range of outdoor climate data, including wind speed, temperature, humidity, and light intensity. The integrated energy management system ensures continuous operation, even at night or on cloudy days, making it the ideal solution for protecting awnings, blinds, and other outdoor installations from adverse weather.

Features

• Energy-Autonomous Operation: Powered entirely by a solar cell with an internal capacitor for energy storage, making it $100\%$ wireless and maintenance-free with no batteries to change.

• Multi-Functional Weather Station: Reports six key environmental values to your Z-Wave controller:

  • Wind Speed: Continually measures wind speed to protect outdoor equipment.

  • Air Temperature: Provides accurate outdoor temperature readings.

  • Relative Humidity: Measures air moisture levels.

  • Light Intensity ($\text{Lux}$/$\%$): Monitors ambient light for dusk/dawn automation.

  • Air Pressure: Reports barometric pressure data.

  • Dew Point: Calculates the dew point for advanced climate analysis.

• Intelligent Energy Management: Automatically adjusts its reporting interval (from $5$ minutes to several hours) based on available solar energy to ensure the internal capacitor remains charged and critical emergency reports (gusting wind, storm, twilight) are always sent promptly.

• Direct Automation via Association: Supports direct device association to control other Z-Wave devices without latency. For example, it can instantly retract an associated smart awning or close blinds when high winds are detected, independent of the central smart home hub.

• Energy Yield Monitoring: Measures the solar energy delivered by its cell and can calculate the potential energy yield of a 1 m2 photovoltaic system ($\text{in }\text{kWh}$), as well as provide wind yield data.

• Outdoor Lighting Control: The light intensity measurement can be used to automatically turn outdoor lights ON at dusk and OFF at dawn.

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