Lilygo 868MHz FSK does not decode Ecowitt WS90 (or anything else)

vivia · March 30, 2025, 4:28pm

Hello,

I have a Lilygo set up with OMG FSK and I am trying to get it to hear from my Ecowitt WS90 at 868MHz. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work, it doesn’t pick up anything in fact. The MQTT logs are:

home/lily433/LWT online
home/lily433/RLStoMQTT {"latest_version":"v1.8.1","title":"OpenMQTTGateway","release_url":"https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/releases/tag/v1.8.1","installed_version":"v1.8.1","entity_picture":"https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/raw/development/docs/img/Openmqttgateway_logo_mini_margins.png","release_summary":""}
home/lily433/LOGtoMQTT {"reason":6,"uptime":147}
home/lily433/commands/MQTTtoRF/config {"status":1}
home/lily433/RTL_433toMQTT/status {"model":"status","protocol":"rtl_433_ESP status message","modulation":"FSK","RTLRssi":-112,"RTLAVGRssi":-111,"RTLRssiThresh":-102,"signalRssi":-101,"RTLOOKThresh":15,"train":1,"RTLCnt":9726,"totalSignals":75,"signalRatio":0,"ignoredSignals":71,"unparsedSignals":4,"StackHWM":2384,"RTL_HWM":580,"DCD_HWM":5096,"freeMem":117252,"_enabledReceiver":1,"receiveMode":0}
home/lily433/RFtoMQTT {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-114,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9726,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15}
home/lily433/SYStoMQTT {"uptime":85115,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2870,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2870,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-58,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":["LilyGo_SSD1306","WebUI","rtl_433"]}
home/lily433/SSD1306toMQTT {"onstate":true,"brightness":50,"display-flip":true,"idlelogo":true,"log-oled":false,"json-oled":true}
home/lily433/RFtoMQTT {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-104,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9733,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15}
home/lily433/WebUItoMQTT {"displayMetric":true,"webUISecure":true,"displayQueue":0}

and on the device itself:

N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SSD1306toMQTT msg: {"onstate":true,"brightness":50,"display-flip":true,"idlelogo":true,"log-oled":false,"json-oled":true} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RFtoMQTT msg: {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-104,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9706,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/WebUItoMQTT msg: {"displayMetric":true,"webUISecure":true,"displayQueue":0} 
N: SYS json: {"uptime":84995,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2864,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2864,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-57,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":"'LilyGo_SSD1306', 'WebUI', 'rtl_433'","origin":"/SYStoMQTT"}
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SYStoMQTT msg: {"uptime":84995,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2864,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2864,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-57,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":["LilyGo_SSD1306","WebUI","rtl_433"]} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SSD1306toMQTT msg: {"onstate":true,"brightness":50,"display-flip":true,"idlelogo":true,"log-oled":false,"json-oled":true} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RFtoMQTT msg: {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-94,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9720,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/WebUItoMQTT msg: {"displayMetric":true,"webUISecure":true,"displayQueue":0} 
N: RF get status:
N: Enable RTL_433 Receiver: 868.35Mhz
E: [ WebUI ] rtl_433 not displaying RTL_433toMQTT
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RTL_433toMQTT/status msg: {"model":"status","protocol":"rtl_433_ESP status message","modulation":"FSK","RTLRssi":-112,"RTLAVGRssi":-111,"RTLRssiThresh":-102,"signalRssi":-101,"RTLOOKThresh":15,"train":1,"RTLCnt":9726,"totalSignals":75,"signalRatio":0,"ignoredSignals":71,"unparsedSignals":4,"StackHWM":2384,"RTL_HWM":580,"DCD_HWM":5096,"freeMem":117252,"_enabledReceiver":1,"receiveMode":0} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RFtoMQTT msg: {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-114,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9726,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15} 
N: SYS json: {"uptime":85115,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2870,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2870,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-58,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":"'LilyGo_SSD1306', 'WebUI', 'rtl_433'","origin":"/SYStoMQTT"}
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SYStoMQTT msg: {"uptime":85115,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2870,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2870,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-58,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":["LilyGo_SSD1306","WebUI","rtl_433"]} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SSD1306toMQTT msg: {"onstate":true,"brightness":50,"display-flip":true,"idlelogo":true,"log-oled":false,"json-oled":true} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RFtoMQTT msg: {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-104,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9733,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/WebUItoMQTT msg: {"displayMetric":true,"webUISecure":true,"displayQueue":0} 
N: SYS json: {"uptime":85235,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2874,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2874,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-57,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":"'LilyGo_SSD1306', 'WebUI', 'rtl_433'","origin":"/SYStoMQTT"}
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SYStoMQTT msg: {"uptime":85235,"version":"v1.8.1","mqtt":true,"serial":false,"disc":true,"ohdisc":false,"env":"lilygo-rtl_433-fsk","freemem":117308,"mqttp":"1883","mqtts":false,"mqttv":false,"msgprc":2874,"msgblck":0,"msgrcv":2874,"maxq":19,"cnt_index":0,"minmem":33508,"tempc":53.33,"freestck":2384,"powermode":-1,"eth":false,"rssi":-57,"SSID":"PandaCat","BSSID":"EA:9F:80:AB:25:DF","ip":"192.168.1.223","mac":"4C:75:25:C0:DB:7C","modules":["LilyGo_SSD1306","WebUI","rtl_433"]} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/SSD1306toMQTT msg: {"onstate":true,"brightness":50,"display-flip":true,"idlelogo":true,"log-oled":false,"json-oled":true} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/RFtoMQTT msg: {"active":3,"frequency":868.35,"rssithreshold":-102,"rssi":-96,"avgrssi":-111,"count":9747,"rtl433_stack":5096,"ookthreshold":15} 
N: [ OMG->MQTT ] topic: home/lily433/WebUItoMQTT msg: {"displayMetric":true,"webUISecure":true,"displayQueue":0}

DigiH · March 30, 2025, 5:32pm

Welcome @vivia

In another thread here there is a link to a GitHub conversation, mentioning that the WS90 is not yet included in the 1.8.1 release of OpenMQTTGateway, but should work fine for you with the development version.

Let us know how you get on with the development version.

vivia · March 30, 2025, 7:03pm

OMG that was it, thank you so much! I had tried to switch to development version OTA via the “Firmware Upgrade” menu via the device’s web server but that apparently didn’t work, so I flashed version 7f542c via the web.

Thanks a lot again!!