Replacing my 5-N-1 with a new Atlas. Right out of the box everything was easy and straight forward to get ready for use.
Mounting Problem:
I notice my rain readings were off. Because of placement, Im unable to use/view the leveling bubble. I mistakenly thought the pole needed to be centered in the mounting hole of the unit. That was a mistake.
Make sure the pole is mounted flush and snug to the units one side designed for it. Hopefully I now have it leveled and that will correct my rain readings.
Access:
Setup was simple and worked right away. All my sensor strength readings are higher than the old SmartHub. Not sure that's comparing apples to apples, but no problems.
HD touchscreen Display:
Love the touchscreen, it works well. Like most of the screens layout.
Hate the rolling 48-hour rain total! I cant find a way to view just the current days rain total. The history graphs are no help since they are for the last 6 hour or 48-hour periods. Wish it was the current days 24 hour total that reset to 0 at midnight each day.
Weather Underground:
Was able to switch over from the 5-N-1 to the Atlas without any problems. Not getting any Solar readings. When updating the hardware section there were two "AcuRite Pro Weather Center" selections. I picked the first one in the list. Looks like Weather Underground needs to add a hardware selection for the Atlas.
Lightning Detection:
The few lightning strikes that I had last night were not detected because of interference. I still was using the lightning detector from the 5-N-1 which may have caused the interference. Ill stop using the 5-N-1 detector and see if that clears up my interference with the Atlas.
To view today's rainfall total only - tap the "folder" icon in the lower left corner and you can view today's records and you may also view yesterday's records - including rainfall totals. You can also tap on the rainfall amount on the main screen as well to see the graph if you wish.