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Here is my solution in pictures. I am currently using a WS08 sensor. I sealed the opening of the two parts with a waterproof rubber ring (image 1), then attached the sensor to my mobile phone holder with the necessary openings facing down. Then the mobile phone itself comes over the sensor (image 2). This means that the sensor is also largely covered at the top. At this angle, no rain can get into the sensor from below either.

In this constellation I have been driving for months without any problems, even in the rain.

I don't need a bag that is opened or closed depending on the weather, apart from the fact that a bag always poses the risk of falsifying the temperature (it's always cooler outside than inside, regardless of the weather).

The problems remain, of course, on the one hand that the connection breaks off after about 30 minutes and, above all, the great inertia of the sensor.

Hello everyone,
I bought the Garmin Varia RVR315 and am currently testing it.

The following questions: When will the warning of approaching vehicles be red and not ocher?

Is it possible to warn with a sound in addition to the visual warning?

If the WS07 is put in a plastic bag, the ambient temperature will probably never be displayed correctly. There must always be direct contact with the environment. With a plastic bag, however, there will always be a higher temperature.

At the moment I've put a rubber ring around the device itself so that moisture could only get in through the necessary opening at the back. This has not yet happened.

According to my experience and also according to statements I googled, IPX 4 is completely sufficient for normal outdoor use in the rain.

Hello Will C, as I said before, I bought the Inkbird. He makes a very good impression, but cannot be connected to Locus.
Hence my wish for Menion to create a solution here.

The Tempodisc is too bulky and expensive for me.

Hello Menion, I would also appreciate it if a connection could also be created for the Inkbird IBS-TH2.

I got the sensor. The advantage is that the sensor is really waterproof and is therefore better suited for outdoor use.

Even if it's a pity that there isn't a permanent solution yet, I'm reassured that my findings, which I shared in my last post, have been confirmed.

Maybe there is still a solution to the problem.

Hi Will C,
another little tip for you:

I did some more experimenting. I have now installed the "Display off" function in the lower menu bar and set the bar's visibility to "always". Now I can tap the "Display" off button while driving without any problems and then switch the display on again by double-clicking it. In my opinion, that's the fastest and works great today on a two-hour drive.

Hello Menion, hello Will C,
I have already said that after about 30 minutes no more data is sent despite an existing Bluetooth connection.

By chance I found yesterday that the data is sent continuously if I switch off the display just before the 30 minutes are up and then switch it on again immediately.

Then the data transfer runs for hours.

I have no idea what turning the display off and on does though.

Perhaps my observation is an approach to a permanent solution.

The problem is apparently not with LM4, but with the sensor itself. I have now run the app Sensor blue on my cell phone. This app also breaks off after about 30 minutes despite the Bluetooth connection still existing. This means that the sensor itself no longer sends any data after a certain period of time. Unfortunately, it is not possible to contact the company's support via Amazon to find out the reason for the data transmission being aborted.

[40 degrees Celsius]

I have now received the following answer to my request from Oppo about installing the overheating protection:

"When the temperature of the device reaches around 40 degrees Celsius, appropriate temperature control measures and strategies are taken. This is mainly to protect the battery to prevent damage to the device and battery.

If you receive a corresponding warning message or the device switches itself off, it is advisable to let the phone cool down before continuing to use it."

The Oppo reached temperatures of max. 44 degrees outdoors in summer. This means that the use as a navigation system for LM4 is so severely restricted that I will not import the update in order to be able to continue using LM4. This information for other users to decide how to deal with this issue.

Hello Menion,
I come back to the topic "Thermometer WS07".

Two questions or requests for this.

For me, the Bluetooth connection is regularly interrupted after about 40 to 50 minutes.
When I then look at the sensor manager, the connection still exists, but the message "no connection data available" appears.

Do you also have this problem?

I can calibrate the thermometer using the thermometer app. The corrected temperature is then displayed via the app, but Locus continues to display the temperature that is too high or too low. Can this be changed?

Last question, can the sensor also be installed in Locus Classic? I use both apps.

I use the Oppo Find X2 pro as a bike sat nav because LM4 doesn't run properly on most Samsung devices.

Now my Oppo receives the ColorOS 12.1 software with the information that overheating protection has now been installed. According to the description, apart from a few apps, all the rest should be shut down when a certain temperature is exceeded.

Then it seems that the other manufacturers of smartphones are gradually following Samsung's example, so that it can be foreseen when LM 4 is no longer useful.

I will not import the update for the time being and have asked Oppo at what temperature the function will take effect.

Im Backup Manager kannst Du doch bei der automatischen Sicherung u. a. die Zeitabstände und den Ort der Sicherung einstellen.

Das klappt bei mir einwandfrei.

Manuell ist der interne Pfad vorgegeben.Dieser kann angeblich geändert werden. Ich habe ihn von Backup auf Export geändert. Jetzt sehe ich im MT Manager weder im alten noch im neuen Ordner Dateien. Bei der Rücksicherung kann ich die Dateien aber sehen, sie sind also da, eigenartig.

Noch eine kleine Korrektur: entfernt muss bei der Dateiendung nur "osm." Das gilt auch für die Lomapkarten.

Wenn "osm." entfernt wurde, werden die eigenen Verzeichnisse verwendet. Für mich ist das - wenn man häufiger mit verschiedenen Karten arbeitet, deutlich übersichtlicher und ich finde die Karten schneller.

Auch wenn ich Updates generell nicht automatisch einspiele, dürfte das im vorliegenden Fall m. E. keine Rolle spielen.

Insoweit meine Erfahrung: Ich habe dieses Problem noch nie gehabt und ich spiele wirklich jedes Update bei Locus ein.