[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Robbie Lister]

Much appreciated Andrew. I hadn't realised there was a wiki. After a bit 
more digging your suggestion of slowing down and reading a lot more makes a 
great deal of sense. I did find how to change the interval the Vantage 
updates to 5 minutes. Time for a lot more reading I think.

On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:57:05 UTC, Andrew Milner wrote:
>
> weewx, out of the box, is not designed for real time displays - it is 
> designed to store archive records at say 5 minute intervals.
>
> the utilities manual tells you how to run the utilities like wee_device
>
> there are skins and extensions which can aid real time displays - read the 
> wiki
>
> the best thing is to slow down, and read and understand ALL the 
> documentation weewx supplies
>
> and understand weewx out of the box before attempting to play with any of 
> ther extensions
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:27:53 UTC+2, Robbie Lister wrote:
>>
>> Thank's for the info on skins, I will have a look at them when I get 
>> things working properly on the default one. 
>>
>> I have got the local web server working but it seems to be updating every 
>> 30 mins!!  From what I can gather this is set by the Vantage Pro 2 and 
>> there is a utility called wee_config_vantage somewhere that is used to 
>> set a more realistic time. I believe this is the archive time? Where is 
>> this utility and how do I run/use it. Whats bothering me is if I set 
>> this update time to say 1 min so that I can see the live data locally that 
>> the ftp to a website will be at the same update rate which is far too 
>> often. As far as I can see there is no simple way to update the local web 
>> server at 1 min interval and ftp every 5 or 10 mins. Also if I do manage to 
>> set this to 1 min locally will this hammer to death the SD card in the 
>> Raspberry Pi.
>>
>> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:56:01 UTC, Philip Kutzenco wrote:
>>>
>>> There are lots of terrific skins. The Standard one is a great one to 
>>> start with.Then you can look around and see if there is another you'd 
>>> prefer. Many like SteelSeries Gauges. I am personally fond of the 
>>> Belchertown skin, developed by Pat O'Brien. It is available here: 
>>> https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases. My website using 
>>> it is https://wx.kutzenco.com. 
>>>
>>> I'm sure you'll enjoy weewx!
>>> phil
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Robbie Lister wrote:

 Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built 
 in default template will be a god starting point.

 On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>
> sudo apt-get install nginx
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
>
> NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if 
> you want to change that you need to edit
>
> /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
>
> and edit the line 
>
> root /var/www/html/;
>
> to
>
> root /var/www/html/weewx/;
>
>
> After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of 
> the Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)
>
>
> As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the 
> FTP section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic 
> default template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.
>
> Cheers
>
> G
>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Andrew Milner]

weewx, out of the box, is not designed for real time displays - it is 
designed to store archive records at say 5 minute intervals.

the utilities manual tells you how to run the utilities like wee_device

there are skins and extensions which can aid real time displays - read the 
wiki

the best thing is to slow down, and read and understand ALL the 
documentation weewx supplies

and understand weewx out of the box before attempting to play with any of 
ther extensions



On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:27:53 UTC+2, Robbie Lister wrote:
>
> Thank's for the info on skins, I will have a look at them when I get 
> things working properly on the default one. 
>
> I have got the local web server working but it seems to be updating every 
> 30 mins!!  From what I can gather this is set by the Vantage Pro 2 and 
> there is a utility called wee_config_vantage somewhere that is used to 
> set a more realistic time. I believe this is the archive time? Where is 
> this utility and how do I run/use it. Whats bothering me is if I set 
> this update time to say 1 min so that I can see the live data locally that 
> the ftp to a website will be at the same update rate which is far too 
> often. As far as I can see there is no simple way to update the local web 
> server at 1 min interval and ftp every 5 or 10 mins. Also if I do manage to 
> set this to 1 min locally will this hammer to death the SD card in the 
> Raspberry Pi.
>
> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:56:01 UTC, Philip Kutzenco wrote:
>>
>> There are lots of terrific skins. The Standard one is a great one to 
>> start with.Then you can look around and see if there is another you'd 
>> prefer. Many like SteelSeries Gauges. I am personally fond of the 
>> Belchertown skin, developed by Pat O'Brien. It is available here: 
>> https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases. My website using 
>> it is https://wx.kutzenco.com. 
>>
>> I'm sure you'll enjoy weewx!
>> phil
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Robbie Lister wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built in 
>>> default template will be a god starting point.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:

 sudo apt-get install nginx

 sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

 NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if 
 you want to change that you need to edit

 /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

 and edit the line 

 root /var/www/html/;

 to

 root /var/www/html/weewx/;


 After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of 
 the Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)


 As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the 
 FTP section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic 
 default template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.

 Cheers

 G



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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Robbie Lister]

Thank's for the info on skins, I will have a look at them when I get things 
working properly on the default one. 

I have got the local web server working but it seems to be updating every 
30 mins!!  From what I can gather this is set by the Vantage Pro 2 and 
there is a utility called wee_config_vantage somewhere that is used to set 
a more realistic time. I believe this is the archive time? Where is this 
utility and how do I run/use it. Whats bothering me is if I set this update 
time to say 1 min so that I can see the live data locally that the ftp to a 
website will be at the same update rate which is far too often. As far as I 
can see there is no simple way to update the local web server at 1 min 
interval and ftp every 5 or 10 mins. Also if I do manage to set this to 1 
min locally will this hammer to death the SD card in the Raspberry Pi.

On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:56:01 UTC, Philip Kutzenco wrote:
>
> There are lots of terrific skins. The Standard one is a great one to start 
> with.Then you can look around and see if there is another you'd prefer. 
> Many like SteelSeries Gauges. I am personally fond of the Belchertown skin, 
> developed by Pat O'Brien. It is available here: 
> https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases. My website using 
> it is https://wx.kutzenco.com. 
>
> I'm sure you'll enjoy weewx!
> phil
>
> On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Robbie Lister wrote:
>>
>> Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built in 
>> default template will be a god starting point.
>>
>> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install nginx
>>>
>>> sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
>>>
>>> NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if you 
>>> want to change that you need to edit
>>>
>>> /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
>>>
>>> and edit the line 
>>>
>>> root /var/www/html/;
>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>> root /var/www/html/weewx/;
>>>
>>>
>>> After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of 
>>> the Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)
>>>
>>>
>>> As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the FTP 
>>> section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic default 
>>> template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>>

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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Philip Kutzenco]

There are lots of terrific skins. The Standard one is a great one to start 
with.Then you can look around and see if there is another you'd prefer. 
Many like SteelSeries Gauges. I am personally fond of the Belchertown skin, 
developed by Pat O'Brien. It is available here: 
https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases. My website using it 
is https://wx.kutzenco.com. 

I'm sure you'll enjoy weewx!
phil

On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Robbie Lister wrote:
>
> Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built in 
> default template will be a god starting point.
>
> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install nginx
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
>>
>> NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if you 
>> want to change that you need to edit
>>
>> /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
>>
>> and edit the line 
>>
>> root /var/www/html/;
>>
>> to
>>
>> root /var/www/html/weewx/;
>>
>>
>> After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of the 
>> Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)
>>
>>
>> As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the FTP 
>> section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic default 
>> template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> G
>>
>>

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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Philip Kutzenco]

There are lots of terrific skins. The Standard one is a great one to start 
with.Then you can look around and see if there is another you'd prefer. 
Many like SteelSeries Gauges. I am personally fond of the Belchertown skin, 
developed by Pat O'Brien. It is available here: 
https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/releases.  My website using it 
is https://wx.kutzenco.com.

I'm sure you'll enjoy weewx!
phil

On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Robbie Lister wrote:
>
> Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built in 
> default template will be a god starting point.
>
> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install nginx
>>
>> sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
>>
>> NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if you 
>> want to change that you need to edit
>>
>> /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
>>
>> and edit the line 
>>
>> root /var/www/html/;
>>
>> to
>>
>> root /var/www/html/weewx/;
>>
>>
>> After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of the 
>> Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)
>>
>>
>> As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the FTP 
>> section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic default 
>> template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> G
>>
>>

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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Robbie Lister]

Thank's Gary I will give that a go. By the sounds of things the built in 
default template will be a god starting point.

On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:40:39 UTC, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>
> sudo apt-get install nginx
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
>
> NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if you 
> want to change that you need to edit
>
> /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
>
> and edit the line 
>
> root /var/www/html/;
>
> to
>
> root /var/www/html/weewx/;
>
>
> After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of the 
> Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)
>
>
> As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the FTP 
> section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic default 
> template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.
>
> Cheers
>
> G
>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: New to WeeWX not sure where to go next

[Gary Hopkins]

sudo apt-get install nginx

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

NGINX defaults its web page location to /var/www/html on Raspbian so if you 
want to change that you need to edit

/etc/nginx/sites-available/default

and edit the line 

root /var/www/html/;

to

root /var/www/html/weewx/;


After that you should be able to point a browser at the IP address of the 
Pi (hostname -I on the Pi if you want to know its IP address)


As for remote website, auto FTP upload is built into weewx. Edit the FTP 
section in weewx.conf it's faily self explanatory. There is a basic default 
template included - you don't have to do anything it just works.

Cheers

G

On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:15:42 UTC, Robbie Lister wrote:
>
> I have been running a Davis Vantage Pro weather station for a few years 
> now using Weather Display which uploaded to my sons server which has 
> Weather Display Live on it.  I have been having problems with the whole 
> Weather Display setup and thought I would take the Raspberry Pi and WeeWx 
> route. So far I have installed Raspbian Lite onto an RPi3B headless and 
> also the WeeWX software. It seems to be running as I can see files produced 
> in the /var/www/html/weewx/ Directory and they seem to be updating. I 
> would like to have a local network display of the station similar to the 
> Weather Display one and I presume I will need a web server for that like 
> Apache. Is that the best one to install? I want to keep the RPi headless if 
> I can. So the next bit is how to display on a remote website again similar 
> to Weather Display Live. Do I use the same FTP method. And more crucially 
> are there any templates available for creating a website. Would I need to 
> upload the whole html/weewx folder every minute or so. Any help is much 
> appreciated.
>

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