Support people can be very special if they don't see their favorite setup.
Sigh.
rklud...@gmail.com schrieb am Donnerstag, 3. November 2022 um 18:05:20
UTC+1:
> Does WEEX run on Debian OS on the Raspberry PI? I am currently using
> Raspbian OS (that the RPI came with), but I am being somewhat "pushed" to
> change it
>
> That may sound "odd" but below is the reason why -
>
> Current setup:
>
> My long term goal was to use my Raspberry PI for a bunch of stuff, not
> just WEEWX and here is a slight compatibility problem. Hardware and
> software setup listed below, then main question is at the bottom:
>
> Hardware:
>
>- Raspberry PI 4 (8GB Ram and booting off of an SSD so it is pretty
>fast).
>- Connected to a fiber 1GB connection by ethernet for reliability
>- Running it headless (access over local network via VNC & Telnet) -
>- Bluetooth, sound and HDMI ports all turned off to maximize available
>CPU. The weather station is an AmbientWeather WS-2902C about 9 months old.
>
> Software:
>
>- I have WEEWX running like a top (very well) and recently updated it
>to the latest version. It is using the "Interceptor" driver to listen to
>the weather station to collect the data, and sends data out to ten
> places:
>Windy, Wundergound, WindGuru, OWM, Meteoservices, Weather365, PWSWeather,
>WeatherCloud, AWEKA and WOW
>- Running on the default OS that came with the RPI (which I
>consistently keep up to date via VNC) - Raspbian.
>- Partially as learning excercise, I have two two decent scripts
>running on it:
> - One that turns it's fans on when the CPU exceeds 65 degrees
> celcius and turns back off when it drops below 55 celcius.
> - A nightly reboot script as a cron job that emails me with details
> on processes first shut-down and then gently reboots the RPI (takes
> place a
> few minutes after my router reboots in the middle of the night).
>- Home Assistant* ("Supervised" version), which is pretty involved but
>can do amazing things regarding home automation. It was pure luck that
>there is also a very good integration with the AmbientWeather weather
>station that I am using so I can set up lights in certain rooms to turn on
>automatically with brightness that is inversely proportional to the
>berightness outside, send reminders to close specific windows that are
> open
>when it starts raining, remind me to close the garage if left open too
>long, etc., etc., etc.,
>
> The creator of Home Assistant is a company named "Nabu Casa". The vast
> majority of Home Assistant users run their setup on a dedicated machine
> with the Home Assistant OS. With that setup, they do not allow ANY other
> software to run on the machine. There is one exception which I am using,
> and that is to run Home Assistant on Debian OS in a container - and that is
> what I am doing - even so, they still insist I use Debian, as my setup is
> considerd "unsupported" (ugh)... (They also alow me to run it in a VM but I
> haven't gone that route).
>
> I was also thinking maybe I would get a dedicated mini PC or a second RPI
> and have them talk to each other, but #1 that's not in the budget right
> now, and 2. it might be overkill... (RPI CPU levels and temperature is
> still within very acceptable limits)...
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
>
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