[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Steve]

So far I'm happiest with the latest one, the WH2600, but it's also the most 
expensive one. 

I had to replace the anemometer bearings in both the WH1080 & the WH3080. I 
moved to the WH3080 for the UV and radiation sensors but they didn't work 
very well, I tried two heads on it, I finally got rid of it because the 
rain data it spat out was inaccurate, rather than trying the rain gauge 
from the WH1080 I bought a completely different station because it started 
suffering from USB lockups too. The WH1080 was probably the bang for my 
buck, but was / is lacking in some features.

Regards,

Steve.

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 23:23:59 UTC+11, Android Trotter wrote:
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> seeing you were running different Fine Offset devices, what was your 
> experience? Would you recommend a certain model? Thinking about buying one 
> and joining the weewx club. 
>
> Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 16:00:44 UTC+1 schrieb Steve:
>>
>>
>> When I started running WeeWx (2.6.3 I think) I had a Fine Offset WH1080, 
>> then ran with a Fine Offset WH3080 for the UV and radiation sensors (that 
>> didn't work very well). Now I'm on WeeWx 3.6.2 and  Aercus Weather 
>> Sleuth (Fine Offset WH2600).
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Monday, 16 January 2017 21:11:35 UTC+11, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a Raspberry Pi 3 lined up to replace my original Pi, which I'll 
>>> recycle. 
>>>
>>> Pi users, what are your MUST ADD packages to any Pi used as an appliance 
>>> (such as a weewx host) and what else do you run on specific Pis?
>>>
>>> I have a few Pi projects in mind (a "pi-hole " 
>>> e.g.) and am just curious about anyone else may be running alongside weewx. 
>>> My default inclination will likely be to continue to run a dedicated host 
>>> and either way I'm also interested what are your must-adds. E.g. on any 
>>> (non-pi) Linux install I automatically add webmin, timeshift and meld among 
>>> others.
>>>
>>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Bill Morrow]

Very interesting, that medical treatment radiation levels jump out like 
that. Maybe you'll get lucky(?) and get a gamma radiation burst from on 
high. 

You could consider parking your radiation data into an unused column in the 
archive database. There is a column called "radiation", although I belief 
its expected use is for solar radiation. Are you using MySQL for weewx, or 
sqlite? Exporting from the one table and creating update statements for the 
weewx archive table wouldn't be too hard, although a little risky.


On Friday, 10 February 2017 10:32:16 UTC-4, Steve wrote:
>
> Not really Bill, although the raw cpm can vary a bit, the average always 
> looks flat.
>
> You can see my data as cpm or equivalent dosage here on the uradmonitor 
> website: http://www.uradmonitor.com/?open=1161
>
> Following the uradmonitor forum sometimes shows some interesting readings. 
> Here's a thread with some readings after myocardial perfusion scans 
> http://www.uradmonitor.com/topic/510c-high-but-exponential-declining-readings/
>
> Some how I managed to write a php file that runs via cron every 5 minutes 
> and parses the json data from my monitor and write it to a MySQL database 
> and read / display it here http://wotid.dyndns.org/solarhtml/radiation.php
>
> I spent a bunch of coin on some python books (learning, programming, 
> pocket reference by Lutz) & have access to the WeeWx fileparse example but 
> have yet tried to incorporate my radiation data into WeeWx so I can have 
> the results displayed alongside my weather data to see if there are any 
> correlations between the two. :( I'm a slacker.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve.
>
> On Saturday, 11 February 2017 00:05:53 UTC+11, Bill Morrow wrote:
>>
>> Steve, do you ever see any remarkable gamma radiation?
>>
>> On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 00:03:12 UTC-4, Steve wrote:
>>>
>>> My radiation monitor is a model D from here http://www.uradmonitor.com/ 
>>> as well as the unit reporting to the global map, I have a cron job that 
>>> runs every 5 minutes that grabs the data from the unit and writes it to a 
>>> MySQL database.
>>>
>>> I still use the bridge with the WeatherSleuth but WeeWx gets the data 
>>> via the local network rather than the bridge sending it to Weather 
>>> Underground (this was configurable via the html setup pages the bridge can 
>>> serve).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Steve.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 07:55:37 UTC+11, pon...@gmail.com wrote:

 ramlog is ANOTHER great tip. Many thanks! (very interesting waffle)

 Another optimised Pi-Weewx installation add-on I use and forgot about 
 earlier: Pulseway  

 Alas, I didn't think to get a Pi compatible electricity monitoring 
 solution; just bought an off the shelf thing (Owl Intuition) that sends 
 data to a web site w very basic display and no graphing.

 Gamma radiation? I live on top of granite rock that gives off radon and 
 I need to get the house remediated -- readings were over 800 (200 is bad). 
 It was built before that was the law here. I'd monitor it if there was an 
 instrument. 

 I looked up the Aercus WeatherSleuth and it seems to come with an 
 Observer unit. Did you ditch that in favour of the Pi or what?



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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Steve]

Not really Bill, although the raw cpm can vary a bit, the average always 
looks flat.

You can see my data as cpm or equivalent dosage here on the uradmonitor 
website: http://www.uradmonitor.com/?open=1161

Following the uradmonitor forum sometimes shows some interesting readings. 
Here's a thread with some readings after myocardial perfusion 
scans 
http://www.uradmonitor.com/topic/510c-high-but-exponential-declining-readings/

Some how I managed to write a php file that runs via cron every 5 minutes 
and parses the json data from my monitor and write it to a MySQL database 
and read / display it here http://wotid.dyndns.org/solarhtml/radiation.php

I spent a bunch of coin on some python books (learning, programming, pocket 
reference by Lutz) & have access to the WeeWx fileparse example but have 
yet tried to incorporate my radiation data into WeeWx so I can have the 
results displayed alongside my weather data to see if there are any 
correlations between the two. :( I'm a slacker.

Regards,

Steve.

On Saturday, 11 February 2017 00:05:53 UTC+11, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> Steve, do you ever see any remarkable gamma radiation?
>
> On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 00:03:12 UTC-4, Steve wrote:
>>
>> My radiation monitor is a model D from here http://www.uradmonitor.com/ 
>> as well as the unit reporting to the global map, I have a cron job that 
>> runs every 5 minutes that grabs the data from the unit and writes it to a 
>> MySQL database.
>>
>> I still use the bridge with the WeatherSleuth but WeeWx gets the data via 
>> the local network rather than the bridge sending it to Weather Underground 
>> (this was configurable via the html setup pages the bridge can serve).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 07:55:37 UTC+11, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> ramlog is ANOTHER great tip. Many thanks! (very interesting waffle)
>>>
>>> Another optimised Pi-Weewx installation add-on I use and forgot about 
>>> earlier: Pulseway  
>>>
>>> Alas, I didn't think to get a Pi compatible electricity monitoring 
>>> solution; just bought an off the shelf thing (Owl Intuition) that sends 
>>> data to a web site w very basic display and no graphing.
>>>
>>> Gamma radiation? I live on top of granite rock that gives off radon and 
>>> I need to get the house remediated -- readings were over 800 (200 is bad). 
>>> It was built before that was the law here. I'd monitor it if there was an 
>>> instrument. 
>>>
>>> I looked up the Aercus WeatherSleuth and it seems to come with an 
>>> Observer unit. Did you ditch that in favour of the Pi or what?
>>>
>>>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Steve]

My radiation monitor is a model D from here http://www.uradmonitor.com/ as 
well as the unit reporting to the global map, I have a cron job that runs 
every 5 minutes that grabs the data from the unit and writes it to a MySQL 
database.

I still use the bridge with the WeatherSleuth but WeeWx gets the data via 
the local network rather than the bridge sending it to Weather Underground 
(this was configurable via the html setup pages the bridge can serve).

Regards,

Steve.



On Wednesday, 18 January 2017 07:55:37 UTC+11, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> ramlog is ANOTHER great tip. Many thanks! (very interesting waffle)
>
> Another optimised Pi-Weewx installation add-on I use and forgot about 
> earlier: Pulseway  
>
> Alas, I didn't think to get a Pi compatible electricity monitoring 
> solution; just bought an off the shelf thing (Owl Intuition) that sends 
> data to a web site w very basic display and no graphing.
>
> Gamma radiation? I live on top of granite rock that gives off radon and I 
> need to get the house remediated -- readings were over 800 (200 is bad). It 
> was built before that was the law here. I'd monitor it if there was an 
> instrument. 
>
> I looked up the Aercus WeatherSleuth and it seems to come with an Observer 
> unit. Did you ditch that in favour of the Pi or what?
>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[ponolan]

ramlog is ANOTHER great tip. Many thanks! (very interesting waffle)

Another optimised Pi-Weewx installation add-on I use and forgot about 
earlier: Pulseway  

Alas, I didn't think to get a Pi compatible electricity monitoring 
solution; just bought an off the shelf thing (Owl Intuition) that sends 
data to a web site w very basic display and no graphing.

Gamma radiation? I live on top of granite rock that gives off radon and I 
need to get the house remediated -- readings were over 800 (200 is bad). It 
was built before that was the law here. I'd monitor it if there was an 
instrument. 

I looked up the Aercus WeatherSleuth and it seems to come with an Observer 
unit. Did you ditch that in favour of the Pi or what?

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[ponolan]

Cool! I use Scootersoftware's Beyond Compare on everything (for me that's 
Windows 7 & Linux Mint) and knew of Meld as an approximation. Just googled 
Midnight Commander Meld, found this: 
https://vasilegabriel.github.io/midnight-commander-diff-files-and-folders/ 

Will definitely be putting that on. Thanks!

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[ponolan]

Forgot about Samba, I use nfscommon to connect to a mapped share installed 
via /etc/fstab on my NAS (Synology); that's where my backups live. You're 
not running any other *nix systems? 

I use a local NTP server. Have never had any problem with Pi getting wrong 
time. Is this might-as-well precision or ...?

Currently sending logs to my Synology NAS; have never used logrotate thanks 
for putting it on the radar for future reference.



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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Andrew Milner]

Install an RTC, lighttpd, phpmyadmin, SQLite or MySQL, samba, php, 
logrotate, - that's about it I think.

On Tuesday, 17 January 2017 05:10:16 UTC+2, Marc Aubry wrote:
>
> Hi,
> on all my headless rpi, I do install vncserver and Screen for ease of 
> remote acess.
>
> On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 5:11:35 PM UTC+7, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I have a Raspberry Pi 3 lined up to replace my original Pi, which I'll 
>> recycle. 
>>
>> Pi users, what are your MUST ADD packages to any Pi used as an appliance 
>> (such as a weewx host) and what else do you run on specific Pis?
>>
>> I have a few Pi projects in mind (a "pi-hole " 
>> e.g.) and am just curious about anyone else may be running alongside weewx. 
>> My default inclination will likely be to continue to run a dedicated host 
>> and either way I'm also interested what are your must-adds. E.g. on any 
>> (non-pi) Linux install I automatically add webmin, timeshift and meld among 
>> others.
>>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Marc Aubry]

Hi,
on all my headless rpi, I do install vncserver and Screen for ease of 
remote acess.

On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 5:11:35 PM UTC+7, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I have a Raspberry Pi 3 lined up to replace my original Pi, which I'll 
> recycle. 
>
> Pi users, what are your MUST ADD packages to any Pi used as an appliance 
> (such as a weewx host) and what else do you run on specific Pis?
>
> I have a few Pi projects in mind (a "pi-hole " e.g.) 
> and am just curious about anyone else may be running alongside weewx. My 
> default inclination will likely be to continue to run a dedicated host and 
> either way I'm also interested what are your must-adds. E.g. on any 
> (non-pi) Linux install I automatically add webmin, timeshift and meld among 
> others.
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[ponolan]

Excellent, thanks! I hadn't come across minibian. Have added it to my LOOK 
AT list (along with Berryboot, also just discovered). I'm using rsync now 
and it works well and would of course be my continued choice for a 
weewx-only box, certainly for one with no GUI. Cheers

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[Chris Thompstone]

When I setup a pi for a project be it weewx or 'other'.
I use the OS 'minibian'
Basically raspian with all the gui removed and stripped to the bone.
This allows install of just what is needed for the project to run and 
nothing more.
As for backup, just use rsync to send to a server somewhere.  rsync has 
been around since the dawn of time.

Chris

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[ponolan]

How do you figure that the question of what packages one might use on a 
weewx host is "not relevant in the least to weewx"? 

One of my reasons for asking is, I would have thought, obvious: the Pi3 is 
more powerful and could run other things in addition. However, whether 
doing so would cause any problems with weewx is not something I have much 
of a feel for and seemed a pretty innocuous question best asked of people 
who already use weewx -- if any are doing any such thing. 

I am quite well aware of where there are raspberry pi forums, but my 
specific interest is in what constitutes an installation optimised for 
weewx. My preferred backup software is Borg Backup, but the Pi3 doesn't 
have the horses to run it. What anyone else uses for any aspect of running 
a weewx host with a Pi seems a reasonable enough query. I'm not interested 
in what people not running weewx are running on their Pis. Apologies if my 
wording was not clear on that point.

>

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[weewx-user] Re: Pi users: your additional software for Raspberry Pi3?

[vince]

On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2:11:35 AM UTC-8, pon...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I have a Raspberry Pi 3 lined up to replace my original Pi, which I'll 
> recycle. 
>
> Pi users, what are your MUST ADD packages to any Pi used as an appliance 
> (such as a weewx host) and what else do you run on specific Pis?
>
> I have a few Pi projects in mind (a "pi-hole " e.g.) 
> and am just curious about anyone else may be running alongside weewx. My 
> default inclination will likely be to continue to run a dedicated host and 
> either way I'm also interested what are your must-adds. E.g. on any 
> (non-pi) Linux install I automatically add webmin, timeshift and meld among 
> others.
>

This isn't relevant in the least to weewx

You might look/ask in Raspberry Pi forums such 
as https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/new/ 
or https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=66

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