Re: [weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread Alec Bennett
> > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki > and please add your driver to the weewx wiki! Done. On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 4:48 PM, mwall wrote: > On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 8:10:20 PM UTC-4, Alec Bennett wrote: >> >> I adapted the Arduino code for easy reading from

Re: [weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread Alec Bennett
> > $ PYTHONPATH=/home/weewx/bin python /home/weewx/bin/user/aws.py > Thanks, working now. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread gjr80
On Thursday, 6 April 2017 13:36:50 UTC+10, Alec Bennett wrote: > > > Another question: there's some code at the bottom of the driver that (I > think) lets it run independently of weewx for testing. In my case it starts > with: > > > if __name__ == '__main__': >> import optparse >> usage

Re: [weewx-user] Re: alarm module - multiple alarms

2017-04-05 Thread gjr80
Hi, There have been substantial changes to the weeWX architecture since William posted his code (May 2013 - circa weeWX 2.3.1). I have taken the current (3.7.1) example alarm.py and overlaid William's code. It is working fine for me under 3.7.1 but I would not say it has been extensively

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx v3.7.1, WMR200 and alarms

2017-04-05 Thread bjs . pdx
Not sure what happened to my reply. Thanks for the suggestion of running via command prompt. Running that way I was able to find the correct variable I needed to generate the alert. Do you know of a way to setup multiple alarms? I tried the setup shown in this post:

[weewx-user] Re: Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
Nigel, you just made my night! Thank you thank you! I'm over here in the USA, and I'd happily pay postage and a little for your time. I'll private message you in a minute. Cheers, -Chris On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 5:09:52 PM UTC-4, Devonian wrote: > > @Chris, > > Whereabouts are you in

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
Hey Tom: Oh, the rabbit hole goes deeper. Check this out: Apr 5 18:12:15 public weewx[1740]: vantage: gentle wake up of console successful Apr 5 18:12:15 public weewx[1740]: manager: Daily summary version is 2.0 Apr 5 18:12:15 public weewx[1740]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 7 files for

Re: [weewx-user] Re: (old) Irox usb station support

2017-04-05 Thread davidlloydbroster
Great news. I'll try next week when I'm home and report back to you David Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Paul Bartholdi Date: 05/04/2017 22:03 (GMT+00:00) To: weewx-user Subject:

Re: [weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Joe
I looked through there, and did not see anything that appeared to be critical for use of weewx. It still functions as it did before with version 3.1 On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 4:14:37 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: > > If there is, it will be noted in the Upgrade Guide >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
If there is, it will be noted in the Upgrade Guide . -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Joe wrote: > I've been very impressed with weeWX. I'm a user for life. > > I noticed some changes to the weewx.conf file were made since

[weewx-user] Re: Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread Devonian
@Chris, Whereabouts are you in the world? I'm in the UK and have a redundant original VP wired console and genuine logger (RS232/serial but missing the PC lead) you can have it all - the LCD leaked some time ago so it's useless, but I believe the main board etc is still OK? It's yours for

[weewx-user] Re: (old) Irox usb station support

2017-04-05 Thread Paul Bartholdi
Hello, I have also an Irox Pro X station, probably 4-5 years old (not the more modern X2) and use without any difficulty the TE923 driver. Previous versions (before 3.5 as I remember had some troubles with his driver, but it seems they have been solved. 3days ago I updated to 3.7.1 (.deb

Re: [weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Joe
I've been very impressed with weeWX. I'm a user for life. I noticed some changes to the weewx.conf file were made since my 3.1 version ( I was a bit behind ). Is there any manual editing I need to do? On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:41:21 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: > > We've worked hard to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
We've worked hard to make sure upgrades go smoothly, so if it's working, it's working! -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Joe wrote: > Update went ok. Everything still working. > > I kept my previous .conf file. > > Is there any negative to this? > > -- > You

[weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Joe
Update went ok. Everything still working. I kept my previous .conf file. Is there any negative to this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[weewx-user] Re: Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Bill M
Thanks Tom, nuking that file did the trick! Bill On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 11:57:59 AM UTC-5, Bill M wrote: > > I've recently migrated from WView and have everything working as expected > except the only NOAA-MM. txt & NOAA-.txt files being generated are > those for the current

Re: [weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
Most likely. Another thing to look at is the init file for the daemon: /etc/init.d/weewx. Look for the variable WEEWX_BIN. -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Joe wrote: > Hmm Ok I will try that. > > Also, I see a weewx_3.1.0-1_all.deb in the root directory. > >

[weewx-user] Re: UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Joe
Hmm Ok I will try that. Also, I see a weewx_3.1.0-1_all.deb in the root directory. Myabe that means I installed the .deb with the command line. On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:07:01 PM UTC-5, Joe wrote: > > OK guys I installed WEEWX a couple of years ago and its due for an upgrade. > > I Have

Re: [weewx-user] UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
​Compare the locations of its bits and pieces: http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#Where_to_find_things -tk​ On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Joe wrote: > OK guys I installed WEEWX a couple of years ago and its due for an upgrade. > > I Have NO idea what 'method'

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
Your re-write works a charm: Apr 5 16:11:17 public weewx[1740]: vantage: rude wake up of console successful Apr 5 16:11:34 public weewx[1740]: vantage: Sleeping 5... Apr 5 16:11:39 public weewx[1740]: vantage: Requesting 10 LOOP packets. Apr 5 16:11:41 public weewx[1740]: vantage: retry

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
That makes more sense. The FTP module only updates things newer than the last FTP session. Occasionally things get messed up. To reset, delete the file #FTP.last. -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Bill M wrote: > Just went to nuke the NOAA directory from

[weewx-user] UPGRADE and " you must use the same upgrade technique ". How to know?

2017-04-05 Thread Joe
OK guys I installed WEEWX a couple of years ago and its due for an upgrade. I Have NO idea what 'method' I used to install Weewx. How do I know? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[weewx-user] Re: (old) Irox usb station support

2017-04-05 Thread mwall
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:14:48 PM UTC-4, David Broster wrote: > > Hi, I'm completely new to Weewx > . so I first quickly looked at the list of supported stations - no > obvious support. > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I could interface to my old USB Irox > station > >

[weewx-user] (old) Irox usb station support

2017-04-05 Thread David Broster
Hi, I'm completely new to Weewx . so I first quickly looked at the list of supported stations - no obvious support. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could interface to my old USB Irox station (Originally set-up years ago to use WDisplay32 & WDLive, but now time to move on shut down

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
...and if Davis made it easier to upgrade their firmware, I'd love to get in to their .bin file. Alas. Thank you for taking a look to see if you can modify the LOOP mode. I'd be thrilled to use this as a test bed! \ Granted, it's a problem that exactly one other person might ever have, but for

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
...and if Davis made it easier to upgrade their firmware, I'd love to get in to their .bin file. Alas. Thank you for taking a look to see if you can modify the LOOP mode. I'd be thrilled to use this as a test bed! \ Granted, it's a problem that exactly one other person might ever have, but for

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
> Hey Tom: > Having a day off makes this sort of stuff go a lot faster. I just got off the phone with Davis tech support. Their answer: Yes, the original VantagePro does support continuous LOOP queries. They have heard of this particular problem, though not with Weewx, but with their

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
Everything looks normal to me. This may be one for Davis support. The question would be: does an old-fashioned VantagePro support continuous LOOP queries? -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:03 AM, RedShoeRider wrote: > Hey Tom: > > Thanks for the quick reply! Here's the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
That looks normal. It shouldn't be necessary, but one other thing you can try is deleting the NOAA subdirectory. It, and its contents, will be recreated. If this works, I'm gonna have to figure out why... -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Bill M wrote: > > OK as you

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
Hey Tom: Thanks for the quick reply! Here's the log: Apr 5 13:54:44 public weewx[2198]: * Starting weewx weather system weewx Apr 5 13:54:44 public weewx[2212]: engine: Initializing weewx version 3.7.1 Apr 5 13:54:44 public weewx[2212]: engine: Using Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016,

[weewx-user] Re: Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Bill M
OK as you suggested I ran the command with a result of 2010-07-26 12.35.00 which is much what I expected. Log with debug=1 attached, I only see an error relating to a missing .tmpl file which I can fix easily. No rush, I'm out for the bulk of the afternoon. On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at

Re: [weewx-user] nonlinear yscale options - do they exist?

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
Unfortunately, no. -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Messy Potamia wrote: > For one of my parameters I'd like a nonlinear y-axis on it's plot, I think > a logarithmic scale is what I'm looking for (0 - 12, with 0 - 4 taking up > half of the vertical space, then

Re: [weewx-user] Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
First, check the earliest timestamp in your archive (adjust path as necessary): echo "select datetime(min(dateTime),'unixepoch','localtime') from archive;" | sqlite3 /home/weewx/archive/weewx.sdb See if that's what you expect. Second, the log, especially with debug=1. would be useful. -tk

[weewx-user] Update NOAA text files

2017-04-05 Thread Bill M
I've recently migrated from WView and have everything working as expected except the only NOAA-MM. txt & NOAA-.txt files being generated are those for the current Month/Year The historical ones going back to mid 2010 have not been generated. Question is there a way to force them to be

[weewx-user] nonlinear yscale options - do they exist?

2017-04-05 Thread Messy Potamia
For one of my parameters I'd like a nonlinear y-axis on it's plot, I think a logarithmic scale is what I'm looking for (0 - 12, with 0 - 4 taking up half of the vertical space, then decreasing exponentially to about 12 ... that's a logarithmic or exponential scale?) but in checking the

[weewx-user] Re: Air quality sensors?

2017-04-05 Thread Horacio
Hello Yves If the unit sends data via USB port and if it's record format is not too complex, It could be possible to write a service program to get data. This is a cheaper CO2 sensor but you'll need a MCU like an Arduino between the sensor and your PC.

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread Thomas Keffer
It's quite possible you are the first person to try Weewx with a VantagePro. I know you think there are no errors in the log, but you should still post it. There can be valuable clues in there. Also, run wee_device with the --info option. Without the log, I'm just theorizing, but it's possible

[weewx-user] Weewx | Davis Vantage Pro | ISS dropping out

2017-04-05 Thread RedShoeRider
Good Afternoon, All: I have a head-scratcher that despite beating the heck out of Google, I can't find an answer. The Hardware: Davis Vantage Pro (not the Pro2) running wired to the ISS Davis Serial Datalogger connection Dell Desktop box with a serial port Weewx / SQL database / SofaSkin skin

[weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread vince
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 5:35:10 AM UTC-7, Devonian wrote: > > >> >> - I named the driver "aws", as in "Arduino Weather Station". I'm a bit >> worried that might get confusing and hard to search for because of Amazon >> Web Services. Agreed? Idea for other name? >> >> > Winduino ? >

[weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread Devonian
> > > > - I named the driver "aws", as in "Arduino Weather Station". I'm a bit > worried that might get confusing and hard to search for because of Amazon > Web Services. Agreed? Idea for other name? > > Winduino ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [weewx-user] How to use appTemp

2017-04-05 Thread Christopher McAvaney
Sounds like a challenge - I might just add that to my list! :) Thanks again for your great. Regards, Christopher On Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:59:17 UTC+10, Tom Keffer wrote: > > The job of the --rebuild-daily option is to rebuild the daily summaries > from the archive data. If a value is not

Re: [weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread mwall
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:05:17 PM UTC-4, Alec Bennett wrote: > > you should put it in user/aws.py > > > When I put it in /home/weewx/bin/user/aws.py, engine.py can't find it: > the 'driver' parameter tells weewx where to find the driver. your weewx config should have this: [AWS]

Re: [weewx-user] Re: No data from station

2017-04-05 Thread Cameron D
On Friday, 10 March 2017 21:58:21 UTC+10, Ruben Navarro Huedo wrote: > > > > In another vein: Have we some more information about clearing console > datalogger from weewx > Well, it's nearly a month now, and I still cannot reply in the positive. I have posted the command sequence to the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: My Arduino based weather station (with weeWX driver)...

2017-04-05 Thread Alec Bennett
> > make genLoopPacket return every time data is emitted from the arduino. > instead of polling the hardware, open the serial port once in the driver > __init__. then do a non-blocking read instead (a read with timeout) > instead of read-then-close. Thanks hugely for this tip. The driver code I