[weewx-user] Total newbie - WeeWx not uploading at all after being great on Raspberry Pi

2019-04-13 Thread Mark Roberts
So I'm a complete newbie. A friend did the initial setup on my Raspberry Pi and it worked great for several years. Uploaded my Davis Vantage 2 wx station to Weather Underground flawlessly. Power blinked and went off for several hours last week. Since then ... nada. I have tried to restart w

Re: [weewx-user] Total newbie - WeeWx not uploading at all after being great on Raspberry Pi

2019-04-13 Thread Mark Roberts
ve will save a lot of time and > frustration. A hardware realtime clock would have saved you > all this trouble. After an interuption the Pi and Van2 will > not have the same time and will be unable to d/l. > > Bob - wd6dod > > On 4/13/2019 5:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > So

[weewx-user] absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Built me a Raspberry Pi (which was fun) but had a little trouble figuring out how to install/config weewx. Got son-in-law who is a web developer to figure it out for me and get it up and running. Ka-bang! I'm up with my Davis Weather Station and all is working and is good. Then we had a po

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
too much either!! > You need your son-in-law to find the time to correct his installation!! > > > > On Monday, 14 May 2018 17:14:06 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Built me a Raspberry Pi (which was fun) but had a little trouble figuring >> out how to install/confi

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
w.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/terminal/ > > > > On Monday, 14 May 2018 18:13:00 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> I read the weewx doc TWICE and have to admit I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT ALL >> THAT STUFF MEANS. where do I type those commands? >> >>

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
> > I think you're right - I need some serious linux work. I thought maybe > this was a lot simpler than it is - was hoping for a "type this and it'll > run" kinda thing. LOL > this command sudo ls /usr/share/weewx got me a file listing of some daemon stuff and a bunch of weewx stuff. I g

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
screen from weewx when it is running > as a daemon. > > there will be entries in the log though. > > if you want to see weewx output on the screen > 1. stop weewx with sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop > 2. run weewx from the command line > > > > On Tuesday, 15 May 201

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
ran this command /usr/bin/weewxd and got a ton of info on how to run it, config it, etc. but still don't know how to get it up on the VNC screen or make it report WX Bug. that may just be beuyond me. On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 9:14:06 AM UTC-5, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Built me

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
more output to the screen from weewx when it is >> running as a daemon. >> >> there will be entries in the log though. >> >> if you want to see weewx output on the screen >> 1. stop weewx with sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop >> 2. run weewx from the command

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
at your next > archive interval ie next posting occasion, and the snippet did not say what > your archive interval was either as the snippet started too late in the > startup sequence!!! > > > > > On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 06:00:58 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
from start of weewx thru to at least 2 archive > intervals it is hard to diagnose anything more > > The log snippet you did post showed nothing obviously wrong, but the > snippet was far far too short to be very useful. > > > > On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 06:10:38 UTC+

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
how get a log file? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/op

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
> > First, let me say how much I appreciate everyone's patience. I don't know > what I'm doing, I'm lost in the darkness and everyone here is being kind > and helpful. Thanks so much. > I am attaching the log file here. Frankly, I was feeling like I was pretty much ready to get a job program

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
sudo systemct1 returns an error message. command not found. > Try "sudo systemctl status weewx" and give us the 'full' output of what > it returns. It should return something that looks like the following. > > # sudo systemctl status weewx > ● weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system >Lo

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
wow. complete fail! Sorry about that. okay, if you type it correctly here is what you get: sudo systemctl status weewx ● weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx; generated; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-05-14 21:52:29

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
WOOH! You sir, are da man! I dumped the memory - using one of those commands below (can't remember now which one!) and ka-bang. Started weewx and I am online and reporting! Thanks so much everybody!! On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:22:37 PM UTC-5, gjr80 wrote: > > Judging by y

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
tell me what this does and why I should change it. I'm open to doing so - just don't know the "why" On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:39:17 PM UTC-5, Andrew Milner wrote: > > You should really change your archive interval to 5 minutes (300 seconds) > in your station though.. > > You can also d

[weewx-user] Re: absolute newbie needs help - how run weewx?

2018-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
s more than anything else!! > Most people think 30 minutes is too long an interval between updates. The > choice is yours however - it is your system and you are the main user. > > On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 06:52:06 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> tell me what this does