Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-16 Thread Mike Revitt
I tend to use Cloud Formation with a User Data script. If I can get it working I will share the template on here On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 6:04:27 PM UTC vince wrote: > On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 5:55:11 AM UTC-8 mi...@cougar.eu.com > wrote: > >> I used to use Virtual Box all the t

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-16 Thread vince
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 5:55:11 AM UTC-8 mi...@cougar.eu.com wrote: > I used to use Virtual Box all the time but these days tend to spin up EC2 > hosts, but hadn't even thought of that for WeeWX testing, so definitely > going to give that a go > Yup. You could probably use the provisi

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-16 Thread Mike Revitt
Great idea Vince, I used to use Virtual Box all the time but these days tend to spin up EC2 hosts, but hadn't even thought of that for WeeWX testing, so definitely going to give that a go And as I know a few have asked, I have finished documenting what I did here https://www.cougar.eu.com/usefu

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-15 Thread vince
On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 1:56:13 AM UTC-8 mi...@cougar.eu.com wrote: > One thing I am keen to try is using the config file to define the > directory as you show above Vince, but that will have to wait till I have > time to experiment on my "spare" raspberry Pi. Not trying that on my live

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-15 Thread Mike Revitt
This is the service that I wrote and I put it in bin/user, I plan to write this up when I get the. time but this will give you an idea of how I add the service. My Ecowi

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-15 Thread steeple ian
Mike, I would be very interested to see that code you have written to insert data into the database. I am currently using FilePile but always interested in looking at alternative ways. Ian On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 09:56, Mike Revitt wrote: > Thank you both for your advice and input. > > In the end

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-15 Thread Mike Revitt
Thank you both for your advice and input. In the end I have taken a bit of advice from both you you and some other information I found online, and in the interests of keeping things simple have managed to get my Ecowitt uploading data files to a directory on the raspberry Pi and have written a

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread vince
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 3:09:29 AM UTC-8 mi...@cougar.eu.com wrote: > That sounds interesting, is there some documentation that shows how to > control where the data goes when running it as a service? > > There is - see https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/wiki/Available-config-optio

RE: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread steepleian
integrate the two sets of database into one website.   Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Mike RevittSent: 13 January 2021 11:09To: weewx-userSubject: Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures That sounds interesting, is there some documentation that shows how to control where the data goes

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread Mike Revitt
t; > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Mike Revitt > *Sent: *13 January 2021 09:37 > *To: *weewx-user > *Subject: *Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures > > > > I have seen t

RE: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread steepleian
data produced by another driver’. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Mike RevittSent: 13 January 2021 09:37To: weewx-userSubject: Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures I have seen that thanks, but I already run a Vantage Vue and didn't think you could read data from 2 data sourc

Re: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread Mike Revitt
entation > that may save you a lot of time. > > > > https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000 > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Mike Revitt > *Sent: *13 January 2021 09:07 >

RE: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread steepleian
Have you seen this extension for the Ecowitt API? Excellent implementation that may save you a lot of time. https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000 Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Mike RevittSent: 13 January 2021 09:07To: weewx-userSubject: [weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures In my

[weewx-user] Recording External Temperatures

2021-01-13 Thread Mike Revitt
In my never ending quest to extend WeeWX, I have purchased Ann Ecowitt weather station and set it up so that it records the temperature in my Caravan. This works perfectly but records the data on the Ecowitt website. I have now managed to extend this to publish the weather stats into a director