Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-08 Thread Jim W.
Yep! That's it. THANKS! I installed it using the DEB package. Later I was warned away from it but I had already got it running so I never re-installed it via the setup.py On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:40:35 AM UTC-4, Macha wrote: > > I think it depends on the way you installed it. With

Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-08 Thread Macha
I think it depends on the way you installed it. With my Pi, it shows it running as a python task. I always do .. ps aux | grep wee .. and it shows the command launching weewx, something like ... root 4193 13.9 5.4 78352 48232 ?Sl Sep06 398:00 python ./bin/weewxd weewx.conf I

Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-08 Thread Jim W.
This is what I get with the ps -a command. For some reason the weewx process does not show up? pi@WXraspberrypi:/ $ ps -a PID TTY TIME CMD 933 tty1 00:00:00 bash 3310 pts/200:00:00 ps 20632 pts/000:00:00 sudo 20636 pts/000:00:00 tail On Thursday, September 8, 2016

Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-08 Thread Jim W.
THANK YOU! On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 11:16:25 PM UTC-4, Dave Webb wrote: > > You need to stop and restart weewx for it to pick up the changes in > weewx.conf > > Dave-KB1PVH > > Sent from my Galaxy S7 > > On Sep 7, 2016 11:15 PM, "Jim W." > > wrote: > >> Does the config file get read on

Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-07 Thread Andrew Milner
Or you can force a .conf reload with a hup " You can tell a running instance of weewx to reread its configuration file by sending it the HUP signal. First run ps to find out the Process ID (PID) number of the instance, then send it the HUP signal: ps -a # Note the PID of the weew

Re: [weewx-user] BASIC question regarding config file

2016-09-07 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
You need to stop and restart weewx for it to pick up the changes in weewx.conf Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S7 On Sep 7, 2016 11:15 PM, "Jim W." wrote: > Does the config file get read once during start up or is it poled > continuously? If I make a change in the config file do I have to stop