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Subject: Re: [weewx-user] Newbie Looking For Hardware Recommendations
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:31:02 -0500
From: VE4PER / Andy <andrew.webb.501.ve4...@gmail.com>
To: Anthony <anth...@vofr.net>
Anthony,
I am using an AcuRite 1035 5 in 1 sensor system here and weewx linux
software. The system has been fairly reliable for the price (about $135
- $155 for display/usb comm unit and outdoor mast sensor unit freight
included) The only problem I have with it is the wind speed anemometer
cups got broken on a battery change session and I ordered a whole
replacement 5 in 1 sensor unit to replace it through amazon and they
sent two units, supposedly new , that were both U/S. One had no 433 MHz
RF output to talk to display unit and 2nd one had RF but no data stream.
So sent both back. While waiting to sort it out I came across
replacement cups that were inexpensive (less than $15 Cdn) free shipping
if combined with something else so I ordered a set and repaired my
current 5 in 1 sensor and it is back online now. It feeds CWOP, AWEKAS,
WeatherUnderground as well as my own web site in addition to WEEWX
site/maps.
I am a radio amateur and only interested in it from CANWARN/SKYWARN
perspective so am not into as much data manipulation or coding of
presentations. I have it running and feeding a MySQL/MariadB on the
same UbuntuStudio 20.04LTS machine. I like that optionas I can access
the data with LibreOffice Base report generators and/or MS Access odbc
connections and use it as interface to generate reports from there as
well. I have been planning to have the SQL dB run on a separate
dedicated server box, fortunately I have been a little slow in
implementing that as vers 20.04LTS recent updates have made some changes
that would affect the operation of the nfs-kernel-server such that it
does not start without errors now and thus not a reliable connection
resource for weewx. dB resident on same machine as weewx avoids that so
something to keep in mind.
Libre Office base is not yet as mature and super user intuitive and
friendly as Access esp when using visual design views to run different
types of queries easily. SELECT ones are OK but if you want to do UPDATE
or other types the visual tools aren't there yet and one has to fall
back on pure SQL text strings to do the job which isn't super convenient.
I don't have lightning sensors either but would definitely be of use to me.
When AWEKAS emails failure reports to me troubleshooting the comm link
between the sensor and display unit is great help; I am using an RSP1A
SDR receiver that can tune up into the 433 MHz freq band and sees the RF
signals and rich T in a couple of previous posts here in the last couple
of days has a way to decode those signals so you can see the actual real
data sent from the sensor to the display to confirm it is serviceable.
If your interest lies in coding a bit with different skins etc to
manipulate the interpretations of a lot of the data them probably await
comments from a few others in the group here.
Cheers and good luck deciding ---> choices are as wide and they are
long LOL
On 2020-06-29 2:16 p.m., Anthony wrote:
Hello!
I am interested in starting down the rabbit hole that is weather
stations and data logging. I've had a simple weather station for
about 10 years (a simple indoor and outdoor temperature probe setup
with standalone display), but this weather station recently bit the
dust. I figure it's time to step up. I'm a geek/nerd by nature
(sysadmin by trade) and the idea that I can build a WeeWX server and
collect local weather data sounds like a lot of fun.
I'm looking at the list of supported hardware
(http://weewx.com/hardware.html) and my head is starting to spin,
heh. I'm hoping the fine folks of this list can help point me in a
direction.
I'm looking for a setup that meets the following requirements:
- A "dummy resistant" local display for the family.
- Multiple datapoints...Temp, wind speed, wind direction, rain
gauge, relative humidity
- The ability to collect data "off the grid". Meaning, I don't
want to be dependent on any sort of "cloud" service.
Some things that would be nice, but are definitely not required:
- Lightning detection would be neat, I think. Or at least the
ability to *add* a lightning detection sensor.
- Hard-wired sensor array (I am no stranger to pulling cable). My
philosophy is that if it's a fixed device, it is cabled. :-D
I don't have a particular budget in mind. My initial gut is to try to
spend no more than ~$200 or so (excluding installation stuffs), but
this is flexible if there is compelling reasons to expand the budget.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
~ Anthony
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