Thanks , now that you showed me it's possible to get data into weewx I feel a zeropi weather station is the way to go. The zeropi would have to be located outside on the mast with the sensors and powered with a solar battery. It might be a challenge getting an indoor temp sensor connected.
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 10:16, Michael Bruski <michael.bru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > First of all you need to write some code on the Raspberry to get your > sensor data from the Thingspeak channel they are written to. This link > <https://community.thingspeak.com/forum/raspi/how-to-read-data-from-a-thingspeak-channel-using-a-raspberry-pi/> > will give you an idea how to do that on the pi. Once you are able to read > all of your channels, you can write them to a temporary file and use the > WeeWX extension fileParser to pick it up. Check out this link > <https://vpn-expert.info/weather-station-with-raspberry-pi-sense-hat-and-weewx-step-by-step/> > for details. I used it to setup a fileParser to collect my sensor info so > that WeeWX could reap it and found the method works well. My setup is > somewhat different than yours in that I have my sensors connected directly > to the RPi so I simply use my sensor program to read the data and then > write it to a file. WeeWX knows where to find that file and grabs it at > the interval specified. The author gives you a sample python program to > create a data file containing your sensor data. > > Hope that helps. > > On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 4:03:15 AM UTC-4, Tomasz Lewicki wrote: >> >> Dear Weewx users. >> It's my first post. I looked into wiki and docs but still are stuck so I >> ask here. >> >> My configuration is as follows: >> >> 1. DIY solar powered WiFi weather station (built from here: >> https://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-Powered-WiFi-Weather-Station-V20/ >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instructables.com%2Fid%2FSolar-Powered-WiFi-Weather-Station-V20%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF9RBH-ciuh7iB1x31AWgPloFEbKw> >> - the project known to some of you, I suppose), based on Wemos D1 Mini Pro >> (ESP8266) with own IP address in local network >> >> 2. Raspberry Pi 3 used as cheap airplane tracking station (ADS-B stick). >> >> Now I want to extend RPi with Weewx fed and weather station data. >> >> Because my station is hand-made, I can't use any of standard hardware >> drivers. As far I installed Weewx with Simulator driver and it works - >> http://stationIP/weewx shows many plots and data. I was even able to >> send it periodically to my other, public available, webserver by FTP. >> >> But of course I don't need fake, static data. I want to RPi with Weewx to >> communicate periodically with weather station, grab the data (or weather >> station push it periodically to RPi, which is the same, I suppose) and view >> it live via the webserver. >> >> So finally I come to the important question: is such connection possible? >> I suppose yes, but my experience with such hardware is very poor and I >> don't know where should I go. I'm experienced Linux user so it is no >> problem in this field. I only expect that someone will point me in the >> right direction, some keyword to look for. Maybe someone has similar >> configuration and could help? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/MwNOPj7is6E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a72d2d1d-7852-4be0-a8a7-71cd6b8a7722o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a72d2d1d-7852-4be0-a8a7-71cd6b8a7722o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CANqgCAaxkLeLcXsY-JHWgX%2BJ_oXr0rzDWgmo8-WF%3DrUDKKejvQ%40mail.gmail.com.