On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 6:08:22 AM UTC-5 f4n...@gmail.com wrote:
> I just found out rtl_433 is the cause of the 70% nonstop cpu usage. I > optimized the rtl_433 command: > > cmd = rtl_433 -f 868.3M -M time:utc -M protocol -M level -F json -Y > classic -Y autolevel -Y squelch -s 250k -R 78 -R 32 > (added squelch, autolevel and reduced bandwith to 250k). > > CPU usage down to 15%, let's see how this goes. Maybe I will try out > whether neowx-material will still occupy the cpu for so long. > thank you for this! i will add it to the weewx-sdr readme. do you know how much each of those options affect the performance? i would guess that the '-R 32' is the biggest one, since that tells rtl_433 to look for only one specific type of data. as for weewx, the report generation is the biggest load. i often run multiple (4-5) weewx instances on a low-power machine for data collection, and generate only a single, simple skin for each instance on the data collector. but i then upload the data to another, more capable machine for aggregation. i typically use influx for the aggregation, with a grafana front-end. if you want weewx to generate reports on the aggregation end of things, then you'll have to figure out a way to get the data from the data collector to the aggregator. i can imagine a few ways of doing this: a) configure the collector to save to a mysql database, then run the wee_report utility on the aggregator to generate the reports, using the mysql database as the source b) write a weewx driver that receives data, and a weewx uploader that sends it c) use the wunderground uploader to send data, and the weewx-interceptor driver to receive it i am sure there are other options! m -- 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/9e26659c-7157-43ba-af33-4d685d947518n%40googlegroups.com.
