Update: I am becoming more certain that the issue I'm having is with the ability to get the serial ports configured properly on a Pi 4. Any recommendations would be welcomed. Thank you! Michael
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 12:31:27 PM UTC-7 mup...@gmail.com wrote: > Meant to post this to all! > Got through the installation process and populated my info in the > weewx.conf file. The issue now appears to be one with the serial port > selection. > Using /dev/ttyS0, the result is a bunch of data being spit out to my > screen, which doesn't appear to be where it should go. > Using /dev/ttyAMA0 locks up the terminal window! > The output from dmesg is: > dmesg | grep tty > [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 > snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 > smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:93:DF:F3 vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 > vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=6eead863-02 > rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet splash > plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles > [ 0.000359] printk: console [tty1] enabled > [ 1.410360] fe201000.serial: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0xfe201000 (irq = 34, > base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2 > [ 1.419455] fe215040.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xfe215040 (irq = 36, > base_baud = 62500000) is a 16550 > [ 3.091117] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice. > > ---------- > The connection being used is the same from my previous install (original > RPi), which uses a MAX3232 IC tied to GPIO pins 8 & 10. Might there be a > permissions issue? Not sure where to look for a solution at this point. > Another note ... in the previous installation, I found a recommendation > that said to purge the hwclock from the system. Is this still applicable? > > Thank you all! > On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:24:09 AM UTC-7 vince wrote: > >> The instructions are actually ok as written, as there is no right/wrong >> rule for where to download/expand the .tar.gz file into. FWIW - typically >> I use /var/tmp when I do it, but there is no right or wrong answer there. >> >> In your case, I suspect you simply neglected to 'cd /home/weewx' in >> step-4 before running the sudo command. You need to be in the 'installed' >> location when you run the sudo command, not the 'source' directory your >> .tar.gz file expanded into. >> >> >> >> -- 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/a3eec51f-a129-4071-a1a7-5605f2981ed0n%40googlegroups.com.
