Just make sure your backup of the database is up-to-date. You have been doing a backup, haven't you?! 😀
On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM Tex Drone <txdr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, that seems pretty straightforward. However, if anyone can mess this up > it will be me, which is the reason I want to use a new Pi. > > At the moment I have roughly 5 years of data in the WeeWx db. I am using a > Davis serial datalogger. > > Thanks for the help! > > > On Monday, June 17, 2024 at 3:23:42 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: > > Tex if you want to use the new clean pi4 with weewx v5 it's pretty easy to > do the switchover since it isn't really an upgrade.... > > * stop weewx on the new pi > * copy your old database into place on the new pi > * if you have a lot of years of data, copy your NOAA files over too to > speed up first boot > * plug your new pi into the datalogger you currently have working on the > old pi > * run 'weectl station reconfigure' to switch to the Vantage driver > * start weewx on the new pi > > I'm assuming your are using a Davis serial or usb datalogger above (you > didn't say), but basically you want to get everything working vs the > simulator (likely with any uploaders to WU or the like commented out) and > then switch over. Nice thing if you have a working 'old' pi is that you > can always go back to it and weewx should catch up any missed readings from > your datalogger. > > On Monday, June 17, 2024 at 12:41:59 PM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote: > > You didn't say how you installed WeeWX, but just follow the instructions > in the appropriate Quick Start Guide. See the Upgrade Guide > <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.0/upgrade/> (first section). > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 12:36 PM Tex Drone <txd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Raspberry Pi3 that has been running WeeWx 4.x for several years, > now I would like to upgrade to 5.x without losing any data. My PWS > equipment is a Davis Vantage Vue. > > I have installed WeeWx 5.x on a newer Pi4 and have it running in simulator > mode while I familiarize myself with it. > > What would be the cleanest way to cut over and keep all of my historical > weather data intact? > > Thanks > Tex > > -- > 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+...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2dd5db85-b5c9-424f-bcb8-25418da5b381n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2dd5db85-b5c9-424f-bcb8-25418da5b381n%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/1ad1467c-a4f9-497d-9a32-83adaed06457n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1ad1467c-a4f9-497d-9a32-83adaed06457n%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/CAPq0zEDHXh2eEN0FL%3Dgqv3xHxsX18G1kdszw_rMWwd0mU%3DVdQQ%40mail.gmail.com.
