No problem Jon, glad I was able to help. Your correct about the six digit pin, it hasn't been that for a long time, mine has been 8 characters since at least 2016. Regards Jimi
On Mon, 5 May 2025, 10:00 [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jimi - I had read the Weewx materials.... > but yes, it was an oversight on my part...when creating ...or editting a > Met Office WOW site, it now asks for 'authentication key' as one of the > many fields to setup the site itself. > I had obviously had a brain freeze during once setup - and couldnt see > that field unless going into the 'edit' for the site. > > One change to the Weewx docs though: the key is no longer a six digit pin > (which probably contributed to my brain freeze on the topic) and you can > enter any text you want as a key. > My site is now up and puslishing to MET via the migrated WOW account I > have ! > > Jon. > PS Weewx is still the greatest software ! it just keeps giving and giving ! > > On Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 22:56:31 UTC+1 Jimi Lawson wrote: > >> The password is called an Authentication Key in WOW. You create it >> yourself in WOW by logging into your site then select edit site, you add a >> key in there. >> "WOW provides a simple API for you to automatically upload data into WOW. >> The easiest solution for most users is to use a piece of software that >> supports this API, and some of these are listed below. If you would prefer >> not to use these or are writing your own, please see the details further >> down the page about the API. >> >> Before you attempt to upload you will need 2 numbers. The first is your >> Site ID. This is an arbitrary number that is used to distinguish your site >> from another. This number appears (in brackets) next to or underneath the >> name of your site on the site information page, for example (956916003) for >> pre-June 2016 sites or (6a571450-df53-e611-9401-0003ff5987fd) >> >> The second item you require is the Authentication Key. This is a 6 digit >> number that is used to ensure data is coming from you and not another user. >> If you do not know (or have not created) the Authentication Key, go to the >> Edit pages of any site you own and the value is an option under the Site >> Details section. Create and enter a 6-digit numeric PIN of your choice (it >> is not supplied by the kit manufacturer). The Authentication Key may also >> be referred to as the 'AWS Pin'. >> >> You must take note of both these numbers before continuing, otherwise you >> will not be able to upload weather data to WOW. " >> Regards >> Jimi >> >> On Sun, 4 May 2025, 6:14 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Guys - I know a pretty old thread...but I recently had my MET account >>> upgraded to the new MET office WOW. >>> >>> Although I migrated my account, I had not connected Weewx to it. so now >>> Im doing so. >>> the account migrated fine, and I had to 'create a site' - which I did. >>> I see there is a long unique ID for the site itself ) like >>> (c58da0c0-0729-f021-9d47-6027bddefb8a) >>> - I just created it >>> but where do I find the 'password' - or as descirbed in the Weewx docs >>> the 'six digit numerical pin' - as I dont see this in the site...the only >>> other thing I see is a 'user id' (similar format to the long unique site >>> Id) - but using that, weewv complains... >>> >>> Any advice ? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 21:54:07 UTC John Devine wrote: >>> >>>> I just setup an account at WOW and installed weewx tonight and enabled >>>> the relevant section in weewx.conf and it just worked with sample data >>>> >>>> JD >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:25:30 PM UTC, Alan Major wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> Do you have any plans to add support for submitting observations to >>>>> the UK Met Office Weather Observations Website? Not sure how many users >>>>> you >>>>> have got this side of the pond! >>>>> >>>>> They give guidance here >>>>> <http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/support?category=dataformats> but I am >>>>> not sure how I would go about set that up it in weewx. Is it something >>>>> that >>>>> could be easily done? 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