Thanks Vince. I was aware of weewx docs (https://weewx.com/docs/5.2/), and the user and hardware guides within. No mention of gw1000 that I could find (might be there somewhere). I did not know about "the wiki" and googling "weewx wiki" wasn't too helpful. I did eventually find a wiki link in one of the documents, https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki. I am sharing this in case there are others out there as clueless as me.
Within the wiki the first reference to gw1000 was a how-to guide for the interceptor, which I had tried before unsuccessfully. The next reference was to what I believe you referred to as the "old GW1000" driver. I followed the instructions at https://github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-gw1000 and that worked like a champ. They had been updated for weewx version 5. I appreciate the help. Dana On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM Vince Skahan <[email protected]> wrote: > In the wiki. > > ----- [email protected] ---- > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM Dana Roode <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, I didn't try the old gw1000 driver, I don't know where that is. Do >> you have a link? >> >> Dana >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026, 6:45 PM Vince Skahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Did you try the old original gw1000 driver and verify that it did or did >>> not work ? >>> >>> There are lots of permission denied links in the wiki and faq and user >>> docs here if you poke around more if you have to battle interceptor…. >>> >>> Another way is to have your gateway publish to MQTT and use >>> mqttsubscribe as a driver, but you’d need to set up a MQTT broker on your >>> network which isn’t hard but it is more moving parts end to end, >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:52:48 PM UTC-8 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a GW1200 gateway I would like to interface with weewx to collect >>>> data from an Ambient WS-2000 weather station. I am not sure what driver to >>>> use so I thought I'd check here. I've seen references to the interceptor, a >>>> GW1000 driver, and a new driver being developed which talks to the GW1200 >>>> itself. >>>> >>>> I am running Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS on an intel mini-PC. I installed weewx >>>> 5.2 using the instructions at >>>> https://weewx.com/docs/5.2/quickstarts/debian/. I got it working with >>>> the simulator, then with the WeatherflowUDP extension/driver. >>>> >>>> The Interceptor seemed like the way to go for my GW1200 and I found it >>>> at https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor. I followed the >>>> instructions as best I could. I wanted the "sniff" mode and the doc told me >>>> to install *pypcap* module. I got this error when I attempted to use >>>> "pip3": >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> */usr/share/weewx/user# pip3 install pypcaperror: >>>> externally-managed-environment× This environment is externally managed╰─> >>>> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install python3-xyz, >>>> where xyz is the package you are trying to install.* >>>> >>>> I tried "apt install python3-pypcap" and that did not work. I tried >>>> "apt-get install libpcap-dev" which installed something, not sure it it >>>> satisfied the dependencies of the interceptor module, probably not. >>>> >>>> I downloaded the Interceptor modules with "wget -O >>>> weewx-interceptor.zip" - that worked. I added it as an extension using >>>> "weectl extension install weewx-interceptor.zip". That seemed to work. I >>>> edited the weewx.conf file to set the station type to Interceptor and added >>>> a basic Interceptor stanza: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *[Interceptor] driver = user.interceptor device_type = >>>> ecowitt-client* >>>> >>>> I restarted weewx and not unsurprisingly it didn't work (console >>>> message below). >>>> >>>> I am not sure I have the right driver, and am pretty sure I didn't >>>> supply the prerequisite module. Any pointing the right direction would be >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Dana >>>> >>>> 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Initializing weewxd version >>>> 5.2.0 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Command line: >>>> /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Using Python: 3.12.3 >>>> (main, Nov 6 2025, 13:44:16) [GCC 13.3.0] >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Located at: >>>> /usr/bin/python3 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Platform: >>>> Linux-6.8.0-90-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Locale: >>>> 'en_US.UTF-8' >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Entry path: >>>> /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: WEEWX_ROOT: >>>> /etc/weewx >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Config file: >>>> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: User module: >>>> /etc/weewx/bin/user >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Debug: 0 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: User: weewx >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Group: weewx >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Groups: weewx >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO weewx.engine: Loading station >>>> type Interceptor (user.interceptor) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: driver >>>> version is 0.60 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: device type: >>>> ecowitt-client >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: hardware >>>> name: weatherstation via interceptor >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: mode is >>>> listen >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: listen on :80 >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: ERROR weewx.engine: Import of >>>> driver failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied (<class 'PermissionError'>) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 115, in setupStation >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 316, in loader >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> return InterceptorDriver(**config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 2529, in __init__ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self._device = self.DEVICE_TYPES.get(self._device_type)(**stn_dict) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 2298, in __init__ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> super(EcowittClient, self).__init__( >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 430, in __init__ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self._server = Consumer.TCPServer(address, port, handler) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 585, in __init__ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> TCPServer.__init__(self, (address, int(port)), handler) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.12/socketserver.py", line 457, in __init__ >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.server_bind() >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/usr/lib/python3.12/socketserver.py", line 473, in server_bind >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.socket.bind(self.server_address) >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied >>>> Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load >>>> 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