What I've come to realize is that I have to intercept the radio signal from the ISS in order to do what I want with weewx.
To that end I've purchased an RTL-SDR v3 dongle, which may or may not be DOA (TBD!). But the idea is to use that as my receiver, then decode with the rtldavis driver for weewx. I'd like to demo it on my PC or macbook first before messing with a container just to get all the other hiccups (like no phase loop locking and apparently no detection of the ISS 1m away, see DOA TBD). I see that you (Vince) had a github repo with some resources for the same, but it doesn't accessible anymore. Has it moved somewhere else? Getting there, slowly! On Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 8:33:15 AM UTC-4 WeatheredScientist wrote: > Thank you. I am going to read through that. It turns out that my DS918 was > running an older version of its OS than it should have been (long boring > story). I updated it and all the packages, which included a swap out of > Docker for what Synology calls "Container Manager". Lo and behold, I can > see all the instances of weewx I tried to get up and running: 4 with > ChatGPT, and one with Claude.ai. The last one is was still trying to run, > and crashing within a minute, then auto-restarting. > > After reading through the guide, I'll see what I can find, if anything, in > the logs. > > On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 8:41:38 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: > >> Looking at the DockerHub page at https://hub.docker.com/r/felddy/weewx >> the 'Running' section has the procedure for getting it working. >> >> I have no idea how much compatibility there is for an old version of >> Docker on a NAS. Sorry. >> >> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 5:13:46 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote: >> >>> Haha I realized my mistake too late. To hopefully answer your question, >>> I am trying to run felddy/weewx. >>> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 5:55:55 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>> >>>> Not which docker version. Which weewx ‘image’ are you trying to run via >>>> docker ? >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:43:49 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote: >>>> >>>>> To be honest, I am not sure. I had Docker up and running on the NAS >>>>> long before all this. When I look at the app in the NAS OS, it lists the >>>>> Docker version as 20.10.3-1308. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 5:23:06 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Which docker image and driver are you trying to use? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1:39:41 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello to all! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station that is up and >>>>>>> running. This is a new system, so it comes with the iPad-like >>>>>>> Weatherlink >>>>>>> Live console. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have tried using ChatGPT and Claude to get an instance of weewx >>>>>>> running in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I have not had much >>>>>>> luck, >>>>>>> which seems to be a common experience with this approach. I'm adept >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> technology and computers, but I am not a programmer, even though I have >>>>>>> programmed a bit in the past. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Can this group provide steps to getting weewx set up in a container >>>>>>> on the NAS, connecting to services like Weather Underground? *I >>>>>>> feel like I got close, but I am not even sure how to describe what the >>>>>>> LLMs >>>>>>> guided me to do. Largely, I was able to get weewx "installed", but >>>>>>> seemed >>>>>>> to be having problems with the config file. I did see at one point >>>>>>> weewx >>>>>>> outputing data, but it wasn't able to connect to wunderground, even >>>>>>> though >>>>>>> I had provided my station name and key in the right section (so maybe >>>>>>> no >>>>>>> using the right config file). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Happy to provide much more info, just need guidance on what. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/87fd92d5-fbcd-4f01-b25a-3eb2ff3bb33cn%40googlegroups.com.
