Re: [weewx-user] ftpuploader timeout with Davis Vantage Pro2 - Weewx on CentOS 7

[Kevin H. Phillips]

Got it.  Thanks for the input.


Kevin

On 10/22/19 8:13 PM, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Kevin,

I don't think there is much of a mystery here. The Davis site does 
/not/ support FTP. I would be surprised if they did: that would make 
them just another website provider, which they are not.


What they do support is a proprietary HTTP "RESTful" upload protocol 
for their WeatherLink customers. That generally requires a 
subscription, although they do offer a crippled version for "3rd 
parties", which would be us. However, we do not offer such an upload 
extension, and have no plans to do so.


So, you will have to either

1) Set up your own website with a hosting provider. Several were 
suggested in an earlier email.
2) Be satisfied with a website on your Local Area Network, that is, 
your house. You can supplement this with uploads to CWOP or 
WeatherUnderground, or one of the many other upload sites WeeWX 
supports. Unfortunately, WeatherLink is not one of them.
3) Give up on WeeWX and go all Davis. Buy their WeatherLink Live 
logger, or use a regular logger, but run their WeatherLink Computer 
Software on a computer. Either way, you would need a subscription. See 
their website for details.


-tk



On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 5:33 PM Kevin H. Phillips 
mailto:kh-phill...@9-5usa.org>> wrote:


I posed the question to Davis Support of "how" their WeatherLink
software uploads information to their site.  I haven not yet
received a direct response from them but I received this evening
what appears to be a generic message that might contain some
clues.  I don't know if someone directed this to me or whether
this was directed at anyone using their WeatherLink software. 
Here it is:


Dear Developers,

There are upcoming changes to api.weatherlink.com
<http://api.weatherlink.com> that may affect those using SSL to
make requests to https://api.weatherlink.com/. The upcoming change
will disable support for outdated versions of TLS. Developers
using our API without SSL will not be affected.

Changes:
On Monday, November 4th, 2019, TLS version 1.0 will be disabled on
https://api.weatherlink.com
On Monday, January 6th 2020, TLS version 1.1 will be disabled on
https://api.weatherlink.com.

Background: TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols have known security
vulnerabilities and most modern web browsers will remove all
support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in January of next year. TLS version 1.2
was originally released in 2006, therefore most of you should
already support these newer protocols. Concerned application
developers or those operating applications that support critical
infrastructure should ensure software is up-to-date to support TLS
1.2 and modern encryption ciphers.

Thanks,

Davis Instruments WeatherLink Team.


On 10/20/19 10:28 AM, Thomas Keffer wrote:

The standard approach is to host your own website on a hosting
service that supports FTP or rsync. There are tons of them out
there. Personally, I use Amazon Web Services, but that's not a
simple system. Others are GoDaddy.com, or hostgator.com
<http://hostgator.com>, dreamhost.com <http://dreamhost.com>, and
many, many others.

I don't know anything about WeatherLink, but I suppose it makes
the same assumption: that you will be hosting your own website,
and, if you put in the proper credentials, WeatherLink will FTP
files up to it. But, as I said, I don't know anything about the
program.

Now, posting to the WeatherUnderground and/or CWOP is a
completely different thing. That is done using HTTP, not FTP.

-tk

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:10 AM Kevin Phillips
mailto:kh-phill...@9-5usa.org>> wrote:

Thanks for the reply.  I thought it seemed to be working from
what I could tell.  I have re-set the archive interval to 5
minutes.   In terms of whether or not I'm sure their website
supports FTP, my answer has to be "no".  Their Weatherlink
software in Windows has FTP settings in the Internet Settings
window (FTP hostname, FTP logon name, FTP path, etc).  I had
also written Davis Support to ask if anyone had any ideas
about this.  One person responded by telling me to try the
davisinstruments.com <http://davisinstruments.com> setting
(It had originally been davisnet.com <http://davisnet.com>
from when I first got the station and set up the software).
When I replied that that did not work, a different person
responded and appeared to say that the site did not support
FTP but the reply talked in terms of initial set-up of
Weatherlink which I have had running for a couple of years. 
The response was that I just follow the prompts and "it just
uploads".  While I do agree that the I

Re: [weewx-user] ftpuploader timeout with Davis Vantage Pro2 - Weewx on CentOS 7

[Kevin H. Phillips]

I posed the question to Davis Support of "how" their WeatherLink 
software uploads information to their site.  I haven not yet received a 
direct response from them but I received this evening what appears to be 
a generic message that might contain some clues.  I don't know if 
someone directed this to me or whether this was directed at anyone using 
their WeatherLink software. Here it is:



Dear Developers,

There are upcoming changes to api.weatherlink.com that may affect those 
using SSL to make requests to https://api.weatherlink.com/. The upcoming 
change will disable support for outdated versions of TLS. Developers 
using our API without SSL will not be affected.


Changes:
On Monday, November 4th, 2019, TLS version 1.0 will be disabled on 
https://api.weatherlink.com
On Monday, January 6th 2020, TLS version 1.1 will be disabled on 
https://api.weatherlink.com.


Background: TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols have known security vulnerabilities 
and most modern web browsers will remove all support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in 
January of next year. TLS version 1.2 was originally released in 2006, 
therefore most of you should already support these newer protocols. 
Concerned application developers or those operating applications that 
support critical infrastructure should ensure software is up-to-date to 
support TLS 1.2 and modern encryption ciphers.


Thanks,

Davis Instruments WeatherLink Team.


On 10/20/19 10:28 AM, Thomas Keffer wrote:
The standard approach is to host your own website on a hosting service 
that supports FTP or rsync. There are tons of them out there. 
Personally, I use Amazon Web Services, but that's not a simple system. 
Others are GoDaddy.com, or hostgator.com , 
dreamhost.com , and many, many others.


I don't know anything about WeatherLink, but I suppose it makes the 
same assumption: that you will be hosting your own website, and, if 
you put in the proper credentials, WeatherLink will FTP files up to 
it. But, as I said, I don't know anything about the program.


Now, posting to the WeatherUnderground and/or CWOP is a completely 
different thing. That is done using HTTP, not FTP.


-tk

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:10 AM Kevin Phillips > wrote:


Thanks for the reply.  I thought it seemed to be working from what
I could tell.  I have re-set the archive interval to 5 minutes.  
In terms of whether or not I'm sure their website supports FTP, my
answer has to be "no".  Their Weatherlink software in Windows has
FTP settings in the Internet Settings window (FTP hostname, FTP
logon name, FTP path, etc).  I had also written Davis Support to
ask if anyone had any ideas about this.  One person responded by
telling me to try the davisinstruments.com
 setting (It had originally been
davisnet.com  from when I first got the
station and set up the software). When I replied that that did not
work, a different person responded and appeared to say that the
site did not support FTP but the reply talked in terms of initial
set-up of Weatherlink which I have had running for a couple of
years. The response was that I just follow the prompts and "it
just uploads".  While I do agree that the Internet is magic, this
was not quite as helpful or technical response as I had hoped
for.  ;-)  They did not respond after I pointed out the FTP jargon
in Weatherlink.  So, my question is:  if it does not support FTP,
how should I set up the Davis site in weewx?  Thanks again.  Kevin

On Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 8:20:49 AM UTC-5, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Your installation is actually running properly, but there are
3 issues:

1. This log entry gives a clue to one of your problems:

Oct 15 05:43:12 RadioShack weewx[4433]:  device
reports readiness to read but returned no data (device
disconnected or multiple access on port?)
Oct 15 05:43:12 RadioShack weewx[4433]:  Is there
a competing process running??
Oct 15 05:43:16 RadioShack wee_device[5135]: vantage:
Max retries exceeded while getting EEPROM data at
address 0x29


You cannot run wee_device and weewxd at the same time. They
both need to control the console. Run one or the other, never
both.

2. Are you sure that www.davisinstruments.com
 supports FTP? When I try it,
the connection just times out. I would be very surprised if
they did.

3. Your console has a very long archive interval (1800
seconds, or half an hour). That means it will generate reports
and do the FTP upload only every half an hour. Consider
changing it to 5 minutes by using the utility wee_device with
the 

Re: [weewx-user] ftpuploader timeout with Davis Vantage Pro2 - Weewx on CentOS 7

[Kevin H. Phillips]

I will see if I can get any information from Davis Support about what 
their site might use.  I created an entry in weewx.conf similar to the 
one for Wunderground.  I tried two sets of information:  one using the 
Device ID and key generated by the WeatherLink software and another 
using the user-id and password I use to log onto their website.  Neither 
one worked to upload data to their site so I guess it is not HTTP.  I 
enabled both the entries for Wunderground and CWOP and both appear to be 
working now so that's the most important thing to me.



Thanks


Kevin

On 10/20/19 10:28 AM, Thomas Keffer wrote:
The standard approach is to host your own website on a hosting service 
that supports FTP or rsync. There are tons of them out there. 
Personally, I use Amazon Web Services, but that's not a simple system. 
Others are GoDaddy.com, or hostgator.com , 
dreamhost.com , and many, many others.


I don't know anything about WeatherLink, but I suppose it makes the 
same assumption: that you will be hosting your own website, and, if 
you put in the proper credentials, WeatherLink will FTP files up to 
it. But, as I said, I don't know anything about the program.


Now, posting to the WeatherUnderground and/or CWOP is a completely 
different thing. That is done using HTTP, not FTP.


-tk

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:10 AM Kevin Phillips > wrote:


Thanks for the reply.  I thought it seemed to be working from what
I could tell.  I have re-set the archive interval to 5 minutes.  
In terms of whether or not I'm sure their website supports FTP, my
answer has to be "no".  Their Weatherlink software in Windows has
FTP settings in the Internet Settings window (FTP hostname, FTP
logon name, FTP path, etc).  I had also written Davis Support to
ask if anyone had any ideas about this.  One person responded by
telling me to try the davisinstruments.com
 setting (It had originally been
davisnet.com  from when I first got the
station and set up the software). When I replied that that did not
work, a different person responded and appeared to say that the
site did not support FTP but the reply talked in terms of initial
set-up of Weatherlink which I have had running for a couple of
years. The response was that I just follow the prompts and "it
just uploads".  While I do agree that the Internet is magic, this
was not quite as helpful or technical response as I had hoped
for.  ;-)  They did not respond after I pointed out the FTP jargon
in Weatherlink.  So, my question is:  if it does not support FTP,
how should I set up the Davis site in weewx?  Thanks again.  Kevin

On Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 8:20:49 AM UTC-5, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Your installation is actually running properly, but there are
3 issues:

1. This log entry gives a clue to one of your problems:

Oct 15 05:43:12 RadioShack weewx[4433]:  device
reports readiness to read but returned no data (device
disconnected or multiple access on port?)
Oct 15 05:43:12 RadioShack weewx[4433]:  Is there
a competing process running??
Oct 15 05:43:16 RadioShack wee_device[5135]: vantage:
Max retries exceeded while getting EEPROM data at
address 0x29


You cannot run wee_device and weewxd at the same time. They
both need to control the console. Run one or the other, never
both.

2. Are you sure that www.davisinstruments.com
 supports FTP? When I try it,
the connection just times out. I would be very surprised if
they did.

3. Your console has a very long archive interval (1800
seconds, or half an hour). That means it will generate reports
and do the FTP upload only every half an hour. Consider
changing it to 5 minutes by using the utility wee_device with
the --set-interval option
.

-tk



On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 9:13 PM Kevin Phillips
 wrote:

I am trying to get back into Linux after several years
away.  I recently installed CentOS 7 on a Dell OptiPlex
790.  It has an Intel i5-2400 3.10 ghz process and 4GB of
RAM.  I installed weewx 3.9.2 from the rpm package.  I
have a Davis Vantage Pro2 model 6162 weather station.  It
has a wireless console with the data logger.  I recently
upgraded the console firmware to v3.80.  The computer is
dual-boot with Win7 Professional 64-bit on the other
side.  I have been using the Davis Weatherlink software to
uploaded data to their website