Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Glenn McKechnie
On 22/06/2020, michael form wrote: > Glenn: > > I will follow up on what you said and hopefully, things will go smoothly > with the upgrade to 4.1.1. To be hoped. And let us know either way. :-) Information is king. Hopefully I've supplied enough over on my fork, I've update the readme with a

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread michael form
Glenn: I will follow up on what you said and hopefully, things will go smoothly with the upgrade to 4.1.1. I will certainly let you know if it doesn't. :) Michael On Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 8:25:00 PM UTC-4, Glenn McKechnie wrote: > > On 22/06/2020, Michael Form > wrote: > > Tom: > > > >

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Tom Keffer
Thanks for setting us straight, Glenn! On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 5:24 PM Glenn McKechnie wrote: > On 22/06/2020, Michael Form wrote: > > Tom: > > > > Thank you for your response. I was aware of this issue which is the > > reason that I asked if there was a way around it. The thread does not > >

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Glenn McKechnie
On 22/06/2020, Michael Form wrote: > Tom: > > Thank you for your response. I was aware of this issue which is the > reason that I asked if there was a way around it. The thread does not > seem to indicate a solution. That thread was restarted as "V4 with python2 OWFS errors" and was resolved

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Tom Keffer
No, it will not overwrite the existing weewx.conf file, nor the database. Do a backup if you are concerned. -tk On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:03 AM Michael Form wrote: > Thanks again for the very rapid response. > > If I update using Python 2, will this overwrite the existing weewx.conf > and

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Tom Keffer
You can add more temperature sensors to your existing schema. Follow the directions in the section *Adding a new type to the database* in the copy of the Customizing Guide *that came with your 3.9.X version* (Version 4.x uses a different method). If you wish to use Python 2 on buster, use the

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-21 Thread Michael Form
Tom: Thank you for your response. I was aware of this issue which is the reason that I asked if there was a way around it. The thread does not seem to indicate a solution. Assuming there is a workaround, how to upgrade without losing the configuration (weewx.conf) and the previous data in

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-20 Thread Tom Keffer
There seems to be an issue with using owfs with Python 3 under buster. See this thread: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/weewx-user/ntrwrTl1xew/37u0_b7nAgAJ -tk On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:30 AM michael form wrote: > I have Weewx 3.92 running on a Raspberry Pi3 using One-Wire sensors for > all

[weewx-user] Suggestions on best way to upgrade to 4.1.1

2020-06-19 Thread michael form
I have Weewx 3.92 running on a Raspberry Pi3 using One-Wire sensors for all measurements via a USB to 1-Wire interface (DS9490). The Pi is running Buster and I installed Weewx using the Debian installation package. Everything is now working fine and I want to tempt fate by upgrading to Weewx