Re: [weewx-user] Re: Outdoor Wireless Webcam Integration

2017-01-12 Thread Steve Meltz
Vince, thanks for that. Now that I think of it, those Chinese cams (and DVRs) were used as bots during a recent DOS attack. The newer ones are supposed to be better, but who knows for sure? Steve On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:42 AM, vince wrote: > On Wednesday, January 11,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Problem displaying forecasts

2017-06-30 Thread Steve Meltz
Thanks Gary. I will start making the changes you suggest. As for the other two issues, the gauges 'appear' to be working, but if you have found some underlying issue, I would like to sort it and the WU RF out. I'll be getting back to you. Steve On Jun 30, 2017 3:06 AM, "gjr80"

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Guages and driver update question

2018-05-14 Thread Steve Meltz
No problem, Gary. Once we, or should I say you, get this fixed..I'll be a bit apprehensive about updating Weewx itself. But, I'll probably do it. On Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:12 PM gjr80 wrote: > Just looked at the file myself and it is valid JSON so am not sure what > the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Guages and driver update question

2018-05-14 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..thanks. I will try tomorrow (almost midnight here). I may have left off the = sign. I didn't know about the "--dry run" switch..I'll give that a go first. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Guages and driver update question

2018-05-18 Thread Steve Meltz
Well, some of the problem may have been typos on my end. I know just enough about Linux to be dangerous. While i have no problem with weewx and have nothing but kudos for you, Tom, Andrew, Vince and others that spend so much time helping, I always thought it would be nice if there was some

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-09-05 Thread Steve Meltz
Thanks, Vince. I am going to do the manual install as I could not get the extension installer to work. Maybe syntax error or my just not understanding how it works in this case..I have used the installer successfully in the past. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 12:46 PM vince wrote: > On Wednesday,

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-09-05 Thread Steve Meltz
Ended up being a syntax error. Thanks again, Vince On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 12:56 PM vince wrote: > On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 9:51:02 AM UTC-7, Steve2Q wrote: >> >> Thanks, Vince. I am going to do the manual install as I could not get the >> extension installer to work. Maybe syntax error

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-09-09 Thread Steve Meltz
Ok..sounds like a project for the weekend..or after the incoming bad weather..I dont want to miss anything! On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 4:35 PM vince wrote: > On Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 12:09:32 PM UTC-7, Steve2Q wrote: >> >> Vince: here are the extensions that are running (ignore as3935..I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Graphs not always visible, skips archive interval, no data loss

2018-03-07 Thread Steve Meltz
There was a community wide internet problem today; that may have been the problem. Each time I checked this afternoon it has been ok. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Gauges question

2018-10-20 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..if you switch to Fahrenheit, look at the scale on the gauges: [image: image.png] On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 10:01 PM gjr80 wrote: > Steve, > > Your post highlights two issues; the temperature gauge and windchill. When > I look at your site just now the temperature gauge is displaying 27.1C

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Gauges question

2018-10-25 Thread Steve Meltz
I just checked the weeWX machine, and gauge-data.txt is updating every 2 seconds. As for the windchill and heat index, The windchill used to read 0 when either calculation was not met. It now reads 32 F as you said. I think (and this is from a previous post from you) the behavior may be different

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Gauges question

2018-10-25 Thread Steve Meltz
I uploaded the .php file to the web server. Since this afternoon, it now appears that the background images stopped uploading to the web server at 2:15 pm..and I thought it was corrected. I can only find .png files that were uploaded to that time. I will wait till tomorrow morning to see if adding

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Gauges question

2018-10-25 Thread Steve Meltz
No worries! Have a pleasant journey wherever you are heading. I'll be in and out all weekend..I'm busier now that i am retired than when I was working. On Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 11:26 PM gjr80 wrote: > Thinking just now I suspect this is because we disabled the SteelSeries > Gauges extension. Am

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Gauges question

2018-10-23 Thread Steve Meltz
Thank you Gary..this should not be at the top of your to do list... On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:50 PM gjr80 wrote: > Ok, I can see the same problem still exists so it would seem it is with > the extension and not rtgd. I can access your gauge-data.txt and gauges.js > so I should be able to track

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-10-04 Thread Steve Meltz
Thanks Gary. Is it possible that a small cron i have set up could do this? Every day at 0001 i have the archive.sdb zipped and uploaded to a folder on my web site. Other than that is there any tools available that i can use to track down the leak? Steve On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 9:23 AM gjr80 wrote:

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-10-04 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary and Vince After sending my previous post, I started reading some more about memory leaks. It appears that cron jobs (if poorly coded) can sometimes be the cause. With that in mind, I am attaching both the cron, and the process it starts so maybe you can pick up something. I am also having a

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-10-04 Thread Steve Meltz
Vince..this is the output of sudo ls -la /var/spool/cron/crontabs total 16 drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 Oct 4 16:52 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root4096 Dec 31 1969 .. -rw--- 1 pi crontab 1151 Sep 5 09:35 pi -rw--- 1 root crontab 1090 May 14 2015 root This is the output of crontab -e

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-10-04 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..attached is my weewx.conf file (called weewxa.conf just to keep it separated in my backup folder) On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 9:44 PM gjr80 wrote: > I really don't think this is an issue with any cron jobs, certainly not a > backup script that runs independently of WeeWX at 2359 daily. I guess

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Extension uninstall says "unable to find extension"

2018-09-19 Thread Steve Meltz
Thank you, Matthew! That did the trick. Steve On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:23 PM mwall wrote: > > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 12:53:03 PM UTC-4, Steve2Q wrote: >> >> >> Where should I look for any "remnants"?? >> > > wee_extension does its housekeeping in the directory 'installer' in

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Extension uninstall says "unable to find extension"

2018-09-19 Thread Steve Meltz
There is no /usr/weewx directory On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:26 PM mwall wrote: > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 12:53:03 PM UTC-4, Steve2Q wrote: >> >> >> Where should I look for any "remnants"?? >> > > please do this: > > ls -lR /usr/share/weewx/user/installer > > (i made some assumptions

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Extension uninstall says "unable to find extension"

2018-09-19 Thread Steve Meltz
i meant usr/share/weewx directory On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:29 PM Steve Meltz wrote: > There is no /usr/weewx directory > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 1:26 PM mwall wrote: > >> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 12:53:03 PM UTC-4, Steve2Q wrote: >>> >&

Re: [weewx-user] Second crash after 11 days

2018-09-12 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary, I was thinking the same thing. None of the actions directly related to Weewx ever became erratic, so there must be something else involved. Steve On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:41 PM gjr80 wrote: > 2 second update should not be too much for a RPi2, though of course it > depends on what other

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-02-04 Thread Steve Meltz
Kevin..thats what I am doing now until a resolution is found. On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 9:01 AM Kevin Hedgepeth wrote: > I ran into a problem with my pi randomly shutting down. I set CRON to > restart my pi every night and have not had a problem since. The only > adverse effect is that the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-05-28 Thread Steve Meltz
Thanks Gary...as usual, your fix was spot on! Steve On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:19 PM gjr80 wrote: > Steve, > > When I look at your gauges just now they are not working, the clue is in > the scroller message - 'error: Not Found'. This means the gauges.js > script cannot find gauge-data.txt. I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Guages and driver update question

2019-04-10 Thread Steve Meltz
which, when > clicked, copies the key to your clipboard. Also on this page is a link to > the documentation. > > If you do not have a PWS registered to your email address, you will not be > able to get a key. > > > > - > Tom > > On Apr 10, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Ste

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Steel Guages and driver update question

2019-04-10 Thread Steve Meltz
G'day Gary! Its been a while. As you know I was having a memory leak problem which seems to be coming from the driver used with my Ultimeter. Although the memory still increases, it is much less using an old version rather than the one included with the Weewx update. Anyway, in trying to track

Re: Re: [weewx-user] Steel Guages and driver update question

2019-04-10 Thread Steve Meltz
ockout_period = 60 > max_tries = 3 > location = pws:KALALBER13 > debug = 0 > > - > Tom > > On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Steve Meltz wrote: > > Hi Tom. When I saw that the key I had was no longer working, I went > through the steps as stated in your email to generate a

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-07-18 Thread Steve Meltz
Peter..yes, Weewx is running when I backup. I have it scheduled to run on an odd minute once/day. Archiving runs on the even minute. -- 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

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-07-18 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..yes..I believe you are correct, but there is something kind of nagging at me, so I am going to do a controlled test (ie writing down what I do) rather than trying to remember the steps I go through. On Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 11:40 AM gjr80 wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Haven’t we been round this

Re: [weewx-user] Webcam Streaming

2019-12-25 Thread Steve Meltz
Still no luck..I am continuing my research. On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 11:17 AM p q wrote: > can you get to the webcam URL from outside the firewall? > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 AM Steve2Q wrote: > >> Hello (and Happy Holidays to all!) I am trying to have the image from a >> streaming webcam

Re: [weewx-user] Re: alarm module - multiple alarms

2020-09-19 Thread Steve Meltz
Thats why I did not do the upgrade. 3.8.2 does everything I want, plus I did not want my Steel Guages to be broken. On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 3:57 AM pligg...@gmail.com wrote: > > Tried this again today but it doesn't send email. I see the expression > true in the logs. Has anyone got some idea why

Re: [weewx-user] Re: FTP failure

2022-09-19 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..I changed the .php file locally and uploaded it to the /ss directory. This did not change anything, however one thing I see is that gauge-data.txt has not changed since 9/17. I am starting to wonder if it may be best to uninstall/reinstall steel gauges from weewx? -- You received this

Re: [weewx-user] Re: FTP failure

2022-09-18 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..I will check for the .php file later today...thanks Vince..I intend on changing to Rsync once I get the gauges working again. I'm sure I will have some problems when I do it, and don't want to try and fix 2 problems at the same time. On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 10:13 PM vince wrote: > You

Re: [weewx-user] Re: FTP failure

2022-09-21 Thread Steve Meltz
Thanks Gary...no worries. I just wanted to update you with my findings. I certainly don't expect real time responses! Steve ps..I removed the old gauge-data.txt files from the server, and they are not being generated (or the server isn't allowing them to upload). On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 8:33 PM

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help with change to SFTP

2023-12-30 Thread Steve Meltz
Gary..thank you for the reply I think I have it sorted out. In my old version of Weewx, I made a few changes in weewx.conf which seems to have worked, and as you said, the Steel Guages are not affected. On Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 12:31 AM gjr80 wrote: > Steve, > > Sorry I cannot help with SFTP, but