[weewx-user] Re: Help with forecast

2022-06-10 Thread RobbH
This is certainly not what you are looking for, but it is what I use to get NWS forecasts. Here is a url for a forecast for a randomly selected location: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.177010=-73.141963=0=english=text=2 Note where latitude and longitude are inserted.

[weewx-user] Re: Weewx.conf

2022-02-02 Thread RobbH
It appears that you are using an editor called Nano. The two lines of help at the bottom of the screen use the caret symbol to represent the CTRL key, so pressing CTL and O at the same time will "write out" (save) the file, and CTRL-X will exit the editor. On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at

[weewx-user] Re: Acurite 5in1 and rtl_sdr

2020-10-30 Thread RobbH
My suspicion is that this happens because of unusual propagation conditions such as "tropospheric ducting," which may be associated with unusual weather or sunspot activity, among other factors. There are occasions when distant radio or TV signals can be received briefly, sometimes stronger

[weewx-user] Re: Hardware Recomendation for weewx Compatible Hardware

2020-06-04 Thread RobbH
Tom, you might find it helpful to look at the Hardware Guide at http://www.weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm It will tell you the reporting interval for some families of weather stations. On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 4:16:32 PM UTC-4, Tom K wrote: > > Hello all - looking for some specific

[weewx-user] Re: Hardware Recomendation for weewx Compatible Hardware

2020-06-04 Thread RobbH
On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 11:32:46 PM UTC-4, Xant wrote: > > > Welcome to WeeWX, but also to note, that there are many previous posting > regarding this issue (which should check prior to new post). > > It is certainly true that there are many previous posts asking questions about

[weewx-user] Re: Is there an option to disable use of SSL for pushing data to Weather Underground?

2020-01-31 Thread RobbH
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/weewx-user/cDFAN1GBCfA/39399_wjAAAJ On Friday, January 31, 2020 at 2:53:47 AM UTC-5, Kevin Key wrote: > > Is there an option to disable use of SSL for pushing data to Weather > Underground? I am getting nothing but errors and can no longer push to WU. > > -- You

Re: [weewx-user] Wunderground Upload fails with SSL error started last night

2020-01-30 Thread RobbH
That seems to have worked for me, too. On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 5:36:53 PM UTC-5, Jarom Hatch wrote: > > Quick fix for me was to change the URLs in restx.py to http instead of > https. That got it back updating. > > On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 3:30:32 PM UTC-7, Jarom Hatch wrote:

[weewx-user] Re: Bash: get current weather data

2019-10-05 Thread RobbH
Is archive data adequate for your needs? (Typically updates every five minutes, although you can set the archive period to something else.) Or do you need to use loop data, which is nearly real-time? If archive data will work, the simplest (not necessarily best) way to do what you ask is to

[weewx-user] Re: Can i grab loop data in a shell script

2019-08-01 Thread RobbH
> survive' (most of the time) level. > > I have had a look at the wiki and now realise that this is way beyond my > current skill level. > > Thank you, Gary and RobbH for your tips. I have a lot of learning to do > before I can take this on. > > > -- You received this

[weewx-user] Re: Can i grab loop data in a shell script

2019-07-31 Thread RobbH
You might take a look at the crt service: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/crt This writes a text file, realtime.txt every time new loop data is received. The current outside temperature is always the third field in the file. However, many loop packets may not include temperature data, in

[weewx-user] Re: Can't get interceptor to read data in sniff mode

2019-05-20 Thread RobbH
My apologies. I misread the reference to "Acurite access" as meaning "access to Acurite" rather than the Access device. On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 6:09:19 PM UTC-4, mwall wrote: > > On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 5:44:55 PM UTC-4, Ray Pfaff wrote: >> >> Am I missing something? Both of those apply

[weewx-user] Re: Can't get interceptor to read data in sniff mode

2019-05-19 Thread RobbH
See this message and the rest of the thread: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/weewx-user/0e2E3F7EG7Y/mVv7oUZ1BgAJ On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 8:52:51 AM UTC-4, Ray Pfaff wrote: > > I've been trying to get the 0.41 version of weewx interceptor working with > my Acurite access and haven't had any

[weewx-user] Re: Updating weewx-interceptor driver

2019-02-18 Thread RobbH
. On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 4:55:39 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: > > Thanks! > > > On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 4:42:10 PM UTC-5, Scott Grayban wrote: >> >> You can update over the old one. No need to remove the old one. >> >> On Monday, February 18

[weewx-user] Re: Updating weewx-interceptor driver

2019-02-18 Thread RobbH
Thanks! On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 4:42:10 PM UTC-5, Scott Grayban wrote: > > You can update over the old one. No need to remove the old one. > > On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 1:16:25 PM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> I am having some problems with the Acurite bridge

[weewx-user] Updating weewx-interceptor driver

2019-02-18 Thread RobbH
I am having some problems with the Acurite bridge, and I suspect hardware failure. (Syslog shows that the interceptor occasionally receives full data, but for the past several hours it mostly just reports "weewx[916]: interceptor: MainThread: empty queue".) I assume it makes sense to try

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Acurite Bridge 5x1 Sensor - Rainfall mapping

2018-05-26 Thread RobbH
urite has calculated for me? Sounds like it doesn't need to be > used/mapped. > > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> With a very similar setup, here's what's in the sensor map section of my >> weewx.conf (changing my sensor ID number

[weewx-user] Re: Acurite Bridge 5x1 Sensor - Rainfall mapping

2018-05-26 Thread RobbH
With a very similar setup, here's what's in the sensor map section of my weewx.conf (changing my sensor ID number to yours): rain = rainfall.3420.* weeWX calculates the daily rain total. On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:51:43 AM UTC-4, bdf0506 wrote: > > I'm trying to properly map an

[weewx-user] Re: Looking for reliable weather station -- reliably working with WeeWX

2018-05-17 Thread RobbH
Max, I am no expert, but I do currently have an Acurite 5-in-1 sensor, along with two additional temperature/humidity sensors, using an Acurite "smart hub" to receive the signals and the Interceptor driver to import the data into weeWX. It works well, but there are a few catches. First of

[weewx-user] Re: Realtime updates for custom display

2018-05-17 Thread RobbH
Bruce, unlike others who have responded to your question, I am definitely not an expert. However, I have recently developed my own real-time display using the crt service, and it works very well for my purposes. The only catch is that some of the fields in the realtime.txt file do not contain

Re: [weewx-user] Re: rtl_433 and acurite 5 n 1

2018-04-15 Thread RobbH
. > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 8:40 PM, RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Following up, there are directions for compiling rtl_433 and rtl-sdr, >> which you will also need. Both are linked from the sdr driver page in the >> wiki. >> >> >&g

[weewx-user] Re: rtl_433 and acurite 5 n 1

2018-04-14 Thread RobbH
Following up, there are directions for compiling rtl_433 and rtl-sdr, which you will also need. Both are linked from the sdr driver page in the wiki. On Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 8:31:08 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > Have you looked into the sdr driver for weewx? It's in the wiki, whi

[weewx-user] Re: rtl_433 and acurite 5 n 1

2018-04-14 Thread RobbH
Have you looked into the sdr driver for weewx? It's in the wiki, which can be accessed from the weewx Support page. On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 1:07:14 AM UTC-4, doug1...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have a 5 n 1 and would like to access it by internet. I have an sdr > receiver and

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-06 Thread RobbH
> Glenn > > rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons > https://github.com/glennmckechnie > > On 6 April 2018 at 05:36, RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> I finally came to the realization that everything I wanted to do could be >> done

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-05 Thread RobbH
:13 PM UTC-4, Tom Keffer wrote: > > Very clever! > > -tk > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:36 PM, RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I finally came to the realization that everything I wanted to do could be >> done with the Cheetah engine, and even learn

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-05 Thread RobbH
the final comment, with this code: 10 5 On Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 5:25:01 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > It's available (temporarily) here: > > http://rh3.operamail.com/windrose_testing.svg > > On Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 3:45:58 PM UTC-4, Alec Bennett

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-05 Thread RobbH
It's available (temporarily) here: http://rh3.operamail.com/windrose_testing.svg On Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 3:45:58 PM UTC-4, Alec Bennett wrote: > > Possible to see the generated output of that somewhere? > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:36 PM, RobbH <holm...@gmail.com >

[weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-05 Thread RobbH
This is set up to work with speeds measured in miles per hour. Some modification would be needed to make it work with other units. I hope someone will find it useful. Improvements welcome. On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 8:21:51 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > Very nice! That's not exactly what

[weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-04-02 Thread RobbH
ctional pointer proportional >> to wind speed, can be done with svg graphics and no outside help. I've >> posted that to the old thread that I linked in the first post. >> >> >> On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 8:27:41 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: >>> >

[weewx-user] Re: Realtime rain data with CRT service, Interceptor driver and AcuRite sensor/hub

2018-04-01 Thread RobbH
Never mind! I've discovered the tcpflow command. tcpflow -i any -C -J port 80 | grep "dailyrainin" should provide what I need. On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 5:07:46 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > Thanks. I understand that, for a change. > > So there's no way to work aro

[weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-03-31 Thread RobbH
in the first post. On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 8:27:41 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > Maybe, at long last, I'm going to have to buckle down and learn enough of > Python to do this! > > > On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 6:51:49 PM UTC-4, vince wrote: >> >> On Friday, Marc

[weewx-user] Re: WeeWX now also with wind rose.

2018-03-31 Thread RobbH
This a very old thread, but it still turns up in searches. Here's a simple way to do a crude version of what the original poster was doing. That is, a display of the most recent wind direction on the background of a compass rose, not a wind rose, showing history. May not work in all browsers,

[weewx-user] Re: Realtime rain data with CRT service, Interceptor driver and AcuRite sensor/hub

2018-03-31 Thread RobbH
to the crt service, without waiting for weewx to do its calculations? On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 9:54:25 PM UTC-4, mwall wrote: > > On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 6:00:14 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: >> >> >> We can see that field 10 (rain today) and 48 (rainfall last hour

[weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-03-30 Thread RobbH
Maybe, at long last, I'm going to have to buckle down and learn enough of Python to do this! On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 6:51:49 PM UTC-4, vince wrote: > > On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 1:54:30 PM UTC-7, RobbH wrote: >> >> Still pursuing this, and I have learned how to

[weewx-user] Realtime rain data with CRT service, Interceptor driver and AcuRite sensor/hub

2018-03-30 Thread RobbH
I have been playing with displaying realtime data, using the hardware mentioned in the subject line. That's the CRT service, Interceptor driver, and an AcuRite multisensor and bridge. Running weewx 3.8.0 on Debian Jessie 32-bit on a netbook. Everything works, except rain. Other data displays

[weewx-user] Re: Current wind graphic?

2018-03-30 Thread RobbH
Still pursuing this, and I have learned how to generate the sort of image I want, but not within Weewx. Is it possible call an external program (shell script) during each report cycle? On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 2:44:49 PM UTC-4, RobbH wrote: > > Is it possible, using the standard

[weewx-user] Re: How I can display current data from Davis vantage pro 2 on Pi terminal using weewx and pyqt or Tkinter

2018-03-24 Thread RobbH
Good luck to you! I hope somebody who actually knows something about this will join in and help you with issues you encounter. On Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 11:50:39 AM UTC-4, Joush wrote: > > > Thank for your help, RobbH. > I will take a look at the link and give a try. > Will

[weewx-user] Re: How I can display current data from Davis vantage pro 2 on Pi terminal using weewx and pyqt or Tkinter

2018-03-24 Thread RobbH
Joush wrote: > > Hi RobbH, > > Thank you for your help. Your idea is very good. > But, due to my bad English, there is a little not exactly what I want to > do. > I try to explain one more time. > So, I have a 7-inch monitor (like this one: > https://www.waveshare.c

[weewx-user] Re: How I can display current data from Davis vantage pro 2 on Pi terminal using weewx and pyqt or Tkinter

2018-03-23 Thread RobbH
Joush, I am not certain I understand what you want to do, but I think you want to display current weather data in a simple way that's readable in a command line environment. Is that right? If so, the simplest way is to install a command line web browser on the Pi. I like lynx, but several

[weewx-user] Current wind graphic?

2018-03-23 Thread RobbH
Is it possible, using the standard image generator, to create an image of the maximum and average wind vector, only for the most recent archive period? I assume not, as the docs are very clear that there is no current.windvec tag. Still, I have some hope that Those Who Know A Lot More Than I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-13 Thread RobbH
wasted too much of your time. I'll consult this thread in the future, when I hope to be better prepared to understand it. On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 3:27:41 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: > > Thanks for all the help and patience with my bumbling. I can now report > success, as far as

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-10 Thread RobbH
that, but it doesn't seem to do what I need. The driver still reads data as long as it's listening to port 80, but finds nothing when listening on . Any advice will be appreciated! On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 11:16:14 AM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: > > "Supported" makes s

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-08 Thread RobbH
"Supported" makes sense. Thanks for making that distinction, as well as explaining the change. On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 11:04:32 AM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 6:39:27 AM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> Is dpkg still recommended? I came to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-08 Thread RobbH
, though. On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 4:00:13 AM UTC-5, Liz wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 19:58:44 -0800 (PST) > RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > This is on Debian, with Weewx installed using dpkg. (I see now that > > that's no longer a recommended way to

[weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-07 Thread RobbH
: > > > > On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 9:20:31 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: >> >> >> Meanwhile, I've encountered another issue, that I think is independent of >> the hardware issues. Installation of the Interceptor appeared to be >> successful, but I am un

[weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-03-07 Thread RobbH
2 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: > > This is more a Linux question than a Weewx question, but it is necessary > to get Weewx working the way I want it to. This is a networking issue > unlike any I've dealt with, so I hope someone with greater knowledge will > be willing to share it. > >

[weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-02-28 Thread RobbH
UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> That would work, but I'm trying to avoid sending all DNS requests (not >> DHCP) from the entire LAN through a separate server >> > > Then send just the bridge box to the pihole for DHCP, if you can > statically set its DNS settings al

[weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-02-28 Thread RobbH
Thank you. Not the "lightweight" solution I was hoping for, using just the hosts file and maybe dnsmasq. But this is certainly do-able, especially with the helpful examples you've provided. If bind and dhcpd are what's called for, that's what I'll do. ...after I spend a bit more time studying

[weewx-user] Re: AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-02-28 Thread RobbH
of the machine it's hosted on? It still seems to me that it should work, but I've probably got something configured that prevents it from working. On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 12:18:16 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 9:06:42 AM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >>

[weewx-user] AcuRite bridge and DNS setup

2018-02-28 Thread RobbH
This is more a Linux question than a Weewx question, but it is necessary to get Weewx working the way I want it to. This is a networking issue unlike any I've dealt with, so I hope someone with greater knowledge will be willing to share it. My main router, a Netgear R7000, does not provide the

[weewx-user] Re: Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-24 Thread RobbH
0, and using the belfryboy cables. > > On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 7:55:53 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: >> >> I probably sound like a noob, but I've been using Weewx nearly four years >> with various Oregon Scientific equipment, currently a WMR200 console and >> sensors th

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-22 Thread RobbH
! On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 2:54:58 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 11:10:51 AM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> That clears up most of my confusion. (Whatever remains is inherent and no >> concern here.) Thanks! >> >> I see the Wiki

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-22 Thread RobbH
budget on Davis gear, and even though Weather Flow is very tempting, it feels a little too much like vaporware. On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 1:17:26 PM UTC-5, mwall wrote: > > On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 1:07:25 PM UTC-5, RobbH wrote: >> >> Many thanks for the inf

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-22 Thread RobbH
e in terms of durability and accuracy. > > -tk > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 6:00 PM, RobbH <holm...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Thanks, Vince. Weather Flow looks very promising, but I'm not sure I have >> confidence in their ability to deliver all of the technology

[weewx-user] Re: Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-21 Thread RobbH
makes it especially intriguing. On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 8:10:26 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 4:55:53 PM UTC-8, RobbH wrote: >> >> I need separate sensors, not an all in one, since the rain gauge and >> thermometer/hygrometer

[weewx-user] Yet another request for hardware advice

2018-02-21 Thread RobbH
I probably sound like a noob, but I've been using Weewx nearly four years with various Oregon Scientific equipment, currently a WMR200 console and sensors that were bundled with the WMR100. I'm weary of the flaky sensors and ready to move to something more reliable. I've read enough to