Having to hack a router to intercept packets is beyond most people. I don't
think Path's method for that is practical for most people, and wonder if it
is even necessary.
But the approach that Pat took to just log into the device and tell it
where to put its data rather than Wunderground worked like a champ for me
on my 1400IP.
I'd sure like it more obvious how to get all the pieces together to support
these. I very much prefer a Ethernet device to USB, and it's a device
recommended by Weather Underground and quite economical.
- Jim Gettys
On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 9:34:56 AM UTC-5, mwall wrote:
>
> pat,
>
> please take a look at this weewx wiki page:
>
> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/observer
>
> the interceptor approach is pretty much the only option for the fine
> offset bridges, but there is a direct-connect approach for the fine offset
> wifi consoles that requires zero configuration (no scraping or capture or
> php or listen or sniff is necessary). i started a driver for this approach
> (https://github.com/matthewwall/observer), but susan actually has a
> working implementation:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/weewx-development/rzLBh9g-pIU
>
> its nice that there are a lot of options for getting data from this
> hardware, but it would be nice to consolidate into a driver that we can
> include in the weewx distribution.
>
> given the popularity of the fine offset stations, and since direct-connect
> requires zero configuration, i think it is a no-brainer to put a
> direct-connect driver in weewx.
>
> however, including a driver that uses the interception approach is not so
> obvious - either sniff or listen requires not-insignificant
> network/hardware/software configuration.
>
> tom can provide some guidelines about what should or should not be part of
> the weewx distribution...
>
> m
>
