Thank you! I'll check this out. I'm also looking closely at the queue module. It looks like at least one MQTT driver makes use of that as well.
Billy On Friday, May 6, 2022 at 5:47:40 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I am guessing that run_forever is a blocking call. So, you probably need > to move it into a thread. > Here, https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/multi-threaded-service, is a > write up on writing a multi-threaded WeeWX service. It could be adapted for > a driver. I'd probably (ok, I do in MQTTSubscribe) use a queue to > communicate between the threads. > > This answer talks about getting python websockets data in a separate thread > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29145442/threaded-non-blocking-websocket-client#:~:text=1-,Answer,-Sorted%20by%3A > > Hope this helps you get going. > rich > > > On Wednesday, 4 May 2022 at 00:49:38 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to write a driver for my Tempest WS. I currently have the UDP >> driver from captain-coredump up and running (thank you!) on a pi but I'd >> like to pump data straight from the websockets API into weewx also. I may >> expand it to capture archive packets from the rest API also. >> >> The prototype is here... https://github.com/livysdad27/tempestAPI >> >> I borrowed a LOT from captain-coredump's driver. Where I'm struggling is >> with the getLoopPackets generator. I've attempted to use the on_message >> handler for this but have read in another thread that it doesn't work well >> due to running in a separate thread. My websockets code is a bit simple >> and I'm not completely sure how drivers get called for sure. >> >> Is it even realistic to try and run a websocket-client app implementation >> with "run_forever" and expect it to work correctly with weewx? My >> suspicion is weewx is starting, entering the websocket app and sitting >> there forever because I don't get report or other messages after it kicks >> off. >> >> Super grateful for any help/pointers! >> >> Billy >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8130f816-4d91-4e3a-a642-79fddfea016bn%40googlegroups.com.
