Just run the simulator to play with skins on the other boxes. Subscribe to
whatever mqtt data you want on those if you need to do so. The MQTT
subscribe extension is discussed a lot on the -user group if you need help
there.
On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 11:49:24 AM UTC-7 Paul Dunphy wrote:
> I have one Vantage Vue receiver on my production weewx system. I
> have 3-4 RPis on my LAN. I have the production system spitting out
> 5-minutes MQTT archive stanzas on the LAN.
>
> I want to load weewx on a couple of the other Pis to play with the
> seasons and Belchertown skins. I don't want to mess with the production
> system, so I thought I could send its data to the two other guys on the
> LAN with MQTT. Send works. How do I get the other two guys to read the
> data in?
>
> If this is more appropriately discussed in the User group, I can
> re-ask it there.
>
> Paul VE1DX
>
> On 2024-03-22 3:21 p.m., Vince Skahan wrote:
> > Probably a -user question at this point, but can you explain what
> > you're trying to set up ?
> >
> > Why would you need/want a second weewx instance ?
> >
> > Why not just have system-2 subscribe to the aggregate(d) data you're
> > already publishing to your LAN ?
> >
> > FWIW my setup here is two weewx instances - one VP2 connected to the
> > station, one Ecowitt connecting over the network to the ecowitt
> > gateway. The Ecowitt instance publishes to MQTT and the VP2 instance
> > subscribes and saves as extraTemp1 etc. The VP2 instances also
> > publishes the aggregated data from both stations out to MQTT. My Home
> > Assistant and influxdb/telegraf/grafana docker containers subscribe to
> > the MQTT data they need. Works great. Everything becomes MQTT that
> > anybody who needs it can subscribe to.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 9:38:58 AM UTC-7 Paul Dunphy wrote:
> >
> > I spent a day searching the documentation, the Internet, and
> > user groups. I even asked ChatGPT! This likely is a dumb
> > question, but I paid my dues B4 asking. I have a weewx-enabled Pi
> > spitting out aggregate archive stanzas via MQTT every 5 minutes:
> >
> > {"dateTime": "1711125000.0", "usUnits": "16.0", "outTemp_C":
> > "0.11853060499920859", "inTemp_C": "17.225573819849952",
> > "barometer_mbar": "1053.1565009214046", "pressure_mbar":
> > "1053.1565009214046", "windSpeed_kph": "0.002427633039238002",
> > "windDir": "359.9421733668237", "windGust_kph":
> > "0.004278710967144328", "windGustDir": "359.9202399679532",
> > "outHumidity": "79.99094923258458", "inHumidity":
> > "29.987934248540196", "radiation_Wpm2": "861.1533294284267", "UV":
> > "12.056146611997969", "rain_cm": "0.0", "txBatteryStatus": "1.0",
> > "windBatteryStatus": "0.0", "rainBatteryStatus":
> > "0.7666666666666667", "outTempBatteryStatus": "0.0",
> > "inTempBatteryStatus": "0.0", "consBatteryVoltage_volt": "12.0",
> > "heatingVoltage_volt": "12.05558467860259", "supplyVoltage_volt":
> > "12.071862590655277", "referenceVoltage_volt":
> > "12.018038262199248", "rxCheckPercent": "81.54437561456504",
> > "altimeter_mbar": "1056.4794019219778", "appTemp_C":
> > "-2.2564686080177725", "cloudbase_meter": "396.2261771824497",
> > "dewpoint_C": "-2.9181089732181587", "ET_cm":
> > "0.0025520108394833227", "heatindex_C": "0.11853060499920859",
> > "humidex_C": "0.11853060499920859", "inDewpoint_C":
> > "-0.5139816409552426", "maxSolarRad_Wpm2": "731.1872454643874",
> > "rainRate_cm_per_hour": "0.0", "windchill_C":
> > "0.11853060499920859", "windrun_km": "0.0002023027532698335",
> > "interval_minute": "5.0", "hourRain_cm": "0.0", "rain24_cm":
> > "0.0", "dayRain_cm": "0.0"}
> >
> > They look good. I have a newly installed weewx instance on
> > another Pi on my LAN. The second machine sees the stanzas with
> > "mosquitto_sub -h 192.168.1.10 -p 1883 -t weather/# -u wee_me -P
> > xxxxxx"
> >
> > Is there a way to set up weewx to make these 5 minute stanzas
> > the data source for the 2nd instance of weewx? A "repeater_mqtt"
> > reader/driver? Does such a thing exist? How do others use one
> > hardware receiver and MQTT to supply data to other systems on
> > their LAN? I must be missing something obvious.
> >
> > Paul VE1DX
> >
> > On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 4:01:39 PM UTC-3 Paul Dunphy wrote:
> >
> > Close, Vince. It was the extension that I installed
> > "outside" the venv . . . you have to do it without sudo in the
> > environment."
> >
> > weectl extension install weewx-mqtt.zip
> > Using configuration file /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/weewx.conf
> > Install extension 'weewx-mqtt.zip' (y/n)? y
> > Extracting from zip archive weewx-mqtt.zip
> > Saving installer file to
> > /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/bin/user/installer/mqtt
> > Saved copy of configuration as
> > /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/weewx.conf.20240320154428
> > Finished installing extension mqtt from weewx-mqtt.zip
> >
> > This puts it in ~/weewx-data/bin/user where it's supposed
> > to be. Now, I have MQTT weather data on my LAN, which was the
> > goal.
> >
> > Paul VE1DX
> > On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 2:38:16 PM UTC-3 Vince Skahan
> > wrote:
> >
> > You need to install paho-mqtt 'within' your python venv.
> > Activate the venv then do 'pip3 install paho-mqtt'
> >
> > On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 10:17:24 AM UTC-7 Paul
> > Dunphy wrote:
> >
> > I have mosquitto installed and communicating between
> > two terminal sessions. I'm running weewx 5.0.2 in a
> > venv on a Pi 5, and it's working fine. I followed
> > Tom/Matthew's instructions here to set up MQTT:
> >
> > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/mqtt
> >
> > It blows up because it can't find user.mqtt that I
> > added to the weewx.conf file:
> >
> > [Engine]
> > [[Services]]
> > restful_services = ..., user.mqtt.MQTT
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts on where I might have gone wrong?
> >
> > Paul VE1DX
> >
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet systemd[1]: Started
> > weewx.service - WeeWX weather system.
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet sudo[711921]:
> > pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Initializing weewxd version 5.0.2
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Command line:
> > /home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py
> > /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/weewx.conf
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Using Python 3.11.2 (main, Mar 13 2023, 12:18:29) [GCC
> > 12.2.0]
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Located at /home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/bin/python3
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Platform Linux-6.6.20+rpt-rpi-2712-aarch64-with-glibc2.36
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Locale: 'en_GB.UTF-8'
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Entry path:
> > /home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > WEEWX_ROOT: /home/pdunphy/weewx-data
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Configuration file: /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/weewx.conf
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > User module: /home/pdunphy/weewx-data/bin/user
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO __main__:
> > Debug: 0
> > Mar 20 14:00:15 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.engine: Loading station type Vantage
> > (weewx.drivers.vantage)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x10
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.wxservices: StdWXCalculate will use data binding
> > wx_binding
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main
> > process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: Traceback
> > (most recent call last):
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py",
> > line 265, in <module>
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: main()
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py",
> > line 160, in main
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: engine =
> > weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewx/engine.py",
> > line 89, in __init__
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > self.loadServices(config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewx/engine.py",
> > line 157, in loadServices
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: obj =
> > weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> >
> "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weeutil/weeutil.py",
> > line 1404, in get_object
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: module =
> > importlib.import_module(module_name)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126,
> > in import_module
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: return
> > _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in
> > _find_and_load
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]: File
> > "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1142, in
> > _find_and_load_unlocked
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet python3[711925]:
> > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'user.mqtt'
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet systemd[1]: weewx.service:
> > Failed with result 'exit-code'.
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.engine: Record generation will be attempted in
> > 'hardware'
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds
> > (specified by hardware)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: StationRegistry: Station will be registered.
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: Wunderground: No config info. Skipped.
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: PWSweather: No config info. Skipped.
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: CWOP: Data for station VE1DX will be posted
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: WOW: Data for station 953456001 will be
> > posted
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: INFO
> > weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Data will be uploaded for user VE1DX
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: Caught unrecoverable exception:
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** No module named 'user.mqtt'
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py",
> > line 160, in main
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** engine =
> > weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewx/engine.py",
> > line 89, in __init__
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** self.loadServices(config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File
> > "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewx/engine.py",
> > line 157, in loadServices
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** obj =
> > weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File
> >
> "/home/pdunphy/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weeutil/weeutil.py",
> > line 1404, in get_object
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** module =
> > importlib.import_module(module_name)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File
> > "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126,
> > in import_module
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** return
> > _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: ****
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File "<frozen
> > importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File "<frozen
> > importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** File "<frozen
> > importlib._bootstrap>", line 1142, in
> > _find_and_load_unlocked
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** ModuleNotFoundError: No module
> > named 'user.mqtt'
> > Mar 20 14:00:16 violet weewxd[711925]: CRITICAL
> > __main__: **** Exiting.
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