Thanks Marcus. I finally got mine working today. I agree. Power from USB should have been standard.
On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 6:00:11 PM UTC-5, Marcus Watkins wrote: > > I'm using a raspberry pi 2. I did hack together a USB cable power combo > and power the unit from that. Why they don't take power over USB out of the > box is beyond me... > > On Jan 4, 2017 11:23 AM, "Brian Champion-Wescott" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Marcus, >> >> What hardware are you using for your AcuRite 01536? I have tried using a >> few different Linux distros on regular laptops, without any luck. Are you >> using a Raspberry Pi? >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> >> On Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 2:17:58 PM UTC-5, Marcus Watkins wrote: >>> >>> For Christmas today I received an Acurite 01536 5-in-1 weather station >>> with USB connection (from Costco). I set it up with weewx and was excited >>> to see it works out of the box for the most part. >>> >>> One difference from the docs is there's no 'USB Mode' switch on this >>> base, so I'm interested to see if the log fills up over time. >>> >>> The only real 'issue' is the barometer reads outside the values allowed >>> by weewx by default. I'm also seeing values vary by quite a bit, but it's >>> super windy out right now. I added an adjustment to match the display, >>> we'll see how it lines up over time. >>> >>> Does anyone know if the display reports barometer or pressure? >>> >>> All in all, seems to be working great. >>> >>> -Marcus >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/_uOEWSOPBQk/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
