Have you plugged the bridge into the router? The 433MHz is from the station to the bridge. The bridge is a wired connection to the router.
On Thursday, 19 January 2017 21:20:58 UTC+11, [email protected] wrote: > > Can anyone help in Australia, I have a iinet N600 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit > Modem Router on a Mac based system. The setting on the box indicate a > 433MHz Weather Sleuth. My WiFi is 2.4 and 5 GHz. I am unable to see the > Weather Sleuth on my network, using either IPTool or network scanner. Is > this a possible reason? If not why can I not see the Weathersleuth, all > blue lights are active except for Server. Any help would be greatly > appreciated > > On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 10:37:13 PM UTC+8, Ashley Hinton wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Just thought I'd post a how-to for the Aercus Instruments WeatherSleuth >> IP (www.aercusinstruments.com) in case anyone else considers one of >> these. >> I found the unit on Amazon, supplied by Greenfrog Scientific through >> their Amazon store. I purchased this to replace a finally dead >> Gadget-branded (maplin/fine-offset) WH1080 >> >> Thanks very much to everyone who has contributed to getting these IP >> weather stations running in weewx, & to Matthew (and anyone who >> contributed) for the Interceptor driver and for helping me diagnose a >> problem - nothing to do with the WeatherSleuth or the Interceptor driver, >> but the fact I was using an old version of the owfs driver which I use to >> add a couple of extra temperature measurements from my greenhouse. >> >> After getting this unit set-up in Weewx I thought I would post a run >> through of what I did. >> >> *The WeatherSleuth weather station* >> >> The outdoor array has the usual sensors (wind direction, wind speed, >> rain, temperature, humidity) + UV & Solar Radiation. >> Meanwhile the indoor sensor has temperature, pressure & humidity >> (although I don't think indoor humidity is recorded by weewx as a default) >> >> The receiver base station is a small box which has an aerial for >> receiving the data from the outdoor & indoor sensors, an RJ-45 ethernet >> port & a power socket for the supplied 5vDC supply. >> It does not feature WiFi, it must be physically plugged into using an >> ethernet cable, which is also supplied. >> >> There are a variety of status lights on the receiver, which incidentally >> is tiny - fits in the palm of your hand - and since it doesn't display any >> weather info (there is no console display) it makes it ideal if you just >> want to feed data into weewx and not bother with USB cables from desktop >> weather stations etc. >> >> The default set-up out of the box is feeding to Weather Underground, but >> this is one of the IP-based systems where the data feed destination can be >> easily changed. >> >> Mine was shipped with Firmware 2.1.9, which is the latest. >> >> Out of the box it comes set for DHCP, so you will have to dive into your >> router or use some network scanning software to find it. >> Alternatively there is a Windows utility supplied on the (tiny**) CD >> (** don't slot that in your laptop or any other slot-loading drive, you'll >> wreck the drive) >> Since I'm a Mac & Linux user I didn't use the windows utility but instead >> logged into my router and found the device - fairly easy since the >> MAC/hardware address is printed on a label stuck on the bottom of the >> receiver. >> >> In my case I set a Static DHCP lease in the router, but alternatively you >> may want to just set a static IP address within the weather station itself >> or just leave it DHCP, see Local Network config below. >> Once you have the IP, open up a web browser and head to the weather >> station's IP address config page: >> >> http://*ip.address.of.the.weathersleuth.* >> >> There you'll see the config tabs, first one speaks for itself -*Local >> Network* - DHCP or manual IP, plus fields for the router IP, DNS, >> Subnet etc. If you're happy to find it on DHCP if & when you need to change >> anything I don't see any reason not to leave it set to DHCP, as it pushes >> data to weewx and not the other way around. >> >> Next tab is for the *Weather Network*, which is where we will set it up >> to feed to your weewx system. >> From the *Remote Server *pull-down menu, choose *Customized* >> >> In the *Server/Hostname *box, type in the IP address of the computer >> you're running Weeex on. In my case, its 192.168.45.100 >> I don't know, and haven't tried, whether you could supply a local named >> address such as "weewx.local" if your computer is called that. The only >> reason you might want to do this is if the computer running weewx is using >> DHCP - I run weewx on a ubuntu server which also does other stuff, so its >> on a static address on my network. >> >> In the *Server Port *box, specify a unique port that Weewx or other >> software on the computer isn't using. Try not to use standard ports even if >> you're not using them right now - you may in the future. >> I chose 55, which might be a mistake further down the line, but it can >> always be changed - with the relevant change in weewx.conf to match. >> >> In the *Server Type* pull-down menu, choose *PHP *- note that the other >> options, JSP & ASP, didn't seem to provide accurate data in my case. >> In the *Station ID *box enter something meaningful. This isn't required >> for weewx, but the weather station needs *something* there. I used: >> "weather" >> In the *Password *box enter something this isn't a real password you >> use, I used "password" - again it has to be there, but it also gets >> included in the PHP data which is in plain text. If you have to paste the >> output for diagnostics anywhere, such as weewx forums, you don't want your >> most secret of secret password there for all to see :-) >> >> Next tab is labelled *Station Settings* >> There are sections for indoor and outdoor sensor types. I enquired with >> Aercus about extra sensors but it seems there are none available yet. >> Leave these at default : >> Indoor Sensor Type: *WH25 *(options: WH25, None) >> Outdoor Sensor1 Type: *WH24 *(options: WH24, WH7, None) >> Outdoor Sensor2 Type: *None *(options: WH26, None) >> Wireless Receive Frequency: *434 *(not changeable and greyed out, refers >> to the wireless sensor frequency: 434MHz) >> Time Zone setting: as your time zone dictates. >> Daylight savings (DST): auto >> >> Units of measure - these only seem to affect the weather station's own >> internal web display, and not those sent to weewx - I confirmed this by >> changing the setting and then observing the data it sends out (see below) >> but if anyone wants to test this and confirm it could be useful. In my case >> I changed the units of measure to match those I use in weewx, but I don't >> think this is needed. >> >> Automatic Restart: >> System Reboot: *YES* >> I have set this to yes. It says it will automatically restart the >> WeatherSleuth station if it can't reach the server for 20 minutes. I guess >> if it tries but can't reach the server (in this case, weewx) listening on >> the IP address & port you chose earlier then it will restart itself >> (WeatherSleuth station, not weewx or the computer its running on) - looks >> like the timeout isn't configurable. >> >> Next tab, you'll find *Live Data* >> Here is a handy hint I picked up somewhere: Test your sensors indoors >> before mounting the station outside only to find something isn't working. >> So one by one, check everything: blow on the wind speed cups fairly hard >> a few times and observe whether wind speed is measured in the Live Data tab. >> Do the same for wind direction - move the direction vane slowly around >> and check it shows the relevant wind directions (in this case, shown in >> degrees) >> Temperature indoor, outdoor, humidity etc should all be showing >> something. Put the indoor temperature somewhere warmer or colder - does it >> change? >> Rain: do this over a sink or small bowel. Tip some water into the rain >> sensor, when it empties (hence the sink/bowel) out of the bottom does >> anything show in the rain fields? >> You could also place it gently outdoor for 5 or 10 mins to check solar >> radiation, UV and UV Index are all measuring but at this point I decided I >> was good to go and mounted it on the pole. >> >> The final tab, *Calibration, * I left at defaults and clicked the >> *Default* button, followed by *Apply *just to be sure. Again if anyone >> thinks something should be changed here please let me know! >> >> *Weewx* >> >> This could be useful to make sure your computer is receiving data from >> the weather station, as weewx will listen for data coming in on your chosen >> port, Open up a terminal and type: >> >> sudo nc -l 55 >> >> Where *55* is the port we entered earlier in the WeatherSleuth setup. If >> you chose a different port, use that. >> >> >> Wait for a few minutes and some stuff should appear, here is an example >> from my setup: You will see the ID=weather&PASSWORD=password. Remember we >> entered that into the weather station earlier, this is why you don't want >> to use anything sensitive. The host 192.168.45.100 is the IP address of my >> computer running weewx, which we also entered in the same place. >> >> >> GET /weatherstation/updateweatherstation.php?ID=weather&PASSWORD=password >> &tempf=39.7&humidity=86&dewptf=36.0&windchillf=39.7&winddir=255& >> windspeedmph=0.00&windgustmph=0.00&rainin=0.00&dailyrainin=0.00& >> weeklyrainin=0.00&monthlyrainin=0.00&yearlyrainin=0.00&solarradiation= >> 0.00&UV=0&indoortempf=67.8&indoorhumidity=46&baromin=30.08&lowbatt=0& >> dateutc=2016-4-30%2022:7:9&softwaretype=Weather%20logger%20V2.1.9&action= >> updateraw&realtime=1&rtfreq=5 HTTP/1.0 >> Accept: */* >> Host: 192.168.45.100 >> >> Connection: Close >> >> >> If all looks well then install the *interceptor *driver in weewx: >> >> >> Instructions here: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor >> >> >> Follow the instructions on downloading, installing, and configuring in >> weewx. >> >> >> Here is the relevant part of my *weewx.conf* >> >> >> I'm using the Python-installer version so mine is here: >> >> >> */home/weewx/weewx.conf * >> >> >> [Interceptor] >> >> >> >> # This section is for the network traffic interceptor driver. >> # Specify the hardware device to capture. Options include: >> # acurite-bridge - acurite internet bridge >> # observer - fine offset WH2600/HP1000/HP1003, aka 'observer' >> # lw30x - oregon scientific LW301/LW302 >> # lacross-bridge - lacross GW1000U/C84612 internet bridge >> # netatmo - netatmo weather stations >> >> device_type = observer >> port = 55 >> >> # The driver to use: >> >> driver = user.interceptor >> >> >> And in my case, I modify the [StdReport] section to reflect my own >> tastes, including wind speed in knots being a bit of a plane geek/plane >> spotter! >> >> >> [StdReport] >> >> >> >> >> >> # Where the skins reside, relative to WEEWX_ROOT >> SKIN_ROOT = skins >> >> # Where the generated reports should go, relative to WEEWX_ROOT >> HTML_ROOT = public_html >> >> # The database binding indicates which data should be used in >> reports. >> data_binding = wx_binding >> >> # Each of the following subsections defines a report that will be >> run. >> >> [[StandardReport]] >> >> # See the customizing guide to change the units, plot types and >> line >> # colors, modify the fonts, display additional sensor data, and >> other >> # customizations. Many of those changes can be made here by >> overriding >> # parameters, or by modifying templates within the skin itself. >> >> # The StandardReport uses the 'Standard' skin, which contains the >> # images, templates and plots for the report. >> >> skin = Standard >> [[[Units]]] >> [[[[Groups]]]] >> group_altitude = meter >> group_speed2 = knot2 >> group_pressure = hPa >> group_rain = mm >> group_rainrate = mm_per_hour >> group_temperature = degree_C >> group_degree_day = degree_C_day >> group_speed = knot >> >> >> That should be about it. By default it seems to update weewx every 5 mins >> or so. I expect this is configurable should that be too much, too often, >> either in the Interceptor driver options and/or elsewhere within weewx. >> >> >> I have included some pictures of the WeatherSleuth base station. >> >> >> My weather station, courtesy of Weewx, is here: >> http://www.achinton.co.uk/weather >> >> >> Questions, corrections & suggestions welcome. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Ashley >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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.
