Sorry Vince -got distracted on another project. I'm currently using USB. I did adjust my VM to be able to see the USB hardware on the physical machine, but haven't actually tested it being virtualized yet.
On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-7, vince wrote: > > On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:45:48 AM UTC-7, David Trebacz wrote: >> >> I've been running wview for a long time, but love the active development >> and community around weewx. I plan to move my current wview Ubuntu setup to >> weewx Ubuntu VM. I know there is good compatibility between the two systems >> (though they are built fundamentally different). I was hoping to find a >> general procedure of how to move from wview to weewx. I thought I looked >> pretty good through the online resources and documentation. Did I miss it? >> Does it make sense to have something in the Wiki? >> >> > The database schema are the same. > > My recollection is the basic procedure is: > - install weewx in your VM > - copy your wview database into place, renaming it to weewx.sdb as weewx > expects > - start weewx > And always always always work off a 'copy' of your old database just in > case. > > If you want to get your feet wet a little, run your weewx VM in simulator > mode. > > I do have one question though - how are you going to get your VM access to > the serial or usb port your station is connected to ? That's not really a > weewx question, but if the VM can't talk to the hardware (regardless of > which weather software you run), that's a showstopper.... > > -- 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.
