Ah, got it. This all sounds very promising !! I'll do a WeeWX install on the same box (after doing a backup of WView data and config just in case) after reading your references.
Thanks for the encouragement, Tom ... greatly appreciated !! Time to get started reading :) Rod On Wednesday, 15 November 2017 01:06:01 UTC, Tom Keffer wrote: > > Hello, Rod. > > Not surprisingly, I was also a long-time wview user before starting weewx. > > Mark Teel (the author of wview) was not a part of weewx, although, as you > note, many of his design decisions influenced me. > > Because weewx uses the same schema as wview, moving over is a simple > matter. Take a look at the transition guide > <http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#wview_compatibility> in the User's > Manual. > > The weewx install will not write over any wview resources. Indeed, there > is no reason not to use the same box that wview is on. Because weewx is > written in Python, rather than C, it actually uses *more* resources than > wview, but it's still a small footprint. Many users have it running on > Raspberry Pis or NAS's or old routers. > > Read through the User's Guide <http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm> then > give it a go. > > -tk > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Rod in Edm <f...@telus.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I've been a WView weather display program user since about 2010, and >> while a bit dated looking UI-wise, found it sufficient for my needs. Its >> installed on an AMD MB-based computer, with 240GB SSD, and running under >> Debian Linux. Its connected to my Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station via >> Davis' USB data logger cable/dongle. I've been slow to upgrade the OS >> (currently running Debian Jessie, but left WView running Wheezy code). >> >> But its become clear that WView's days are over (or nearly so) - it >> hasn't been updated for a long time and support for it appears non-existant. >> >> I'm not complaining - for a freebie piece of software, it was great, its >> run largely unattended, and its author deserves a lot of credit - Thanks, >> man ! >> >> Anyway, I've been looking into WeeWX as a replacement if for no other >> reason than this huge and active user group. Reviewing the configuration >> process and code, it looks a LOT like WView in many ways, meaning I might >> even be able to import my archived 2+ years of WView data into WeeWX - not >> an absolute necessity but keeping that data for reference would be nice, >> and on the surface it at least looks feasible. >> >> My questions are these: >> >> Can I install WeeWX onto the same Debian box, still running Jessie, >> without disturbing WView? Will the installation overwrite any >> WView-critical files or dependencies? I realize I'll have to shut down >> WView so I can start up WeeWX (since they both want access to the same data >> source, the Davis USB cable port) ... but is there any reason to worry >> about cross-interference up to that point? I'd prefer not to irreparably >> corrupt the WView data if I can avoid it. >> >> I can always just leave the WView installation alone and do a totally >> from-scratch install of WeeWX on a RPi3 / SSD combo, transfer old data >> across (assuming its importable), get everything ready on the Pi before >> shutting down WView and moving the Davis cable from one box to the other - >> and there are lots of reasons to consider that solution better anyway, from >> many angles ... and I may do this anyway since WeeWX doesn't appear to need >> the power or resources of the WView box. Re-using the WView box isn't a >> requirement for me. But is it safely possible? >> >> As an aside, was the WView programmer a key part of launching WeeWX, or >> vice versa? The similarities in code and UI are pretty numerous. >> >> Thanks for any input. >> Rod in Edm >> >> -- >> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com <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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
