Simple answer is : no. The driver starts by doing a broadcast using the net mask to ask the weather station console to respond with its IP address. This type of broadcast cannot cross subnets (i.e. it is not routable) and also assumes that the router will allow the broadcast to pass through it. (it is an old-style broadcast and not a multicast message.)
If no response is received within a space of time, then it tries the broadcast again and again until the 'retry_count' count is reached when you get the message you reported. If you know the IP address of the weather station console (it is shown on the startup and also the 'About' display) then you could try pinging it to see if you can actually access it. Alternatively use WeatherIP or similar to see if you can access it. If you can then you should be able to get my driver to see it. Susan On Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7:33:58 PM UTC+10, Ian Millard wrote: > > Yes is it the ip mask address of my home network. The weather station > console and computer on which WeeWX runs (Raspberry Pi 3) are both > connected to this network. I am not sure if it will work when a remote > location is involved but I will defer to Aussie Susan to give the > definitive answer on this one. > -- 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.
