So if i want to display openweathermap data i have to remove the simulator and add another driver right? Am i correct Andrew? i just want to get data from openweathermap.
Can you suggest a method for that? On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 2:18:59 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner wrote: > > the simulator can provide weewx with data - generated from the simulator > driver - but you cannot (without more effort) add additional data to the > simulator data. Weewx is not designed for that really - it is intended for > getting nd archiving data from a weather station and the simulator can be > used for generating data in the database whilst creating reports etc. > > weewx is not a general display program - it is a database input program > really. > > so go ahead and use the simulator driver to generate data in a database > for your dashboard - but forget about other sources of data within weewx. > > > > > > On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 11:42:48 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >> >> Hi Andrew thanks for the help. >> >> Actually I don't have any hardware i just want to get Data from other >> station to my raspberrypi Dashboard. So which driver I should use to >> accomplish this task >> >> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:52:28 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner wrote: >>> >>> there does not appear to be one listed in the drivers in the wiki >>> >>> you don't want to use simulator as providing the data for weewx if you >>> are getting the data from elsewhere - u need a driver to get that data. >>> >>> if you know the api for the site you can possibly adapt one of the other >>> drivers to get from openweathermap. >>> >>> why are you trying to get the data from openweathermap into weewx >>> anyway?? seems a little odd!! If it's to try and recover some old data >>> that is out there maybe you could change wee_import utility to try and grab >>> the data for you. see weewx utilities documentation for details >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 10:07:31 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi colin do you know a method which can get data from external API to >>>> weewx? >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 12:33:09 PM UTC+5:30, Colin Larsen >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This may help from OpenWeatherMap Github ...... >>>>> >>>>> "This is an extension to weewx that uploads weather data to >>>>> OpenWeatherMap." I could be wrong but I don't think it downloads data >>>>> from >>>>> OWM to your weewx instance >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 6:35 PM Akila Wickey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am beginner for weewx. I just setup weewx on raspberrypi and setted >>>>>> driver as Simulator. >>>>>> I want to get weather Data using https://openweathermap.org so i >>>>>> followed this guide >>>>>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/openweathermap >>>>>> >>>>>> My Question is the procedure i have followed is correct? Which means >>>>>> can we use Simulator to gain external API data to the weewx dashboard. >>>>>> >>>>>> In my dashboard I see following notice. >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2018-08-22 at 12.03.06 PM.png] >>>>>> It says i'm using simulator. >>>>>> >>>>>> FYI i just checked my logs which says >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ tail -f /var/log/syslog >>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:22 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 9 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:25 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: Generated >>>>>> 12 files for report forecast in 3.46 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:25 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 87 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:25:00 EDT (1534919100) to database 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:25:00 EDT (1534919100) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:17 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: Generated >>>>>> 14 files for report StandardReport in 1.47 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: imagegenerator: Generated >>>>>> 12 images for StandardReport in 0.93 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: Generated >>>>>> 12 files for report forecast in 0.37 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:30:00 EDT (1534919400) to database 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:16 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:30:00 EDT (1534919400) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: Generated >>>>>> 14 files for report StandardReport in 1.46 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: imagegenerator: Generated >>>>>> 12 images for StandardReport in 0.93 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: Generated >>>>>> 12 files for report forecast in 0.38 seconds >>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>> >>>>>> So does it seems like i'm getting correct data from this external API? >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you please share me your ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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