Thank you Andrew. So if I config Weewx as simulator and set my geolocations correctly it will give me weather data from nearby stations right?
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 5:21:30 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner wrote: > > If I wanted to display openweathermap data I would just use a browser. > > If I wanted to display openweathermap data in another program, such as a > dashboard, I would use the openweathermap api to bring the data into the > dashboard. There is no need for weewx. Weewx is intended for the > archiving of data read from weather stations, not for use* as* a > dashboard. > > As Vince implied, weewx is the wrong program for your purposes I think. > > > > > On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:13:52 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >> >> 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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