LOL! "No cats were skinned..."
WAF= Wife Acceptance Factor Perfect timing! The WeatherLinkUSB was just delivered! Thank you so much for the suggestions and information, I am getting started on the install now. Wish me luck. Thanks again, Scott On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 9:53:52 AM UTC-7, mwall wrote: > > On Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 11:15:52 AM UTC-4, Scott Muckleroy wrote: >> >> >> Hello- I have a Vantage Vue and will be receiving a WeatherLinkUSB >> tomorrow and I am trying to figure out what would be the best setup to >> accomplish the following: >> >> 1. real-time'ish WX data to web site and android cell phones using an app >> with high WAF. >> > > what is WAF? (women in the air force? amazon web services web > application firewall?) > > > >> 2. MQTT WX data feed to MQTT broker. >> > > use the weewx-mqtt extension: > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/mqtt > > > >> 3. Over 3 year of historical data. >> > > depending on the format, you might be able to use the wee_import utility > to put the data into a weewx database. if wee_import cannot recognize it, > then you might be able to import it directly, or use some simple > PERL/python/shell to do it. > > > >> 4. Update WeatherLink web site using the free WeatherLink service, not >> subscribing to Pro, etc. (plug-ins) >> > > there is not yet any weewx extension to upload to weatherlink (or any > other proprietary, vendor-specific web service) > > > >> 5. Update public weather sites like wunderground, etc. >> > > use the wu uploader, which is built-in to weewx > > > >> 6. HomeSeer home automation integration. (MQTT I think..) >> > > configure homeseer to subscribe to the topics published by the weewx-mqtt > uploader > > > >> From everything I have read it looks like WeeWx can do all of this but >> like everything it looks like there are several ways to skin this cat. >> > > please see these guides on the weewx wiki: > > 1) how to get data into weewx: > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/intake-strategies > > 2) what to do with the data once you have it: > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/dashboards > > no cats were skinned or otherwise harmed in the creation or application of > these guides. > > > >> I have two VM's (Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.1) running on a QNAP NAS >> that I can use for this setup, but obviously I can only attache the >> WeatherLinkUSB to one of the VM's. Local MQTT server/broker running in >> docker container. >> >> From what I have read in the documentation and forums, it looks like I >> could either connect the WLUSB to the Window VM, install/configure >> WeatherLink and then have WeeWX pull Wx data from WeatherLink OR connect >> the WLUSB to the WeeWx server and just use it as the repository for >> everything? >> >> Do most people with Davis Instruments station that have WeeWx also use >> the Davis WeatherLink site to upload data? >> > > if you are really keen to keep your data at davis' weatherlink, then you > *could* let your davis hardware upload directly to davis' site, then use > the wlink driver to feed weewx with the data from weatherlink. but that is > prone to failures, especially if you have a wobbly network. > > most people find it most reliable to have weewx talk as directly to the > hardware as possible, save the data to local database, then optionally > upload to one or more services, possibly running utilities like wunderfixer > from time to time to fill in gaps caused by network outages or flaky web > services. > > m > -- 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.
