Thanks. The smartHub died after a recent blackout. My guess is that it didn't like the power coming back on(it's plugged into a surge protector, but those are not 100% fullproof) SDR will be the next purchase, probably in the autumn.
On Monday, 20 May 2019 08:27:30 UTC-4, mwall wrote: > > On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 8:17:17 PM UTC-4, Sylvain Martel wrote: >> >> No matter, I found the answer. Acurite data is encrypted, so it can't be >> read, and only the WU data is read. And since Acurite only allow one >> device to send data to WU... >> > > assuming the smarthub hardware is ok, you can continue to use it even > though the acurite support/servers are gone. just point it at the computer > running weewx and the weewx-interceptor driver: > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/acuritebridge > > as you noted, the software-defined radio (SDR) with weewx-sdr driver might > be a better approach. the SDR will detect signals not only from acurite, > but also many other sensors. so you can mix and match any number of > sensors from any vendor, and combine them using the sensor_map into the > database fields that you want. > > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/sdr-rpi-recipe > > a 20$US USB SDR dongle is cheaper than an acurite access, and much more > versatile. > > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/aeaafaaf-cb52-4b89-ac3b-b577935b7294%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
