Vince, some thoughts on your config:
- Looks good, I like the layout and the commentary.
- Is your [[MQTT]] Broker really on port 8813, or is that a typo for
1883?
- Set your mqtt_websockets_topic to weather/loop
- This is because weewx-mqtt will publish loop data to the topic
{[[MQTT]].topic}/loop
------------------------
For others who may happen upon here from Google, some brief explanations.
Out of the box the skin has 4 Highcharts examples that are working with
basic charts from the database. Some of the other configs are disabled on
purpose since they're optional.
To enable forecasts
<https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#forecast-options>for a
baseline config you'll need a free DarkSky API key <https://darksky.net/dev>,
and the following Extras config:
forecast_enabled = 1
darksky_secret_key = SECRET_KEY_HERE
To enable earthquake data
<https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#earthquake-options> as a
baseline config, add the following Extras config
earthquake_enabled = 1
MQTT Websockets have always been optional
<https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#mqtt-and-mqtt-websockets-optional>
because I think the skin should work as a basic skin out of the box (and
there's a slight learning curve to MQTT and MQTT Websockets). Having a
working MQTT broker with Websockets enabled is sort-of out of the scope of
the skin's documentation, but I cover a small how-to on my blog
<https://obrienlabs.net/how-to-setup-your-own-mqtt-broker/> if you want to
host your own. There's free public brokers as well.
You also need the weewx-mqtt extension
<https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/mqtt> installed and working (also a
bit outside the scope of the skin's documentation since that's mwall's
extension). My config is below as a reference.
To enable the skin's MQTT Websockets
<https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#mqtt-websockets-for-real-time-streaming-options>
as a baseline config, add the following Extras config:
mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1
mqtt_websockets_host = YOUR_HOST
mqtt_websockets_port = 9001 (OR WHATEVER YOUR BROKER WEBSOCKETS
PORT IS)
mqtt_websockets_ssl = 0 (IF YOU ARE USING SSL, THEN SET TO 1)
mqtt_websockets_topic = weather/loop (SET TO YOUR TOPIC'S /LOOP
TOPIC)
-------
Here's my weewx-mqtt configuration from weewx.conf:
[[MQTT]]
server_url = mqtt://mybroker:1883/
topic = weather
unit_system = US
binding = archive, loop
aggregation = aggregate
To test that your MQTT Websockets are working (and it's not a skin
problem), you can use this tool <https://hobbyquaker.github.io/mqtt-admin/>
which will try to connect to your MQTT Broker. Once connected, subscribe to
your topic (e.g. weather/loop) and you shoul dsee data flowing in. If this
tool fails then re-check your weewx-mqtt config and/or your broker
settings.
Remember, if you are hosting your own Mosquitto it is VERY picky. Any rogue
spacing at the end of the line or any spaces in empty lines will all cause
it to fail. Also I've found quirky situations where a reboot is the only
way to "fix" Mosquitto.
On Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:04:19 PM UTC-4, vince wrote:
>
> Pat - this thing has a lot of moving parts. One thing that would help
> (me) is a *known-good minimal example* with
> forecast/earthquake/highcharts/mqtt-realtime all working after a little
> light editing to set the urls etc. to match our site. There are so many
> places where we're assumed to know how to set the configurable items
> correctly. It's not totally obvious if you haven't been there before.
>
> I'm basically stuck at 'Connected. Waiting for data.' although in some of
> my many stop/edit/restart iterations it seemed like it was getting data,
> although the screens never updated with changed data. Setting
> belchertown_debug did nothing that I could tell, although I don't know
> where it writes debugging stuff so I might not have been looking in the
> right place.
>
> Here's what I have for snippets of the pieces. All software runs on the
> same host.
>
> Should these work as-is and have realtime data working etc. ????
>
> I've omitted my DarkSky api key below (of course), but that part worked
> fine.
> It's the realtime stuff that doesn't seem to be working as far as I can
> tell....
>
>
> #------------------------------------------
> #
> # /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/highcharts.conf
>
> #
> # mosquitto 'is' listening on both ports sayeth netstat
> #
>
>
> listener 1883
> protocol mqtt
>
> listener 9001
> protocol websockets
>
>
> #------------------------------------------
> #
> # weewx.conf MQTT extension section
>
> #
> # not sure server_url below is correct for websockets
>
>
>
>
> [[MQTT]]
> #---- MQTT broker URL to publish to
> server_url = mqtt://localhost:8813
>
> # server_url = wss://localhost:9001 <== or should it be this ?
>
>
> #---- MQTT topic to publish to
> topic = weather
>
> #---- make sure you bind to 'archive, loop' with aggregation
> binding = archive, loop
> aggregation = aggregate
>
>
> #------------------------------------------
> #
> # weewx.conf Belchertown section
> #
>
> [[Belchertown]]
> HTML_ROOT = public_html
> skin = Belchertown
>
> [[[Extras]]]
>
> #--------------- General Options
> -----------------------------------------
>
> #--- debugging this skin (optional)
> belchertown_debug = 1 # default
> = 1
>
> #---- root_url for this skin (mandatory)
> belchertown_root_url = http://localhost # no
> trailing slash
>
> #---- HighCharts (optional)
> highcharts_enabled = 1 # default
> = 0
>
> #--------------- MQTT Websockets (optional)
> -------------------------------
>
> mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1 # default
> = 0
> mqtt_websockets_host = localhost # default
> = ""
> mqtt_websockets_port = 9001 # default
> = 8080
> mqtt_websockets_topic = "weather" # default
> = ""
>
> #--------------- Forecast Options (optional)
> ------------------------------
>
> forecast_enabled = 1 # default
> = 0
> darksky_secret_key = 12345678901234567890123456789012 # default
> = ""
>
> #--------------- Earthquake Options (optional)
> ----------------------------
> earthquake_enabled = 1 # default
> = 0
>
>
>
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