Vince, I just did this for someone so all they needed to do is download the image I made and burn to SD then connect the station to the Pi, plug it in and cross fingers.
Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Galaxy S9 On Thu, Jun 20, 2019, 2:49 PM vince <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm helping somebody on the other US coast set up a new Vue and weewx > raspi and wanted some thoughts from folks who've set up remote sites > before. The basic story is likely similar to the folks here who've set up > sites for schools or park systems etc: > > - the recipients will unbox and physically install the gear > - they will be responsible for power and network connectivity > - they will need to do nothing else and it should just-plain-work > > > Setting up a SD card with Raspbian and Weewx is of course easy, but I need > to be able to set the /dev/whatever device name for weewx.conf > > - should I buy the USB datalogger for the Vue, or is it still > best-practice to use serial datalogger and serial-to-USB converter ? > - is it bet-the-ranch that it'll be /dev/ttyUSB0 if nothing else is > plugged into the pi ? > > I guess it really comes down to : > > - is it wisest to ship all the gear initially for me to set up, and > then have me rebox+ship it all to them for re-assemble at their location ? > - or is it reasonable that I can pre-configure the pi SD card and just > ship them that and have it 'absolutely' work there ? > > > Thoughts either way ? > > -- > 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/ac563378-dcf2-4992-9a95-d4764ad667d8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ac563378-dcf2-4992-9a95-d4764ad667d8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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. 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/CAEMY9FfqnNhpwrysehBnCnT4topr1suudDvue-K85auL%2BKUp-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
