Hi Sean I am also a kiter. I highly recommend using Weewx it is simply great software and extremely flexible.
I have setup three different remote weather stations each using a Raspberry Pi and Weewx. I remotely control them with Real VNC, which is a free package on all Raspberry Pi's and no port forwarding is required on the Pi. Some of my Pis have been running Weewx for years in harsh Canadian ambient conditions. Although my stations use Davis VP2 and Vue you can cheaply and easily build just the sensors you want for the Raspberry Pi at the link below. https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/build-your-own-weather-station Very meagre (bits) bandwidth is used to transmit weather data to our club website, Wunderground and Windflow.ca. Windflow.ca is owned by a kiter friend of mine. A 60 second tweak to Weewx restx.py is required to transmit weather data to windflow. My current Weewx sites: Toronto Windsurfing Club http://torontowindsurf.com/weather/ss/index.html https://www.windflow.ca/app/places/61 Beachcam: reverse time lapse http://torontowindsurf.com/ Downtown Toronto http://torontowindsurf.com/weather/corktown/smartphone/index.html Lake Simcoe Kite Weather http://torontowindsurf.com/keswick/index.html https://www.windflow.ca/app/places/69 On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 2:49 PM Kevin Hedgepeth <kevin.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 5:35:45 AM UTC-7, Sean Jahnig wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm new here so if this has been answered before, please just direct me >> to the article. >> >> I am fairly IT competent but i am not a coder. However, i can read >> through tutorials and hack my way most the time. >> >> *A bit of background:* >> I am a surfer and kitesurfer and i live in the UAE. We do not have as >> much wind and waves as other countries, but if you watch the weather >> closely and make good, informed decisions - you can can get some nice ocean >> conditions here for surfing and kitesurfing... and it usually disappears as >> quickly as it arrives so timing is key. Following the charts and being >> informed is tricky business because there are not many accurate forecasting >> websites or stations. Firstly, knowing that the wind/waves is coming is not >> accurate, and secondly knowing if it has arrived is not accurate. Being >> informed can really save long drives etc. so what i'm really hoping to do >> is to build an affordable little station that i can install at a few >> locations in order to monitor live wind (via windguru) and wave conditions >> (twitch, streaming). >> >> At our local kite surfing spot i have setup a wind meter and a webcam but >> it is not an efficient solution. We are currently using a full weather >> station and a separate mac mini just for handling the web cam stream. It is >> not an efficient or affordable solution. You can see the wind meter here: >> https://www.windguru.cz/station/1083 and the webcam here: >> https://www.twitch.tv/kitebeachcenteruaq ... What i am really hoping to >> do is build something smaller and cheaper that can achieve the same thing - >> and also in a smaller package like a waterproof box so that i can approach >> hotels and use a small footprint (and their internet) to have a little >> station to monitor the wind and waves at their condition. >> >> I have been doing a lot of reading and i do believe the rasberry pi has >> all the functionality i need. It is just the exact process of getting >> everything to talk to each other that i need some help with. Also, because >> i am funding this myself i really need to try and keep the cost down. I >> only need an anemometer for wind speed and direction + a 1080p weather >> proof outdoor camera. Nothing else. >> >> In my head, this is how i imagine it will work: >> >> 1. Buy an anemometer like - Davis Instruments 6410 >> https://amzn.to/2kBgCTh >> 2. Buy a 1080p camera, whether usb or ethernet. It just need to be >> weatherproof and compatible >> 3. Buy Rasberry pi and load weewx which will talk to windguru >> 4. Setup the Rasberry pi with something like https://www.noip.com/ so >> that i can access it remotely for maintenance >> >> Questions i have: >> >> 1. Can i buy only the anemometer above and connect it into the >> rasberry pi (about $120) ? or do i need to invest in the whole station >> (about $600) in order to have it readable by the rasberry pi ? >> 2. Is anyone successfully streaming a webcam via twitch using a >> rasberry pi? (ref - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-V1xI7c8I) >> >> Appreciate anything that can be added to my project. >> >> Thanks, >> Sean. >> >> >> -- > 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a13e5f22-fb22-4645-800f-98040991ebb2%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a13e5f22-fb22-4645-800f-98040991ebb2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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