Your router will have a list of devices on the network. Take a look. On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 8:39 PM Bill Butler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Q: “what is the ip address of the Weatherlink IP device ?” > A: I haven’t got the faintest idea. I’ve been following the instructions > at http://www.weewx.com/docs/debian.htm I just copied and pasted the > instructions to the terminal. > > As for what is in the config file, I’ll try another install tomorrow > (Saturday) and post the results. > > > On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 8:33:02 PM UTC-7, vince wrote: >> >> On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 6:47:03 PM UTC-8, Bill Butler wrote: >>> >>> I’ve tried the following experiments. >>> >>> The install process seems to go thru OK up to the last prompt which is >>> the IPv4 address. >>> >>> I’ve tried running the whole process using: >>> 1) The default 192.168.0.10 (Which doesn’t seem to match anything) >>> 2) 192.168.0.143 (Which is what the network info gives me on my >>> Linux computer) >>> 3) 192.168.0.1 (Which is what is on my Centurylink router) >>> 4) 192.168.0.219 (The network info on my old Windows 7 computer) >>> >>> All of the above produce the same “No route to host” sequence of >>> messages. >>> >>> I have just tried all 4 of the above experiments with the firewall set >>> to “off” which seems to have made “slight” progress. I now get a “refused” >>> message using the address 192.168.0.143 (Please see picture at >>> http://durangobill.com/TempPictures/WeeWXerrorRefused.jpg or the >>> attached file.) Note that this is different from the first picture. >>> >>> If other additional documentation would help, please let me know what >>> might be relevant. >>> >> >> At this point you're basically firing a shotgun multiple times and >> praying you hit something. You're just firing away blindly. >> >> You have no chance of success taking that approach. You need to slow down >> and do things in an orderly fashion. >> >> So lets see where you're at... >> >> - Your windows computer is 192.168.0.219 (fine but totally irrelevant >> to weewx on your linux box) >> - Your linux computer is 192.168.0.143 >> - Your router is 192.168.0.1 >> - What is the ip address of the Weatherlink IP device you want weewx >> to connect to ? >> >> Look at your weewx.conf file. You will see a stanza that looks something >> like the following: >> >> [Vantage] >> # This section is for the Davis Vantage series of weather stations. >> >> # Connection type: serial or ethernet >> # serial (the classic VantagePro) >> # ethernet (the WeatherLinkIP) >> type = serial >> >> # If the connection type is serial, a port must be specified: >> # Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, and SuSE: >> # /dev/ttyUSB0 is a common USB port name >> # /dev/ttyS0 is a common serial port name >> # BSD: >> # /dev/cuaU0 is a common serial port name >> port = /dev/ttyUSB0 >> >> # If the connection type is ethernet, an IP Address/hostname is >> required: >> host = 1.2.3.4 >> >> Yours probably sets connection_type = ethernet which is fine. I 'think' >> you need to change the 'host = n.n.n.n' line to have the ip address of your >> Weatherlink IP device, then weewx should likely work unless your >> firewalling blocks it from working or you have something pretty obscure in >> your network. >> >> Start slowly. Don't change more than one thing at a time. Breathe. >> >> - what is the ip address of the Weatherlink IP device ? >> - from the Windows box, can you ping that address ? >> - from the Linux box, can you ping that address ? >> - (if so, your network is ok and your computers are ok....probably...) >> >> >> If your Linux box can ping the Weatherlink IP device, make sure you have >> connection_type = ethernet, and the 'host = n.n.n.n' line should have the >> 'target' device IP address in it....not the weewx host address. That's >> probably where you're getting all wrapped around the axle. >> >> Give it a try. >> > -- > 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/7002718f-98e0-4f40-9d48-fa39a763e71d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7002718f-98e0-4f40-9d48-fa39a763e71d%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM21yfQ6%2BeXb9xukgKdUWzfLmFYh3cb8roZq5Z8qmNSE4KA%40mail.gmail.com.
