You've got the general idea. As implied by the Wiki article, make sure you specify different database names for the two instances. Otherwise, you'll two processes trying to use the same database.
-tk On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 1:53 PM Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, got it. > > I remember seeing that page a while back, but that was before I had > started thinking about this. > > So essentially, via the conf files, each instance will know which station > feed, Davis or AcuRite, to pull from. And only one instance will be setup > to produce the reports and it will bind to the second database for any of > the AcuRite data points I want to use. > > Makes sense. Now, to stumbled my way through it. > > Fun stuff. Thanks for the great software. I will now return to the > woodwork. > > > On Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 1:43:31 PM UTC-8, Thomas Keffer wrote: >> >> No, they can (and should) run on the same computer. >> >> See the Wiki article *How to run multiple instances of WeeWX >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/weewx-multi>* for details. >> >> -tk >> >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 1:34 PM Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow. Thanks for the quick reply Thomas. >>> >>> I'll look into your solution. Will that require each station to run on >>> it's own Pi? >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 1:09:08 PM UTC-8, Thomas Keffer wrote: >>>> >>>> That would require writing a custom service that manages a separate >>>> thread which talks to your AcuRite. >>>> >>>> Far simpler is to just run two instances of weewx: one for the VP2, the >>>> other for the Accurite, each with its own database. Then nominate one of >>>> the instances to run the reports, using the 2nd database in the reports. >>>> See the section *Using multiple bindings >>>> <http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#Using_multiple_bindings>* in >>>> the Customizing Guide. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:21 AM Kevin Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This weekend, I am going to replace my existing station(AcuRite 01036) >>>>> with a Davis Pro2. >>>>> >>>>> I would like to move the AcuRite to the garden area for some localzied >>>>> readings? How can I transition the feed from the AcuRite to load it's >>>>> data >>>>> into the "extra" Temps fields in the database? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/6513d078-30a8-4405-a796-2f5054c1b840%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6513d078-30a8-4405-a796-2f5054c1b840%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/4430c6b7-3f6c-4b6a-aa01-0ee67b956dac%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4430c6b7-3f6c-4b6a-aa01-0ee67b956dac%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/6d61d9d1-896c-407e-989b-d63a9f4e9d5a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6d61d9d1-896c-407e-989b-d63a9f4e9d5a%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/CAPq0zEDZ7iy5MUN3n4WWGkzNWTG6fruX86DYAQ9HS4ohCeWULQ%40mail.gmail.com.
