Yeah certainly an option. And agree the accurite software is janky, the app has a decent experience though for getting quick data back at home that didn't make me tunnel an IP. I'll leave this up for some hope that someone has gotten it to work. Otherwise i'll do the same
On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 3:09:43 PM UTC-5, p q wrote: > > I gave up on the Accurite PC software, their web service, and apps. I plug > the display straight into a Raspi2B which runs Weewx. I do open a port that > allows me to get at the web site from outside the house. I have a > semi-static IP address and don't use one of the dynamic DNS services. I say > semi-static IP. It's a dynamic IP address that hasn't actually changed in > several years, so it makes it easy for me to bookmark the IP address on my > phone browser. > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 10:59 AM simplegreen <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I used a pi zero W. My only hang up is that AcuRite has an app that runs >> on PC. That app calls for the 12 digit device ID (basically a mac address) >> thats on the back of the indoor unit. >> >> When you setup a profile on the "MyAcurite.com <http://myacurite.com>" >> site, you enter the same device ID as your device. This all in turns maps >> your device, to your location and log files (similar to what you're doing >> in this very project). >> >> What is lost in all this is now because you're not running the PC app, >> you cant run the actual android app on your phone. This app is looking for >> that DeviceID, no where in the instructions of this instructable do you >> enter that ID, thus, you device shows as "offline" in that app environment >> and limits you from getting direct real time feedback via the app (which >> IMO is better than the apache site because you can get real time log review >> of the past say 24 hour period for example). >> >> So my bigger question is... has anyone done this project, got it working >> AND got the mobile myacurite app to work on their phone? Or am i destine to >> open port access in my router to map to the local apache IP address to get >> real data? >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f5ca8bac-ada0-4e15-b424-056bd0313bbb%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f5ca8bac-ada0-4e15-b424-056bd0313bbb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Peter Quinn > (415)794-2264 > -- 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/3b703fc5-5cc1-41a9-b241-230fdd46d543%40googlegroups.com.
