Tom, Vince - Thanks - added station and other information to the weewx_config and it started up without errors. Now need to wait for the rest of the hardware parts to get here to complete the build. Tom, this is the most pleasant forum experience that I have had - I will be back and will recommend.
Michael Michael H Grossie [email protected] On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 5:38 PM Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: > Please don't edit weewx.conf directly. You're likely to make a mistake. > Use wee_config: > > *cd /home/weewx* > *sudo python3 ./bin/wee_config --reconfigure* > > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 3:13 PM Michael Grossie <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> There was/is no Station Type described in the config file. I found it >> interesting when going through the install the weewx.conf file did not >> launch so that I could input that information. >> I'll edit the information in the weewx.conf file and see what happens - >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Michael H Grossie >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 4:56 PM Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Actually, it looks like just the opposite: you may or may not have an >>> appropriate block in weewx.conf, but you definitely have not specified a >>> station type for option 'station'. Use utility wee_config to fix: >>> >>> *cd /home/weewx* >>> *sudo python3 ./bin/wee_config --reconfigure* >>> >>> As for why it is running python 2, it will run whatever the "shebang" >>> line on weewxd specifies. This is the very first line of the file. I'm >>> betting that you ran setup.py without specifying a version of Python, so it >>> went with the default on your system, python 2. >>> >>> To fix, either follow vince's suggestion and explicitly give the version >>> of python: >>> >>> *sudo python3 ./bin/weewxd* >>> >>> Or, alternatively, you can start all over and reinstall, but this time >>> explicitly specify the version of python you want to use: >>> >>> *sudo python3 ./setup.py install* >>> >>> setup.py will install a shebang line reflecting whatever you used to >>> invoke it. In this case, python 3. >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 1:53 PM vince <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 12:49:15 PM UTC-7, Michael Grossie wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Raspbian Stretch >>>>> Python v2.7, v3.5, v3.8.3 >>>>> Default (for root) v3.8.3 >>>>> Raspberry Pi 2 Model B >>>>> WeeWX v4.1.1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Weewx doesn't currently care which python you use, as long as you have >>>> that python's prerequisites installed. You can install with python2/pip or >>>> python3/pip3 either way as long as you're consistent. >>>> >>>> Tom usually gives different instructions, but I've found here that >>>> explicitly calling the python I want and the pip I want makes things more >>>> known good. So for me here I'd do "pip3 install whatever" and "python3 >>>> setup.py build ; python3 setup.py install" rather than expecting weewx to >>>> figure out which python I want to use. >>>> >>>> That said, the error message looks to me like you specified your >>>> desired Station type, but have no block in weewx.conf defining that kind of >>>> station and how it works. Check that first before messing around with any >>>> python stuff. Change one thing at a time so you don't lose track of what >>>> you changed. >>>> >>>> You didn't mention what kind of station you have, so I can't help much >>>> more there. 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