Greg: In my research, I found that you can locally access the raw data directly from the weather link device via their web api. In the api calls, you reference the local ip of the weather link device and port to get the data.
I think most of the weather link drivers perform the same function. I was looking at some of the repos of these drivers and they are essentially pulling the UDP data. This is also the same for the airline, just a different URI. I am thinking of taking the risk and getting one of these devices and giving it a shot. I noticed there isn't a guide on how to setup one of these devices from start to finish. I will probably do a guide on my experience. DDJ On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 3:13 PM Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom Hogland <[email protected]> writes: > > > If the WL Live will integrate both devices then that's probably the way > to > > go - the Envoy pre-dates the Airlink by quite a few years and I can't > see > > any docs that say it will see the Airlink. (In fact none of the Envoy > docs > > mention the Airlink...) The Envoy + Weatherlink datalogger mostly > > duplicates the WL Live functionality, so you don't need both. The Envoy > > *may* be more reliable, depending on a LOT of variables, just because > it's > > a dedicated ISS receiver that's hard-wired to your weather PC, while the > WL > > Live depends on your weewx sniffing network packets for data. > > This is the part I don't understand. With envoy or console and > e.g. "Weatherlink serial": > > You can set it up without any proprietary apps, and without any cloud > accounts, and without any working internet. > > The logger, at least in the console, keeps logging data while power to > the computer is out, and weewx gets this data and puts it in the db > when the computer is back. > > So with weatherlink live: > > Is it just like a console, data logger, and then a wifi interface that > gets an ip address and you can then connect to some port and it's just > like serial? > > Do you need a proprietary app to set it up? > > Can you get data locally without WLL sending to the cloud? > > Can you set it up without letting it talk to the internet? > > Can you get data locally if the internet connection is down or > firewalled, as long as the wifi works from the weewx machine. > > When you get data locally, is that straightforward and non-kludgy, vs > some kind of "interceptor" driver? > > > I looked at the hardware guide > > https://www.weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_notes > > and the user's guide > > https://www.weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#[Vantage] > > and it looks like IP connection to weatherlink, but I didn't understand > the degree of non-consensual cloudiness (regardless of whether on is > concerned with reliability or privacy :-). > > Greg > > > > > > > -- > 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/rmipmmlognc.fsf%40s1.lexort.com > . > -- 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/CACC0i0ygNCT-KC1ephjThgmCH-V1stfYE6FMrGUoDCONjiDZOg%40mail.gmail.com.
