Yes, that should have worked. At least, it worked on my test machine. Let's make sure it's where it should be. What do you get if you list the contents of the 'user' subdirectory?
*ls -l /usr/share/weewx/user* And, let's make sure the correct version is there: *grep VERSION /usr/share/weewx/user/twi.py* -tk On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 2:35 PM D R <daleeaucla...@gmail.com> wrote: > I downloaded the twi.py which you furnished at the above link, and copied > it from the pi/Downloads directory to the /usr/share/weewx/user area and > re-ran the wee_config --reconfigure program, but again only 12 choices were > shown and the TWI was not one of them. > > I'm sure it is my error with the trouble I had trying to move the file > from my download directory to the /user area. > > I even tried modifying Mathew's install instruction to do so too but it > had a run error so I guess that isn't going to work! > > I will try later after I rest my brain a bit, but am I correct in assuming > the procedure to do is to download the twi.py you provided, move it from > the Downloads area into the /usr/share/weewx/user area after removing the > previous twi.py file, and then run the wee_config again, or have I missed a > step? > > Thanks and sorry to be gumming up the works here. Dale > > > On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 3:26:25 PM UTC-5 tke...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I just did a quick port. There may be issues with how the driver >> communicates with the hardware. Give it a try. >> >> You can find the port at https://github.com/tkeffer/weewx-twi >> >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 1:05 PM DR <daleea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> a) thank you for the very speedy reply. >>> >>> b) I would have never figured that out, so thank you for sharing your >>> knowledge of all this >>> >>> c) I am happy with python 3 and the way things run and would be too >>> nervous about goofing something up. I will wait patiently for the system >>> to work, with revisions being passed along. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your attention, I'm anxious to try it, and will see if one of >>> my other stations will work. Do you know off hand if the Peet Brothers >>> driver (another station I have) is working with Python 3? >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/30/2022 2:54 PM, Tom Keffer wrote: >>> >>> The problem is that the twi driver has not been ported to Python 3. >>> >>> I'll do the port and submit a PR to Matthew. Or, you can try Python 2.7. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 12:22 PM D R <daleea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I did forget to mention that I found twi.py in the >>>> /usr/share/weewx/user directory. It is puzzling to me that there were no >>>> other drivers from the list shown during the wee_configure --reconfigure >>>> selection shown here, unless they are stored elsewhere or 'built in' and >>>> not visible, and the twi.py is added on somehow. Dale >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 2:14:50 PM UTC-5 D R wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I am past testing and now want to connect my Rasp 400 to a real wx >>>>> station I have running, a Texas Weather Instruments. >>>>> >>>>> I went to github and got the driver that Matthew has furnished, >>>>> downloaded it and installed with the instructions given into my WeeWx 4.8. >>>>> >>>>> Then I did a wee_config --reconfigure and was stepping through the >>>>> choices until lI got to the >>>>> Installed Drivers choice, and in the 12) shown, there was no mention >>>>> of the newly installed TWI driver. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way of making it show up in some way other than wee_config,? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any suggestions. 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