The package installer should not be necessary. All the installer does is call the same API as wee_config.
-tk On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 3:08 PM vince <vinceska...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah - it's a little more complicated than just grabbing one file. > You want to download it as a package and use the extension installer. > > cd > git clone https://github.com/tkeffer/weewx-twi.git weewx-twi > sudo wee_extension --install weewx-twi > > then it should appear in the menu. > > If 'git' is not present, then "sudo apt-get install git" will install > that. > > On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 2:35:04 PM UTC-7 daleea...@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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