I perhaps spoke too soon:
I went back to complete the install, and got this:
choose a driver [4]: 0
Specify the serial port on which the station is connected, for
example /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyS0.
port [/dev/ttyUSB0]: /dev/ttyUSB0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/shutil.py", line 806, in move
os.rename(src, real_dst)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/weewx/weewx.conf' ->
'/etc/weewx/weewx.conf.20220430184103'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/weewx/wee_config", line 128, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/weewx/wee_config", line 122, in main
config_mgr.run(args, options)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/config.py", line 135, in run
backup_path = weecfg.save(config_dict, output_path, not
options.no_backup)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/__init__.py", line 167, in save
backup_path = weeutil.weeutil.move_with_timestamp(config_path)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1467, in
move_with_timestamp
shutil.move(filepath, newpath)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/shutil.py", line 820, in move
copy_function(src, real_dst)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/shutil.py", line 435, in copy2
copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/shutil.py", line 264, in copyfile
with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc, open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/etc/weewx/weewx.conf.20220430184103'
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 6:40:00 PM UTC-5 D R wrote:
> ls -l /usr/share/weewx/user
> total 168
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 142476 Apr 25 18:53 belchertown.py
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 541 Mar 1 17:19 extensions.py
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 306 Apr 21 19:32 __init__.py
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 30 13:57 installer
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 19:00 __pycache__
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10513 Apr 30 18:31 twi.py
>
>
> then
>
> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ grep VERSION /usr/share/weewx/user/twi.py
> DRIVER_VERSION = '0.4'
> loginf('driver version is %s' % DRIVER_VERSION)
> print("twi driver version %s" % DRIVER_VERSION)
>
>
> And then:
>
>
> Installed drivers include:
> 0) TWI (user.twi)
> 1) AcuRite (weewx.drivers.acurite)
> 2) CC3000 (weewx.drivers.cc3000)
> 3) FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
> 4) Simulator (weewx.drivers.simulator)
> 5) TE923 (weewx.drivers.te923)
> 6) Ultimeter (weewx.drivers.ultimeter)
> 7) Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
> 8) WMR100 (weewx.drivers.wmr100)
> 9) WMR300 (weewx.drivers.wmr300)
> 10) WMR9x8 (weewx.drivers.wmr9x8)
> 11) WS1 (weewx.drivers.ws1)
> 12) WS23xx (weewx.drivers.ws23xx)
> 13) WS28xx (weewx.drivers.ws28xx)
>
> I'm sure I have / had a gremlin.
>
> I am off to try it. Have to move the RP400 downstairs and make sure I can
> see he USBtty0 and all that
>
> Thank you for the hand holding, both of you. You can be pretty certain
> that the NSA doesn't have me on their radar for hacking into computers!
> Dale
>
> On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 5:10:08 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]
>>> 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 [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. Dale
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