> Looking at my weewx.conf file at the 'StdRESTfull' and 'CWOP' sections, I have 'enable' set to the, the 'station' is my callsign and the 'passcode' is my APRS passcode. > IIRC that was all that I needed to do. It is all documented in the Weewx user guide. My weather data appears on the 'aprs.fi' site. > Or am I missing something.
Susan, part of the problem I have is that everyone in amateur radio are removing the radio part and just doing everything through the internet. I'm trying to get more people BACK on the radio, including feeding WX data to the APRS network through a traditional APRS radio/TNC site. Jason K4APR On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 10:39:16 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Looking at my weewx.conf file at the 'StdRESTfull' and 'CWOP' sections, I > have 'enable' set to the, the 'station' is my callsign and the 'passcode' > is my APRS passcode. > IIRC that was all that I needed to do. It is all documented in the Weewx > user guide. My weather data appears on the 'aprs.fi' site. > Or am I missing something. > Susan VK3ANZ > > On Wednesday, 31 August 2022 at 7:55:26 am UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> Unless there is something unduly complex about the $ULTW string, it's >> highly likely that it can be formatted using the existing Cheetah tags. >> That means it's just another file to be generated. No need to write any >> code. >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 1:45 PM p q <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I haven't done this, but I'm willing to help out if you need it. >>> >>> What I would do with that set of requirements is to run Weewx normally, >>> with a skin of your choice and the regular SQlite DB. I'd write a little >>> piece of python code to read the db every 2 minutes (or whatever your >>> interval is) and then do the formatting and writing to UART. I've done >>> something similar for myself where I have a piece of python code that reads >>> the db every 2 minutes and sends out a MQTT message that I use elsewhere. >>> The code to do it should be pretty trivial. Turning the python into a >>> daemon that runs automatically is also easy to do. >>> >>> I'm sure you could do it with a custom skin and some javascript. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 1:30 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but in amateur radio we >>>> use weather data with a mode called APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting >>>> System). We can report weather data through the APRS packet network over >>>> the radio using 1200 baud AFSK packet. One of the things that has fallen >>>> away over the years is APRS weather station because there are not that >>>> many >>>> weather stations available that output a serial stream to parse and >>>> transmit. Ultimeter is pretty much the only one left that I know of, but >>>> they start around $400. It's a bit much. >>>> >>>> I dove into starting to build my own weather station around an ESP32 >>>> that would basically take in simple sensor data (temp, humidity, pressure, >>>> wind speed and direction) and format into the classic Ultimeter format, >>>> but >>>> I have really not gotten anywhere with it. Then it dawned on me, WeeWX is >>>> already bringing this data in, why couldn't it format a $ULTW string and >>>> spit it back out? I am looking at a few different AcuRite stations with >>>> USB interface (mostly what I see listed on the WeeWX list) and I think I >>>> have settled on the 1036M. I want to use this station to gather the data, >>>> feed it to WeeWX on a Pi and have it spit out the $ULTW formatted string >>>> on >>>> the UART pins so I can feed that into a TNC/Tracker for the APRS/packet >>>> side. Am I reinventing the wheel? Has someone already done this? >>>> Googling didn't really turn anything up. >>>> >>>> A side note, my wife is a meteorologist for NOAA and also an amateur >>>> radio operator. She recently got the OK to set up an APRS Weather station >>>> at her office, so this has kick started me to look for a solution. I'm a >>>> radio guy by day, so I have the radio and TNC stuff covered. It's getting >>>> the weather data formatted and to the radio that I am stuck on. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help! >>>> >>>> Jason K4APR >>>> www.ke4nyv.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/4e6d4b07-7ccf-4156-a006-164a21df7ef3n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4e6d4b07-7ccf-4156-a006-164a21df7ef3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Quinn >>> (415)794-2264 <(415)%20794-2264> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CAA1SM206y3Cdm1QDTYOfWofCQZMoXvm6Ft9Kk9smR-EK3iCfhQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM206y3Cdm1QDTYOfWofCQZMoXvm6Ft9Kk9smR-EK3iCfhQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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