Does WEEX run on Debian OS on the Raspberry PI? I am currently using
Raspbian OS (that the RPI came with), but I am being somewhat "pushed" to
change it....
That may sound "odd" but below is the reason why -
Current setup:
My long term goal was to use my Raspberry PI for a bunch of stuff, not just
WEEWX and here is a slight compatibility problem. Hardware and software
setup listed below, then main question is at the bottom:
Hardware:
- Raspberry PI 4 (8GB Ram and booting off of an SSD so it is pretty
fast).
- Connected to a fiber 1GB connection by ethernet for reliability
- Running it headless (access over local network via VNC & Telnet) -
- Bluetooth, sound and HDMI ports all turned off to maximize available
CPU. The weather station is an AmbientWeather WS-2902C about 9 months old.
Software:
- I have WEEWX running like a top (very well) and recently updated it to
the latest version. It is using the "Interceptor" driver to listen to the
weather station to collect the data, and sends data out to ten places:
Windy, Wundergound, WindGuru, OWM, Meteoservices, Weather365, PWSWeather,
WeatherCloud, AWEKA and WOW
- Running on the default OS that came with the RPI (which I consistently
keep up to date via VNC) - Raspbian.
- Partially as learning excercise, I have two two decent scripts
running on it:
- One that turns it's fans on when the CPU exceeds 65 degrees celcius
and turns back off when it drops below 55 celcius.
- A nightly reboot script as a cron job that emails me with details
on processes first shut-down and then gently reboots the RPI (takes place
a
few minutes after my router reboots in the middle of the night).
- Home Assistant* ("Supervised" version), which is pretty involved but
can do amazing things regarding home automation. It was pure luck that
there is also a very good integration with the AmbientWeather weather
station that I am using so I can set up lights in certain rooms to turn on
automatically with brightness that is inversely proportional to the
berightness outside, send reminders to close specific windows that are open
when it starts raining, remind me to close the garage if left open too
long, etc., etc., etc.,
The creator of Home Assistant is a company named "Nabu Casa". The vast
majority of Home Assistant users run their setup on a dedicated machine
with the Home Assistant OS. With that setup, they do not allow ANY other
software to run on the machine. There is one exception which I am using,
and that is to run Home Assistant on Debian OS in a container - and that is
what I am doing - even so, they still insist I use Debian, as my setup is
considerd "unsupported" (ugh)... (They also alow me to run it in a VM but I
haven't gone that route).
I was also thinking maybe I would get a dedicated mini PC or a second RPI
and have them talk to each other, but #1 that's not in the budget right
now, and 2. it might be overkill... (RPI CPU levels and temperature is
still within very acceptable limits)...
Thoughts?
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