I took the easy way out. Samsung Tab 7, cheap tablet stand from Amazon, Fully Kiosk Browser Installed weewx-wdc skin that way I wanted. Opened the local URL in FKB. Done
The Tab 7 was much less than a Pi, Fully Kiosk Browser is free and designed to do this sort of thing. The WDC skin is much better suited to a display like this than Belchertown skin. Now, if I simply wanted to play with this and that to see what I could do, sure a display hat and all would be the way to go. On Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 11:26:31 AM UTC-4 Mark Fraser wrote: > On 19/09/2023 05:19, Jeremy David wrote: > > That's pretty much exactly what I was looking for Mark! Would you happen > > to have insight or a project build you may have followed? > > > > On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 3:08:00 PM UTC-5 Mark Fraser wrote: > > > > I used an LCD screen and made this > > > https://www.printables.com/model/499066-hanging-case-for-waveshare-8-display > < > https://www.printables.com/model/499066-hanging-case-for-waveshare-8-display > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Sept 2023, 18:30 Jeremy David, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I moved into a new home a few months ago and have been wanting > > to build my own weather station with a RPi and route it > > wirelessly to display on another RPi with an LCD or epaper > > screen of sorts in my kitchen. I believe I have gotten away from > > the idea of building my own weather station because I was > > wanting to power it with PoE, but it looks like the HAT that > > gives that functionality might not work the best in hotter > > operating temps on my roof. > > > > So I think I have settled on getting either a Tempest or an > > Ecowitt and just route the data to Weewx on a RPi or Arduino > > with a screen attached. However, and maybe I am just blind, but > > I can't seem to find a project build on making a display screen > > that could project the data, would someone happen to have any > > links to one? I swear I found one weeks ago when I was looking > > for something else and can't find it again. I have seen ones > > that just run Raspbian and have a browser up with Weewx or > > running an Android app on an old tablet, but was hoping for > > something more plug in and start up for some of the less tech > > savvy people in my house. > > > I'm thinking this should be possible, but maybe I'm overestimating? > > > > Thank you in advance! > > You need to have the Belchertown skin and the mqtt extensions installed > on the Raspberry Pi that is running your weather station. > > On another Raspberry Pi I installed Raspberry Pi OS, created a file in > .config/autostart called kiosk.desktop which contained: > > [Desktop Entry] > Type=Application > Name=conky > Exec=/home/<username>/kiosk.sh > StartupNotify=false > Terminal=false > > In the home directory, I created the kiosk.sh file which contained: > > #!/bin/bash > > # Run this script in display 0 - the monitor > export DISPLAY=:0 > > # Disable xset blanking. > xset s noblank > xset s off > # Hide the mouse from the display > unclutter & > > # If Chrome crashes (usually due to rebooting), clear the crash flag so > we don't have the annoying warning bar > sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' > /home/<username>/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences > sed -i 's/"exit_type":"Crashed"/"exit_type":"Normal"/' > /home/<username>/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences > > # Run Chromium and open tabs > /usr/bin/chromium-browser --kiosk --window-position=0,0 <kiosk website> & > > # Start the kiosk loop. This keystroke changes the Chromium tab > # To have just anti-idle, use this line instead: > xdotool keydown ctrl; xdotool keyup ctrl; > # Otherwise, the ctrl+Tab is designed to switch tabs in Chrome > > In both files, replace <username> with your username and <kiosk website> > with the URL that points to the Kiosk page in Belchertown. > > -- 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/57b22a0d-8811-42e5-89ba-c8a7c7cbd226n%40googlegroups.com.
