No problem here :) Ask once, and if you don't get the point, ask a second time. It isn't all that easy to understand. Pavocracy schrieb am Montag, 12. Februar 2024 um 11:41:54 UTC+1:
> bah you can't edit messages. correction: "my wording was very INCORRECT". > > On Monday 12 February 2024 at 20:41:06 UTC+10 Pavocracy wrote: > >> Yeah sorry, the link you posted is what i was referring to when i said i >> could only see third party options. My wording was very correct, but when i >> was saying i cant see a "driver" i was really meaning i can't see a >> standard driver in the code base for mqtt. >> >> But yes, i can see you already have me the answer here, and its the third >> party option, and there is no way to use mqtt natively with weewx. and as >> you point out, its a fair argument to say thats kind of weewx's idea, as >> its suppose to be a module and extendable platform and so completely >> writing off the possibly of using third party extensions to solve my >> problem does seem silly in retrospect. Sorry if such a viewpoint lead you >> to be frustrated while trying to help me though that viewpoint too. >> >> I really do appreciate taking the time to respond and share a github >> project of a solution to the problem i was trying to solve. I will build >> out my micropython code to send messages via mqtt and give it a go :) I can >> still attempt to emulate one of the built in drivers later too and it would >> likely be easier once i already have data that is being collected and >> formatted into messages anyway. >> >> On Monday 12 February 2024 at 20:30:36 UTC+10 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: >> >>> > So just to clarify, can weewx pull weather data from mqtt? >>> Yes >>> >>> > I dont see a driver for that. >>> MQTTSubscribe can be run as a driver, as already mentioned above: >>> *"Either MQTT Subscribe as a service, augmenting any off-the-shelf >>> station supported by weewx with your sensors data, or use it as a driver."* >>> I even posted the link. >>> >>> > but i cant find any documentation or examples of this kind of picture >>> It's behind the link above >>> >>> > If thats only possible through third party extensions >>> If you don't want to use such extension, why would you use WeeWX in the >>> first place? >>> >>> > weather data collected by esp8266 ---> publish to mqtt (still isn't >>> clear what kind of message structure i would need to follow for weewx to >>> understand this) >>> It's described in behind the link above: >>> WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe >>> >>> A Weewx service and driver that receives data from multiple MQTT topics. >>> >>> Currently MQTT payloads of json, keyword (field1=value, field2=value..), >>> and individual (each topic contains a single observation) are supported. >>> >>> tl;dr; Click this link >>> <https://github.com/bellrichm/WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe>, all your questions >>> are answered there. >>> >>> Pavocracy schrieb am Montag, 12. Februar 2024 um 07:58:33 UTC+1: >>> >>>> So just to clarify, can weewx pull weather data from mqtt? I dont see a >>>> driver for that. I can see there is community projects for enable both >>>> subscribing to mqtt and also to publish to mqtt for data it already has in >>>> its own database, but i cant find any documentation or examples of this >>>> kind of picture: >>>> >>>> weather data collected by esp8266 ---> publish to mqtt (still isn't >>>> clear what kind of message structure i would need to follow for weewx to >>>> understand this) --> weewx subscribes to the mqtt messages and so can see >>>> them and puts it into its own database >>>> >>>> If thats only possible through third party extensions, this leads me >>>> back to instead wanting to just "emulate" a specific drivers data format >>>> to >>>> be able to use the built in driver support instead. Because what i really >>>> want is to really only have 2 pieces of the puzzle here. My esp8266 with >>>> sensors attached, and in micropython i collect data points and put them >>>> into a data structure directly understood by weewx, which then sends those >>>> messages to a weewx instance running on a machine. But to do this, >>>> obviously i need to understand the exact data structure of a given weewx >>>> driver, which is the part i was asking about and can't easily find >>>> documented anywhere, i was basically looking at the driver code and trying >>>> to see how it maps packet data to weather data. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 23:28:05 UTC+10 p q wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah. I'm assuming you will be running Weewx on some computer other >>>>> than the ESP and have a network connection between the ESP and the >>>>> computer. I would use MQTT to publish the sensor data to a MQTT broker >>>>> running somewhere on your network, likely Mosquitto running on the same >>>>> machine as Weewx. Weewx would subscribe to the sensor data and go from >>>>> there. I am not up on the Weewx MQTT driver, but I would look into using >>>>> it. I personally use the Accurite driver as my original system is an >>>>> Accurite. Over time as I've added new sensors or replaced crummy ones, >>>>> I've >>>>> started to use MQTT as my preferred method of sending data from >>>>> microcontrollers to Weewx with various hacks on the Accurite driver. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 2:51 AM 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user < >>>>> weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A few thoughts: >>>>>> >>>>>> Building the "station" on a ESP8266 doesn't sound like you are >>>>>> planning to get too far with your project. Compared to it's successor, >>>>>> it >>>>>> is very limited and has some really weird flaws. >>>>>> Why would you connect the station with a serial interface, when it >>>>>> has WIFI on board? >>>>>> p q's MQTT suggestion is a not a bad one. Let your station emit every >>>>>> single sensor reading as a MQTT message, and let weewx receive it with >>>>>> MQTT >>>>>> Subscribe <https://github.com/bellrichm/WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe> >>>>>> Either MQTT Subscribe as a service, augmenting any off-the-shelf >>>>>> station supported by weewx with your sensors data, or use it as a >>>>>> driver. >>>>>> Encapsulating sensor data in JSON for the MQTT payload is commonly done >>>>>> and >>>>>> supported by MQTT Subscribe. >>>>>> Pavocracy schrieb am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2024 um 11:07:05 UTC+1: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm not sure if im misunderstanding what you are saying, or if i am >>>>>>> not doing a good job at explaining my question, but even if i choose >>>>>>> mqtt >>>>>>> as my location to push the data, the data still needs to be in some >>>>>>> specific format for weewx to understand it no? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So on the esp8266, that has a bunch of sensors attached to it, in my >>>>>>> embedded code i need to collect the data point for the sensor, and then >>>>>>> put >>>>>>> it in some specific format to send along somewhere that weewx will >>>>>>> read. >>>>>>> Reading through the source code it looked like the drivers are where >>>>>>> these >>>>>>> message formats are interrupted, but i could be wrong? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday 5 February 2024 at 23:45:25 UTC+10 p q wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If I was going to do this, I would look into mqtt options. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 11:03 PM 'Pavocracy' via weewx-user < >>>>>>>> weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am working on a hobby project where i am trying to build my own >>>>>>>>> "weather station" from an esp8266 and a bunch of sensors. I am very >>>>>>>>> keen on >>>>>>>>> using weewx to display the post the data, and so i am looking at the >>>>>>>>> supported drivers and wondering if there is an obvious answer to >>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>> driver i should be targeting for my weather station output. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is there an obvious choice for which driver supports the most >>>>>>>>> data, or perhaps is the easiest data to read or is there a driver >>>>>>>>> that is >>>>>>>>> the most robust? 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