Goddam auto correct! On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 9:46:09 AM UTC Nick Name wrote:
> Noobs Journey: > So probably not precisely what you are look for but..... > > R.Pi 5 with weewx logging from Davis VP2. > Disastrous early attempts - but starting from scratch (New Pi (NVME rather > than SD card) fresh installs of OS & package install of weewx plus support > software (php, MariaDB etc)) > Running 24/7 for 3 weeks now. Zero issues, much happy. > > Slowly working my way through documentation and customisation. > Current "Ultimate Objectives" > 1) Figure out how to render wind data on polar display (graph?), > 2) Skin (or custom web page) reproducing console display of Davis unit, > > Just to add - have previous experience with Oregon Scientific units and > meteobridge + numerous other weather logging software. > > Current impression is that the new whew based setup offers the best set of > options yet ...... but more data to collect and work to do. > > Regards. > Frank C. > > On Friday, February 23, 2024 at 6:25:49 AM UTC michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: > >> I'm curious what hardware you are running WeeWX on, and your experience >> with it. So, this is not about the weather station and the sensors, but the >> device which is running the service. The reason I ask this here, is because >> the issues I experienced with my hardware might be related to weewx and >> writing it's logs, and we all know the first rule for posting a question >> here :D >> >> Since my first WeeWX installation in 2015, I've been using every >> generation of the RaspberryPi B, except for the 5th. But looking back it, >> has sometimes has been a royal PITA. It's not that I consider the Pi being >> bad at all, but I've been having issues with whatever storage I've been >> using. SD-Cards were a total disaster, USB flash drives were slightly >> better, USB attached SSDs, at least, lasted more than two years before >> being attached to the Pi killed them. The only type that didn't fail so >> far, was a NFS provided by a QNAP NAS, but this Kind of setup is a bit >> complex to maintain, and starting the NAS over, means quite a bit of >> downtime for the Pi also. >> >> The Pi never was intended to be a server running 24/7, considering this, >> it's success in being used as such, is beyond imagination. Anyway, my >> experience for the Pi being a storage killer, doesn't seem to be uncommon. >> It's original intention was satisfied: I learned a lot about how not to >> lose data with unreliable hardware. Since 2015, my database isn't missing >> more than one archive value a day in average and the longest gap is about >> two hours back in early 2016, using the standard interval of 5 minutes. >> >> What hardware are you using, what is your experience? >> Can you suggest hardware with low power consumption as a requirement? >> What about the newest generation, like Intel n100 based systems? >> > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/d1618d42-752f-41ee-84d3-0f7b5d11b1a4n%40googlegroups.com.
