Good idea. I am getting the USB drop offs about 20 times a day so the USB console is failing. I have 3 USB consoles and they are all suspect, so time to do the SDR thing.
On Wednesday 13 March 2024 at 01:06:48 UTC+11 [email protected] wrote: > If all you are looking for is pressure and inside temp, depending on your > setup, you could add a BME280 sensor (pressure, temp, and humidity). It > used these instructions: > https://github.com/bdwilson/acurite/blob/master/Pressure.md > > And then add the bme280 weewx extension. Then you can run SDR as your > driver and the bme280 data will be added as a service call. > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 4:14:53 AM UTC-4 Greg from Oz wrote: > >> I have a question: >> What happens if I get the same records from the SDR and the USB? >> Is there a way to filter out the USB fineoffset data fields I don't need >> because they will be coming from the SDR? >> I only need inside temperature and pressure from the USB. >> I tried to comment out all the fields I didn't need in the fine offset >> driver but that failed. >> /opt/weewx/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewx/drivers/fousb.py >> >> Back to the drawing board. >> >> >> On Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 12:51:38 UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote: >> >>> Yeah I think I will do the same . I was leaning that way because >>> everything else looked too hard. >>> I have MQTT already set up. >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 10:44:15 UTC+11 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> My solution was to run rtl_433 as a separate service that publishes to >>>> MQTT. I then run MQTTSubscribe to augment the station/driver data. I >>>> already had the MQTT infrastructure, so it was a minor lift for me. >>>> Some more information is here, >>>> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/svsbOxWvPZc/m/eLA6lhyJAAAJ. >>>> rich >>>> >>>> On Monday 11 March 2024 at 01:49:59 UTC-4 Greg from Oz wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I have spent hours trying to figure out how to have 2 hardware sources >>>>> (sdr and fineoffset USB console) and get most data from the sdr and just >>>>> the barometer and inside temperature from the fine offset USB console. >>>>> >>>>> I just want all the data from both devices to go into the one database. >>>>> >>>>> Is this even possible? >>>>> >>>>> I have found examples of 2 hardware devices and 2 databases but I >>>>> don't want that. >>>>> >>>>> The reason I want to do this is because the console is showing a lot >>>>> of : >>>>> ERROR weewx.drivers.fousb: get_observations failed: [Errno 19] No such >>>>> device (it may have been disconnected) >>>>> >>>>> The only way to fix those errors is to turn the console on and off >>>>> which I have automated but it is doing it a lot lately and and it is even >>>>> showing up on my graphs. >>>>> >>>>> If I can't get the barometer and inside temperature I won't be >>>>> heartbroken but it would be nice to be able to do that. >>>>> >>>>> If I can get it to work I can just reset the console when it stops >>>>> working and not have the barometer and inside temp but I should be able >>>>> to >>>>> at least get the majority of the data. >>>>> >>>>> Is there any documentation with examples anywhere? I did find >>>>> something about creating a service but that looked way to complicated for >>>>> my paygrade. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> -- 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/4d0e4632-ecf4-4302-9bcc-2b5d3b9f550an%40googlegroups.com.
