Success! The solution was indeed using the right driver "https://github.com/michael-slx/weewx-weatherlink-live"; and carefully reading the installation directions. Thanks for your help Greg!
On Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 6:49:00 PM UTC-4 Greg Troxel wrote: > moallen <[email protected]> writes: > > > I'm using a Davis Vantage Vue (number 6357), Davis Vantage Vue Console > > (number 6351), Davis WeatherLink Live (number 6100), and a Davis AirLink > > Air Quality (number 7210). The Davis WeatherLink Live operates on IP > > 192.168.1.23:80 and the Davis AirLink operates on IP 192.168.1.42:80. > This > > setup has been working fine for several years using the Davis PC and > > Android apps. > > That's helpful; earlier you said "WeatherLink IP". I dimly remember a > product which is like a USB or serial data logger but where you access > the serial port over TCP. But a "Weatherlink Live" (WLL) is a known device. > > For the WLL, you need to use the driver that supports it, which is not > the regular Vantage driver that expects to talk the Davis serial > protocol. > > https://github.com/michael-slx/weewx-weatherlink-live > > Note the comment about same ethernet segment to receive UDP. > > > At this point I am just trying to get the WeatherLink Live working in > Weewx > > and will try the AirLink later. The console is simply a display unit and > > isn't involved in IP. > > I believe that's correct. I helped someone set up a VP2 with a WLL. > > > You mentioned "port scan it and see what ports are open". I have also > been > > accessing my WeatherLink Live successfully several years with a Python > > program I wrote that I use to log my weather data, so, yes, I can > manually > > access my WeatherLink at 192.168.1.23:80 and have a fair understanding > of > > how the WeatherLink Live works via IP. > > There is also the UDP broadcast, which I think the driver expects: > https://weatherlink.github.io/weatherlink-live-local-api/ > > > You also mentioned reading the Wiki and search forums. Good advice, and > I > > have found several references to the Davis Vantage Pro, particularly > using > > serial connections as well as other older Davis com devices. But I > haven't > > found anything relative to using a Vantage Vue and WeatherLink Live with > > Weewx. > > I recommend understanding how a VP2 and WLL are supposed to work, and > hoping that the interface from the computer to the WLL is the same in > the Vue/WLL case. > > I'm guessing that once you use the right driver it will work. > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/029e6d5b-94cc-4b11-9337-735ad4094099n%40googlegroups.com.
