Did you try the old original gw1000 driver and verify that it did or did not work ?
There are lots of permission denied links in the wiki and faq and user docs here if you poke around more if you have to battle interceptor…. Another way is to have your gateway publish to MQTT and use mqttsubscribe as a driver, but you’d need to set up a MQTT broker on your network which isn’t hard but it is more moving parts end to end, On Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:52:48 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > I have a GW1200 gateway I would like to interface with weewx to collect > data from an Ambient WS-2000 weather station. I am not sure what driver to > use so I thought I'd check here. I've seen references to the interceptor, a > GW1000 driver, and a new driver being developed which talks to the GW1200 > itself. > > I am running Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS on an intel mini-PC. I installed weewx 5.2 > using the instructions at https://weewx.com/docs/5.2/quickstarts/debian/. > I got it working with the simulator, then with the WeatherflowUDP > extension/driver. > > The Interceptor seemed like the way to go for my GW1200 and I found it at > https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor. I followed the > instructions as best I could. I wanted the "sniff" mode and the doc told me > to install *pypcap* module. I got this error when I attempted to use > "pip3": > > > > > > > > */usr/share/weewx/user# pip3 install pypcaperror: > externally-managed-environment× This environment is externally managed╰─> > To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install python3-xyz, > where xyz is the package you are trying to install.* > > I tried "apt install python3-pypcap" and that did not work. I tried > "apt-get install libpcap-dev" which installed something, not sure it it > satisfied the dependencies of the interceptor module, probably not. > > I downloaded the Interceptor modules with "wget -O weewx-interceptor.zip" > - that worked. I added it as an extension using "weectl extension install > weewx-interceptor.zip". That seemed to work. I edited the weewx.conf file > to set the station type to Interceptor and added a basic Interceptor stanza: > > > > *[Interceptor] driver = user.interceptor device_type = > ecowitt-client* > > I restarted weewx and not unsurprisingly it didn't work (console message > below). > > I am not sure I have the right driver, and am pretty sure I didn't supply > the prerequisite module. Any pointing the right direction would be > appreciated. > > Dana > > 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Initializing weewxd version > 5.2.0 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Command line: > /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Using Python: 3.12.3 > (main, Nov 6 2025, 13:44:16) [GCC 13.3.0] > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Located at: > /usr/bin/python3 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Platform: > Linux-6.8.0-90-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Locale: > 'en_US.UTF-8' > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Entry path: > /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: WEEWX_ROOT: /etc/weewx > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Config file: > /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: User module: > /etc/weewx/bin/user > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Debug: 0 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: User: weewx > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Group: weewx > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO __main__: Groups: weewx > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO weewx.engine: Loading station > type Interceptor (user.interceptor) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: driver version > is 0.60 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: device type: > ecowitt-client > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: hardware name: > weatherstation via interceptor > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: mode is listen > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: INFO user.interceptor: listen on :80 > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: ERROR weewx.engine: Import of driver > failed: [Errno 13] Permission denied (<class 'PermissionError'>) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > Traceback (most recent call last): > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 115, in setupStation > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 316, in loader > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > return InterceptorDriver(**config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 2529, in __init__ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > self._device = self.DEVICE_TYPES.get(self._device_type)(**stn_dict) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 2298, in __init__ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > super(EcowittClient, self).__init__( > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 430, in __init__ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > self._server = Consumer.TCPServer(address, port, handler) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/interceptor.py", line 585, in __init__ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > TCPServer.__init__(self, (address, int(port)), handler) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/usr/lib/python3.12/socketserver.py", line 457, in __init__ > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > self.server_bind() > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/usr/lib/python3.12/socketserver.py", line 473, in server_bind > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > self.socket.bind(self.server_address) > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load > driver: [Errno 13] Permission denied > Jan 07 17:45:02 zbox weewxd[75068]: CRITICAL __main__: **** Exiting... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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