The scripted installation is now happily working in my Pi5. Thank you, Vince, for greatly simplifying the installation process. I have a few questions.
As suggested, I performed the installation module by module. After running the Build Rtldavis module, I tried to run $GOPATH/bin/rtldavis -tf US to see if the SDR was actually receiving something. This gave a “no such file or directory” error. I fixed this error by running /usr/local/bin/rtldavis -tf US . The SDR started up OK but didn’t receive any data. I then remembered that my ISS is on channel 2, so I added -tr 2 to the run command. The SDR then began to receive data from the ISS. Can install-weewx-rtldavis.sh be amended to show the correct path to rtldavis and also to add the -tr if the user’s ISS is not on channel 1 ? Since $PATH includes /usr/local/bin, running rtldavis -tf US <-tr (channel dependent) if necessary> works just as well. I then installed the rtldavis driver. Before running rtldavis, I used the Text Editor to edit /weewx-data/weewx.conf to add details of my weather station in the [Station] section and my iss_channel in the [Rtldavis] section. Can install-weewx-rtldavis.sh be amended to add an instruction to edit weewx.conf before the instruction to run systemctl start weewx ? I ran sudo systemctl start weewx in one tab and sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog in another. Rtldavis ran briefly, but as soon as it received data from the ISS, it indicated an unrecoverable error in CRC16.py. I managed to find information about this issue on line and found another version of CRC16.py at raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/refs/heads/master/src/weewx.crc16.py. I substituted this version for crc16.py in /home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/weewx After I made this substitution, there were no more crc16,py errors and rtldavis has been running happily ever since. Can this amended version of CRC16.py be included in src.tgz and install-weewx-rtldavis.sh be amended to perform the substitution or to include instructions for the user to perform the substitution? On Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 5:21:16 PM UTC-8 Ian Hardcastle wrote: > No more 404 error - thanks vince > > > On Friday, January 2, 2026 at 5:34:13 PM UTC-8 vince wrote: > >> Fixed, I think. Thanks. >> >> On Friday, January 2, 2026 at 5:27:52 PM UTC-8 vince wrote: >> >>> Oh geez sorry about that guys. Let me fix that pronto. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 2, 2026 at 4:58:48 PM UTC-8 John Smith wrote: >>> >>>> I pulled this link from history, it looks like it was removed from the >>>> latest commit. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis/raw/543267724d18462bbd89da61219e481e127f3653/src.tgz >>>> >>>> On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 at 10:47, Ian Hardcastle <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I thought my long struggle to make weex-rtldavis was over when at last >>>>> I came across vince skahan's scripted installation. However, I quickly >>>>> discovered that, while I was able to download the installation script >>>>> itself from Github, I got a 404 "Page not found" error when I tried to >>>>> download the support file . . . src.tgz from: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis/raw/refs/heads/main/src.tgz >>>>> . >>>>> To get the UR of the support file, I copied the link on the Readme >>>>> page of the Scripted Install at >>>>> github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis?tab=readme-ov-file. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an updated URL for the support file that won't produce a 404 >>>>> error - or is there something else I need to do to diownload the support >>>>> file successfully?. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/6dc0fc31-0ada-46d1-b2ab-0fb75c6053d3n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6dc0fc31-0ada-46d1-b2ab-0fb75c6053d3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- 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/347bfc06-2fa3-4f7b-bdf9-0bf88b080aadn%40googlegroups.com.
