@Tom, yes, I have thought of that. Envoys are surprisingly pricey on eBay presently, but I am watching. Not sure what is going on there. The old console is a less elegant alternative I've also considered. What would make this super nice is if Davis just let us output from the WLL console, instead of trying to force us into a subscription model that still doesn't offer what I want: local logging at 2.5s refresh, plus upload to services of my choice at my desired refresh rate (or theirs), not Davis's. But I like the challenge of the RF dongle for now. The data is there in the air, just waiting to be plucked, if you can follow it and read it.
@Vince, I'll keep it here. I found your github repo: https://github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis I can't seem to perform the optional step, it seems to not find a resource: % wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis/refs/heads/main/weewx-pipinstall/install-v5pip.sh --2026-05-18 16:13:23-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis/refs/heads/main/weewx-pipinstall/install-v5pip.sh Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.110.133, 185.199.111.133, ... Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.108.133|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2026-05-18 16:13:24 ERROR 404: Not Found. On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 2:35:47 PM UTC-4 Tom Hogland wrote: > The simplest way might be to look at either an older console or a Weather > Envoy, and add a Datalogger to whichever one you get. That handles > everything for you and feeds out a stream of packets that Weewx can > understand. Both are available on eBay for fairly reasonable prices. > > On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 9:53:18 AM UTC-8 WeatheredScientist wrote: > >> I am trying to get weewx 5.3.1 up and running on my mac. I am not super >> fluent with github and the like so it is difficult for me to parse my >> struggles into language that is more easily understood by people >> well-versed. I haven't had a real reason to work in a terminal setting in >> over 25 years minus some cmd line programming in an environment that no one >> here has heard of (shout out to any scientists who have used Igor Pro!), so >> it is not something I do for my job or hobby. But I am not unfamiliar with >> terminals. >> >> I am using a Davis 6263 system, which means the full set ISS plus their >> dinky ecosystem-locked console. I hate the console. I want to bypass it so >> i can have my data. to do that i need to intercept the RF signal. I have an >> RTL-SDR v3 dongle and a 915MHz antenna to do that. I will need to frequency >> hop around that center freq b/c I'm in the US and Davis likes to be >> difficult. >> >> The idea is to run weewx in a container on my NAS. But I am setting that >> aside. Right now, I am just trying to get it running at all on this >> macbook, which has the nice terminal vs Windows where everything is a >> problem. Plus I can move right under the ISS to eliminate SNR as a root >> cause. >> >> So far, I have realized I need weewx to read in data from a .json file >> that rtldavis will generate. The problem I have is getting rtldavis to >> actually spit out anything meaningful. I am just seeing a bunch of >> simualtor data. >> >> I don't really know where else to start: it's a bit of unknowns unknowns >> for me. >> >> On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 8:48:11 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >> >>> Well not being clairvoyant it is impossible in the absence of any >>> information for anyone to guess what you actually installed, nor how, nor >>> what you see... so it is equally impossible for anybody to help. >>> >>> I would suggest you start with >>> https://www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/11b82aee?s_id=15060040 as a >>> random ‘how to report an issue’ howto… >>> >>> On Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 5:34:57 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote: >>> >>>> I feel like I am getting close but not quite seeing the big picture. >>>> I'm able to see the transmitter, but am having trouble decoding its >>>> output, >>>> let alone parsing it into a database file of some kind. Github is not my >>>> strength, but I am willing to learn. What's the best way for me to pick up >>>> what I need to know without being too much of a pain on other community >>>> members? >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 8:30:22 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Moved a few months ago to >>>>> https://github.com/weewx-contrib/weewx-rtldavis >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 3:31:38 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The github link above is dead: does anyone know where to find this >>>>>> today? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:29:18 PM UTC-5 Wayne wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I think I have answered my own question in that weewx-rtldavis IS >>>>>>> the correct weewx driver for me to use. Additionally, the following >>>>>>> install >>>>>>> script should make the task even easier as it describes how to use an >>>>>>> earlier golang version which builds a working rtldavis binary (the >>>>>>> actual >>>>>>> SDR software for the Davis protocol). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://github.com/vinceskahan/weewx-rtldavis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My sincere thanks to Vince for the above assist. Thanks for the >>>>>>> bandwidth... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Wayne >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/98d23766-283b-4cd5-9ee6-bddb77315790n%40googlegroups.com.
