hmmm -  it was right there in front of you if you looked at the list of 
files there you could have downloaded manually, but I did have a bad wget 
command.  Fixed now (I think).

Reminder - that script won't run as written on a Mac or non-debian(ish) 
linux so I don't know how applicable it is for you specifically, but it 
does work fine on a pi or debian/ubuntu box and with a little tweaking has 
pieces applicable to non-debian(ish) linux os.

On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 1:20:39 PM UTC-7 WeatheredScientist wrote:

> @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 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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