Yes, your advice is spot on: apt-get was throwing me for a loop. But I did get it working! Wunderground is updating live.
I am now going to see about getting this to work on a PC (better b/c mine is always on and awake), and eventually in a docker container on my NAS. On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 4:55:36 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: > 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- 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/bb13e5c3-4ebe-4747-bc41-5a9993d8d013n%40googlegroups.com.
