That's brilliant advice: I learned from Vince that his repo is built for Raspberry Pi, and (correct my words if wrong) assumes/prefers a Debian distro. I was planning on using container manager in the Synology OS, but perhaps the VMM solution is a better one for no other reason than permitting a simple Debian environment. TBH, I am not sure what container manager is using.
What would be useful for the community re: the mac? Is it worth trying to write-up what I did for future reference? Or too one-off to be worth it? Next up before the Syno is my PC. I am hoping it will be quicker based on previous experience, though I did set up Ubuntu over Debian in WSL. If successful on the Win11, PC, again, worth a write-up? Or too outside of what most users here are interested in doing? Thanks to all, especially Vince, for the immense help, guidance, and above all, patience. -Mike On Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 4:19:32 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > I suggest you to use Virtual Machine Manager and install there simple > basic Debian linux with weewx and passthrough the RTL-SDR usb device there. > There has been problems with docker and usb devices in Synology NAS:es > lately. > > lauantai 2. toukokuuta 2026 klo 23.39.41 UTC+3 WeatheredScientist > kirjoitti: > >> Hello to all! >> >> I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station that is up and running. >> This is a new system, so it comes with the iPad-like Weatherlink Live >> console. >> >> I have tried using ChatGPT and Claude to get an instance of weewx running >> in a Docker container on my Synology NAS. I have not had much luck, which >> seems to be a common experience with this approach. I'm adept with >> technology and computers, but I am not a programmer, even though I have >> programmed a bit in the past. >> >> *Can this group provide steps to getting weewx set up in a container on >> the NAS, connecting to services like Weather Underground? *I feel like I >> got close, but I am not even sure how to describe what the LLMs guided me >> to do. Largely, I was able to get weewx "installed", but seemed to be >> having problems with the config file. I did see at one point weewx >> outputing data, but it wasn't able to connect to wunderground, even though >> I had provided my station name and key in the right section (so maybe no >> using the right config file). >> >> Happy to provide much more info, just need guidance on what. > > -- 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/7747bb27-ddf1-4159-841b-e941b245d44an%40googlegroups.com.
