I'm reading my VP2 just fine with an RTL-SDR dongle v3 and my own fork of weewx-rtldavis. I'm a good 100, 150' away from the ISS and still have essentially perfect reception.
https://github.com/WeatheredScientist/weewx-rtldavis Happy to share my weather dash if you are interested. On Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 8:18:15 PM UTC-4 Mark Jenks wrote: > 6313 has nothing that can work with weewx. I need a weatherlink to make > it work. > > There is nothing currently that can get data from the weatherlink.com API > v2. There is something in git, but it's heavily modified and needs some > serious work to work with native weewx. > > On Friday, October 16, 2026 at 9:18:43 PM UTC-5 Mark Jenks wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for the comments! I just ordered the new Davis and will >> see how it goes. :) >> >> I was concerned without the direct connect USB. >> >> >> On Friday, October 16, 2026 at 11:58:53 AM UTC-5 weather list wrote: >> >>> On Oct 16, 2026, at 12:36, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > weather list <[email protected]> writes: >>> > >>> >> I've been using two Meteobridge Nano SD's for years, with no issues >>> >> with a VP2, in two separate places. Connects wirelessly, and there >>> are >>> >> a lot of built-in reports and weather site uploads right in the MB >>> >> firmware. Pays to be sure your devices have router-assigned IP's and >>> >> that the power supplies are reliable. But they are indeed pricey.... >>> > >>> > Is there a weewx driver, so that you can run weewx and have it get >>> data >>> > from the meteobridge? Can it use some API on the MB to backfill the >>> > database from old data, assuming the meteobridge stayed up on >>> batteries >>> > and the computer didn't? >>> > >>> > Not having good answers to those questions is what I meant by quirks. >>> >>> I use the weewx vantage driver set for ethernet. But I am not sure there >>> is a backfill provision, though the micro SD card stores data. >>> >>> Vantage stanza in weewx.conf >>> >>> [Vantage] >>> # This section is for the Davis Vantage series of weather stations. >>> >>> # Connection type: serial or ethernet >>> # serial (the classic VantagePro) >>> # ethernet (the WeatherLinkIP or Serial-Ethernet bridge) >>> type = ethernet >>> >>> # If the connection type is serial, a port must be specified: >>> # Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, and SuSE: >>> # /dev/ttyUSB0 is a common USB port name >>> # /dev/ttyS0 is a common serial port name >>> # BSD: >>> # /dev/cuaU0 is a common serial port name >>> # port = /dev/ttyUSB0 >>> >>> # If the connection type is ethernet, an IP Address/hostname is >>> required: >>> host = 192.168.1.14 >>> >>> ###################################################### >>> # The rest of this section rarely needs any attention. >>> # You can safely leave it "as is." >>> ###################################################### >>> >>> # Serial baud rate (usually 19200) >>> baudrate = 19200 >>> >>> # TCP port (when using the WeatherLinkIP) >>> tcp_port = 22222 >>> >>> # TCP send delay (when using the WeatherLinkIP): >>> # tcp_send_delay = 0.5 >>> >>> # The type of LOOP packet to request: 1 = LOOP1; 2 = LOOP2; 3 = both >>> loop_request = 1 >>> >>> # The id of your ISS station (usually 1). If you use a wind meter >>> connected >>> # to a anemometer transmitter kit, use its id >>> iss_id = 1 >>> >>> # How long to wait for a response from the station before giving up (in >>> # seconds; must be greater than 2) >>> timeout = 10 >>> >>> # How long to wait before trying again (in seconds) >>> wait_before_retry = 5 # 1.2 >>> >>> # How many times to try before giving up: >>> max_tries = 8 >>> >>> # Vantage model Type: 1 = Vantage Pro; 2 = Vantage Pro2 >>> model_type = 2 >>> >>> # The driver to use: >>> driver = weewx.drivers.vantage >> >> -- 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/a139302c-91b1-4659-91e3-9d1db5cb577cn%40googlegroups.com.
