Has anyone had any luck running interceptor with weewx and a LaCrosse wireless system?
Chris W5YYA > On Sep 4, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Brett Friermood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:40 PM Curt, WE7U <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Just curious, does anyone run the ADS-WS1 weather station from ArgentData? >> >> https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=135 > > > > I use one. I wrote a custom script running on a BeagleBone Black (what I > had laying around, if I build another I would use a Raspberry Pi 3) to > directly read and parse the output and deliver the information in a few > different ways. > > APRS packets are created from scratch and sent through the co-located radio > (Alinco DR-135 with Argent's T2-135 installed) via the Linux AX.25 > subsystem using the 'beacon' application. My script also establishes and > maintains a connection with Firenet and will push the APRS weather packets > at the same time as RF. > > The APRS beacon timing is adaptive based on the significance of the current > weather picture. Good weather with minimal variability will generate 10-15 > minute beacons, while worse weather and/or rapidly changing conditions will > generate more frequent updates. > > Electrical power was easily provided to the station location, but no > network access. To solve that I set up a 5GHz wireless link using Ubiquiti > access points to extend my home network. This link provides full network > and internet access to the BBB along with a 2.4GHz access point I installed > using the dual-port POE pass through feature of the Ubiquiti APs. > > In addition to allowing the Firenet connection, I am also using the link to > push the weather information back to the rest of my network via UDP every > 10 seconds or so and being primarily displayed via a Python GUI running on > a Raspberry Pi 3 with a 7" touchscreen. Xastir can also be connected to the > radio/TNC through the use of 'ldsped' for full station functionality. > > Sorry for the long reply, I started answering the original question then > realized I'd never actually documented it at all. Station callsign is WX5G4 > for curious. > > Brett KQ9N > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
