Re: [weewx-user] Unable to Connect to WU

2023-12-01 Thread Jimi Lawson
I don't use tha API, I just use my WU station ID and key in weewx.conf. Note the password isn't your WU account password its the key next to your station ID on the My Devices page. Jimi On Friday, 1 December 2023 at 08:57:44 UTC Nate Bargmann wrote: > I don't have any solution except to say the

[weewx-user] Re: Fine Offset WH1080 Transmitter Spare or New WS?

2023-12-09 Thread Jimi Lawson
My Maplin N96FY (WH1081) transmitter failed this year after 11 years service I took a chance and bought one of these from Aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/101882199.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.19ce1802N94q7L works perfectly. I don't know if it's compatible with t

[weewx-user] Re: Fine Offset WH1080 Transmitter Spare or New WS?

2023-12-09 Thread Jimi Lawson
Further to the above, IIRC the only difference between the 1080 &1081 is that the 1080 console has a radio controlled clock Jimi On Saturday 9 December 2023 at 11:55:01 UTC Jimi Lawson wrote: > My Maplin N96FY (WH1081) transmitter failed this year after 11 years > service I took a

[weewx-user] Re: Fine Offset WH1080 Transmitter Spare or New WS?

2023-12-09 Thread Jimi Lawson
F from > the transmitter, none of the Maplin units had this feature AFAIK. There was > a time when Maplin sold the transmitters separately but I didn't buy one > due to the DCF issue. > > Maybe it's time for a new station.. > > On Saturday 9 December 2023 at 12:09:3

[weewx-user] Re: as3935 sensor

2023-12-10 Thread Jimi Lawson
Any use ? https://thepihut.com/products/grove-lightning-sensor-as3935 Jimi On Sunday 10 December 2023 at 08:33:30 UTC Claudio wrote: > where can I find, in Europe, an as3935 sensor that works in i2c and works > with the Matthew Wall driver? > Sparkfun sensor works in SPI, support for I2C has end

Re: [weewx-user] Reinstalling weewx

2024-03-01 Thread Jimi Lawson
Yes you can boot a Pi 3b from USB, that's how I setup the Pi my weewx runs on, been running fine for 8 months or so. Jimi On Fri, 1 Mar 2024, 16:51 John Smith, wrote: > Pretty sure you can boot from usb on a rpi3b > > https://www.instructables.com/Booting-Raspberry-Pi-3-B-With-a-USB-Drive/ > > O

[weewx-user] Re: 2 harware sources one database how to?

2024-03-12 Thread Jimi Lawson
I ran a Maplin N96GY (rebadged F.O. WH1081) on Cumulus for over 10 years virtually trouble free, apart from the occasional usb lockup that a reboot sorted. Last year I encountered the same problem with the usb connection, it got that bad I was lucky to maintain a connection for 20 minutes. I t

Re: [weewx-user] How to handle sensor data that doesn't come at set times

2024-03-15 Thread Jimi Lawson
What device does your station/weewx run on, couldn't you connect the bme280 to it and use the temp/humidity/pressure reading from it ? that's what I do. On Friday 15 March 2024 at 21:21:37 UTC Greg from Oz wrote: > Thanks Tom. > > Probably not something I could do. I know nothing about python. >

Re: [weewx-user] How to handle sensor data that doesn't come at set times

2024-03-15 Thread Jimi Lawson
etting the humidity and temp from the zigbee because it is in the >> house and the bme280 is in the shed and it is hot in there but I can add >> one for the house I guess? >> I will see if I can get the same BME280 as you are using. >> Do you have info where you bought

Re: [weewx-user] Generate temp gauge image

2024-04-11 Thread Jimi Lawson
I have the Steel Series gauges on my website if you want to see how they look https://jlawson.co.uk/index.php/weather Jimi On Thursday 11 April 2024 at 20:58:45 UTC+1 p q wrote: > https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-steelseries > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:34 AM awe wrote: > >> Hello >> Does any

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Paid Development Request: Driver for Raddy L7 JSON

2024-06-23 Thread Jimi Lawson
https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=22258&sid=4f392c32518b4a350545d655ee2bbe8c On Sun, 23 Jun 2024, 23:00 Eddie Bryant, wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I am on the Cumulus support page looking for your script. Trying to find > it. > > Eddie > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024, 10:40 PM Eddie Bryant wro

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Wunderground Weather

2024-08-26 Thread Jimi Lawson
Can't see how that would remove devices from my WU control panel ? On Mon, 26 Aug 2024, 18:26 vince, wrote: > > https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=47402.msg476343;boardseen#new > > Looks like their ssl cert expired. > > On Monday, August 26, 2024 at 10:22:47 AM UTC-7 Nate Bargmann wrote: >

Re: [weewx-user] Wunderground Weather

2024-08-26 Thread Jimi Lawson
Same here, raised a ticket, no reply as yet. Jimi On Mon, 26 Aug 2024, 15:28 pete, wrote: > Yup same thing with me no uploads and no devices. > On 8/26/24 09:03, Fred Keller wrote: > > Is anyone else having problems uploading to Weather Underground. Last > night Weather Underground started repo

Re: [weewx-user] Caution Vantage Vue users, bad CR123 battery vendor

2024-10-02 Thread Jimi Lawson
"One swallow doesn't make a summer" 😉 On Wed, 2 Oct 2024, 3:22 am 'John Kline' via weewx-user, < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > If it is something I really need to work, I only buy if it is sold by > and shipped by > > Amazon/Walmart. > > The problem is, Amazon commingles shipped and sol

[weewx-user] Re: Wireless Barometric Pressure Device

2024-09-23 Thread Jimi Lawson
When my old Maplin station console failed last year I setup weexw on a RPi 3B using SDR to get the outdorr sensor signals, I did the same as Vince and used a "Adafruit BME280 I2C or SPI Temperature Humidity Pressure Sensor" to get pressure, indoor temp & humidty. Trouble free for nearly 18 mon

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Wireless Barometric Pressure Device

2024-09-24 Thread Jimi Lawson
schrieb am Dienstag, 24. September 2024 um 01:23:08 UTC+2: > >> Did not know about the BME sensor! Looks like a great solution. >> Inexpensive, too. Many thanks. >> >> Wayne >> >> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, at 4:23 PM, Jimi Lawson wrote: >> > When my old M

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Wireless Barometric Pressure Device

2024-09-24 Thread Jimi Lawson
t; ran some of them outdoors, in very humid conditions, especially below > freezing point, the BME280 is just not the right sensor to use. > > Jimi Lawson schrieb am Dienstag, 24. September 2024 um 09:16:27 UTC+2: > >> Over the last 18 months my BME 280 Pressure/ temp/ humidty readings hav

Re: [weewx-user] Will the ECOWITT WS2910 work within WEEWX?

2024-09-30 Thread Jimi Lawson
My station runs on a RPi 3B using a SDR stick to pick up the signals from my old Maplin (F.O. WH1081 clone) outdoor sensors, it uses rtl_433, also incorporates indoor pressure/humidty/temperature data from a BME280. It's been running now for 18 months pretty much trouble free, I've never had any ex

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Skin for bedside clock/weather display?

2024-11-23 Thread Jimi Lawson
You can boot an RPi directly into kiosk mode which will display an html page, no need for a browser. https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-raspberry-pi-in-kiosk-mode/ Jimi On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, 1:20 am gary@gmail.com, wrote: > I have a Tab 7 running the wdc skin via Fully Kio

[weewx-user] Re: Replace barometer readings

2024-11-30 Thread Jimi Lawson
Yes you can I use one of these https://www.adafruit.com/product/2651 connected to a RPi 3B running WEEWX and a SDR dongle to collect signals from my WH1081(Maplin clone) outdoor sensors as my console died,. I used this driver https://gitlab.com/wjcarpenter/bme280wx which adds the pressure/temp/

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Replace barometer readings

2024-12-01 Thread Jimi Lawson
only the barometer and having again NOAA correctly > generated,like my console never lost the barometer "signal". > Thanks > > Il sab 30 nov 2024, 17:47 Jimi Lawson ha scritto: > >> Yes you can I use one of these https://www.adafruit.com/product/2651 >> conn

Re: [weewx-user] Fix the daily rain totals for specific days

2025-02-02 Thread Jimi Lawson
I've just recently done a similar thing using the same method as Jeff. The wind direction and speed during storm Eowyn (24th Jan) caused my tipping bucket rain gauge to give false reading during a 6 hour period (10.45") I used DB Browser for SQLite to look at the rain & rain rate values in that per

Re: [weewx-user] Upgrading Weewx 3.6 on pi1B

2025-01-12 Thread Jimi Lawson
Your link works for me, I can see your website on Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Samsung browser. On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, 4:35 pm lionel sabatier, wrote: > Hello, > Best wishes to all. > For 10 years, I have been using weewx installed on a PI 1B with a LaCrosse > WS2350 station and the last update to we

Re: [weewx-user] WEEWX 5.1 Errors

2025-03-15 Thread Jimi Lawson
It's you that needs to show some class, log into your Google groups account and unsubscribe yourself. Your the one doing the spamming ! On Sun, 16 Mar 2025, 1:44 am Charles Hill, wrote: > C'mon man show a litttle class. > > - vinceska...@gmail.com > > > Hey guys, this guy emailing me b

Re: [weewx-user] Setting up for APRSWXNET

2025-04-20 Thread Jimi Lawson
http://www.findu.com/aprswxnet.html On Sun, 20 Apr 2025, 16:36 Mike Book, wrote: > I recently purchased an Acurite weather station that will work with weewx. > It will be delivered in a few days. > > I also registered through CWOP. I will be waiting for that approval. > > That being said I'm an

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Support for UK Met Office WOW

2025-05-04 Thread Jimi Lawson
The password is called an Authentication Key in WOW. You create it yourself in WOW by logging into your site then select edit site, you add a key in there. "WOW provides a simple API for you to automatically upload data into WOW. The easiest solution for most users is to use a piece of software th

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Support for UK Met Office WOW

2025-05-05 Thread Jimi Lawson
the migrated WOW account I > have ! > > Jon. > PS Weewx is still the greatest software ! it just keeps giving and giving ! > > On Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 22:56:31 UTC+1 Jimi Lawson wrote: > >> The password is called an Authentication Key in WOW. You create it >>

[weewx-user] Re: Extension SteelSeries Weather Gauges

2025-05-23 Thread Jimi Lawson
I don't see how using a local webserver poses any risk ? That's what I do for local access to my station Weewx pages I run a Apache2 server on the Rpi 3b that runs my weather station so I can access my Weewx & Steel Series (different version, https://github.com/HanSolo/SteelSeries-Canvas ) pa

Re: [weewx-user] forecast crashes when adding first Zambretti recode on clean database

2025-06-26 Thread Jimi Lawson
Just for info, there's a slightly newer version of weewx-forecast (3.4.0b12) that works ok on Weewx version 4.10.2, I'm using it on my station at the moment, with no problems, can't say if it works for weewx 5.x Regards Jimi On Friday, 27 June 2025 at 02:03:53 UTC+1 John Kline wrote: > The ext

Re: [weewx-user] forecast crashes when adding first Zambretti recode on clean database

2025-06-27 Thread Jimi Lawson
Further to my previous post, the version I mentioned is in fact from here https://github.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-forecast/releases On Friday, 27 June 2025 at 03:44:27 UTC+1 Jimi Lawson wrote: > Just for info, there's a slightly newer version of weewx-forecast > (3.4.0b12) that

Re: [weewx-user] Forecast V3.4.ob2 Problems

2025-08-04 Thread Jimi Lawson
Mine still dowloads OK at the moment, but changes will be needed before December Datapoint Retirement Regards Jimi On Monday, 4 August 2025 at 14:17:31 UTC+1 steepleian wrote: > Met Office have or in the process o