Thank you very much for you help. On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 8:28:44 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner wrote: > > NO > > SIMULATOR = data generated from mathematical formulas - it is not real > data it is invented data > > weewx is the wrong program for what you are trying to do. weewx is > designed to get data from a weather station connected to the pc which is > running weewx, or at least data from something which is owned by the owner > of weewx. > > > > On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 17:55:26 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >> >> Thank you Andrew. So if I config Weewx as simulator and set my >> geolocations correctly it will give me weather data from nearby stations >> right? >> >> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 5:21:30 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner wrote: >>> >>> If I wanted to display openweathermap data I would just use a browser. >>> >>> If I wanted to display openweathermap data in another program, such as a >>> dashboard, I would use the openweathermap api to bring the data into the >>> dashboard. There is no need for weewx. Weewx is intended for the >>> archiving of data read from weather stations, not for use* as* a >>> dashboard. >>> >>> As Vince implied, weewx is the wrong program for your purposes I think. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:13:52 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >>>> >>>> So if i want to display openweathermap data i have to remove the >>>> simulator and add another driver right? Am i correct Andrew? >>>> i just want to get data from openweathermap. >>>> >>>> Can you suggest a method for that? >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 2:18:59 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> the simulator can provide weewx with data - generated from the >>>>> simulator driver - but you cannot (without more effort) add additional >>>>> data >>>>> to the simulator data. Weewx is not designed for that really - it is >>>>> intended for getting nd archiving data from a weather station and the >>>>> simulator can be used for generating data in the database whilst creating >>>>> reports etc. >>>>> >>>>> weewx is not a general display program - it is a database input >>>>> program really. >>>>> >>>>> so go ahead and use the simulator driver to generate data in a >>>>> database for your dashboard - but forget about other sources of data >>>>> within >>>>> weewx. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 11:42:48 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Andrew thanks for the help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually I don't have any hardware i just want to get Data from other >>>>>> station to my raspberrypi Dashboard. So which driver I should use to >>>>>> accomplish this task >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:52:28 PM UTC+5:30, Andrew Milner >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> there does not appear to be one listed in the drivers in the wiki >>>>>>> >>>>>>> you don't want to use simulator as providing the data for weewx if >>>>>>> you are getting the data from elsewhere - u need a driver to get that >>>>>>> data. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> if you know the api for the site you can possibly adapt one of the >>>>>>> other drivers to get from openweathermap. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> why are you trying to get the data from openweathermap into weewx >>>>>>> anyway?? seems a little odd!! If it's to try and recover some old data >>>>>>> that is out there maybe you could change wee_import utility to try and >>>>>>> grab >>>>>>> the data for you. see weewx utilities documentation for details >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 10:07:31 UTC+3, Akila Wickey wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi colin do you know a method which can get data from external API >>>>>>>> to weewx? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 12:33:09 PM UTC+5:30, Colin Larsen >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This may help from OpenWeatherMap Github ...... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "This is an extension to weewx that uploads weather data to >>>>>>>>> OpenWeatherMap." I could be wrong but I don't think it downloads data >>>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>>> OWM to your weewx instance >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 6:35 PM Akila Wickey <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am beginner for weewx. I just setup weewx on raspberrypi and >>>>>>>>>> setted driver as Simulator. >>>>>>>>>> I want to get weather Data using https://openweathermap.org so i >>>>>>>>>> followed this guide >>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/openweathermap >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> My Question is the procedure i have followed is correct? Which >>>>>>>>>> means can we use Simulator to gain external API data to the weewx >>>>>>>>>> dashboard. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> In my dashboard I see following notice. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2018-08-22 at 12.03.06 PM.png] >>>>>>>>>> It says i'm using simulator. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> FYI i just checked my logs which says >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ tail -f /var/log/syslog >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:22 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 9 >>>>>>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:25 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 12 files for report forecast in 3.46 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:20:25 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied >>>>>>>>>> 87 files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:25:00 EDT (1534919100) to database 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:25:00 EDT (1534919100) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:17 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 1.47 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: imagegenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 0.93 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 12 files for report forecast in 0.37 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:25:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:30:00 EDT (1534919400) to database 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:16 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: manager: Added record >>>>>>>>>> 2018-08-22 02:30:00 EDT (1534919400) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 1.46 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: imagegenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 0.93 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: cheetahgenerator: >>>>>>>>>> Generated 12 files for report forecast in 0.38 seconds >>>>>>>>>> Aug 22 02:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[18303]: copygenerator: copied 0 >>>>>>>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/forecast >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So does it seems like i'm getting correct data from this external >>>>>>>>>> API? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Can you please share me your ideas? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> 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]. >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
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