Support people can be very special if they don't see their favorite setup. Sigh.
rklud...@gmail.com schrieb am Donnerstag, 3. November 2022 um 18:05:20 UTC+1: > Does WEEX run on Debian OS on the Raspberry PI? I am currently using > Raspbian OS (that the RPI came with), but I am being somewhat "pushed" to > change it.... > > That may sound "odd" but below is the reason why - > > Current setup: > > My long term goal was to use my Raspberry PI for a bunch of stuff, not > just WEEWX and here is a slight compatibility problem. Hardware and > software setup listed below, then main question is at the bottom: > > Hardware: > > - Raspberry PI 4 (8GB Ram and booting off of an SSD so it is pretty > fast). > - Connected to a fiber 1GB connection by ethernet for reliability > - Running it headless (access over local network via VNC & Telnet) - > - Bluetooth, sound and HDMI ports all turned off to maximize available > CPU. The weather station is an AmbientWeather WS-2902C about 9 months old. > > Software: > > - I have WEEWX running like a top (very well) and recently updated it > to the latest version. It is using the "Interceptor" driver to listen to > the weather station to collect the data, and sends data out to ten > places: > Windy, Wundergound, WindGuru, OWM, Meteoservices, Weather365, PWSWeather, > WeatherCloud, AWEKA and WOW > - Running on the default OS that came with the RPI (which I > consistently keep up to date via VNC) - Raspbian. > - Partially as learning excercise, I have two two decent scripts > running on it: > - One that turns it's fans on when the CPU exceeds 65 degrees > celcius and turns back off when it drops below 55 celcius. > - A nightly reboot script as a cron job that emails me with details > on processes first shut-down and then gently reboots the RPI (takes > place a > few minutes after my router reboots in the middle of the night). > - Home Assistant* ("Supervised" version), which is pretty involved but > can do amazing things regarding home automation. It was pure luck that > there is also a very good integration with the AmbientWeather weather > station that I am using so I can set up lights in certain rooms to turn on > automatically with brightness that is inversely proportional to the > berightness outside, send reminders to close specific windows that are > open > when it starts raining, remind me to close the garage if left open too > long, etc., etc., etc., > > The creator of Home Assistant is a company named "Nabu Casa". The vast > majority of Home Assistant users run their setup on a dedicated machine > with the Home Assistant OS. With that setup, they do not allow ANY other > software to run on the machine. There is one exception which I am using, > and that is to run Home Assistant on Debian OS in a container - and that is > what I am doing - even so, they still insist I use Debian, as my setup is > considerd "unsupported" (ugh)... (They also alow me to run it in a VM but I > haven't gone that route). > > I was also thinking maybe I would get a dedicated mini PC or a second RPI > and have them talk to each other, but #1 that's not in the budget right > now, and 2. it might be overkill... (RPI CPU levels and temperature is > still within very acceptable limits)... > > Thoughts? > > > > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a07153b6-1794-448a-b7ae-10dd037c31ecn%40googlegroups.com.