Thanks for that. See your github discussions. On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 3:41:40 AM UTC-5 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote:
> Hi Gary, > > in some of the latest commits I've put some instructions and example in > the shipped configs, yet they are neither complete nor very exhaustive. > Maybe we can improve this. > > First, where to start from? > > The basics: for having live data shown in the charts and gauges, you need: > > - A data source (in most cases this your weather station, but it is > not limited to this unique source) > - A MQTT Broker for publishing data from the source and subscribing to > the topics you publish > - Enabling the data source to emit data using MQTT. With weewx, > install https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-mqtt and get it running > - Bind to loop packets for have data available more or less > instantly: > [StdRestful] > [[MQTT]] > server_url = mqtt://broker.hivemq.com:1883/ > topic = > weather_{any_distinctive_string_that_is_valid_for_topics} > unit_system = METRIC # or whatever you prefer *but note, > this will have an impact on the "payload_key" for charts and gauges* > binding = loop > - The MQTT Broker must be publicly available for viewing live data > over the internet, to make it easy for now, the assumption is, you use a > public MQTT without needing any credentials > - You need to set up the MQTT client for the frontend in skin.conf: > - [JSONGenerator] > ... > [[MQTT]] > [[[connections]]] > [[[[public_mqtt]]]] > broker_connection = ws://broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt > # wss (encrypted) websocket connection > [[[[[topics]]]]] > > > [[[[[[weather_{any_distinctive_string_that_is_valid_for_topics}/loop]]]]]] > type = JSON > > > That should be a working, basic setup, if I didn't miss anything. *Note*: > on a https:// linke you need to set up an encrypted broker connection also > (wss://) or it won't work. > > For the payload_key of each reading: > > This is depending of the data source. If you set up everything as > described above, for showing "outTemp" it will be outTemp_F. If you use > METRIC or METRICWX it will be outTemp_C: > From skin.conf: > [LiveGauges] > [[outTemp]] > payload_key = outTemp_F # outTemp_C if target_unit > 'METRICWX', or 'METRIC' > minvalue = 0 > maxvalue = 100 > splitnumber = 10 # choose a splitnumber > fitting minvalue and maxvalue: e.g.: 0/100: 10, for -20/40: 6 > lineColor = '#428bca', '#b44242' # colors are RGBa > lineColorUntil = 32, maxvalue # color from start of gauge > to value, change color of gauge ring to show important marks: 32 is > freezing point > decimals = 1 # decimals for current > value in gauge > #heatMapEnabled = false # disabled heatmap for > gauge, default true > #animation = False # default true > > Things will get a bit more complicated if you use a broker that requires > user accounts and login credentials. > gary....@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 6. März 2023 um 02:25:31 UTC+1: > >> I see no configuration instructions. >> Surely there must be some if this uses MQTT for live updates. >> >> On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 6:10:31 PM UTC-5 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: >> >>> Another week over, I've fixed several bugs, added missing functionality >>> and did some little enhancements on the styles. I've put everything in the >>> master branch by now, so if you want to updated, the feature branch is now >>> obsolete. By the way, thanks for the feedback and issues on github. Also >>> thanks to Tom, who is always precise in his feedback, helps a lot. >>> >>> Still: there is help needed for skin specific translations. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> michael.k...@gmx.at schrieb am Sonntag, 26. Februar 2023 um 15:05:02 >>> UTC+1: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> there is a new version of the Bootstrap skin in the pipeline. Last year >>>> this skin has been modernized and updated with interactive gauges and >>>> charts, also, using MQTT live updates were made available. >>>> >>>> Preview: https://www.kainzbauer.net/weather/Rif/en/ >>>> >>>> The version is still under development, to install it anyway, >>>> download the "lang" branch here: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/brewster76/fuzzy-archer/archive/refs/heads/lang.zip >>>> >>>> wee_extension --install lang.zip >>>> >>>> Although I've installed it on several test environments, I cannot >>>> guarantee everything will work flawlessly by now. >>>> >>>> If you encounter problems, please file any issues here: >>>> https://github.com/brewster76/fuzzy-archer/issues and let me know in >>>> this thread. >>>> >>>> Version 4 now has few new features so far, but in another way it is >>>> completely new: >>>> >>>> New in v4.0: >>>> >>>> - Complete and thorough overhaul of the skin, many breaking >>>> changes. It is recommended to start over with a fresh install >>>> - This skin used to consist of three skins, now reduced to one >>>> - Localization is now done the WeeWX way (hopefully Tom doesn't >>>> disagree on this one) >>>> - Less and easier configuration >>>> - Many customization can now be done by configuration only, no more >>>> need to touch the templates >>>> - Day/night background in Live Charts (needs pyephem installed) >>>> - Bug fixes and other enhancements >>>> >>>> However, there are still some things to do, help is needed doing the >>>> translations for: >>>> >>>> - traditional chinese >>>> - czech >>>> - spanish >>>> - finnish (there isn't even a language file stub yet) >>>> - french >>>> - greek >>>> - italian >>>> - korean (there isn't even a language file stub yet) >>>> - dutch >>>> - thai >>>> >>>> Let me know, if you try you manage to run it without any issues also:) >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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