What is the right unit for longitude and latitude? They should be degrees, but other then for temperature or compass I couldn't find any other ...
[image: Screenshot 2023-09-09 at 19.05.18.png] On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 6:42:24 PM UTC+2 Stefan Gliessmann wrote: > This is an awesome group! > Without your help of so many folks, I would not have achieved what I have > so far ... > Still need to do more to pass the coordinates to Belchertown skin > forecasts and weather warnings ... > But I am getting there now (I hope) ... > > Thank you all again for your help! > > On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 6:40:13 PM UTC+2 Stefan Gliessmann wrote: > >> The clock in my about page is actually from >> https://github.com/roe-dl/websocket-clock-js/commits?author=roe-dl aka >> Karen K in this group! >> She did a lot of work to use German weather data (DWD) with the >> Belchertown skin. >> Check out her work on her PWS page https://www.woellsdorf-wetter.de/ >> >> >> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 6:35:37 PM UTC+2 Stefan Gliessmann wrote: >> >>> Vince, thank you again for the scripts ... once I figured out that my >>> MQTT requires user & password, it works now ... >>> seems that I still have to do something with the units for the GPS >>> coordinates ... >>> >>> [image: Screenshot 2023-09-08 at 18.32.17.png] >>> >>> On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 2:24:04 AM UTC+2 vince wrote: >>> >>>> Yes. ipv6 is an adventure. I tried to turn it on for my home LAN and >>>> DNS was a big problem until I figured out that I just needed to always use >>>> "hostname.local" for the LAN DNS and it would work. Unfortunately it also >>>> seemed to break my pihole ad-blocking so I turned ipv6 back off here after >>>> a few day test. >>>> >>>> I like the clock on your About page too! >>>> On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 1:02:04 PM UTC-7 Stefan Gliessmann >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Vince, >>>>> >>>>> thank you very much for providing the scripts! I really do appreciate! >>>>> However, last Tuesday I changed my ISP. Good think - it is 1 Gbps! And >>>>> my challenge was that it is IPv6 and I had to learn very quickly that >>>>> port >>>>> forwarding with IPv6 is completely different to IPv4, and even more >>>>> particular DDNS with IPv6. >>>>> But I am happy to report that my server is back online rv.sgplex.de :) >>>>> As I will be on vacation in Spain the next few weeks, I will place >>>>> your scripts in action! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again for providing them! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, August 28, 2023 at 10:17:58 PM UTC+2 vince wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> (sorry - ignore the earlier truncated post) >>>>>> >>>>>> I cooked up a bash script that subscribes, calls a python script to >>>>>> reformat, then publishes. The bash script sleeps a second between >>>>>> loops >>>>>> to not eat up your cpu. You 'should' be able to change the variables >>>>>> in >>>>>> the bash script to match your configuration pretty easily... >>>>>> >>>>>> This subscribes to ORIGINAL_TOPIC and publishes to FINAL_TOPIC in the >>>>>> bash script. >>>>>> To test: >>>>>> >>>>>> - open a bash window and subscribe to the FINAL_TOPIC >>>>>> - open a second window and run the bash script which will >>>>>> listen/reformat/publish >>>>>> - if you're not querying your gps currently, open a third window >>>>>> and publish to the ORIGINAL_TOPIC ala >>>>>> >>>>>> mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.171 -t RV/original -m >>>>>> '[{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLat":"52.152435"},{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLong":"9.929356"}]' >>>>>> >>>>>> What you should see in window1 that is subscribing is output ala: >>>>>> {"dateTime": "1693128700.0", "gpsLat": "52.152435", "gpsLong": >>>>>> "9.929356"} >>>>>> >>>>>> That kind of data should be ok to subscribe to in weewx for your >>>>>> lat/lon data.... >>>>>> >>>>>> #---- reformat_mqtt.bash ---- >>>>>> >>>>>> #!/bin/bash >>>>>> # >>>>>> # ip address of MQTT broker >>>>>> BROKER="192.168.1.171" >>>>>> >>>>>> ORIGINAL_TOPIC="RV/original" >>>>>> FINAL_TOPIC="RV/final" >>>>>> >>>>>> while true; do >>>>>> >>>>>> # subscribe to a topic >>>>>> # run the python script to reformat to stdout >>>>>> # publish to a final topic >>>>>> >>>>>> mosquitto_sub -C 1 -h ${BROKER} -t ${ORIGINAL_TOPIC} \ >>>>>> | python3 reformat_mqtt.py \ >>>>>> | mosquitto_pub --stdin-line -h ${BROKER} -t ${FINAL_TOPIC} >>>>>> >>>>>> # sleep a bit to not eat up your cpu >>>>>> sleep 1 >>>>>> >>>>>> done >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> #---- reformat_mqtt.py ----- >>>>>> # >>>>>> # this reformats the GPS information >>>>>> # to a more normal looking output >>>>>> # >>>>>> >>>>>> # it assumes your input data is always in the same order and always >>>>>> complete >>>>>> # ala: >>>>>> [{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLat":"52.152435"},{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLong":"9.929356"}] >>>>>> >>>>>> import json >>>>>> import sys >>>>>> for line in sys.stdin: >>>>>> jsondata = json.loads(line) >>>>>> reorganized_data = {} >>>>>> reorganized_data['dateTime'] = jsondata[0]['dateTime'] >>>>>> reorganized_data['gpsLat'] = jsondata[0]['gpsLat'] >>>>>> reorganized_data['gpsLong'] = jsondata[1]['gpsLong'] >>>>>> print(json.dumps(reorganized_data)) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, August 28, 2023 at 5:19:15 AM UTC-7 Stefan Gliessmann >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I asked in the community forum for my router and I was told that >>>>>>> this is the only way they can currently forward data via MQTT. >>>>>>> A future firmware release shall allow more formatting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I might now play around with this >>>>>>> https://github.com/mrtncls/mqtt-translator to get the MQTT payload >>>>>>> from an array in one single statement ... >>>>>>> Anybody used the MQTT Translator for this purpose? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, August 28, 2023 at 11:01:41 AM UTC+2 Stefan Gliessmann >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which code do you refer to? >>>>>>>> [image: Screenshot 2023-08-28 at 11.00.03.png] >>>>>>>> This is what I specified in the GPS/Router to push via MQTT to my >>>>>>>> broker ... >>>>>>>> On Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 8:39:40 PM UTC+2 vince wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We'd have to see your code to see what you are publishing. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Your MQTT log looks very odd and likely needs some tweaking >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> MQTT: >>>>>>>>> [{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLat":"52.152435"},{"dateTime":"1693128700.0","gpsLong":"9.929356"}] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'd expect something like {"dateTime":"1233456", >>>>>>>>> "gpsLat":"52.1234", "gpsLong": "9.987"} for a more typical set of >>>>>>>>> JSON to >>>>>>>>> publish. You want one element (not in an array) with three items >>>>>>>>> therein >>>>>>>>> - dateTime/lat/lon. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- 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/df8aac81-545b-4439-b507-0c52c9142628n%40googlegroups.com.
