I looked at all the wll implementation you mentioned in your former post Vince, and https://github.com/michael-slx/weewx-weatherlink-live looks like the most recently updated. It also uses the new weectl function. I have not done much python programming. During my career days I programmed mostly in C and later C++. Now that I am retired I have been doing some web programming in PHP, JavaScript and a little node. I would love to try to build a wll test generator but I don't think I have the patients to slog through learning python. I hope someone has already done the work. Thanks
On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 6:17:54 PM UTC-4 Barton Phillips wrote: > Does anyone know of a testing program that could simulate the WLL sending > data over the WiFi network. That might be a helpful tool. > > On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 8:53:55 PM UTC-4 vince wrote: > >> No, weewx supports all kinds of interfaces including network depending on >> which gear you have. >> >> Tom was likely suggesting the hardware datalogger because it 'is' pretty >> nice if you have the old console and can direct connect to the weewx system >> because of the logging and backfill functionality, but there are a lot of >> ways of connecting stuff up end to end. >> >> There are a bunch of old WLL drivers if you google search for "weewx WLL" >> and poke around a bit. (wow - I wrote one too ages ago according to >> https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=41328.0 that I again forgot. >> Back then in 2020 a bunch of folks did initial versions.) >> >> https://github.com/michael-slx/weewx-weatherlink-live seems most current >> and maintained. A quick search of the weewx map shows over 35 registered >> WLL systems so there have to be a lot more actual users. A quick look at >> the driver's installation web page seems to say you need to configure the >> ip address of the WLL device so weewx can talk to it over the network, so >> you probably are looking pretty good for a Vue plus WLL unless I'm reading >> it wrong. >> >> I can't speak to whether there are lower cost options, but if it was 'me' >> considering I have the gear, I'd just do a Vue sensor suite and rtldavis >> using a rtl-sdr dongle and antenna (which I already have) so that gets it >> into the $100 plus Vue sensor suite kind of price range. WLL adds more >> stuff of course and is more turnkey at some large additional price. Really >> comes down to the time-value of your labor and blood pressure to integrate >> and support it all. >> >> >> On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 5:20:14 PM UTC-7 Barton Phillips wrote: >> >>> I am sorry for the confusion. I had emailed Tom Keffer with some >>> questions about the WLL model 6100 and he answered me saying I should use >>> the Windows Data Logger. I replied that I do not use Windows; I use Ubuntu >>> 22.04 Linux. I asked if the Vantage Vue plus the WLL would work. He replied >>> that I should post on the weewx-user group. I have not purchased either the >>> Vantage Vue or the WLL yet as I want to make sure that they will work with >>> weewx. I had a AcuRite Isis 5 in 1 that I sent back to Amazon because I >>> could not figure out how to capture the WiFi that is sent to Weather >>> Underground. So that is the rest of the story. >>> >>> Now I want to know if the weewx program can be used with the Vantage Vue >>> and the WLL before I purchase them from Amazon. The WLL has both WiFi and >>> an Eithernet port. It does not have USB. Can the Eithernet be run into my >>> desktop computer (it does not have WiFi) and can I somehow capture the data >>> and route it to weewx? Does weewx only work with serial or USB? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 6:09:24 PM UTC-4 vince wrote: >>> >>>> Uncertain what exactly you're asking there. Are you replying to a post >>>> that isn't visible or an email or something perhaps ? >>>> >>>> If you have the old original 1970s-LCD-looking ugly console, you can >>>> use the absurdly overpriced Davis USB or serial datalogger to connect it >>>> to >>>> your weewx computer (and throw the unnecessary Windows software in the >>>> trash). I have a serial version and use a serial2usb converter to connect >>>> it to my raspi. There are a variety of third-party variants that do >>>> basically the same thing for less cost. Meteopi is one of those. >>>> https://www.scaledinstruments.com/product-category/shop-by-category/data-loggers/ >>>> >>>> has some others. >>>> >>>> If you have the new tablet-like color console, you can not connect that >>>> directly to your weewx computer because Davis provides no way to do so at >>>> all. There's also no programming interface. Ugh. >>>> >>>> The WLL 6100 is on sale at scientificsales.com currently it seems if >>>> that's what you're wanting to buy, but I can't speak to how to connect >>>> that >>>> to weewx. >>>> >>>> If you have a rtl-sdr antenna and dongle you 'can' sniff the RF from >>>> the ISS sensor directly with the rtldavis driver but that's a little >>>> painful to get working. Once you do so, it seems pretty stable, although >>>> you do miss data if your weewx computer goes down. There's no data logger >>>> in that setup, just an antenna that can hear the RF. >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 22, 2024 at 1:38:48 PM UTC-7 Barton Phillips wrote: >>>> >>>>> You suggested the the 'Davis Instruments 6510USB WeatherLink USB Data >>>>> Logger and Software for Windows'. I don't use Windows, I have Ubuntu >>>>> 22.04. Are you saying that I need something that communicates via USB not >>>>> WiFi? I had a Davis Vanage Vue in Colorado from 2006 to 2014 and I had to >>>>> buy that product to convert from my console to USB to my computer. Is the >>>>> WetherLink-Live model 6100 not compatible with WeeWx? How would I connect >>>>> from the new console using the data logger? I was not going to get the >>>>> console but rather just the WetherLink-Live 6100. >>>>> >>>> -- 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. 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