The WLL (Not new console) works great with my Davis setup. The weewx-weatherlink-live driver is rock solid.
On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 6:58:35 PM UTC-4 Barton Phillips wrote: > 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. 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