I think it is (4) - there is no Davis API to get any data from the new tablet-style console directly.
See https://weatherlink.github.io/v2-api/ for the gory details for how to get the data from Davis servers, assuming you send your data there first. A quick read says you can get your current conditions for free but need to subscribe (pay) for querying historical data. There are many (many!) complaints about this new console being crippled relative to the old ones if you do some google and wxforum.net searches. It's also pretty crippled re: how long it will stay running off battery if you have a power outage and seems to have many other misfeatures vs. the old consoles. Re: options, Karen already answered that. Longer discussion with more details is at https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=47548.0 On Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 10:20:19 AM UTC-7 Brent Musat wrote: > Jey, > > I do not have a WeatherLink Console, I have the smaller (no screen) device > WeatherLink Live (WLL: > https://www.davisinstruments.com/pages/weatherlink-live) so take > everything below with a big grain of salt.. ymmv. > I'm not sure how the Console works but I assume it's using the same > protocols and the WLL. I gather data from the WLL on my network on port > 22222 into weewx over UDP. I'm using a Docker container to run weewx, but > you running a VM with Ubuntu is basically the same thing. > > One thing that sticks out to me is that your VM might be blocking the > data. Ensure that your VM running weewx does NOT have a firewall > running.. Try disabling the Ubuntu Firewall first (or opening port 22222, > or both) and see if it can connect to your WeatherLink Console ( > 10.100.0.184:22222). If port 22222 is blocked from the VM/weewx then the > data can not get thru. > > Davis has API documentation here ( > https://weatherlink.github.io/weatherlink-live-local-api/) and there are > some python programs at the end of that post which should help you debug > (if you are a Python person).. running the "real-time UDP Broadcast > Request" Python programs (edited to the IP address of your WeatherLink > Console) from the Ubuntu VM should yield some streaming data. If you still > don't see data then one of these things is wrong: > 1) your VM is not on the same network (i.e. same IP subnet) as the > WeatherLink Console, which is required for the UDP packets > 2) Port 22222 is still blocked, which is what the UDP packets stream > over, so port 22222 needs to be open and accessible (debug using the API > guide above using curl and the standalone python program which should be > able to see the streaming data) > 3) the WeatherLink driver you are using in weewx is not configured > properly or broken. Note: there are different WeatherLink Live drivers and > each of them seem to work but require different configurations as far as I > can remember.. try a different one... I made a post about it a couple > years ago: https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/MN96wXLlYNo > 4) the WeatherLink Console works differently than the WeatherLink Live > device (which I think probably is not the case, but you never know) > > that's a lot of info, but give those things a shot. If I had a > WeatherLink Console I could debug it on my home system to see if it works. > I would be surprised if Console works much differently than the WLL > device. > > good luck, > brent... > > On Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 7:00:06 AM UTC-5 Jey Riabchuk wrote: > >> Thanks for the answer, Vince! >> Any suggestion which hardware has been proven with easy-to-connect >> programming API connection to it? We're still evaluating options... >> >> On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 5:52:14 PM UTC-4 vince wrote: >> >>> I'm not aware of any way to get data from the new tablet-looking Davis >>> console. No programming API to it. No hardware interfaces to it. >>> >>> You could get your 'outside' data wirelessly from the sensors with a >>> RTL-SDR dongle and antenna and run the rtl-davis driver and weewx, but you >>> would not have any inside t+h+p data because that comes from the >>> (unreachable) console. >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 2:45:32 PM UTC-7 Jey Riabchuk wrote: >>> >>>> We're using this one: 6242 Davis Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station >>>> w/WeatherLink Console >>>> <https://www.scientificsales.com/6242-Davis-Vantage-Vue-Wireless-Weather-Station-p/6242.htm>. >>>> >>>> What would be the right way to connect and driver to install here? >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 12:27:45 PM UTC-4 Karen K wrote: >>>> >>>>> Option 1: weewx.drivers.vantage is for the adapters, that are put into >>>>> the console only (6510SER, 6510USB, 6555IP). >>>>> >>>>> Option2: That should work together with WeatherLink Live 6100. The >>>>> computer running WeeWX and the WeatherLink Live must be in the same >>>>> network. That means, their IPs must start with the same numbers. >>>>> >>>>> The drivers referenced in the links are alternatives. You cannot use >>>>> both of them. >>>>> >>>>> If you want people provide more detailed information, please refer Help! >>>>> Posting to weewx user >>>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Help!-Posting-to-weewx-user> and >>>>> provide the information mentioned there. >>>>> >>>> -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/d0ec02ac-c956-49af-99b0-994f1f8092c0n%40googlegroups.com.
