Topic: Raspberry Pi for 24/7

[scott1459]

been thinking of using this as a "always' on for my 5 in 1#01036
http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420826841&sr=8-3&keywords=raspberrypi
would like to hear thoughts/ideas on this
thanks

[Beaudog]

That looks like a really good deal.         I might even give it a try.

[txweather.org]

I been using a Pi with Meteohub for a while now.
Works like a charm.

[miraculon]

I have been running mine since mid July with no problems.

Uptime is 70 days...

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root@meteohub-rpi:~# uptime
 15:10:54 up 70 days,  8:49,  1 user,  load average: 2.07, 2.51, 2.63
Greg H.

[txweather.org]

I have been running mine since mid July with no problems.

Uptime is 70 days...

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root@meteohub-rpi:~# uptime
 15:10:54 up 70 days,  8:49,  1 user,  load average: 2.07, 2.51, 2.63
Greg H.

Time for an update 5.0d is out.

[vreihen]

I did an eval of Meteohub with a B+ Pi and my USB 1035 console back in the summer.  It ran fine for several days until the eval software time expired.  The only gotcha is that MeteoHUB at the time did not support the Acu-Rite Internet bridge as an input source, so I ultimately went with MeteoBRIDGE in a $20 D-Link DIR-505 travel router which has truly been set and forget.....

[miraculon]

I have been running mine since mid July with no problems.

Uptime is 70 days...

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root@meteohub-rpi:~# uptime
 15:10:54 up 70 days,  8:49,  1 user,  load average: 2.07, 2.51, 2.63
Greg H.

Time for an update 5.0d is out.

Thanks for the heads-up. I updated it, unfortunately my uptime was reset to zero again.... 
The RasPi out in the garage (ambient=21°F in the cabinet), has a 79 day uptime. This one is just running Raspian with the PiCam and PiFace connected.

Greg H.


Greg H.

[nincehelser]

been thinking of using this as a "always' on for my 5 in 1#01036
http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420826841&sr=8-3&keywords=raspberrypi
would like to hear thoughts/ideas on this
thanks

I've been running a handful of Pi's for a couple years now for various tasks, one of which is pulling data from the Acurite bridge (http://nincehelser.com/ipwx)

I've been very pleased with their performance.  The biggest problem I've had is not having a beefy enough power supply and having the unit burp under heavy power load (e.g. having several USB devices attached).  I prefer one that can supply 1 amp, but I have gone as low as 0.8 amp without problems.

[Gulfcoast]

Is anyone running MeteoBridge on Raspberry Pi? 

[vreihen]

Is anyone running MeteoBridge on Raspberry Pi?

AFAIK, it isn't an option:

http://meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware

If you plan to use the Acu-Rite bridge as your data source, buy the D-Link DIR-505.  It has twice the RAM of the others, and MeteoBridge is a tad short on RAM with the packet-sniffer code running on the other boxes.  At about $20 street price for the DIR-505, the MB software is your major expense if you go this route.

Also note that if you use one of these routers with a USB console, you will need to pick up a USB hub to serve as a signal converter.  There's a cheap 2-port one listed in the MeteoHub sub-forum here that will do the job.....

[txweather.org]

Is anyone running MeteoBridge on Raspberry Pi? 

As mentioned before by another user, That is not possible.
You can run Meteohub on a Pi though.
I been running my Pi/Meteohub for about 1yr and my meteobridge for about 2yrs+ now

[scott1459]

been thinking of using this as a "always' on for my 5 in 1#01036
http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420826841&sr=8-3&keywords=raspberrypi
would like to hear thoughts/ideas on this
thanks

I've been running a handful of Pi's for a couple years now for various tasks, one of which is pulling data from the Acurite bridge (http://nincehelser.com/ipwx)

I've been very pleased with their performance.  The biggest problem I've had is not having a beefy enough power supply and having the unit burp under heavy power load (e.g. having several USB devices attached).  I prefer one that can supply 1 amp, but I have gone as low as 0.8 amp without problems.

  I'm going to give it a try, thanks!!

[gelhack]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't see the Acurite 01036 listed as supported hardware for either Meteohub http://wiki.meteohub.de/Main_Page or Meteobridge http://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Stations . I would really like to be able to connect my 01036 to a Raspberry Pi and feed the data to something other than the Acurite My Backyard Weather site due to the lack of quality in their Android app. Has anyone actually gotten something to work with the PI and the 01036?

[oldman43]

If I am running the Nincehelser script on a Raspberry Pi and the Pi is turned off, will the Acu-link bridge still report events to Weather @ 15 minute intervals or will there be no reporting until the Pi is turned back on?

[skysummit]

I'm also wondering the same thing. I'm using Weather Display right now for my data but I keep having issues with the USB connection. Does this option also generate files for website use?

[nincehelser]

If I am running the Nincehelser script on a Raspberry Pi and the Pi is turned off, will the Acu-link bridge still report events to Weather @ 15 minute intervals or will there be no reporting until the Pi is turned back on?

The Pi has to be turned on and operating with the bridged network in order for the Acurite Bridge to report (because otherwise there would be no live network connection).

The scripts themselves don't need to be running, though.  If they aren't, the Acurite Bridge still reports to MBW as it normally would. 

As for MBW reporting back to wunderground every 15 minutes, you can still do that as a backup, but make sure you have the same barometric offset on both the Pi and MBW, or you might get some weirdness on your barometer.

[mwall]

Has anyone actually gotten something to work with the PI and the 01036?

there is an acurite driver for weewx, and weewx runs quite nicely on a pi.  version 0.9 of the acurite driver is beta quality.  the acurite driver should be included in the next weewx release.

the driver is here:

https://svn.code.sf.net/p/weewx/code/trunk/bin/weewx/drivers/acurite.py

instructions for adding it to a weewx 3.0.1 installation are in this thread:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/weewx-user/ErAUDBQEsDU

this driver works with acurite consoles that have a usb port.  it does not work with the acurite bridge.

m

[gelhack]

mwall,

Thanks for the info. I have installed weewx and the AcuRite driver and my 5 in 1 01036 is now on line:

http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KTXDALLA176

[KK7X]

I have followed every step for install ipwx and ./listener | ./parser are working just great and showing the information from my bridge

Where I am having an issue is that WEEWX is not parsing that information to <myip> /weewx/index.html.  I have modified simulator.py with the modified file
with the one on http://nincehelser.com/ipwx - I am missing something but am at a loss. 

I even started my PI from scratch and went through each step. 

Dennis

[nincehelser]

I have followed every step for install ipwx and ./listener | ./parser are working just great and showing the information from my bridge

Where I am having an issue is that WEEWX is not parsing that information to <myip> /weewx/index.html.  I have modified simulator.py with the modified file
with the one on http://nincehelser.com/ipwx - I am missing something but am at a loss. 

I even started my PI from scratch and went through each step. 

Dennis

Did you load the version of weewx in the instructions, or the latest one?

If you used the newest weewx, the driver needs changes.  I have a newer driver in beta.

If you're using the older software as written, there might be a problem with the code indentation due to cut and paste.  You might check /var/log/syslog to see how weewx is failing.

[KK7X]

I used the version from your instructions to keep it simple.  I will check the cut and paste and error log

Thanks - Dennis

[nincehelser]

Oh, there is a bug in the driver file I haven't corrected.

There's a line that contains "/home/pi/wxdata".  It should read "/home/ipwx/wxdata" instead.

[KK7X]

error log

Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]: wxengine: Caught
unrecoverable exception in wxengine:
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****  [Errno 21] Is a
directory: '/home/pi/wxdata'
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****  Traceback (most
recent call last):
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****    File
"/usr/share/weewx/weewx/wxengine.py", line 889, in main
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****      engine.run()
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****    File
"/usr/share/weewx/weewx/wxengine.py", line 160, in run
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****      for packet in
self.console.genLoopPackets():
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****    File
"/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/simulator.py", line 144, in
genLoopPackets
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****      with
open("/home/pi/wxdata") as f:
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****  IOError: [Errno 21]
Is a directory: '/home/pi/wxdata'
Apr  4 10:28:25 raspberrypi weewx[2776]:     ****  Exiting.

[KK7X]

Fixed the driver error and it is working now    Thank you!

Time to take a break and go for a run