Sorry to be offtopic, but:

Anyway, I'll crawl back under my rock and start writing the code!

Good luck!


Oliver

I don't know what your experience level is with this kind of stuff, but i started out using an sd card.  I moved over to an SSD recently and the performance gains are worth the effort, imo.

I'm curious to see what kind of automations you guys come up with!  I have some basic stuff like notifying when it's raining at home, and high wind alerts that tell me to close the garage (but only if it's open at the time).  I also picked up some soil sensors and the PM meter, etc.  I haven't figured out anything clever to use them for yet, though.

Am still experimenting on a Pi2 and SD card, but quite impressed so far.
I will likely migrate to a Pi4 and SSD in the near future.
Not sure that I will use anything weatherwise for triggers in my smart home but just like the idea of it being all capatured etc

Hi All,

WeatherWizz can now link to your Amazon Alexa devices and read out your weather station data like this.
User: Alexa, Ask my weather station the temperature.
Alexa: The outdoor temperature is 32 degrees.

Check it out on the Amazon Alexa store!

It currently supports all English speaking regions.  Happy to implement any other languages that Amazon support if anyone wants to help translate and test 😊
Cheers!

Duncan @ WeatherWizz
www.weatherwizz.com

I managed to get Weather Message itself running on Linux using WINE. Here are the instructions:



These instructions are for Linux Mint Una Cinnamon. They should work with other Ubuntu/Debian-based distros.

1. Install WINE (I highly recommend WINE 7 or later): https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

2. Install winetricks. Instructions are here, but I installed my copy from the Linux Mint Software Manager since it was easier to grab: https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks

3. I HIGHLY recommend creating a dedicated prefix for WxMessage. I used the following command to create the prefix:

WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.winewxmessage/" winecfg

I did a 64 Bit Prefix so that as WINE improves 64 Bit performance, the prefix would have more breathing room on 64 Bit systems. For those who need to create a 32 Bit Prefix, use this command instead

Winearch=win32 WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.winewxmessage/" winecfg

4. Run WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.winewxmessage/" winetricks

Select "Install a Windows DLL or Component". If you don't see it, select "Install an Application", then click "Cancel", then the option will appear.

Select "dotnet48" from the list (.NET 4.

.NET 4.8 will install.

5. Grab the latest WxMessage installer from the WxMessage website.

6. Run WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.winewxmessage/" wine "/path/to/wxmessageinstaller.exe"

WxMessage will install.

7. Once WxMessage has finished installing, either launch WxMessage Server and license the application or import over the settings from a previous Windows installation (to copy over your Windows installation, select "View>Show Hidden Files" from the Files window, then navigate to /home/username/.winewxmessage/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/WxMesgNet. Copy the files from the Windows exported installation there.

8. Check to ensure WxMessage Client and Map are set to the correct IP address and port number of the WxMessage Server.

9. WxMessage may put program icons on the desktop but not the Mint Menu. To add the launchers to the menu, right click on each launcher on the desktop, click "Properties", then right-click on the Mint Menu, click "Configure", then "Menu", then "Open the Menu Editor", select "Other", click "New Item", and copy the command from one of the launchers on the desktop into the "Command" line on the "Launcher Properties" dialog box. Give the launcher a name and comment. Double-click on the application, select "Applications", and choose one of the WxMessage icons from the list.

I highly recommend using one of the remote backup options for Home Assistant. There are add-ons for samba, Google Drive, etc.