Topic: Weewx on RPi - setting custom comment APRS

[export!]

Here's a recent raw aprs packet generated by weewx

2020-12-07 13:15:24 EST: VA3DMZ>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,NINTH:@071815z4216.26N/08301.38W_347/003g006t035r000p000P000b10162h70.weewx-3.8.2-AcuRite

How do I change the comment at the end of the packet?   

Thanks!

[galfert]

It looks to me like you are using an Acurite station. Why would you want to change the station type identifier? It isn't intended to be a comment.
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IWINDSOR32
(click on the "i" in circle and it gives you station info)

Your station configuration in WeeWX determines this. This field is not intended to be user customizable.
The settings that you enter affect the reporting telemetric data of particular use.
If everyone could just enter in whatever they wanted into the field then the telemetric data would be useless.

See here:
https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/cgi-bin/wxequip.pl

It is possible that this information is used elsewhere.

You could upgrade WeeWX and then it would change to say 4.2.0-AcuRite 

[vinceskahan]

How do I change the comment at the end of the packet?   

You'd have to hack on the source code.

Look in restx.py around line 1279 for where it assembles that string that's appended to the data, but remember that your hacks will be overwritten by any weewx updates 'and' you would possibly be risking the stability of your posts, and maybe even the stability of your system running reliably, depending on how much you mess with things.

But I'd add a second 'why do you want to do that ???'

[export!]

But I'd add a second 'why do you want to do that ???'

I've added an allstar simplex node and I would like to announce it for use on the aprs.fi site.   Ham radio geek stuff.

[galfert]

Yeah but that would not be something to announce on a weather packet that is also not using a radio. At least I've never seen it. If I'm wrong show me evidence of someone else doing this.

[export!]

Not trying to prove you wrong.   Just posting the question got me to understand I was looking at it from the wrong direction.

I jumped into the Allstar software and quickly found the correct (and extremely easy) way to enable aprs beaconing via the hotspot/node software.

Thanks for focusing my efforts guys.

[galfert]

Great and I learned something too. I now see that your Allstar is identifying itself as your ID -5....and it is a separate packet from weather as I suspected. I'm not a ham so this is new stuff for me.

2020-12-09 23:12:55 EST: VA3DMZ-5>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,T2STRAS:=4216.25N/08301.39WrPHG1230/AllStar Node 52889 446.150 tone 127.3