That made it start to work. It’s running script and I assume it will continue until I run different command. It is reporting the correct temp, wind speed and humidity. Do I now run the ./GoWdconsole.sh command to get to the console. I tried that command GoWdconsole.sh in the consolewdfiles directory and it gave me command not found.
The script runs but I can’t get the GoWdconsole.sh command to run.
More help please. It is almost there.
Dennis
you do not need to use the Goweather.sh
that just tries to launch it and set the path to the library files and set permissions
the way I have set out to do is OK
the copying the library files is one time thing
i.e so to start it next time, just use the ./consolewd
to exit , use ctrl c together on your keyboard
otherwise let it run
to change settings though in the config.txt, you will need to restart it after changing those settings
So what you are saying is that the script is the only thing that runs and it in turns sends the information to Weather Underground Etc. There is no console to look at that displays the temp etc. like the weather display I have on my windows computer. The only way that I would know the data would be to search the script.
Dennis
when you say script
do you mean the console window?
I could create a program (graphical windows x based) that shows you the current data
(I did have one I am sure, might have been for the raspberry pi 1…I will investigate)
What I am saying is that all I can see is the script that is scrolling down the terminal screen. You have to read it as it is scrolling. I would have thought there would have been a console screen that displays what is being reported. Something similar to the screen on my Weather Display windows software, that’s stationary.
Dennis
I could create a program (graphical windows x based) that shows you the current data
It is not necessary to do that for me. I plan on using it headless anyway. I just thought it would be handy for auditing the data before sending it to Weather Underground etc.
One more question please. I have increased the size of my rain gauge from 4" to 8" to get it to report it in .01" increments. In doing this I had to put in an offset of .258. Can this be done in the configuration file and if so how do I do it.
Thanks for all your help.
Dennis
I would need to add this so that it could be added via the config file
Don’t worry about it right now. I’m not sure yet which way I’m will end up going. Is this the only version that will run on raspberry pi 3 or is there a more complete version that I can run.
Thanks for all your help Brian.
Dennsi
only version
(but consolewd can do a surprising a lot)
I have managed to get a Gui version of consolewd created and uploaded now for the raspberry pi 3
just run where consolewd is and make sure consolewd is set to create a clientraw.txt file
unzip:
http://www.weather-display.com/downloadfiles/wdpi.bz2
I will give it a try today and let you know how I come out.
Thanks
Dennis
and I can add the rain offset if you want
I guess I don’t know how to execute the wdpi file. If I can get this running I would like to get the rain amount setup. The only other question I have can this be set up to report to weather underground quicker than every five minutes.
Dennis
you just run it
like
./wdpi
from where you have consolewd installed (i.e make sure you extract it to there)
or just double click on the execetuble icon
I am sorry but I’m at a total loss. If I run ‘/home/pi/consolewdfiles/ sudo ./consolewd’ I get the program to run in the terminal window.
If I look in the directory consolewefiles I see both consolewd and wdpi files.
If I run ‘/home/pi/consolewdfiles/sudo ./wdpi’ I get command not found
I also have no visible icon that i can double click on. If I double click on the file it brings it up in LibreOffice Writer.
Dennis
hello
I have been unable to get that file to work either. I am just not up enough on linux, yet anyway, to figure this out. I can’t get the file to execute as I do consolewd.
I think the program will be okay as it is, with the changes to the rain measurement. I can probably live with reporting to Weather Underground every five minutes.
I am working on getting the ftp settings correct so that I can report to the weather services. The settings on my Weather Display for windows don’t give me the settings that I need for the config file.
I am still working on it, hopefully will get it going today. I appreciate your help in trying to get this to work for me.
Dennis
I am still unable to get the config file setup to send the data to the services. I am running weather display on a windows 7 machine, version 10.3753 and was wondering if you could extract the information needed from that software to complete the config file for the raspberry pi.
I will continue to work on this, but only by a process of elimination.
Dennis