AcuRite Drive 01536

[Charles Adams]

I have an Acurite 01536 and can't find the driver for it.  I have Weewx installed on a Raspberry PI and it is running but not getting any data at all.

I can not find anything on the web as to how to set up the AcuRite with Weewx.

Can someone please help

Randy

[rich T]

Does your  Acurite 01536 Console have a micro-USB connector?

[Charles Adams]

Yes it does. I just found out that for some reason the software did not run the configuration program when installed.
I will run that today and see if that works. I really want to get this up and running
I will be putting it on ARPS

Randy NT8N

[rich T]

All you should need to do is connect the console to the RPI via USB cable. Configure the Acurite Console to use USB Mode 4. Select the Acurite driver when installing weewx.

[Gary Laurance]

I have the same 01536 system, it has been running for a year now with no problems, All I done was throw the worthless Accurite hub out the window, went step by step on the Weewx setup for raspberry, and everything is working great. If I was setting up another I would have to follow instructions, not to geeky myself. XE3/N7NAT, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

[Charles Adams]

I usually don’t have any problems with set up on the Pi but this thing, yes
I uninstalled Weewx and reinstalled it. This time I got the config screen. All went well. I went to check the data with the web browser and the directory is not there. So there is no way the data can show up.
Any ideas?

[Gary Laurance]

I have to play stupid, because I really don't know, seems like I had to sudo something to create directory's in the beginning, but I did go right down the list on the steps in order and everything worked out right, My whole system is in a waterproof box at the base of the tower then I wifi to my house router. It's been about a year and had to reboot only one time for some reason. I know that don't help but maybe someone will jump in with an answer.

Gary

[rich T]

In weewx.conf, set the debug to "1" and  restart weewx.

Watch the syslog, after approx. 5 minutes you should see records being added to the database.  After 5 minutes you be able to see the data.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

Jul 19 09:35:11 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: next read in 18 seconds
Jul 19 09:35:29 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: Found station at bus= device=
Jul 19 09:35:29 raspberrypi weewx[533]: manager: Added record 2019-07-19 09:35:00 EDT (1563543300) to database 'weewx.sdb'
Jul 19 09:35:29 raspberrypi weewx[533]: manager: Added record 2019-07-19 09:35:00 EDT (1563543300) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Running reports for latest time in the database.
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'SeasonsReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Running report 'Belchertown'
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Found configuration file /home/weewx/skins/Belchertown/skin.conf for report 'Belchertown'
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: cheetahgenerator: using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'user.belchertown.getData']
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: Found station at bus= device=
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: next read in 18 seconds
Jul 19 09:35:30 raspberrypi weewx[533]: manager: Daily summary version is 2.0
Jul 19 09:35:33 raspberrypi weewx[533]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 11 files for report Belchertown in 3.05 seconds
Jul 19 09:35:33 raspberrypi weewx[533]: copygenerator: copied 3 files to /home/weewx/public_html
Jul 19 09:35:33 raspberrypi weewx[533]: manager: Daily summary version is 2.0
Jul 19 09:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'FTP' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[533]: reportengine: Report 'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.
Jul 19 09:35:48 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: Found station at bus= device=
Jul 19 09:35:48 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: next read in 6 seconds
Jul 19 09:35:54 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: Found station at bus= device=
Jul 19 09:35:54 raspberrypi weewx[533]: acurite: next read in 12 seconds

[Charles Adams]

I am looking at the syslog and I see

acurite: R1: ignoring stale data (rssi indicates no communications form sensors): 01 c5 47 78 00 2a 26 48 00 00

 

On Friday, July 19, 2019 at 9:48:21 AM UTC-4, rich T wrote:

In weewx.conf, set the debug to "1" and  restart weewx.

Watch the syslog, after approx. 5 minutes you should see records being added to the database.  After 5 minutes you be able to see the data.

p...@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

[rich T]

If you look at the Console mostly you don't have any bars, if possible move the Console.  I get that once in a while.

[Charles Adams]

it is working now ,  Reading the AucRite 01536 

I can go to the local web page and all information is there.

I still get the stale data message on system log but all data is there on the page.  I am now going to connect it to ARPS.is 

will keep everyone updated  

Thanks everyone for your help.

On Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 3:47:51 PM UTC-4, Charles Adams wrote: