Interceptor - Acurite Access and multi sensors - How to get the different sensor ID?

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Sylvain Martel

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May 19, 2019, 7:15:05 PM5/19/19
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I have two 5-in-1 Acurite WS at home.  The smarthub died last week and I replaced it with the new Acurite Access, but I can't find the sensor ID info anymore.  Any tips on how to get that information?

Sylvain Martel

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May 19, 2019, 7:22:57 PM5/19/19
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Some more details:  I was reading the data through a RasberryPi with a bridge. Since installing the Access, I had to redo the config to use the Interceptor Observer driver and change the sensor map for the new labels.  But nowhere do I see a sensor ID anymore to differenctiate btw the 2 stations  when doing a debug=1

Sylvain Martel

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May 19, 2019, 8:17:17 PM5/19/19
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No matter, I found the answer.  Acurite data is encrypted, so it can't be read, and only the WU data is read.  And since Acurite only allow one device to send data to WU...

*sigh*

An RDL receiver seems the way to go now, when I have some spare time...

mwall

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May 20, 2019, 8:27:30 AM5/20/19
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On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 8:17:17 PM UTC-4, Sylvain Martel wrote:
No matter, I found the answer.  Acurite data is encrypted, so it can't be read, and only the WU data is read.  And since Acurite only allow one device to send data to WU...

assuming the smarthub hardware is ok, you can continue to use it even though the acurite support/servers are gone.  just point it at the computer running weewx and the weewx-interceptor driver:


as you noted, the software-defined radio (SDR) with weewx-sdr driver might be a better approach.  the SDR will detect signals not only from acurite, but also many other sensors.  so you can mix and match any number of sensors from any vendor, and combine them using the sensor_map into the database fields that you want.


a 20$US USB SDR dongle is cheaper than an acurite access, and much more versatile.

m

Sylvain Martel

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May 20, 2019, 9:34:36 AM5/20/19
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Thanks. 

The smartHub died after a recent  blackout.  My guess is that it didn't like the power coming back on(it's plugged into a surge protector, but those are not 100% fullproof)  SDR will be the next purchase, probably in the autumn.
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