New to Weewx! What's your Favorite Skin? Or Extension? How do you access your data on mobile?

[The Reckoning]

Hey guys,

I am relatively new to Weewx and want to make sure that I'm getting the most out of it so I have a few questions for the veterans in the room. 

1. I am just starting to explore the best way to access and visualize my data both at home and while away. Do you typically use the Web UI (http://IP_OF_SERVER/weewx) or do you pass the data into another application?
2. Regarding the Web UI: Do you use a skin? If so which one? Is there a good place to find a list of skins?
   
3. Regarding mobile? Do you pass the data into an app? If so which one?
4. Access away from home: Do you VPN back home? Or possibly export regularly to a Cloud VPS for remote access?
5. Is there a list of most used extensions? List your favorite below. 

I appreciate the advice in advance!

Thanks 

-JM

[michael.k...@gmx.at]

1. I use the web UI but upload the data to a server run by my provider

2. I use a (non-shipped) skin. I use the Bootstrap skin which features real time live date shown in gauges and charts. You find a list in the wiki: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/#skins

3. The skin I use also renders well on a mobile.

4. No VPN, simple FTP-Upload (see 1.)

5. I guess one of the most used extension (beside some drivers) might be "weewx-mqtt" to enable the real time live data some skins provide. Also here, the wiki provide some information: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/#extensions-to-weewx

[p q]

1) I use my site, plus while at home, I use Grafana. It's a bit better at looking at some random time period. I kind of did it to get familiar with MQTT, Influx and Grafana, but I've gotten to like it.

2) I use a custom skin based on the original - I started more than 5 years ago. I added steelseries gauges, an earthquake map, swimming pool temperature, air quality and other stuff over time. There are so many popular skins, I'd look at the https://weewx.com/showcase.html page for inspiration

3) I hate the idea of needing an app to view a web page - I just view the web page on mobile. It works fine.

5) extensions - figure out what you want to do, what you want to show, and add the extensions as you need them..

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[The Reckoning]

Thanks for the reply! Mind sharing a screenshot and possibly the json for your Grafana dashboard?

[The Reckoning]

What do you mean by 'a server run by my provider'? I'm uploading to Wunderground and CWOP but I'm assuming that not what you're talking about. 

[michael.k...@gmx.at]

It's a simple domian/webserver (apache2) with FTP access. Nothing else on this side. For the live data I an account at flespi.io (MQTT). Update interval for live data is 10 seconds. https://kainzbauer.net/weather/Rif/en/index.html

[Warren Gill]

There are so many ways!

I've been using weewx for many years (and wview before that). Since I discovered MQTT, I now just send all the weather data to Home Assistant and do all the dashboarding there. Now I have all my home things in one place, and no longer need to FTP or RSync. Plus I can do fun automation things when weather events occur.. Like close the garage door when it starts raining. 

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[p q]

I doubt the JSON would be helpful. I'm duplicating the weather data into a Influx db and running Grafana off that. The odd dx chart is a way for me to judge when to open and close the windows in the summer to optimally cool the house. Not much use in late October.

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