problem with TFA Primus (WS2800) detecting USB dongle on Zyxel NAS 325 (running FFP)

[Humax Maxje]

Installed the recommended pyhton libraries etc., but when starting wee_config_fousb i get in the syslog:

wee_config_fousb[7861]: fousb: Cannot find USB device with Vendor=0x1941 ProdID=0x8021

lsusb shows the device: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 6666:5555

syslog when inserting stick:

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_marvell and address 5

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 In hub_port_init, and number is 3, retry 0, port 2 .....

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 In hub_port_init, and number is 3, retry 0, port 2 .....

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Nov 13 15:06:20 NSA325 generic-usb 0003:6666:5555.0003: hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device [LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY Weather Direct Light Wireless Device] on usb-ehci_marvell.70059-1.2/input0

I'm stuck here... any thoughts?

regards,

[mwall]

hello humax,

welcome to weewx!

the wee_config_fousb utility is for the fine offset stations

there is a wee_config_ws28xx utility for the ws28xx. you can use this utility for testing and diagnostic purposes, but you do not need it to run weewx. beware that only a few of the wee_config_ws28xx options are working.  you should be able to run the following:

verify that the usb transceiver works:

sudo wee_config_ws28xx --check-transceiver

after the transceiver and console have been paired, get the console configuration:

sudo wee_config_ws28xx --info

after the transceiver and console have been paired, get the current weather conditions:

sudo wee_config_ws28xx --current

the history options are not yet working.

there are two ways to pair the transceiver an console:

1) the weewx way.  run weewx, for example:

sudo weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

or

sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start

with weewx running, press and hold the [v] button on the console until you see PC in the display.  weewx should automatically pair the transceiver to the console.  if they pair, the PC will go away within a second or two.  if they do not pair, you will see messages in the log such as this:

ws28xx: RFComm: message from console contains unknown device ID (id=165a resp=80 req=6)

2) the heavy weather way. follow the pairing instructions that came with the station.  you will have to run HeavyWeather on a windows computer with the usb transceiver.  after HeavyWeather indicates the devices are paired, put the usb transceiver in your linux machine and start weewx.  do not power cycle the station console or you will have to start over.

either way, it might take multiple attempts to pair the console and transceiver.

m

[Humax Maxje]

Thanks for the fast reply!

i was using 2.3.1, and there the wee_config_ws28xx file is missing...

just upgraded to 2.5, and now, at least i can see

Using ws28xx driver 0.23

Checking for transceiver...

Transceiver is present

wee_config_ws28xx --info

doesnt work yet, it says:

Using ws28xx driver 0.23

Querying the station for the configuration...

No data after 30 seconds (press SET to sync)

but that means probably i have to press on the console to sync...

I will try that this evening!

Thanks again!
Op woensdag 13 november 2013 14:21:47 UTC+1 schreef mwall:

[Jorge Antunes]

Hi,

Please keep us posted about your findings.

I'm purchasing a Zyxel 325v2 in a near future and running  weewx with my VP2 on it could be a possibility.

Regards,

Jorge

[Humax Maxje]

Hi Jorge,

as of yesterday evening, i got everything up-and-running on the nsa325.

seems to work well!!

regards,

Op donderdag 14 november 2013 13:07:21 UTC+1 schreef Jorge Antunes:

[Jorge Antunes]

Hi, 

Thank you for your feedback.

Could you please do a tutorial/guide from start to finish?

Regards,

Jorge

2013/11/14 Humax Maxje <hum...@gmail.com>

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[Humax Maxje]

Found some time to give a brief description to install on FFP on zyxel NSA-xxx series with FFP.

## get uwsitelouder and update it... 

wget http://wolf-u.li/u/441 -O /ffp/bin/uwsiteloader.sh

chmod a+x /ffp/bin/uwsiteloader.sh

/ffp/bin/uwsiteloader.sh

## use slacker to install packages. (learn to use it, very handy! it's the ipkg of funplug...)

## building essentials and stuff

slacker -ui s:autoconf s:automake s:binutils s:bison s:flex br2:intltool s:gcc s:gmp s:linux-headers s:make-3.81 s:mpfr s:pkg-config s:uClibc

packages:

slacker -a libusb ##select one... i use my own compile for specific needs (oscam)

slacker -a freetype  ##select 'br' one

slacker -Uui br2:python

#build dependencies

slacker -ui s:bzip2 s:zlib br2:expat-2.1.0 s:gcc-solibs uli:gdbm-1.10 br2:gettext-0.18.3 br2:libiconv-1.14 br2:libffi-3.0.13 br2:ncurses-5.9 s:openssl br2:readline-6.2 mz:sqlite-3.7.10 s:uClibc-solibs

#from now, you can use "pip install xxx"

pip install --pre pyusb

pip install pil

pip install cheetah

pip install configobj

pip install daemon

pip install db-sqlite3

pip install MySQL-python

pip install pyephem 

pip install pysqlite

pip install pyusb

pip install setuptools

pip install QLite3Database

pip install syslogging

pip install wsgiref

#That should be the 'pre-config'.

download weewx, latest version, and follow the other threads to config/install. quit easy from here!

regards,

[Jorge Antunes]

Thank you very much.

Now, when I receive my NSA325v2 will know where to start.

Regards,

Jorge