Hardware Interface needed? Really???

[Ralf Jahns]

Hello,

I looked through the documentation but couldn't find much about how to connect the weather station to weewx.

I own a weather station, that exactly looks like a FineOffset but has no USB (it is a Ventus W830).

I'm sursprised, that it seems to be the usual way, to use a hardware connection to the weather station.

On my station, I can configure to send the data to e.g. weather underground but also to a specific URL/IP. So I filled in the IP of a local computer and looked with netcat (or so) and received a data record in clear text with all the current weather data. I hoped it would be possible to use this kind of interface with weewx. (The netcat test only works once after connection is established, probably the weather stations requires some kind of protocol.)

So, is it possible to connect my weather station to weewx by network socket interface?

Regards

Ralf

[Rainer Lang]

Hi Ralf

the Ventus W830 is a clone of the Ecowitt WH2910C console/station and weewx supports it via the interceptor driver.

Have a look at https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.msg417956#msg417956

and

https://www.wetterstationsforum.info/wiki/doku.php?id=wiki:wetterstationen:ecowitt-stationen

resp.

https://www.pc-wetterstation.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=10333

You need to configure the custom server function of the console in WS View, install the weewx interceptor driver from GitHuband make sure, your weewx.conf has the following entries:

(make sure that in WS View custom server the server entry has NO http:// or https:// - just the domain name or IP address, and that the path entry is at least "/" - no entry there = no transmission by the console)

e.g.

#------------ WS View custom server configuratio -----------

server/IP: 192.168.1.77
path: /

port: 8000      (must be the same as in weewx.conf [Interceptor] section)

interval: 16

#-------- start of weewx.conf excerpt --------------------

[Interceptor]
    # This section is for the network traffic interceptor driver.
    
    # The driver to use:
    driver = user.interceptor
    
    # Specify the hardware device to capture.  Options include:
    #   acurite-bridge - acurite internet bridge, smarthub, or access
    #   observer - fine offset WH2600/HP1000/HP1003, ambient WS2902
    #   lw30x - oregon scientific LW301/LW302
    #   lacrosse-bridge - lacrosse GW1000U/C84612 internet bridge
    #   ecowitt-client - any hardware that uses the ecowitt protocol
    #   wu-client - any hardware that uses the weather underground protocol
    device_type = ecowitt-client  # don't choose "observer" for the modern WiFi Ecowitt/Ambient stations
    port = 8000   #same as chosen in WS View
    iface = eth0   # or iface = wlan0 if you use a WLAN interface ("WiFi")

#----------------- end of weewx.conf excerpt -----------------------

any more questions, send me a PM

cheers

Rainer

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[Rainer Lang]

Forgot to add:

in WS View you have to choose "Ecowitt protocol" 😎

On 01.12.2021 10:23, Rainer Lang wrote:

Hi Ralf

the Ventus W830 is a clone of the Ecowitt WH2910C console/station and weewx supports it via the interceptor driver.

Have a look at https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.msg417956#msg417956

and

https://www.wetterstationsforum.info/wiki/doku.php?id=wiki:wetterstationen:ecowitt-stationen

resp.

https://www.pc-wetterstation.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=10333

1. You need to configure the custom server function of the console in WS View,

(make sure that in WS View custom server the server entry has NO http:// or https:// - just the domain name or IP address, and that the path entry is at least "/" - no entry there = no transmission by the console)

e.g.

#------------ WS View custom server configuration -----------

server/IP: 192.168.1.77
path: /

port: 8000      (must be the same as in weewx.conf [Interceptor] section)

interval: 16

2. install the weewx interceptor driver from GitHub (https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor) and make sure, your weewx.conf has the following entries:

[gjr80]

Google groups seems to be having a few conniptions with Ralf's replies and despite them being released by a manager/moderator they show as deleted. I have posted the text of Ralf's reply in an attempt to workaround this issue.

Gary

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Hello Rainer,

wow, that's a comprehensive answer. Thank you very much.

I will install weeWX latest in my christmas holidays.

Regards

Ralf

P.S.: I thought I have already written this answer hours ago. But it doesn't appear in the google groups web UI. So ... if it appears more than once ... it is, like it is.

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