weewx interceptor with acurite and raspberry not working.

[Eddie Lent]

I my set up is an acurite smarthub, a raspberry pi 1 running weewx and weewx-interceptor in sniff mode, port mirroring using netgear GS105Ev2.  

I can't seem to get data into weewx.

I can run tcpdump on my router and see the packets. I can run tcpdump on the raspberry pi and see packets.

but I am not getting any data into weewx:

from weewx.conf:

[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

    #   observer - fine offset WH2600/HP1000/HP1003, aka 'observer'

    #   lw30x - oregon scientific LW301/LW302

    #   lacrosse-bridge - lacrosse GW1000U/C84612 internet bridge

    device_type = acurite-bridge

mode = sniff

iface = eth0

pcap_filter = src 192.168.5.230 and dst port 80

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ tcpdump --version

tcpdump version 4.9.0

libpcap version 1.6.2

OpenSSL 1.0.1t  3 May 2016

If I run this line while I watch tcpdump on my router to ensure acurite packets have been sent, I get nothing.

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/weewx python /usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py --device=acurite-bridge --mode=sniff --iface=eth0 --filter="dst port 80"

^CTraceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 2060, in <module>

    _data = device.get_queue().get(True, 10)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/Queue.py", line 177, in get

    self.not_empty.wait(remaining)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 359, in wait

    _sleep(delay)

KeyboardInterrupt

Exception in thread ServerThread (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 763, in run

  File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 285, in run_server

  File "/usr/share/weewx/user/interceptor.py", line 320, in run

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pcap.py", line 116, in dispatch

<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'pcapObject_dispatch'

Here is a tcpdump run:

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo tcpdump  -U -i eth0 src 192.168.5.230 and port 80

tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode

listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes

14:12:28.859374 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [S], seq 241058131, win 400, options [mss 536], length 0

14:12:28.887870 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [.], ack 912225648, win 400, length 0

14:12:28.889708 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 0:80, ack 1, win 400, length 80: HTTP: GET /weatherstation/updateweatherstation?dateutc=now&action=updateraw&realtime=1[!http]

14:12:28.920267 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 80:122, ack 1, win 400, length 42: HTTP

14:12:28.922539 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 122:149, ack 1, win 400, length 27: HTTP

14:12:28.924796 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 149:160, ack 1, win 400, length 11: HTTP

14:12:28.931672 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 160:196, ack 1, win 400, length 36: HTTP

14:12:28.957005 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 80:196, ack 1, win 400, length 116: HTTP

14:12:28.961918 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 196:213, ack 1, win 400, length 17: HTTP

14:12:28.963793 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 213:254, ack 1, win 400, length 41: HTTP

14:12:28.965296 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 254:277, ack 1, win 400, length 23: HTTP

14:12:29.006661 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [.], ack 401, win 400, length 0

14:12:29.032033 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [.], ack 413, win 389, length 0

14:12:29.033168 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [.], ack 413, win 400, length 0

14:12:29.034156 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [F.], seq 277, ack 413, win 400, length 0

14:12:29.034827 IP Acurite.1978 > ec2-52-22-110-201.compute-1.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [R.], seq 277, ack 413, win 400, length 0

^C

16 packets captured

17 packets received by filter

0 packets dropped by kernel

nothing is coming out of combine-lines.pl when I try it:

sudo tcpdump  -A -U -w - -i eth0 src 192.168.5.230 and port 80 | /etc/weewx/weewx-interceptor-master/util/combine/combine-lines.pl

tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes

^C1922 packets captured

1922 packets received by filter

0 packets dropped by kernel

Is tcpdump getting all the packet?  It seems like only part of the line is there.

 I assume I am missing something obvious, but I am quite frustrated and don't know what to try next.

Thanks!

[Eddie Lent]

While I was rerunning all those commands for my post, here is my syslog:

It appears that, it all of the sudden started getting packets while I was running the tests.  You can see that weewx started up 5.5 hours before it started getting data from interceptor.

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[456]: engine: Locale is 'en_GB.UTF-8'

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[456]: engine: pid file is /var/run/weewx.pid

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[362]: Starting weewx weather system: weewx.

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system.

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Loading station type Interceptor (user.interceptor)

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: driver version is 0.30

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: device type: acurite-bridge

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sensor map: None

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: mode is sniff

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff iface=eth0 promiscuous=0

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff filter 'src 192.168.5.230 and dst port 80'

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: wxcalculate: The following values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, cloudbase=prefer_hardware

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: wxcalculate: The following algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in weewx configuration)

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'

Aug 31 07:59:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: StationRegistry: Station will not be registered: no station_url specified.

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: CWOP: Data for station FW1491 will be posted

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Aug 31 07:59:46 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

Aug 31 13:21:41 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: skipping rain measurement of 0.3: no last rain

Aug 31 13:21:41 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: garbage collected 0 objects

Aug 31 13:21:41 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Aug 31 13:21:59 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Aug 31 13:22:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 18.81 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:04 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 2.66 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:04 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 9 files to /var/www/html/weewx

Aug 31 13:22:18 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Aug 31 13:22:24 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 6.47 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:27 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 2.56 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:27 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx

Aug 31 13:22:42 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 6.42 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 2.56 seconds

Aug 31 13:22:45 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx

Aug 31 13:22:54 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Aug 31 13:23:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 6.48 seconds

Aug 31 13:23:03 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 2.63 seconds

Aug 31 13:23:03 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx

Aug 31 13:23:19 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 6.42 seconds

Aug 31 13:23:21 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 2.63 seconds

[Andrew Milner]

The log shows that you appear to have multiple copies of weewx running - with PID of 456, 362 and 559.  Although the process with PID of 559 appears to be running, it is still aborting a report run since it believes another report process is running.

Can I suggest you ensure only one copy of weewx is actually running (reboot if necessary) - and post the log from reboot to first archive interval

[Eddie Lent]

Here is the syslog from right after a reboot.  After waiting 20 min, I do not see any new data in weewx webpage after the reboot.

Sep  7 09:45:56 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather system...

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[450]: engine: Initializing weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[450]: engine: Using Python 2.7.9 (default, Sep 17 2016, 20:26:04) #012[GCC 4.9.2]

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[450]: engine: Platform Linux-4.9.28+-armv6l-with-debian-8.0

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[450]: engine: Locale is 'en_GB.UTF-8'

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[450]: engine: pid file is /var/run/weewx.pid

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[364]: Starting weewx weather system: weewx.

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system.

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Loading station type Interceptor (user.interceptor)

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: driver version is 0.30

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: device type: acurite-bridge

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sensor map: None

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: mode is sniff

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff iface=eth0 promiscuous=0

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff filter 'src 192.168.5.230 and dst port 80'

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: wxcalculate: The following values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, cloudbase=prefer_hardware

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: wxcalculate: The following algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in weewx configuration)

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'

Sep  7 09:46:00 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: StationRegistry: Station will not be registered: no station_url specified.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: CWOP: Data for station FW1491 will be posted

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ uptime

 09:49:54 up 3 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.21, 0.23, 0.10

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $

Then at 10:11 I ran the following command in a new putty session:

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo tcpdump  -U -w - -i eth0 src 192.168.5.230 and port 80 | /etc/weewx/weewx-interceptor-master/util/combine/combine-lines.pl

tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes

I have included the tail of the syslog so you can see what happened.  weewx started hearing data and updating the webpage.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: CWOP: Data for station FW1491 will be posted

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 09:46:01 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

Sep  7 10:11:53 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: interceptor: MainThread: skipping rain measurement of 0.0: no last rain

Sep  7 10:11:54 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Sep  7 10:12:12 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Sep  7 10:12:14 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 19.55 seconds

Sep  7 10:12:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 3.05 seconds

Sep  7 10:12:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 9 files to /var/www/html/weewx

Sep  7 10:12:30 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: engine: Launch of report thread aborted: existing report thread still running

Sep  7 10:12:37 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 6.98 seconds

Sep  7 10:12:40 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: imagegenerator: Generated 12 images for StandardReport in 3.01 seconds

Sep  7 10:12:40 raspberrypiFB weewx[559]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx

So did I miss something in the instructions that I need to run the tcpdump line manually or is something not happening correctly in weewx-interceptor to startup the sniffer?

[mwall]

On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 10:18:52 AM UTC-4, Eddie Lent wrote:

So did I miss something in the instructions that I need to run the tcpdump line manually or is something not happening correctly in weewx-interceptor to startup the sniffer?

you're not missing anything in the instructions.  something odd indeed is at play.

what happens if you do the following:

1) restart the pi
2) wait for 10 or 15 minutes
3) login and verify that weewx is not hearing data
4) shut down weewx using '/etc/init.d/weewx stop'
5) start weewx using '/etc/init.d/weewx start'
6) wait for 10 or 15 minutes
7) see whether weewx is hearing data

this will tell us whether there is something during system startup that is preventing the sniffing, such as a network interface not being ready (but not being reported)

m

[Eddie Lent]

ok, here is the output, the weewx restart did not get it listening again:

Sep  7 11:56:12 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather system...

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[458]: engine: Initializing weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[458]: engine: Using Python 2.7.9 (default, Sep 17 2016, 20:26:04) #012[GCC 4.9.2]

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[458]: engine: Platform Linux-4.9.28+-armv6l-with-debian-8.0

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[458]: engine: Locale is 'en_GB.UTF-8'

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[458]: engine: pid file is /var/run/weewx.pid

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[364]: Starting weewx weather system: weewx.

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system.

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Loading station type Interceptor (user.interceptor)

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: driver version is 0.30

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: device type: acurite-bridge

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: sensor map: None

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: mode is sniff

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff iface=eth0 promiscuous=0

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff filter 'src 192.168.5.230 and dst port 80'

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: wxcalculate: The following values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, cloudbase=prefer_hardware

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: wxcalculate: The following algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in weewx configuration)

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'

Sep  7 11:56:16 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: StationRegistry: Station will not be registered: no station_url specified.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: CWOP: Data for station FW1491 will be posted

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ uptime

 12:11:11 up 15 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.04, 0.08, 0.07

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx status

â weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system

   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx)

   Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-09-07 11:56:16 EDT; 16min ago

  Process: 364 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/weewx start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

   CGroup: /system.slice/weewx.service

           ââ560 python /usr/bin/weewxd --daemon --pidfile=/var/run/weewx.pid /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop

[ ok ] Stopping weewx (via systemctl): weewx.service.

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start

[ ok ] Starting weewx (via systemctl): weewx.service.

then

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 11:56:17 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

Sep  7 12:13:03 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: weewx weather system...

Sep  7 12:13:03 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: interceptor: MainThread: shutting down server thread

Sep  7 12:13:03 raspberrypiFB weewx[560]: engine: Terminating weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 12:13:08 raspberrypiFB weewx[858]: Stopping weewx weather system: weewx..

Sep  7 12:13:09 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: weewx weather system.

Sep  7 12:13:24 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather system...

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[931]: engine: Initializing weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[931]: engine: Using Python 2.7.9 (default, Sep 17 2016, 20:26:04) #012[GCC 4.9.2]

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[931]: engine: Platform Linux-4.9.28+-armv6l-with-debian-8.0

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[931]: engine: Locale is 'en_GB.UTF-8'

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[931]: engine: pid file is /var/run/weewx.pid

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[921]: Starting weewx weather system: weewx.

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system.

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

Sep  7 12:13:25 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Loading station type Interceptor (user.interceptor)

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: driver version is 0.30

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: device type: acurite-bridge

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: sensor map: None

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: mode is sniff

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff iface=eth0 promiscuous=0

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: interceptor: MainThread: sniff filter 'src 192.168.5.230 and dst port 80'

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: wxcalculate: The following values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, cloudbase=prefer_hardware

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: wxcalculate: The following algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in weewx configuration)

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: StationRegistry: Station will not be registered: no station_url specified.

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: CWOP: Data for station FW1491 will be posted

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.7.1

Sep  7 12:13:26 raspberrypiFB weewx[935]: engine: Starting main packet loop.

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $ date

Thu  7 Sep 15:05:35 EDT 2017

pi@raspberrypiFB:~ $

[mwall]

On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:12:15 PM UTC-4, Eddie Lent wrote:

ok, here is the output, the weewx restart did not get it listening again:

very strange.  i wonder if this is specific to the raspberry pi?

if running tcpdump reliably makes the sniffing work, you could add a single tcpdump invocation after you start weewx in the /etc/init.d/weewx script.  just invoke tcpdump for a few packets with the --count option.

its a hack, but it might give you a reliable system until you can figure out the root cause.

is there any way you could try running the interceptor on a non-pi machine?  i've been running the interceptor in listen mode for acurite packets on x86_64 and ppc hardware with no problems.  it will be at least a month before i could get a pi onto one of those networks to see if i can duplicate what you're seeing.

m

[Oscar]

[Brian Harvell]

I'm using a raspberry pi 3 and I noticed the interceptor was only able to sniff traffic while I was running tcpdump. If it stopped tcpdump then interceptor wouldn't see any more traffic. I noticed in the log it said promiscuous = 0 and once I added  promiscuous = 1 to my config and it seems to work fine now, even after a reboot.

Brian

[Lorin Tremblay]

Where do you add the "promiscuous=1" to? and what was the syntax for it?

[Kurt Kochendarfer]

Running weewx 4.1.1 on RasPi3 using weewx-interceptor current as of this post.  Weewx was installed using .deb instructions on Weewx install page (Python3 option).  I'm also running through a switch with port mirroring from WS-2000 (802.11) to RasPi (Ethernet).  When I installed weewx-interceptor, I used the command:

sudo pip3 install pypcap

tcpdump shows that HTTP GET requests are making it to the Pi:

sudo tcpdump -i eth0|grep HTTP
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
18:19:17.350471 IP 192.168.1.179.4858 > ec2-52-35-193-72.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 1:530, ack 1, win 5840, length 529: HTTP: GET /weatherstation/updateweatherstation.php?ID=XXXXXXXXXX&PASSWORD=XXXXXXXX&indoortempf=75.7&tempf=79.0&dewptf=41.2&windchillf=79.0&indoorhumidity=31&humidity=26&windspeedmph=2.5&windgustmph=6.9&winddir=353&absbaromin=23.459&baromin=23.459&rainin=0.000&dailyrainin=0.000&weeklyrainin=0.110&monthlyrainin=0.000&yearlyrainin=0.220&solarradiation=67.16&UV=0&dateutc=2020-06-03%2000:19:16&softwaretype=AMBWeatherV4.1.9&action=updateraw&realtime=1&rtfreq=5 HTTP/1.0
18:19:17.409177 IP ec2-52-35-193-72.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com.http > 192.168.1.179.4858: Flags [P.], seq 1:144, ack 530, win 27872, length 143: HTTP: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
18:19:33.446953 IP 192.168.1.179.22265 > ec2-52-35-193-72.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com.http: Flags [P.], seq 1:530, ack 1, win 5840, length 529: HTTP: GET /weatherstation/updateweatherstation.php?ID=XXXXXXXXXX&PASSWORD=XXXXXXXX&indoortempf=75.7&tempf=78.8&dewptf=40.1&windchillf=78.8&indoorhumidity=31&humidity=25&windspeedmph=1.3&windgustmph=5.8&winddir=353&absbaromin=23.459&baromin=23.459&rainin=0.000&dailyrainin=0.000&weeklyrainin=0.110&monthlyrainin=0.000&yearlyrainin=0.220&solarradiation=65.45&UV=0&dateutc=2020-06-03%2000:19:32&softwaretype=AMBWeatherV4.1.9&action=updateraw&realtime=1&rtfreq=5 HTTP/1.0
18:19:33.504446 IP ec2-52-35-193-72.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com.http > 192.168.1.179.22265: Flags [P.], seq 1:144, ack 530, win 27872, length 143: HTTP: HTTP/1.1 200 OK

My weewx.conf Interceptor config:




[Interceptor]
    driver = user.interceptor
    device_type = wu-client
    mode = sniff
    iface = eth0
    pcap_filter = src 192.168.1.179 and dst port 80
    promiscuous=True

Running tail -f /var/log/syslog I get the following:




tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: Registration not requested.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Posting not enabled.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 4.1.1
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries
Jun  2 18:25:26 weatherpi weewx[2284] INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop.

And then it just sits there...no packets are captured.  Same problem as documented above, but promiscuous mode doesn't seem to remedy the problem.  Any thoughts/suggestions?