![]() Luckily I was able to find a local shop that were selling a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ starter kit and proceeded to set it up and had everything running within 2 hours. but if all failed, I still had a “Plan B”.įrom the weewx forums, the preferred hardware to run Weewx is to use a Raspberry Pi and a few users suggested that they were able to get things running with the AcuRite 01536 by using the 01036 model in the config file. I used a mac desktop app called UnderTheWx which was able to detect the AcuRite station and send to Weatherunderground but this wasn’t my preferred choice. I could not get the software to recognize the AcuRite 01536 via USB. Despite the documentation and overall lack of mac users. I first decided to try to get Weewx working on an older mac mini I had in the basement. Not all weather stations are supported, so picking the right software is key. I zeroed in on using for software Weewx since it was an open source program, updated often and seemed to be very popular as I polled nearby weather stations and supported many of the weather services I wanted to send my data to mainly Windy and Weatherunderground. Now that the flow has been worked out, now it’s time to take a closer look at the software and computer I used to send the data over the internet. Personal Website or Weather Service – The last piece of the puzzle, where you are routing the weather data and placing it on a web server that you control or an existing weather service like Weatherunderground, CWOP and Windy that you can lookup using your web browser or smartphone app anywhere.If you are using a personal computer, you will need a program to process the log data and route it over the internet somewhere. ![]() ![]() I’ve found that certain weather station brands seem more open while brands like AcuRite seem to want to force users to buy additional hardware and limit what you can do with the data even before sending it outside your house. “Box” or computer / hub – This can be any computer or hub that is able to detect the weather station display and with software process it locally or send it to the web.Connectivity via USB, ethernet or wireless wifi are options. Display Connectivity – Some display units have connectivity to a “box” or computer so that you can log your weather data and do stuff with the data.Where at the end of the day you can view the data on a display that sits at your desk or side table. AcuRite, Davis and Ambient Weather appear to be the top choices for North American enthusiasts. Depending on your location, you may have better availability of brands and price. Weather Station & Display – This is what you’ll end up buying.Working your way back to fins out the options will help determine which weather station to buy. Working out an end to end solution before buying a pws will help.Īs you can see from the above diagram, you have a few points where you need to make a decision going beyond the sensor display. In the end, I was lucky and got the flow the way I wanted: I want to lookup my weather station using the Windy smartphone app. In my case, I spend an extra 100$ that I wasn’t expecting due to limitations at every point. In the end, that may determine how much money you want to spend on a project like this. I then found some limitations where others brand were a bit more open. While I went for an AcuRite 01536, it was only for low cost. ![]() I found that makes the choice of a weather station easier. It is worth it to take some time and work out a high level flow and determine how you want to view the weather data. In this post, I’ll go over the high level steps I took the roadkblocks encountered and some lessons learned for next time. But I really didn’t figure out the full architecture of what I wanted to do with the data. I finally got around in choosing a weather station. One item that has been on my bucket list for years was setting up a personal weather station (PWS). ![]()
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