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by axierr
Thu 12 Sep 2019 7:19 am
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi
Replies: 6
Views: 1487

Re: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi

OK, thanks. I understand what you are doing, however... That would be a breaking change for many people, so what I propose is to implement the EWpressureoffset cumulus.ini file setting from Cumulus1 If that is set it will override the calculated offset. It does mean that for FO stations there are t...
by axierr
Wed 11 Sep 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi
Replies: 6
Views: 1487

Re: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi

Could you share the modified Cumulus code please? The mod is pretty simple, I discarded the internal offset of the Fine Weather Station, and just use the absolute pressure. FOStation.cs Line 836 double pressure = (data[7] + ((data[8] & 0x3f)*256))/10.0f + pressureOffset; to double pressure = (d...
by axierr
Wed 11 Sep 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi
Replies: 6
Views: 1487

Re: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi

- First issue, USB lockups, they happen sometimes, I have the station connected to RPI USB port ( no hubs ). It is a known problem with the USB ports of the RPi. You need a powered USB hub between the RPi and the weather station. AFAIK, the problem is not the USB port. The powered USB hub is only u...
by axierr
Sat 24 Aug 2019 12:20 pm
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: What USB port on Pi
Replies: 6
Views: 1610

Re: What USB port on Pi

But sudo lsusb shows Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1941:8021 Dream Link WH1080 Weather Station / USB Missile Launcher Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub so it is connected [including the "USB Missile Launcher" that someone has noted before ROFL] This gives you the inf...
by axierr
Fri 23 Aug 2019 11:32 am
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: What USB port on Pi
Replies: 6
Views: 1610

Re: What USB port on Pi

You can check if USB device is correctly detected with the command "sudo lsusb",
or you can check kernel messages, "dmesg | grep -i dev | grep -i usb"
by axierr
Thu 22 Aug 2019 2:03 pm
Forum: Cumulus MX Current (releases since b3043)
Topic: FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi
Replies: 6
Views: 1487

FineWeather fixing rel pressure and USB lockups with RPi

Hi community, this is my first post. I have been playing with Cumulus MX and a WS1080/WS3080 Velleman station for a couple of weeks and I want to share my approach to solve two issues: - First issue, USB lockups, they happen sometimes, I have the station connected to RPI USB port ( no hubs ). I run ...