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need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 3:52 pm
by dhbutler
I need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
I just got a beaglebone black and would like to use it with Cumulus and my WS 2080 any comments would be welcome
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 4:11 pm
by steve
Could you clarify what it is that you want to use the Beaglebone for? Cumulus won't run on it.
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 5:13 pm
by dhbutler
I have a WS 2080 weather station, I am currently using with Cumulus and a windows 7 PC,
I would like to see if there is a way to use the Beaglebone black (see Beaglebone.org ) ,Beaglebone black is a very small PC that has a server built in. it uses the Linux OS
my reasons are... BB B is small,low Power (5 VDC .5 amps) so I could set it up with a Battery and solar.
I hope this answers your question I am new at this forum stuff, but have been around Computers and electronics for many years.and retired so I have a lot of time .
thanks DHB
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 5:22 pm
by steve
dhbutler wrote:Beaglebone black is a very small PC that has a server built in. it uses the Linux OS
I think I've got a BB black somewhere. But Cumulus only runs on Windows. It's possible that there might be a Linux version one day, and it might run on a BB black.
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 5:28 pm
by dhbutler
I hope so , I'm going to try to get something started on the BB site.
but I thought Id start here incase it was already created
DHB
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 5:33 pm
by steve
dhbutler wrote:I hope so , I'm going to try to get something started on the BB site.
Rather than write your own software from scratch, you might want to first take a look at pywws, written by Jim Easterbrook -
http://jim-easterbrook.github.io/pywws/ ... index.html
It runs on Linux on low-power devices, so may well work on a BB black.
Re: need help with Beaglebone black as a server to a WS 2080
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014 6:52 pm
by dhbutler
Great I will
Thanks I will keep you informed
Best
David