I’m pretty much a noob at Rasbian (and Linux in general), but I’ve got a new Pi 4 running and have managed to get a few packages downloaded and running as long as someone gives me the proper syntax.
I just downloaded consolewd64arm.tar.gz and used the syntax from the installation post in the Wiki from March (inserting the ‘arm’ part to match the filename):
tar -zxvf Downloads/consolewd64arm.tar.gz
I get the message:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
you should be able to just double click on the file to open it up in an archiver program
note only use the 64 arm raspberry pi version if you actually have the latest 64 bit rasperian OS version (its normally just 32 bit)
Thanks.
You helped me on both counts.
Although the CanaKit was a fall-over easy way to get a new Pi going with the pre-loaded Noobs, I just assumed that the 64-bit ARM came with the 64-bit OS.
…and extracting the file was as easy as double-clicking.
Now on to editing my config.txt
Thanks again.
use the config.html to edit the config.txt
Ok, I can see that the HTML file would/will be a lot simpler.
However, it looks like I’ll need some additional hand-holding. Is there a more detailed Wiki about using that?
I have the system working perfectly on a Windows laptop, but that goes out of the house with me sometimes, and uses a lot more energy.
…so I picked up a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 to dedicate to the Weather Display task.
Is there a straightforward way to get all of my settings from the Windows setup over to the config.txt file on the Pi?
Or, at least use the settings I have?
*For instance, in Windows, picking the WeatherFlow/Tempest station type, there is a Station ID to enter (from the WeatherFlow folks). I don’t see that field in the config.html. Much of it seems Davis-specific.
Just for kicks I tried to run the consolewd program after setting the station type to WeatherFlow (72). Nothing appears to happen.
Again, I’m pretty much a noob when it comes to Linux stuff.
Sorry about that!
Oh, cr@p. I think it’s actually working.
I went back and made sure that I did the copy stuff from Deploy to /usr/lib properly
(the instructions need to be updated-- we Windows users are too used to file and folder names not being case sensitive)
Ran the ./consolewd, and I see updates scrolling up the screen!
I guess it didn’t need the station ID number after all.
Now I just need to go back into config.html and fill in the data for sending to Wunderground and CWOP and I should be good to go!
it picks up the UDP data
so no station ID needed (but so cant be used away from the same local Wifi connection that the weather flow station is on)
What needs to be corrected?
Capital D for the cd deploy command and use config.html instead of editing config.txt directly.
i noticed that spelling mistake I made re config.html
which i have fixed for the next update ( most people will figure that out)
deploy is used with a capital D in the readme.txt
Chris
May I send you my setup instructions for installing wdisplay? Please make any corrections as you see fit to make.
Night
Has the deploy directory been renamed to Deploy? It’s deploy (lower case ‘d’) on my Pi. The last tar.gz file I downloaded (24 May 2020) still has the directory named as ‘deploy’. I’ve not done an upgrade using config.html yet so that’s why I’ve not updated the instructions.
Of course. Are they based on the instructions in the FAQ section so that I can just update the (likely) few lines that need changes?
yeah I did change it to capital D some time this year