[Xastir] Weather Stations

[CL Hollahan]

Has anyone had any luck running interceptor with weewx and a LaCrosse wireless system?

Chris
W5YYA 

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Brett Friermood <brett.friermood at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:40 PM Curt, WE7U <curt.we7u at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Just curious, does anyone run the ADS-WS1 weather station from ArgentData?
>> 
>>   https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=135
> 
> 
> 
> I use one. I wrote a custom script running on a BeagleBone Black (what I
> had laying around, if I build another I would use a Raspberry Pi 3) to
> directly read and parse the output and deliver the information in a few
> different ways.
> 
> APRS packets are created from scratch and sent through the co-located radio
> (Alinco DR-135 with Argent's T2-135 installed) via the Linux AX.25
> subsystem using the 'beacon' application. My script also establishes and
> maintains a connection with Firenet and will push the APRS weather packets
> at the same time as RF.
> 
> The APRS beacon timing is adaptive based on the significance of the current
> weather picture. Good weather with minimal variability will generate 10-15
> minute beacons, while worse weather and/or rapidly changing conditions will
> generate more frequent updates.
> 
> Electrical power was easily provided to the station location, but no
> network access. To solve that I set up a 5GHz wireless link using Ubiquiti
> access points to extend my home network. This link provides full network
> and internet access to the BBB along with a 2.4GHz access point I installed
> using the dual-port POE pass through feature of the Ubiquiti APs.
> 
> In addition to allowing the Firenet connection, I am also using the link to
> push the weather information back to the rest of my network via UDP every
> 10 seconds or so and being primarily displayed via a Python GUI running on
> a Raspberry Pi 3 with a 7" touchscreen. Xastir can also be connected to the
> radio/TNC through the use of 'ldsped' for full station functionality.
> 
> Sorry for the long reply, I started answering the original question then
> realized I'd never actually documented it at all. Station callsign is WX5G4
> for curious.
> 
> Brett KQ9N
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