Just got a “wfpiconsole” set up and running. Many thanks to @vinceskahan for his assistance in this. Am wanting to go into: Menu > Settings > Station IDs to change the StationID and the corresponding Tempest (DeviceID) ID to one of my other stations. Can’t seem to access the Rpi Accessories Keyboard while in “wfpiconsole” mode. Tried to plug in a regular USB kybd / mouse. The mouse works fine on the console. . .but can’t get the USB kybd to respond. How can I change the StationID / DeviceID w/o a kybd - input device?
NOTE: the Tempest° shown in the image below is the RETIRED beta pre-production device.
Just got the kbyd issue resolved. the 2X AA batteries in the kybd were about ready to expire. Swaped out the USB for another one. . .and the WF PiConsole responds Perfectly.
New to this “WF PiConsole” thing. . .and in “Learn Mode” as I go along. I may be posting quite a few questions from time-to-time. I’ve plowed thru the entire topic. . .but sometimes that may take hours to find what I am looking for. I know the answer is “upstairs” (further up the threads of this topic) there somewhere…but simply need to know how to make the screen “go to sleep mode” OR just Dim the screen down for the overnight hours. . .then wake it up in the morning time. I know a couple of other owners have mentioned it somewhere “upstairs”. . .but if someone could just jot down a quick note here for me. . .I’d appreciate it.
Yeah I think that’s what I had in mind. . except. . .I know nothing about programming. I wouldn’t have any idea where to stick that line of instruction to.
lauraf13. That was helpful. . .BUT. . .I still need a JumpStart as to where I go to type in like what you had. I can modify the times to fit my situation. . .but I need that first “bus stop!” i.e. I go into the Console (commands). . .then what/where? Once I know what to get in to and where to type. . .I’ll can simply replicate your crontab job and change times that I want the happenings to occur.
I’ve had my “wfpiconcole” up and running for “pertnear” 24 hours now. The only way for a new user to learn about a new system. . .is to just go in and poke around to see where stuff is and learn by doing (not by making mistakes!).
The “Sager” button in the lower left corner of the console is based on:
which is a little booklet that I have used since 1974! When I touch the “Sager” button. . .it shows this. . .
. . .but based on “The Sager Weathercaster”. . . it should show something like this:
I just double checked: home/pi/wfpiconsole/wfpiconsole.ini . . . and at the very top of the file. .
it has:
[Keys]
CheckWx = and then is shows my registered CheckWx Active API key.
WeatherFlow = and the WF API key for my primary station
I verified both API keys in the wfpiconsole.ini file and both are Correct.
The nearest airport station to my location would be KOFF (Offutt AFB) and the second closest station would be KOMA (Omaha Eppley Airfield). Both KOFF and KOMA are pushing out hourly METAR observations via the ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System).
Puzzled as to why “Sager” has not yet picked up on any of the Hourly METAR obs.
@storm_tracker, @eric, @mike11 - I see the same thing. It looks like the METAR provider (CheckWX) is having some sort of server issue. This has happened before (although it’s quite rare), so hopefully it’ll clear up on its own. If not, I’ll have a look into it!
Where do the rainfall month and YTD numbers come from? The today and yesterday numbers are reasonable, but my annual number shows 88 inches. We’d have to be living in the tropics for that kind of number!
I just sent a Email message to CheckWX API asking if they were experiencing a server issue. I tried to make a METAR / TAF request directly on their web site. The request produced no results.
IF or When I receive a reply back from them. . .I’ll post the info here so others will know the story as well.
As of 6:40pm CDT. . .the “Sager Forecast” has been updated and displayed on my WF PiConsole. I exited out of the main display and restarted “wfpiconsole” and that’s when I noticed it. It appears that the “CheckWX API” program for the METAR ingest into the Sager Forecast has been repaired!
Thanks for the comparison - I’ll take a look and see what is happening. One thing to note is that the numbers showing on the Tempest webpage are RainCheck’ed values. Those on the PiConsole are non-RainCheck’ed values. That might explain the discrepancy (although it is quite large!).
Edit: might be worth turning RainCheck off in the app and seeing if the values change/match the PiConsole
works again for me too.
