GroveWeatherPi Libraries and Example for Raspberry Pi Solar Powered Weather Station
Supports SwitchDoc Labs WeatherRack WeatherBoard (WeatherPiArduino V2 and above)
Version 3.17
June 7, 2019 - Version 3.17 Improved AM2315 reliablity - fixed 0 CRC error
March 30, 2019 - Version 3.16 Improved AM2315 reliablity - added support for Grove PowerSave
February 8, 2019 - Version 3.15 Increase Max Retries on AM2315 to 10 per suggestion
January 12, 2019 - Version 3.14 Fixed am2315 not assigned error
January 10, 2019 - Version 3.13 Added "None" detection to AM2315, added Try, Except loop on AM2315 read
December 19, 2018 - Version 3.12 Improved Blynk reliability
November 28, 2018 - Version 3.11 Further improved AM2315, fixed startup glitch with English/Metric units, fixed Rain Status
November 26, 2018 - Version 3.10 Added Blynk App support and changed sampling method to remove I2C errors - fixed AM2315 humidity/temperature mixup
November 14, 2018 - Version 3.04 Added CRC checking to the AM2315 Python Driver.
November 14, 2018 - Version 3.03 Added New AM2315 Python Driver. removed tentacle_pi
October 1, 2018 - Improved README.md install instructions
June 19, 2018 - Version 3.02 Fixed SI1145 Gain (made for outdoors) Adjusted Lux readings for outdoor sunlight rough calibration
May 30, 2018 - Version 3.01 Fixed MySQL Garding, bad read issues with SI1145, gave fix for Mising BBIO Library in README.md
November 18, 2017 - Version 2.99 Adjusted Lightning Detector detection for 0x02 or 0x03
November 16, 2017 - Version 2.98 Fixed name clash with latest OS version
October 2, 2017 - Version 2.97 Fixed SI1145 issues with reading
August 24, 2017 - Fixed AS3935 Missing issue with Interrupt variable
July 20, 2017 - Fixed Rainfall 2X inaccuracy and 60 minute and midnight issues
July 17, 2017 - Updated Bounce Times to fix wind speed issues - This probably fixes the Wind Gust problem too. Not conclusive.
June 19, 2017 - Fixed uninitialized variable errors
June 17, 2017 - Changed the README.md to require the installation of the software suporting SI1145 detection
May 5, 2017 - Commented out 48 Reboot add_job (uncomment to add back in), Fixed SI1145 bad installation detection
May 4, 2017 - Fixed problem with inside temperature being zero when you have an HTU rather than a HDC1080
March 9, 2017 - Added time based scheduler into the main loop instead of polling (APscheduler). Added support for Grove HDC1000
October 26, 2016 - Support added for Grove Sunlight/IR/UV SI1145 sensor. Database updated. Run mysql as below
October 24, 2016 - Improved WXLink Error Checking
October 3, 2016 - Added CRC Check to WXLink support, changed Barometric report on WU to Sea Level, added Altitude configuration in confif.py
September 9, 2016 - Added WeatherUnderground Support - see Blog article on www.switchdoc.com for instructions. The summary of the instructions are:
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sign up for a personal weather station on weatherunderground.com
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Get your station name and key and put them in your config.py file, and then setting the WeatherUnderground_Present to True
August 30, 2016 - Improved WXLink support reliablity - now detects and adjusts for missing records from WXLink reads
August 26, 2016 - Added Support for WXLink Wireless Weather Connector
August 17, 2016 - Added support back in for RasPiConnect
August 16, 2016 - Support for Weather Board and improved device detection without exceptions
March 28, 2015 - added subdirectories
May 9, 2015 - Updated software for WatchDog Timer and Email
May 10, 2015 - Added mysql table SQL files for database building
Install this for smbus:
sudo apt-get install python-smbus
Install this next:
git clone https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PureIO.git
cd Adafruit_Python_PureIO
sudo python setup.py install
Other installations required for AM2315:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install libi2c-dev
#Installing apscheduler
sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools pip
sudo pip install setuptools --upgrade
sudo pip install apscheduler
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Note some configurations of Raspberry Pi software requres the following:
It won't hurt to do this in any case.
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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential python-pip python-dev python-smbus git git clone https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_GPIO.git cd Adafruit_Python_GPIO sudo python setup.py install cd .. cd SDL_Pi_GroveWeatherPi cd Adafruit_Python_SSD1306 sudo python setup.py install
SwitchDocLabs Documentation for WeatherRack/WeatherPiArduino under products on: store.switchdoc.com
Read the GroveWeatherPi Instructable on instructables.com for more software installation instructions
or
Read the tutorial on GroveWeatherPi on http://www.switchdoc.com/2016/08/tutorial-part-1-building-a-solar-powered-raspberry-pi-weather-station-groveweatherpi/ for more software installation instructions.
Use phpmyadmin or sql command lines to add the included SQL file to your MySQL databases.
Note: If the database has been updated, run the example below to update your database. The current contents will not be lost.
example: sudo mysql -u root -p GroveWeatherPi< GroveWeatherPi.sql
user: root
password: password
Obviously with these credentials, don't connect port 3306 to the Internet. Change them if you aren't sure.
NOTE:
If you have a WXLink wireless transmitter installed, the software assumes you have connected your AM2315 outdoor temp/humidity sensor to the WXLink. If you put another AM2315 on your local system, it will use those values instead of the WXLink values