Driver WS1

WS1

Running the WS1 driver under this one, configured by hand.

Generated by tools/build_drivers.py from the driver as installed on the machine that ran it. Do not edit by hand.

There is a web interface for all of this. It is on by default, and the driver prints its address when WeeWX starts:

INFO user.ultimatepush.driver: The web interface is at
http://1.2.3.4:8080/?token=abcdefg12345

Everything on this page can be done there instead, and one thing is much easier: deciding which reading goes into which database column. See Web interface.

What it is

Driver for ADS WS1 weather stations. Thanks to Kevin and Paul Caccamo for adding the serial-to-tcp capability.

The smallest configuration that works

[Station]
    station_type = UltimatePush

[UltimatePush]
    driver = user.ultimatepush.driver

    [[hardware]]
        station_types = WS1

        [[[WS1]]]
            role = main

[WS1]
    driver = weewx.drivers.ws1
    mode = serial
    port = /dev/ttyUSB0

The [WS1] section belongs to that driver and is read by it, exactly as it would be if it were the only driver WeeWX ran, so weectl device keeps working on it. What goes under [[hardware]] belongs to this one: see Hosted hardware.

Finding the port, or the address

Over a cable, the name to put in port is whichever device the adapter appears as:

ls -l /dev/serial/by-id/

Use the name under by-id rather than /dev/ttyUSB0. It is made from the adapter's own manufacturer and serial number, so it survives a reboot and anything else being plugged in.

Over the network, host is the console's address or hostname. Give it a fixed address in your router, or it will move and stop being found.

The web interface offers the serial devices this machine has as a list.

Every option

Straight out of weewx.drivers.ws1, with what its author wrote above each one.

mode

Driver mode - tcp, udp, or serial

One of serial, tcp, udp.

Default is serial.

port

If serial, specify the serial port device. (ex. /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB0, or /dev/cuaU0) If TCP, specify the IP address and port number. (ex. 192.168.36.25:3000)

Default is /dev/ttyUSB0.

timeout

The amount of time, in seconds, before the connection fails if there is no response

Default is 3.

driver

The driver to use:

Default is weewx.drivers.ws1.

More than one station

This driver is one station among however many others. Which of them fills outTemp, and where the rest of their readings go, is in Several stations.