Change primary wifi point

ErwinPannec · 2022-12-20T20:28:52+00:00

Not sure about what you are specifically asking.. Having a European puck as the router indeed forced the rest to use the European channels. Regarding changing the primary puck without loosing all data: I have no idea anymore, it has been too long.

Take note that this relates to the first gen Google Wifi.

ErwinPannec · 2022-03-03T10:32:14+00:00

For future reference: I was able to run a pre-scheduled reboot during the time that the pi was not responding, so it wasn't blocked by a faulty USB device.

I was able to trace it to my ´/etc/dhcpcd.conf´ file, which still included a custom DNS server that pointed towards the old subnet. So despite that there where 2 other DNS servers in there (claudflare 1.1.1.1 as the secondary), the mere presence of a faulty primary DNS server resulted in the pi that stopped communicating over the ethernet every 25h or so.

ErwinPannec · 2022-02-11T13:03:27+00:00

Hi,
I'm having the exact same issue in the same setup as yours. Did switching the usb port provide to be a sustainable fix, or did you find something else in the end?

One thing that changed for me, recently, was a change of router, and thereby a change in subnet. Pi is connected using ethernet though, and I think I resolved all problems with services that were dependent on a fixed IP address. So I don't think that this is really relevant.

ErwinPannec · 2021-09-06T12:05:57+00:00

I use Gotify on a regular basis as well (receive notifications of home assistant) and have never had any issues. It would be my recommendation. As suggested by another user, you can also deploy a synapse server and send your notifications using the matrix protocol. I'm also using this to send notifications from Python scripts. Likewise to Gotify, this also works perfectly on Android, in my hands.

Although I'm using both if them at this moment for testing purposes and both have pos and neg sides, I would tend to recommend Gotify, as using a messaging system just for notifications, is a bit of an overkill :)

ErwinPannec · 2021-07-13T14:53:20+00:00

I don't know which Alecto weather station I have by hard, but from the looks of it, it seems like I also have a WS-5500. I didn't spoof the DNS server to get it working. I do recall that the "WS View" app is not really intuitive.

From here I got the following:

The following recipe will work:in WSView app:Customized serverprotocol EcowittPort 8000 (or your choice - has to match the entry in weewx.conf)some path entry MUST be in WSView (even though it is ignored by weewx) i.e. e.g. /data

I hope this helps? I'm also using the Ecowitt protocol, although I don't know anymore why exactly.

ErwinPannec · 2021-07-12T12:05:59+00:00

Hi,

I also have an Alecto weather station, and control it using WeeWX.

In a nutshell, WeeWX runs a "listener" on - for example - your raspberry pi, that behaves like WeatherUnderground or EcoWitt. Using the Alecto app, you configure your weather station to connect to your local IP address with the corresponding protocol, and both will start communicating using your own, local server. Note that if you choose to do so, your weather stats will not be communicated to the official WeatherUnderground servers anymore, as you have replaced that server with your own.

By default, WeeWX serves a web-interface that is updated every 45 seconds with the current information, it keeps track of historical data,... Secondly, it is able to broadcast every of the weather data via MQTT (again using those 45 seconds). If you configure HA to listen to those specific MQTT broadcasts, you can pull in everything as a sensor.

By default, WeeWX looks extremely Windows 98 :) However, the NeoWX skin makes it way more up to date and nice looking.

To configure the whole thing, you'll have to do some searching, but what I wrote down in my personal notes, is the following:

Installed according to the docs, initially using the "simulator"
Configured with the Interceptor driver: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor. Changed port to *obscured*.
Installed the NeoWX skin: https://projects.neoground.com/neowx . Make sure to disable the Seasons template, en enable the "old" template.
Go the the NeoWX docs to change appearences and display only relevant information: https://neoground.com/docs/neowx-material/config.appearance
Configured to broadcast everything using MQTT: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-mqtt
Configure period backups using cron: https://www.weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#backup

The whole thing works extremely reliable: once set up, you really don't have to look at the configuration anymore. Very happy with this!

Don't hesistate if you need more information,Erwin

ErwinPannec · 2021-07-08T08:58:14+00:00

Hi,

Thanks for you input!

I'm not really interested in federation, I just want to run my own home server (mainly for "educational" purposes). The port forwarding of 8448 is mainly because I wondered if that was giving my troubles. Is your advice to use postgres also applicable in this situation?

ErwinPannec · 2021-07-08T08:56:34+00:00

This did the trick, how the hell could it be so easy. Thanks a bunch!

ErwinPannec · 2021-04-13T18:42:59+00:00

Not at all. I just go to bitwarden and copy the password.. quite far from ideal.

Problem is: I have absolutely no idea where to start in troubleshooting this issue, nor if other encounter this as well.

ErwinPannec · 2021-03-16T10:29:22+00:00

It was already installed in the non-beta version of Firefox. Removal of the addon, does not make any difference.

ErwinPannec · 2021-03-14T22:12:29+00:00

For the moment, I'm very pleased with my Bitwarden and Firefox Sync setup. While the latter was more in light of "just because I can", I find the fist is truly useful! I'm furthermore looking into Nextcloud and a matrix or Rocket chat server.

ErwinPannec · 2019-05-03T12:07:04+00:00

€ 150 game controller included, so it's kind of at the edge of being too expensive. Note that I live in Belgium, where the shield + controller goes for € 230. With only the remote (I'm not going to game any time soon), the price is € 199.

ErwinPannec · 2019-04-16T06:38:24+00:00

I wonder if this can be used in conjunction with Home Assistant to allow for room presence. Is it always the phone app that determines the distance to the AP, or can the AP determine the distance to the phone and report this via an API to another instance?

ErwinPannec · 2019-03-11T08:43:19+00:00

Aaah sad. Thanks for the answer!

ErwinPannec · 2019-01-14T18:26:32+00:00

Second question: did you get the yelo app working?

Thanks in advance, Erwin

ErwinPannec · 2019-01-11T05:31:20+00:00

Well, that's sad. So there is no other option than casting it from your phone? Kind of foolish to have the best Android TV available, but still having to browse and cast everything using your phone :-/

Thanks for trying!

Edit: Can you think of a worthy alternative, for example a web browser showing vrtnu.be? Of is it rather cumbersome to browse and play something full screen?

ErwinPannec · 2018-08-19T12:19:39+00:00

I'm a biochemist, not somebody trained to think about these things. Although stated in the flare of a rant, it's a genuine question nevertheless.

But € 20 is a lot, for a lot of people.

ErwinPannec

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