[spudstrawb]

When you run MX on a Pi, do you get the app GUI with all the stats and figures on the screen..??? Could you build a Pi into an enclosure with something like a 7" LCD Pi screen, and have all your WD data displayed on the Pi screen via CumulusMX ..?????

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I've been wondering exactly the same thing Mark. I suspect someone would have to write some code to make it happen? The screen would be too small to show a screen from CumulusMX or WeatherUnderground.

[werk_ag]

The interface of the Cumulus MX is a responsive webpage, it can be visualized even with a smartphone, but don't expect nothing like Cumulus 1. To see all the data, you should navigate through the page (scroll down, scroll up), unless you create a customized web interface. I don't know how hard it will be, but seems that it's possible.
I think that it's more easy access the web interface through any PC, and leave the PI running headless.

[Shred]

The interface of the Cumulus MX is a responsive webpage, it can be visualized even with a smartphone, but don't expect nothing like Cumulus 1.

Yes. I found it a bit slow to load - particularly on my ancient iPad 1. For this reason, I also let Cumulus MX upload a basic web page to my server. It's only updated every five minutes, but is good for when I just want a quick glance at the weather.

I found that if was accessing the native Cumulus MX web page frequently, from multiple devices, Cumulus MX would eventually crash (after days or weeks). It looked like a memory leak issue, so I rarely use the built in web interface now. Having said that, Cumulus MX is beta software and has had a few updates since I last saw the problem.

[spudstrawb]

Shred - how easy would it be for a complete MySQL noob to set up something similar to what you have done with the external DB? I just had a quick look on the net for MySQL and it looks a little daunting. I have a private domain which is externally hosted and only used for email at this stage. I was thinking that I could keep the DB there. How big do they get?

[spudstrawb]

The interface of the Cumulus MX .... To see all the data, you should navigate through the page (scroll down, scroll up), unless you create a customized web interface. I don't know how hard it will be, but seems that it's possible.

The Sandaysoft (Cumulus) website says "Ready-made web pages supplied, or build your own using web tags". That could be promising.

[laulau]

Or use a Cumulus Realtime.txt Dashboard Template :
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15136

[werk_ag]

Or use a Cumulus Realtime.txt Dashboard Template :
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15136

I supposed that all those templates referred on that post are to replace the default Cumulus MX web interface intended to be used on a web server. If I'm not wrong the Wizza question is about running the internal Cumulus MX interface (the one that allows to configure the software) on a 7" display attached to the PI.
My previous replies are based on this assumption.

[hornychz]

Hi,

I'm using for my internal usage CumulusMX Start/Stop Script, which has an option "-n", and this is my 7" LCD screen at Raspberry Pi:




And this is the source original:
Start/Stop/Restart Script

Regards

[Wizza]

That's the info we were looking for. Thanks hornychz. Does your 7" screen attached via the HDMI port on the Pi..???

Mark R

[Shred]

Shred - how easy would it be for a complete MySQL noob to set up something similar to what you have done with the external DB?

I'm not sure how you'd get on with an externally hosted database. I guess it depends how much you're prepared to get your hands dirty and on what you intend to do with the data once it's in an external database.

In my instance, I'm integrating data from other temperature sensors outside the WeatherDuino and some data completely unrelated to the WeatherDuino - it's more a "home automation" system than just weather. Keeping temperature data in the external database lets me evaluate long term trends. I can look back to last Winter and see if things have changed.