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Setting up wview (3.9.0) on Ubuntu (8.04)

I decided to document my setup of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron running with a weather station, the inexpensive WS-2310. I built this computer setup for a buddy who wanted to run a weather station, but didn’t want to buy a Davis Vantage Pro2. The machine is a Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 80G HDD, 1 GB of RAM.

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  1. Download ISO for 8.04 Hardy Heron SERVER EDITION.
  2. Use PowerISO (Nero, Roxio, ISORecorder, etc.) to burn CD.
  3. Plug computer into network (needed for below step)
  4. Boot to this CD, in install mode (IF you have Windows or remnants of Windows on the target HDD, be sure to boot CD as a LiveCD, in interactive mode, and run the partition editor GParted to delete the remnants of Windoze, which WILL stop the installer from working).
  5. Select Automatic, Use Entire Disk in the options.
  6. Configure to taste, include Apache, MySQL, etc., then install Server Edition.
  7. Remove CD, boot, type in user name and password. you set above
  8. Type: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, type password when prompted.
  9. When done, reboot into GUI (sudo shutdown -r now), login.
  10. Apply updates when prompted. Reboot.
  11. Go into Synaptic Package Manager. Install:
    • build-essential
    • libcurl4-openssl-dev
    • libgd2-noxpm-dev
    • libmysqlclient15-dev

    Or in a terminal window type:

    sudo apt-get install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev libgd2-noxpm-dev libmysqlclient15-dev"
  12. Download radlib and wview. Put them in your home directory
  13. Open a terminal window:
    14. tar xvzf radlib-2.7.5.tar.gz
cd radlib-2.7.5
./configure --enable-mysql
make
sudo make install

cd ..
    tar xvzf wview-3.9.0.tar.gz
cd wview-3.9.0
./configure --enable-mysql --enable-station-ws2300 --enable-http
make
sudo make install-env

sudo cp examples/Debian/wview /etc/init.d
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/wview
cd /etc/rc2.d
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/wview S98view

sudo apt-get install tnftp

sudo /usr/local/bin/wviewconfig
sudo /usr/local/bin/wviewhtmlconfig

mysql -u root -p
[password]
CREATE DATABASE wviewDB;
GRANT ALL ON wviewDB.* TO wvwuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "wvwpasswd";
  14. Reboot. Should be all

Let me know if there’s any errors above, or you’d like me to detail some of the substeps better.

Notes:

  • No development tools (compilers, libraries, etc.) are included with the basic install of Ubuntu desktop or server
  • I installed server and then a GUI above to get the priority mechanism of a server, with the user Interface of desktop, you could do the reverse, but this wasn’t right for me.
  • Ubuntu is a Debian variant.
  • I always use a MySQL database for my weather stations.
  • I enable FTP for uploading the weather files. When you do this, if you want the root of your webserver to be the weather page, you’ll need to change the document root for the default website from “/var/www” to “/usr/local/var/wview/img”. Alternately, if you don’t need the two to be the same, put a soft link to /usr/local/var/wview/img into the /var/www directory. Whatever you do, if you use FTP, do not move the /usr/local/var/wview/img directory.
  • Hey, everyone, per the comments, don’t forget to run vpinstall if you’re using a Vantage Pro instead of the WS-2310 I’m documenting here.

Update (Aug 9, 2009)

  • This process is no longer working for the current wview, and needs to be extensively updated for for the current version (5.x).

By Dave

He was born in Canada, but currently lives in Boulder, CO up in Boulder Heights.

22 replies on “Setting up wview (3.9.0) on Ubuntu (8.04)”

Great tutorial!… but the software doesnt find my serial port

Do you have any idea?

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Valid Station Types: VantagePro, Simulator, WXT510, WS-2300, WMR918
What weather station do you have (one of VantagePro, Simulator, WXT510, WS-2300, WMR918):
(VantagePro): WXT510
################################################################################
–> wviewd Configuration (/usr/local/etc/wview/wview.conf):

————————————————————-
–Note– USB is considered serial (/dev/ttyUSBx, /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART, etc.)
Physical Interface the weather station is connected to (one of serial or ethernet)
(serial): /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0 is not a valid physical interface – must be one of serial or ethernet!
root@SERVER:/# su hijosdelinfierno
hijosdelinfierno@SERVER:/$ dmesg | grep tty
[ 16.202963] console [tty0] enabled
[ 18.110227] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 18.110395] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 18.111113] 00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 40.027474] audit(1217444930.515:2): type=1503 operation=”inode_permission” requested_mask=”a::” denied_mask=”a::” name=”/dev/tty” pid=4844 profile=”/usr/sbin/cupsd” namespace=”default”

thanks very much for you tutorial on how setup wview.

i had one problem no html created!!!

1- db created add data is inserting.
2- archive / NOAA created.
3- img/ folder only jpg/gif/png files ((no html)).
4- ftp uploading the files to my isp webserver.

please help !

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Aug 11 09:22:15 yayh-desktop radmrouted[9602]: : radlib: radmrouted started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:15 yayh-desktop radmrouted[9602]: : started on radlib system 1, workdir /usr/local/var/wview
Aug 11 09:22:15 yayh-desktop radmrouted[9602]: : running…
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : radlib: wviewd started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : wview 3.9.0 starting …
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station interface: serial …
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : Rain Season Start Month set to 11
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : Rain Storm Start Trigger set to 0.01 in/hr
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : Rain Storm Stop Time set to 1 hours
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : Rain YTD preset set to 0.00 inches
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : ET YTD preset set to 0.000 inches
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : bad rain/ET YTD Year given, disabling…
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station polling interval set to 15 seconds
Aug 11 09:22:16 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : — Station Init Start —
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewsqld[9611]: : radlib: wviewsqld started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewsqld[9611]: : SQLDB: basic metric archiving enabled –
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewsqld[9611]: : SQLDB: to 74.52.69.67 table wviewDB.archive
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : radlib: htmlgend started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : !! configured for metric units/conversion !!
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : !! Rain units will be mm !!
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : generating to /usr/local/var/wview/img
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewftpd[9620]: : radlib: wviewftpd started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewftpd[9620]: : FTP: INIT: 6 rules added
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : radlib: wvpmond started as a daemon …
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : Vantage Pro on /dev/ttyS0 opened …
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station archive interval: 1 minutes
Aug 11 09:22:17 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : running…
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : running…
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station location: elevation: 69 feet
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station location: latitude: 25.6 N longitude: 55.5 E
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : initializing computed data values…
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : — Station Init Complete —
Aug 11 09:22:18 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : newest archive record: 2008-08-11 09:22
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wviewsqld[9611]: : SQLDB: beginning initial database sync (this may take some time)…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wviewsqld[9611]: : running…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : received archive path /usr/local/var/wview/archive from wviewd: 20080811 09:22:18
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : htmlmgrInit: 51 built-in image definitions added
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: wviewd: 0
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : htmlmgrInit: 0 user image definitions added
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: htmlgend: 0
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: wvalarmd: 120
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wvalarmd.pid not present, disable monitoring…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: wvcwopd: 120
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wvcwopd.pid not present, disable monitoring…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: wvhttpd: 120
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wvhttpd.pid not present, disable monitoring…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : PMON: wviewsqld: 600
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop wvpmond[9624]: : running…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : htmlmgrInit: 13 templates added
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : htmlmgrInit: forecast html tags are disabled – /usr/local/etc/wview/forecast.conf not found…
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : NOAA Generate: creating monthly NOAA reports starting 8-2008
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : NOAA Generate: creating yearly NOAA reports starting 2008
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : ARCREC: using header file /usr/local/etc/wview/arcrec-header.conf …
Aug 11 09:22:19 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : ARCREC: saving 365 daily archive reports …
Aug 11 09:22:20 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : ARCREC: 3 daily archive reports available
Aug 11 09:22:21 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : starting html generation in 2 mins 49 secs
Aug 11 09:22:21 yayh-desktop htmlgend[9614]: : doing initial html generation now…
Aug 11 09:22:45 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station time synchronized to: 08-11-2008 09:22:45
Aug 11 09:22:45 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : station GMT offset synchronized to: 4 hours, 0 minutes
Aug 11 09:23:05 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : storing record for 2008-08-11 09:23
Aug 11 09:24:04 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : storing record for 2008-08-11 09:24
Aug 11 09:25:04 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : storing record for 2008-08-11 09:25
Aug 11 09:26:05 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : storing record for 2008-08-11 09:26
Aug 11 09:26:15 yayh-desktop wviewftpd[9620]: : FTP: 6 rules processed
Aug 11 09:27:05 yayh-desktop wviewd[9607]: : storing record for 2008-08-11 09:27

thanks again for helping me
i have checked html-templates.conf
in /usr/local/etc/wview/html

the following html template are enabled

index-day.htx
index-night.htx

but still there is no html!!!

do i need to change another conf file
####################################################
#
# html-templates-classic.conf – define the HTML template files to use for HTML
# and generic generation
#
# Note: Template expansion is performed in the order the files are listed
# in this file. Thus, files to be included in other templates should
# be listed before the templates that include them.

# File Format
#
# 1) lines beginning with ‘#’ or are ignored
#

# Column Format
#
# 1) template file name (must be in /etc/wview/html)
#

###############################################################################
### Standard Include Macros (should be generated first)
###############################################################################

header.incx
header-big.incx
nav-buttons.incx
readings.incx

###############################################################################
### RSS Feed XML Template
###############################################################################

### Standard Weather RSS feed template – file generated is wxrss.xml and can
### be added to any html template to add an RSS feed to that page
wxrss.xtx

###############################################################################
### Home Page Templates
###############################################################################

### Standard Home Page template
#index.htx

### Day/Night Home Pages – if you want a different homepage template based on
### day or night, uncomment these and copy your templates to
### /etc/wview/html/index-day.htx and /etc/wview/html/index-night.htx
### respectively
index-day.htx
index-night.htx

###############################################################################
### Historical Data Templates
###############################################################################

### Standard (no extra sensors) Weather Data
almanac.htx
Current.htx
Daily.htx
Weekly.htx
Monthly.htx
Yearly.htx

###############################################################################
### Current Conditions (Table Only) Template
###############################################################################

#Current_Conditions.htx

###############################################################################
### AWEKAS Data Submission Template
###############################################################################

#awekas_wl.htx

hi..,

i have enable index.htx in html-templates.conf

and now i received this msg:
htmlmgrInit: 14 templates added

but still the same no html at all 🙁

hi…,

today i did a clean install on ubuntu server 8.04
and follow exact steps.

but still same problem no html ! 🙁

my Davis vrpo is already configured and running do i need to run vpinstall.
could be this the reason why there is no html created.

thanks.

Take a look into /usr/local/etc/wview/htmlgen.conf
Where did you store the generated html-files?

i.e.

##################### htmlgend Configuration #####################

# Where to store generated html and graphics files:
#IMAGE_PATH=/var/www/html/vp2
IMAGE_PATH=/usr/share/wview

thanks to David and to all,

i fixed it 🙂 , i found the problem in my Davis vpro
i run vpinstall and erase all archive data and now it is working html created.

thanks.

Dave

I am a newby. I have reinstalled the program 3 time and can’t seem to get past this error message below any help would be greatly accepted.

teilborn@teilborn-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview start
Starting wview daemons:
radlib router pid file /usr/local/var/wview/radmrouted.pid exists – killing existing process
wviewsqld[10809]: : wview daemon lock file /usr/local/var/wview/wviewd.pid does not exist – aborting!
htmlgend[10810]: : system init failed!
wvpmond[10816]: : wview daemon lock file /usr/local/var/wview/wviewd.pid does not exist – aborting!
teilborn@teilborn-laptop:~$

Thanks

Byron

Byron:

It looks like the problem is with radlib, not wview. That initial error message seems to be the important one. Try recompiling and reinstalling radlib (latest version).

Cheers,
Dave

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Dave
I have completed a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.0.1and followed the steps listed.
I now get the following messages but can’t get to the ( front page GUI ).
Probably a simple step, FTP HTTP and HTML settings all seem to be operation.

Thanks

Byron

teilborn@laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop
[sudo] password for teilborn:
Shutting down wview daemons…
teilborn@laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview start
Starting wview daemons:
wviewd pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wviewd.pid exists – killing existing process
teilborn@laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview start
Starting wview daemons:
radlib router pid file /usr/local/var/wview/radmrouted.pid exists – killing existing process
wviewd pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wviewd.pid exists – killing existing process
htmlgend pid file /usr/local/var/wview/htmlgend.pid exists – killing existing process
wvhttpd pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wvhttpd.pid exists – killing existing process
wviewsqld pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wviewsqld.pid exists – killing existing process
wvpmond pid file /usr/local/var/wview/wvpmond.pid exists – killing existing process
teilborn@laptop:~$

What does tail -f /var/log/messages show while it’s running? This will reveal if it’s working.

Also, there is no GUI for wview….

The files are at: /usr/local/var/wview/img

Cheers,
Dave

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Dave,
I ran tail and got the following.
Sorry about the GUI gaf sic. i don’t understand how to open or view templates and img files.

thanks

Byron

teilborn@laptop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop wviewsqld[31908]: : radlib: wviewsqld started as a daemon …
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop wviewsqld[31908]: : SQLDB: basic metric archiving enabled –
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop wviewsqld[31908]: : SQLDB: to localhost table wviewDB.archive
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop htmlgend[31911]: : radlib: htmlgend started as a daemon …
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop htmlgend[31911]: : !! configured for metric units/conversion !!
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop htmlgend[31911]: : !! Rain units will be mm !!
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop htmlgend[31911]: : generating to /usr/local/var/wview/img
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop wvhttpd[31916]: : radlib: wvhttpd started as a daemon …
Dec 31 16:11:09 laptop wvpmond[31921]: : radlib: wvpmond started as a daemon …
Dec 31 16:11:10 laptop htmlgend[31911]: : running…

Dave,
Just a bit of history. Bill’s xp failed on my again. So my home laptop is now a Linux box. I use WWW, Mail, Open Office as I do some work from home.
The WRM918 I have ran Virtual Weather Station and the data stored on the xp machine. I would like to get the same situation with Ubuntu, I can get around command line at a pinch but server is a bit out of my league. I won’t be of much use to the Linux community except for being a convert and sticking it to Bill.

Thanks

Byron

Bryon:

It looks like everything is working great on your system. Files are going into /usr/local/var/wview/img (open a browser on the machine to see!). Templates are text files in /usr/local/etc/wview/html (.htx) files. Just edit them to change the output to your taste.

Cheers,
Dave

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Hi Dave,

I am still working through install.
I am pretty sure the problem is in mysql.
I have followed the manual ( Chapter 11.1.7 ) . I can’t seem to find any database records. do I have to input sql database records ( Chapter 11.3 )

When I stop, start and tail -f I get the following messages I am assuming the error on wakeup console is because my machine is slow.

teilborn@laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview stop
[sudo] password for teilborn:
Shutting down wview daemons…
teilborn@laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/wview start
Starting wview daemons:
teilborn@laptop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 12 16:52:42 laptop wvalarmd[32660]: : alarms: added 2 alarm definitions from wvalarm.conf
Jan 12 16:52:42 laptop wvpmond[32667]: : radlib: wvpmond started as a daemon …
Jan 12 16:52:42 laptop htmlgend[32657]: : running…
Jan 12 16:52:43 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:44 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:45 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:46 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:47 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:48 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:49 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:50 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:51 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:52 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:53 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:54 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:55 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:56 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:57 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:58 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:52:59 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:53:00 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:53:01 laptop wviewd[32650]: : wakeupConsole: Write ERROR!
Jan 12 16:53:01 laptop wviewd[32650]: : running…
Jan 12 17:03:46 laptop — MARK —

Thanks

Byron

Byron –

Those write errors you’re seeing are caused by serial port errors. If possible, change the port or stop using a usb adapter and they should go away.

I have followed the steps you published which are very straightforward.
However, when I want to make the Makefile in directory wview-5.5.2, I get a lot of errors as if the radlib-references – which are in /usr/local/include – are not seen.
Moreover the –enable-mysql is apparently no longer available. however, it complains in librad.so that references to ‘mysql_* are undefined although I have radlib compiled with –enable-mysql.
I assume I should contact the developer of wview but it takes time to get included in the mailing-list!.
Hope you can help me out,
Thanks in advance
Joep

Joep:

The tutorial likely is not accurate for newer versions of wview. wview has been updated many times since this tutorial was published, and so it likely needs to be updated extensively. In fact, I understand wview now has a GUI for configuration, and no longer uses mysql.

Cheers,
Dave

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