3D-Printed Automatic Weather Station (3D PAWS)

• NCAR 3D-PAWS Web Site
• CHORDS live data Website

• Visibility Sensor

• UND 00100
• UND 00200
• UND 00300
• UND 00400

• There is no drop ceiling clamp available.
• Sensor Sub-Assembly 4 is confusing, Need to put male jumper on female to make male-to-male.
• The small square magnetic comes with the sensor.
• Current printer filament: Overture PLA 1.75mm
• Current Printer: Huafast HS
• Current Printer Location: Clifford 601
• Current slicer: Ultimaker Cura

• Command to write image to SD card on Linux, where /dev/mmcblk0 is the device of the card on the system.
  • sudo dd if=./3dpaws_pi.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
• Command to read image SD card on Linux, where /dev/mmcblk0 is the device of the card on the system.
  • sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=./3dpaws_pi.img
• Label the SD Cards with Current Station serial number and software date
  • Example: UND# # # # # & YYYYMMDD (no spaces between #'s)

• Within terminal navigate to find Host Name
  • cd /etc
  • sudo vi hostname
  • Host name will be 3D-PAWS serial number and software date
    • Example: UND# # # # #-YYYYMMDD (no spaces between #'s)
  • To save enter → :w
  • Then hit enter and save as usual
• Navigate to Hosts to set the IP address
  • cd /etc
  • sudo vi hosts
  • Hosts is localhost IP address
• Communicate with 3D-PAWS by installing TeamViewer software
  • Rename “Your Display Name”
    • Name will be: UND# # # # #-YYYYMMDD
  • Assign to Account: for now we are using David Delene's account
  • Security
    • Change Password to our standard password: sudo su; passwd pi
  • ID Number: enter into GoogleDocs

• To setup/change software for new stations:
  • On the Desktop, click the 3D-PAWS icon
  • Settings
  • CHORDS menu
  • Set 3D-PAWS ID to the correct number
    • Found on CHORDS site
  • Set web address
    • Replace 3d.chordsrt.com with CHORDS IP address
      • Example: #.# #.# #.# #.com (no spaces between #'s)

3d_paws Scripts Tar File

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