meteologger is a client that collects meteorological data from the weatherdaemon_multimeteo daemon. It connects to the daemon over a TCP or UNIX socket, periodically requests data from all available weather stations, and saves the received values into separate files (one per station).

The project is written in C and uses the usefull_macros library for socket handling, logging, argument parsing, and helper macros.

Repository

Source code is located in the small_tel repository under Daemons/weather_logger.

Dependencies

Linux (uses Linux‑specific calls: prctl, fork, waitpid, signals)
CMake ≥ 4.0
C compiler (GCC, Clang)
usefull_macros library ≥ 0.3.5 (must be installed and discoverable via pkg-config)

Building

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/eddyem/small_tel.git
cd small_tel/Daemons/weather_logger
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..    # or -DDEBUG=on for debug build
make

The executable meteologger will be placed in build/ (or bin/ after installation).

Installation

su -c "make install"

By default the program is installed into bin (usually /usr/local/bin).

Usage

meteologger -n <node> -o <directory> [options]

Required arguments

Option	Long form	Description
`-n`	`--node`	Node to connect to: `<host>:<port>` (e.g., `127.0.0.1:5555`) or a UNIX socket path when `-u` is given.
`-o`	`--output`	Directory where database files will be stored (must exist and be writable).

Optional arguments

Option	Long form	Default	Description
`-h`	`--help`	-	Show help and exit.
`-u`	`--isunix`	-	Use a UNIX socket instead of TCP.
`-l`	`--logfile`	(none)	File to write logs
`-p`	`--pidfile`	`/tmp/meteologger.pid`	File where the process PID is written.
`-v`	`--verbose`	0	Increase logging verbosity (each `-v` raises the level).
`-i`	`--interval`	`0.5`	Request interval in seconds. Allowed range: `[0.2, 900]`.
`-t`	`--timeout`	`1.0`	Network timeout for server responses (seconds). Allowed range: `[0.1, 30]`.

Examples

Connect to a local daemon on port 5555 and store data in /var/log/weather:
```
meteologger -n 127.0.0.1:5555 -o /var/log/weather
```

Use a UNIX socket /tmp/weather.sock, write PID to /run/meteologger.pid:

meteologger -n /tmp/weather.sock -o /data/weather -u -p /run/meteologger.pid

Enable verbose logging to a file:

meteologger -n localhost:5555 -o /srv/weather -vv -l /var/log/meteologger.log

Output file format

Files are stored in the directory given by -o and are named weatherXX.log, where XX is a two‑digit station number (from 00 to 99). If a file already exists for a station (matching the station name in the header comment), new data is appended.

File structure:

# <station_name>
# Station #<number>, format: KEYWORD[level],...
# TIMESTAMP, <key1>[<level1>], <key2>[<level2>], ...
<timestamp>, <value1>, <value2>, ...

Example:

# WXA100-06 ultrasonic meteostation @ D:/dev/pl2303_0
# Station #0, format: KEYWORD[level],...
# TIMESTAMP, WIND[1], WINDDIR[2], HUMIDITY[1], EXTTEMP[1], PRESSURE[1], PRECIP[3], PRECIPLV[3], PRECRATE[3]
1779369905, 0.50, 120.70, 76.90, 8.40, 590.00, 1, 374.70, 0.00
1779369907, 0.60, 128.20, 76.90, 8.40, 590.00, 1, 374.70, 0.00
1779369909, 0.70, 130.30, 76.90, 8.40, 590.00, 1, 374.70, 0.00
...

First line: comment with station name.
Second line: station number and format description.
Third line: column headers: TIMESTAMP followed by keys with their levels.
Following lines: data – Unix timestamp (integer) and values (floating‑point, integer or string).

License

See the LICENSE file in repository's root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details.

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