Meteobridge VM on VirtualBox

First step is to download VirtualBox from here. After installation of VirtualBox package on your host you can start to setup a Meteobridge VM. You find the Meteobridge VM disk image for VirtualBox in "vdi" format here.

Steps to install the Meteobridge VM in a VirtualBox environment are explained below in terms of an example workflow.

• When you start VirtualBox you are offered to create a new Virtual Machine by pressing the "New" button.
• Enter "Meteobridge" as the VM name, "Other" as OS type and "Other/Unknown (64-bit)" as OS version. Don't select an ISO image as our install will not be done that way. The "Folder" entry tells you where the VM files will be located.
• Copy the downloaded Meteobridge vdi file into this folder (with the host OS file copy tools) and press "Next".
    
• Now you can select RAM size (256 MB is totally fine, Meteobridge will not benefit from more) and number of processors (also 1 is best option as Meteobridge does not make much use of parallel processing and is not demanding on the CPU side). Press "Next".
• Copy the Select "Use an Existing Virtual Hard Disk File" and click on the folder icon to select the Meteobridge VM disk image.
    
• Press "Add" button to locate your Meteobridge VM disk file. Select the folder where you positioned the vdi file in the previous steps, select the vdi file and press "Open".
    
• Now you see the Meteobridge VM disk image in the list of available hard disks.
• Select it and press "Choose" and you will return to the calling menu where the Meteobridge vdi file is now listed as the hard disk to use. Press "Next".
    
• VirtualBox displays a summary of the Meteobridge VM settings which should look like in the picture below.
• Press "Finish" to complete the initial VM setup. Now it is time to change some details around networking.
• Press "Settings" button and select "Network" tab.
    
• Change attached adapter to type "Bridged Adapter". Its name depends on your host's hardware, you don't have to select something there.
• Open "Advanced" menu and select "Intel PRO/1000MT Desktop" as adapter type.
• Allow "Promiscuous Mode" and select "Cable Connected" to simulate a network cable being plugged into the virtual Intel network card. Press "OK".
• Back to the VirtualBox VM Manager select Meteobridge VM and press "Start".
  
• Meteobridge VM will show GRUB start screen and should boot fine as displayed below.
    
• Last step is to channel the USB port where your weather station is connected to the Meteobridge VM. Click "Devices" drop down menu on the running VM.
• Select "USB" entry and choose the USB device to be passed through from the host to the Meteobridge VM. In the example it is a Meteostick which is based on a "FTDI FT232R" USB chipset. Having selected this the Meteostick can be used by the Meteobridge VM.
• To make the USB settings permanent select "USB Settings..." and enter this USB device to the list of so called "USB Filter" definitions.