Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installation at remote site using RPi and VNC?

2020-12-10 Thread p q
Build and test using the Simulator weather station which simulates having a real station hooked up. Switch the driver to the driver for your real station when you hook it up for real. My weather station computer is in my home office and I still use this method because I want to have peace of mind

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Can't get weewx working on a new server

2020-12-12 Thread p q
copy the database file from the old machine to the new one. On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 5:24 PM kiwigander wrote: > And for the final test before giving up on the XCY mini-PC, I ran *sudo > apt purge modemmanager* > > and now weewx is working through /dev/ttyS1 on the XCY mini-PC. > > Some corollary

Re: [weewx-user] NWS Radar Changes

2020-12-17 Thread p q
Might need an iframe to the new page instead of the premade graphics. On Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 4:18 PM John Kline wrote: > I’ve been grappling with this. It is annoying. The “new site” is > maddening to interact with: https://radar.weather.gov/ > > There’s a FAQ about the change here: > https://w

Re: [weewx-user] NWS Radar Changes

2020-12-17 Thread p q
I use Windy in an i-frame to get the wind environment. Where I live in the SF Bay Area, wind speed in SF in the summertime will give me a good indication when and if it's going to cool off in the evening. Looks like Windy also has the radar data as an overlay that might be a reasonable replacement.

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Install pyephem

2020-12-19 Thread p q
I recently built a new system. I had trouble getting pyephem installed also. I think I ended up doing a apt install pyephm to get it to work. I unfortunately don't take good notes while troubleshooting. On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 9:30 AM Kevin Davis wrote: > pi@smith:/var/www/html/weewx $ python >

Re: [weewx-user] NWS Radar Changes

2020-12-19 Thread p q
I hooked up the NWS gif and it's worse than useless. It's hours old and shows nothing, flashes clutter, and repeats. Now, it should show nothing but the flashing of clutter is super annoying. As much as I'm pissed at WU, I'm going to use their gif while it's available. On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 7:1

Re: [weewx-user] Wind speed without units

2020-12-20 Thread p q
try $windspeed.raw ? On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:28 AM Rob Cranfill wrote: > I'm making a skin to display on a small screen (a 7" RPi LCD) and would > like to format the wind speed myself, but $windSpeed and all other wind > values seem to include the "mph" string. Is there a tag that is just the

Re: [weewx-user] New radar_url and img for radar.weather.gov?

2020-12-22 Thread p q
Discussion about this in this forum last week. Do a quick search and you'll find it. On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 10:31 AM Chris Alemany wrote: > Hi all, > > If you are using the standard skin, has anyone figured out what the new > URL should be for the radar image now that they have decommissioned the

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rain Rate Calc Problem?

2020-12-23 Thread p q
Any messages in the log? Did you switch python versions? On Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 9:21 PM James Bellanca wrote: > Btw, I've even checked/compared the rain rate data in the SDB files, and > all other data is populated the same between the two instances, except the > blank rain rate field. Look at th

Re: [weewx-user] Fallback reading possible?

2020-12-27 Thread p q
I have a secondary temperature sensor that runs on solar and a battery. This time a year in the northern hemisphere there's not enough sunlight to charge the battery sufficiently to make it through the night. I handled the failover to the main thermometer in my customized driver. Details here: http

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Beginner problems: no access to weather data in browser ? FTP problem

2020-12-27 Thread p q
If you want to show your data on another computer using a web browser, you'll want to set up a web server on the PI. It's not hard to set up Apache. Performance-wise, it will run fine on a Raspi3. On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 8:05 AM Thomas Hackler wrote: > I cannot attach my log files, why ? > > --

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Beginner problems: no access to weather data in browser ? FTP problem

2020-12-29 Thread p q
Are you sure that wget is using FTP? This article says that HTTP is the default: https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/30430/what-is-the-transport-protocol-used-in-wget#:~:text=It%20supports%20HTTP%2C%20HTTPS%2C%20and,question%20is%3A%20wget%20uses%20TCP . I second the recommendat

Re: [weewx-user] Re: How to find a line in index.html.tmpl from the error log?

2020-12-29 Thread p q
I just went through this same process. Either comment stuff out or start with a clean system and add back in each piece one at a time. You might check the if statements for None. I think this is one of the things that tripped me up. Like: #if $day.rain.sum.raw is not None and $day.rain.sum.raw >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: change wind direction from degress

2021-01-02 Thread p q
Have you looked here: http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#Wind ? On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 9:31 AM Δημήτρης Βήχος wrote: > in current direction ok. i like to apply in all stastics in day, weewk, > month, year . > > Στις Σάββατο, 2 Ιανουαρίου 2021 στις 2:57:27 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης > storm...@gma

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rolling average for inTemp

2021-01-02 Thread p q
[image: image.png] I guess the Groups UI doesn't like embedded images On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 3:13 PM peterq...@gmail.com wrote: > FYI. This is what it looks like > > > On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-8 peterq...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to overlay a rolling av

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rolling average for inTemp

2021-01-02 Thread p q
lowable gap. > Try this: > > [[[dayinside]]] > line_gap_fraction = 0.1 > inTemp > inTempAve > color = 0x42b442 ##green > data_type = inTemp > aggregate_type = avg > aggregate_interval = 1800 > label = Ave Temp > > > > > On

Re: [weewx-user] Barometer data missing for CWOP

2021-01-04 Thread p q
That b makes me think it's a string/byte python2 vs python 3 issue. I have no evidence to back that up... On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:57 PM Brent Dowell wrote: > I apologize for the duplicate messages. This was the first one I posted, > and tried to delete earlier. There's another post I made tha

Re: [weewx-user] Just want to verify the location of the Pressure Sensor in the Accurite 02032C

2021-01-04 Thread p q
I'm fairly sure that's correct as it still reports the pressure when the battery to the outdoor sensor runs down. On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 6:33 PM wrote: > I want to make sure the pressure sensor for the Accurite 02032C is in the > indoor console and not in the 5-1 sensor that is placed on a pole

Re: [weewx-user] Independent weewx backup script

2021-01-10 Thread p q
I have a script that stops weewx, makes a local copy of the db restarts weewx and then copies the backup to google drive. The copy takes less than 2 minutes so I don't lose data. On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 5:39 AM Tom Keffer wrote: > Your approach will certainly work, but requires stopping weewxd fo

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Database Backup File not a Database Error

2021-01-19 Thread p q
I don't know anything, but I can google... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/311691/importing-a-sqlite3-dump-back-into-the-database On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 7:35 PM Kevin Chapman wrote: > Ok the file command is showing the backups to be large ASCII files. The > backup command script is using

Re: [weewx-user] How do I remove all the existing data and start again?

2021-01-25 Thread p q
There are .html pages on the web server public directory that your seeing On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 1:16 PM S R wrote: > I just deleted the .sdb and then run wee_database --create. > > i don't see any cache data for nginx on either the ubuntu or freebsd > versions i setup for testing, but they both

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Acurite 5in1 and rtl_sdr

2021-02-03 Thread p q
I use the Acurite display console with a USB connection to a Raspberry Pi and it's solid for me. I have the pi and the console on UPS which might help plus the sensor unit is less than 20 ft (6m) away. Keep at it I'm sure you'll get it sorted out. On Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 7:20 AM seano...@gmail.com

Re: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4

2021-02-05 Thread p q
A PI 4 is pretty powerful. What else is running? On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 11:29 AM Tim wrote: > Tom, > > Is the issue CPU or RAM? > > I’m running a Pi 4 with 4gb of RAM. > > Regards, > > Tim > > Sent from my Hi-Tech Etch-A-Sketch > > > On Feb 5, 2021, at 11:11, Tom Keffer wrote: > >  > The problem

Re: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4

2021-02-05 Thread p q
the clientraw, testtags and ss >files >3. Implement a Pi 4 w/8 GB RAM and 128GB SD Card > > > > I’m going to work thru the options to see what works. > > > > Thanks for the insight! > > > > Regards, > > > > Tim > > > > *From:

Re: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4

2021-02-05 Thread p q
I'm no Linux expect but I'd start with top. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 1:31 PM Tom Keffer wrote: > Your machine should be more than capable of running weewx. > > However, your weak spot is probably MySQL, particularly if you are running > it on an SD card. MySQL is *much* slower than sqlite. > > See t

Re: [weewx-user] Is there an easy way to test custom mods to index.html.tmpl?

2021-02-07 Thread p q
Yeah. Create a virtual machine and install weewx and your skin with the Simulator driver. Test all you want without disrupting your real station. You can do it on AWS for cheap or on your own hardware for free. On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 7:51 AM WindnFog wrote: > Assuming one is not a stellar Python

Re: [weewx-user] Is there an easy way to test custom mods to index.html.tmpl?

2021-02-09 Thread p q
ich type of amazon AWS do you recommend for hosting your own > weewx site? > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 10:34 AM p q wrote: > >> Yeah. Create a virtual machine and install weewx and your skin with the >> Simulator driver. Test all you want without disrupting your real station. &g

Re: [weewx-user] Reading a one line file within index.html.tmpl

2021-02-10 Thread p q
Are you going to do something with those characters or just display them? You could just include the file as HTML if its simple text to display. No cheetah needed. On Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 11:22 AM WindnFog wrote: > I have a one-line text file containing 4 characters. It changes from time > to ti

Re: [weewx-user] Log windSpeed as 0 instead of null

2021-02-12 Thread p q
I misread this originally. Why would anyone want to plot the log (logorithm) of the wind speed. Iog 0 is 1 not null. Confusion. And then I read it correctly. :) On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 1:53 PM Pat O'Brien wrote: > No I mean windSpeed. I saw the force_null for wind direction. For some > reason I h

Re: [weewx-user] acurite 02032c station pressure calibration?

2021-02-15 Thread p q
I have an Acurite 5in1 and I haven't found how to calibrate the barometer in the unit, but I do calibrate it in Weewx. Use the StdCalibrate section in weewx.conf under where it says foo=foo+0.2 I have pressure = pressure - 0.11 I found this number by trial an error, matching my reading vs what I s

Re: [weewx-user] Re: One more option for Build Your Own enthusiasts

2021-02-16 Thread p q
What driver are you using? It's going to be really tough to help with this because you have unique hardware and aren't asking a very answerable question. On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:26 PM Terry Steneker wrote: > > I just purchased the BCRobotics board and tried to install the required > software f

Re: [weewx-user] Re: One more option for Build Your Own enthusiasts

2021-02-16 Thread p q
Driver looks like it's written for Python2 (the give away to me is the print statement on the last line), so you might have a bit of fun fixing python2/python3 issues. Not too terribly difficult. If you could get the test program to work, you can probably get the driver to work too. On Tue, Feb 16

Re: [weewx-user] Windchill vs Heat Index vs Feel like

2022-05-16 Thread p q
Calculations are here: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/6c90a174f9cf81b1b93b83b70a426199a51b47ba/bin/weewx/wxformulas.py see the comment: The 'new' algorithm uses: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex_equation.shtml On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 8:18 AM Greg Troxel wrote: > > Barry

Re: [weewx-user] Wind Color Belchertown

2022-05-17 Thread p q
Why are you formatting the windspeed as string and then (multiple times) converting it to float? This may be unrelated to your problem. I do notice that the outTemp coloring is done with the string value and converted to the real value in the coloration function itself. Could the windspeed float

Re: [weewx-user] Missing sqlite database in directory

2022-06-30 Thread p q
Might want to try setting up Weewx with the Simulator driver and then switch over to your hardware once you have it running. That way you can separate software issues with connectivity/hardware issues. On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:54 AM Taro Katayama wrote: > Hello, > > new weewx & raspberry pi ze

Re: [weewx-user] National Weather Service location IDs

2022-07-06 Thread p q
https://www.weather.gov/gis/PublicZones You can open the DBF in Excel. On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 1:41 PM MIchael Cumbee wrote: > I have been relentlessly searching for a list of NWS LIDs for the forecast > module and cannot even find a mention of them on their site or Wikican > somone push me

Re: [weewx-user] howto fix weewx sqlite database

2022-07-10 Thread p q
What error messages are you getting? On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 8:00 AM Graham Eddy wrote: > 15 years of data, running happily on RPi 4B: > > *graham@paperbark*:*/home/weewx/archive $* ls -l weewx.sdb > -rw-r--r-- 1 weewx weewx 175935488 Jul 11 00:55 weewx.sdb > > > On 11 Jul 2022, at 12:43 am, Fis

Re: [weewx-user] Noob in WeeWX: where do I adjust overall skin font size and/or add overall custom CSS?

2022-07-14 Thread p q
Look in the skin directory that you're using. If you're using the Seasons skin, there is a seasons.css file that you can tweak. On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 3:47 PM MrPete wrote: > I've browsed the User Guide, the Customization Guide, the Wiki, the *.conf > files, and some code for my preferred skin

Re: [weewx-user] Importing from CSV

2022-07-15 Thread p q
Read the doc down a bit under the heading raw_datetime_format And see if that helps. On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:55 PM Andrea Di Saverio < disaverio.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everybody. > > I'm reading the doc about the importing process from csv file > https://www.weewx.com/docs/utilities.

Re: [weewx-user] My old wview station is now a weewx station and is now on line

2022-08-01 Thread p q
It's not difficult. I had zero experience with HTML/CSS/Javascript before I started messing around with Weewx. I embedded the SteelSeries gauges in my page and it was pretty easy, though it was 5 years ago so I don't remember the details. On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 11:15 AM Gerard Cerchio wrote: > H

Re: [weewx-user] My old wview station is now a weewx station and is now on line

2022-08-01 Thread p q
I think you can get to it via the ip address http://76.14.100.100/weewx/index.html I don't have a public DNS entry On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 12:12 PM vince wrote: > Lots of people embed gauges etc. of various types, so that's pretty > guaranteed to work for you too. > > Simplest thing to do is to

Re: [weewx-user] WDC Skin

2022-08-07 Thread p q
I don't know that skin - and I took a quick look at it and it looks like you'd find this defined in the skin.conf file. One thing you should look at is the customization doc with regards to y axis scaling here: https://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#Image_files On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 11:18 AM

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Ubuntu won't upgrade - says 4.5.1-1 is latest

2022-08-07 Thread p q
Yes. That was it - thanks On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 2:27 PM vince wrote: > clear your apt cache perhaps ? > > On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 11:00:25 AM UTC-7 peterq...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm getting around to updating my system to the latest version of Weewx. >> I've been running 4.5.1

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx and Smart Meters

2022-08-10 Thread p q
I have to jump on this bandwagon - I have the influx/grafana and weewx infrastructure in place. You guys have inspired my next project... On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 9:17 AM matthew wall wrote: > i have been combining data from weewx with data from brultech devices > (gem, ecm1240) since 2011 or so,

Re: [weewx-user] Air quality sensors ...

2022-08-12 Thread p q
I don't know if this is the simplest, this is what I did. I bought a sensor like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Quality-Detection-Sensors-Digital/dp/B07KNTZZW9 SDS011 with USB interface I found some python code online and modified it to read the sensor every 5 minutes and send the dat

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Reading station error

2022-08-25 Thread p q
The found station at bus= device= is a clue. It's not finding the device correctly. There should be something other than blanks after the equal signs. If you're verified you're in Mode 3 on the display unit, and your USB is working correctly on the Pi, I don't know what else to suggest. Are there

Re: [weewx-user] Database details - what to do in this instance (2 specific questions)?

2022-08-28 Thread p q
Weewx.sdb is the database. That's the file you need to backup and restore On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 11:41 AM Doug Jenkins wrote: > Kruse: > > I would recommend looking right here in the users' guide for all the > things you need to backup: > > http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#backup > > A good i

Re: [weewx-user] Ultimeter $ULTW Format for Amateur Radio APRS

2022-08-30 Thread p q
I haven't done this, but I'm willing to help out if you need it. What I would do with that set of requirements is to run Weewx normally, with a skin of your choice and the regular SQlite DB. I'd write a little piece of python code to read the db every 2 minutes (or whatever your interval is) and t

Re: [weewx-user] Errors on Ubuntu Update

2022-09-02 Thread p q
You're apparently using mqtt and missing a prerequisite. Go get paho. It didn't get installed in your upgrade. pip install paho-mqtt On Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 8:43 PM Mitchell Tuckness wrote: > Hi all, > > I updated Ubuntu to the latest version (22.04.01), and since then, I > haven't been able to

Re: [weewx-user] Formatted Wind Direction returning N/A instead of a number

2022-09-04 Thread p q
Zero wind at Ocean Beach? It's definitely going to be a hot one today in Contra Costa County. (NWS says 104F today and 112 tomorrow) On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 8:46 AM Gerard Cerchio wrote: > Thanks Tom, That'll fix it! > > On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 8:43:43 AM UTC-7 tke...@gmail.com wrote: > >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Using Multiple MySQL databases

2022-09-14 Thread p q
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16032825/method-to-replicate-sqlite-database-across-multiple-servers On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 4:47 PM Seth Ratner wrote: > My Weewx is somewhere with a pretty terrible internet connection. > Disconnects a lot. So I need a database on the WeeWx host, or I'd los

Re: [weewx-user] Need help for a "fresh" upgrade

2022-09-25 Thread p q
The upgrade should ask which to use and leave a copy of the old one as weewx.conf-4.8.0 in ./etc/weewx directory On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 8:01 AM Yves Martin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using weewx since years now and it works like a charm. I've decided to > upgrade my old version 3.9.2 to the last one

Re: [weewx-user] Custom driver to LOOP packet connection

2022-10-10 Thread p q
Maybe you can send the data over MQTT. There appears to be MQTT subscribe driver Weex. On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:22 PM Per martin Breistein < permbreist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. I am searching for a simple way to get loop packets into weewx. > (f.ex csv file format). I am very impressed

Re: [weewx-user] Registering my Station & Rain Year

2022-10-25 Thread p q
Could you have \ when you should have / ? On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 6:19 AM Bodo wrote: > OK. Here it is. And .. that will be the reason, I think : > > ==> Oct 25 10:25:18 raspi3 weewx[16267] DEBUG weewx.restx: > StationRegistry: Failed upload attempt 1: b'FAIL: bad registration info: > stati

Re: [weewx-user] Time and date format in Weewx database

2022-11-04 Thread p q
A little more background. It's a unix epoch datetime. The number of seconds since 1970 iirc. Google unix epoch. On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 10:14 AM Glenn McKechnie wrote: > unixepoch, epochtime, unixtime > > from a linux terminal... > > $ date -d now +'%s' > 1667553105 > > $ date -d @1667553105 > Fri

Re: [weewx-user] wee_extension - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'configobj

2022-11-05 Thread p q
I had this problem at some point while upgrading but I don't remember the solution. It apparently is a common problem so maybe Google will have something. On Sat, Nov 5, 2022, 5:33 PM tarob...@gmail.com wrote: > Getting an error when trying to use wee_extension. I've just upgraded to > 4.9.1 but

Re: [weewx-user] Formatting question: How to force a + in output?

2021-02-21 Thread p q
You could play code golf and end up with something like: &# 44-(Math.sqrt.(x^2)/x) x 44 is the ascii char for - 43 is the ascii char for + x is your value There's probably a syntax error in there. And it will absolutely fail with a division by 0. You didn't specify what you wanted for 0. Both -0

Re: [weewx-user] Weather station on Raspberry Pi with LTE/4G connect

2021-03-01 Thread p q
My experience is that the SD card is reliable. Running Weewx on a Raspi since 2016 with zero SD card issues. Maybe I'm just lucky. On Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 6:54 AM michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: > Using a SD-Card is absolutely no option, in terms of reliability. The > other thing is the energy consumpti

Re: [weewx-user] Weather station on Raspberry Pi with LTE/4G connect

2021-03-01 Thread p q
Generally, sending the raw data, rather than web pages, will use less >> bandwidth. You could use two instances of weewx, one locally, one on the >> web server, linked by MQTT. I wouldn't be surprised if someone around here >> has done something similar. >> >> >> &

Re: [weewx-user] Which Raspberry Pi to use? Will more memory help at all?

2021-03-07 Thread p q
Do you expect much web traffic? On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Christopher Kelley wrote: > Yeah, I'm putting it in a Argon ONE M.2 case which has a built-fan. From > my experience, just setting a Pi4 on edge is usually enough so it can > radiate from the top and bottom surfaces, but for this I

Re: [weewx-user] Using Weewx with home-made weather station and RPi

2021-03-14 Thread p q
I'm not an expert so I'll leave it to the experts to offer advice. My only thought is you might want to take a look at the simulator driver to get an idea of what a driver looks like. My instinct is to first leave everything as it is and modify the simulator driver to read from your spreadsheet. M

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Web Page update

2021-03-17 Thread p q
Use a html meta tag for refresh. Google for the details. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 1:20 PM vince wrote: > You have full control over which skin(s) you choose to enable and how you > want them to work for you. > > On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:47:02 PM UTC-7 NightTripper wrote: > >> Could a webp

Re: [weewx-user] Daylight Savings Error

2021-03-28 Thread p q
Funny. I don't have a problem with dst with a Raspi and a Acurite station. Im guessing that since weewx works with Epoc times it doesn't matter much. It sounds like maybe a driver issue. As to a service that tells you when Dst starts/ends in a given locale, I haven't been able to find one. I've b

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Daylight Savings Error

2021-03-28 Thread p q
Interesting. My need is somewhat unrelated to Weewx. I need it on a microcontroller that isn't running a form of unix, but this gives me an idea to write a service on the box running weewx that outputs the DST status to the local network. On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 2:52 PM Greg from Oz wrote: > zdu

Re: [weewx-user] PM2 - Process Manager 2 and WeeWX

2021-04-02 Thread p q
Off on a tangent... Not impossible to use wired internet with a Pi Zero. You just need a USB to Ethernet dongle. https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Ethernet-Network-Adapter/dp/B00M77HLII I don't have this one exactly, but a similar one. For my application I needed a USB adaptor from the micro

Re: [weewx-user] Re: PM.5 units bargled a bit in history PNG files...

2021-04-05 Thread p q
You might check to see what font is actually used by looking at the developer tools browser. Most browsers use F12 to activate the developer tools or it's in the menu. On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 5:00 PM richard maliszewski wrote: > Dug through that. The font referenced for unit_label_font_path in >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: PM.5 units bargled a bit in history PNG files...

2021-04-05 Thread p q
Ah missed that. On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:11 PM richard maliszewski wrote: > So the problematic text rendering is within a generated PNG, right? So > the debugging has to be on the generation end...there's no font in the PNG, > just pixels. > > --Richard > > On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 5:46:18 PM

Re: [weewx-user] ultimeter driver

2021-04-09 Thread p q
Looks like you switched to Python 3 from Python 2.7 and the driver isn't compatible, based on the error message. On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 6:56 AM Chris Thompstone wrote: > Hi Guys, > I have been trying to upgrade to version 4 since my Pi decided to throw a > strop. > Anyway, it's been fairly hardw

Re: [weewx-user] ultimeter driver

2021-04-09 Thread p q
Sorry for the wrong answer! On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM Tom Keffer wrote: > You had the right idea, but we have to be careful about values that are > encoded in only two bytes. > > Try this version. > > -tk > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 8:50 AM Chris Thompstone < > chris.thompst...@gmail.com> wr

Re: [weewx-user] I'm ready to try something different with the webpage

2021-04-10 Thread p q
Have you looked through the showcase? https://weewx.com/showcase.html On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 12:13 PM NightTripper wrote: > I think I'm ready to try something different with the stock webpages. > What is a nice eye candy page that you would recommend for a learner? > > Night > > -- > You rece

Re: [weewx-user] Add Trend Line to Graph - Belchertown

2021-04-20 Thread p q
Yes. I had an issue with it when adding a rolling ave. The default value was changed in 4.0 I think so it may or may not be what's happening. On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 1:50 PM Topslakr Topslakr wrote: > Thanks. > > Found it here: https://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#line_gap_fraction > > I'll see

Re: [weewx-user] Re: RPi WeeWx Python 3.7 Issue

2021-04-21 Thread p q
Unplug it and plug it back in :b On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 5:19 PM Tom Keffer wrote: > And it still doesn't work? Ok, you've got me stumped. > > 1. Show more of the log, not just what a service 'status' command shows. > It may show clues farther upstream. > > 2. What happens if you try the *Establ

Re: [weewx-user] Acumulated rain since a date.

2021-04-24 Thread p q
You can set the rain year, which might have been what you were looking for anyway. In weewx.conf rain_year_start = 9 (for sept) On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 1:43 PM Manuel wrote: > Thank you very much Tom. My knowledge doesn't go that far. I do it > manually by adding the rainfall of the months sinc

Re: [weewx-user] Historical Weather Data

2021-04-25 Thread p q
Handwritten like on paper? Or in a text file or spreadsheet? On Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 4:59 AM bwal...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello > > I may have access to old hand writen weather observations. > Is it possiple to put text observations in Database? Is this possibel or > is there no chance for getting

Re: [weewx-user] Re: new weewx install not creating database or webpage

2021-04-26 Thread p q
Where does the log file say the files are being copied to? Where does weewx.conf have for HTML_ROOT ? On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 7:35 PM Eric Koester wrote: > I removed the init.d related files and copied the systemd files as you > demonstrated. > I can see the signs of it working: > - the pid fil

Re: [weewx-user] Re: new weewx install not creating database or webpage

2021-04-27 Thread p q
Biggest downside to decreasing the interval is the increase in database size for no real gain in accuracy. I have my interval set at 2 minutes and I am thinking about thinning out some of the historical data because the database is 140MB and goes up by about 4mb a month. There is a real time exten

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Use of template for generation of uploadfile for HetWeerActueel

2021-05-02 Thread p q
Looks like that could be it. The .formatted is turning the barometer value into a string and comparing it against zero, which is an int. Might try $trend.barometer.raw > 0 I would have thought that Python would have cast the string into an int for you, but apparently not. On Sun, May 2, 2021 at

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Use of template for generation of uploadfile for HetWeerActueel

2021-05-02 Thread p q
Yes. I can't find the official documentation but See https://devopedia.org/python-2-vs-3 Although Python is strongly typed, Python 2 permits strange comparisons: None < 3 < "2" On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 2:47 PM Ton vanN wrote: > Reason for my speculation: > at the HWA-forum several people already

Re: [weewx-user] Merge "parts" of two databases?

2021-05-08 Thread p q
Have you tried googling for inserting into a sqlite db from another? I'm not trying to be an ass, but if I had the problem you describe thats what I'd do. I'm sure there's sql you could use but I don't do it all the time and would have to look it up. On Sat, May 8, 2021, 7:46 AM Ernest Jillson wr

Re: [weewx-user] Images won't update on local browser

2021-05-15 Thread p q
The standard advice from the tech support group at my day job is - clear your browser cache on Chrome or you can find it the menu. On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 9:43 AM iams...@gmail.com wrote: > I have been using weewx for over a year and it has been working well until > yesterday. I inadvertently

Re: [weewx-user] Re: weewx with an arduino

2021-05-17 Thread p q
+1 for MQTT. If I was starting now, I probably would use MQTT. I didn't know about it at the time, and I just wanted one more sensor (and then another, and another...) I have a Acurite system but I was dissatisfied with the thermometer, and then the inside thermometer and humidity. So I added my o

Re: [weewx-user] Re: weewx.com down ??

2021-05-31 Thread p q
Funny. I just looked for my station on the map and it's not there. register_this_station = true is in weewx.conf On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 3:17 PM Nile Gardner wrote: > Confirmed...thanks for your quick Memorial Day service. > > On Monday, May 31, 2021 at 2:59:21 PM UTC-7 tke...@gmail.com wrote: >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: weewx.com down ??

2021-05-31 Thread p q
's the URL? > > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 4:09 PM p q wrote: > >> Funny. I just looked for my station on the map and it's not there. >> register_this_station = true is in weewx.conf >> >> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 3:17 PM Nile Gardner < >> nilegard

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Belchertown - graphs all of the sudden not working?

2021-06-04 Thread p q
Could be as simple as you cleared your cache or your browser decided to reload the graphs. On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 1:20 PM t...@tom.org wrote: > Of course it does! I checked all of my sites before writing the group and > the weewx classic skins were all rendering fine but the Belchertown charts > w

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Starter Station - Noob Question

2021-06-24 Thread p q
I have this or a very similar model plugged into a raspberry pi 3 running weewx. The only thing I don't like is there is a single sensor unit with rain wind temperature. If you put it in a good place for rain and wind it's in the sun and gives inaccurate temps. On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 11:33 AM storm

Re: [weewx-user] Pull data from Acurite station to weewx database

2021-07-05 Thread p q
I have one of these. I've never tried to do it. Acurite has some software to download the data into a CSV and it would be possible to import that into the weewx database. If it's a one time thing, you could

Re: [weewx-user] davis vantage pro2 ACK error

2021-07-06 Thread p q
I'm guessing. Are you using the same baud rate for both Windows and Linux? On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 1:48 PM Tom Keffer wrote: > Thanks. > > I would suspect the serial-to-usb cable. They are notoriously unreliable. > Do you have another one? Alternatively, does your computer have a true > serial po

Re: [weewx-user] Pull data from Acurite station to weewx database

2021-07-06 Thread p q
Acurite has windows software here: https://support.acurite.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021589113-Download-and-Install-PC-Connect I have no idea what data is in the csv and how to massage it so it can be imported into Weewx. I've not done it. On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 3:37 PM Richard Horobin wrote: > I

Re: [weewx-user] Delete all rain data from specific time period

2021-08-06 Thread p q
You might also want to check out a GUI tool that can open/read/edit a SQLite database such as https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/wiki I personally used it on Windows. I backup and copy the db to a windows machine, carefully manually remove bad data, and put it back. On Fri, Aug 6, 2021

Re: [weewx-user] Re: recommend IP cameras that are easy to grab a single frame from?

2021-08-07 Thread p q
Please continue to post your results. Particularly which hardware you choose. I'm interested in doing the same with my own skin. As a side note, I'm playing around with Grafana to see what advantages it has compared to the standard graphs. It was easy to install on my raspberry pi and fairly easy

Re: [weewx-user] Fog detection?

2021-09-03 Thread p q
I think you need a way to measure light attenuation between two points. Around here, (SF Bay Area), summer fog comes with cold dry wind off the ocean/bay mixing with warm damp air over land. It's fog on the hill tops and low clouds elsewhere. Winter fog (tule fog) is extremely patchy with conditio

Re: [weewx-user] Re: 404 Not Found

2021-09-04 Thread p q
Look in the /etc/weewx/weewx.conf file for the place the HTML files are going and enable them in the web server. Looks like you have apache installed also... On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 4:46 AM Andrew Terhorst wrote: > I am a Linux newb. Using lighttpd on Dietpi. Can someone explain to a > layperso

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Staging Area to Experiment?

2020-08-05 Thread p q
That's what I do. Use simulator as the weather station and a VM thats a copy of my real station weewx implementation. I make any significant changes on the vm first. I have considered using docker but lack motivation. On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 3:34 PM vince wrote: > On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 9

Re: [weewx-user] Upload seasons report to FTP only

2020-08-22 Thread p q
I don't have an answer for you, but I've been running Weewx on raspi for 4 years without a problem with an SD card. I know there are others who have been running much longer. On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:16 AM Philipp wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've successfully set up weewx on my Raspberry Pi and t

Re: [weewx-user] measuring river depth

2020-08-23 Thread p q
Why measure from the bottom of the body of water when you can measure from the top? Do you care how deep it is or where the top of the water is? On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 8:56 PM Graham Eddy wrote: > the hardware supplier i used is at https://www.electrosense.com.au. as i > mentioned, they removed

Re: [weewx-user] New to Group.. Just setup weewx on rpi3B - some issues-questions... (WeatherFlow)

2020-09-05 Thread p q
edit the html template in your skin directory. The file is something.html.tmpl Find the lines you don't want and remove them using any text editor, like nano. Make a backup copy first so if you mess it up you can go back and try again. On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 11:05 AM Tom Cichowicz wrote: > OK

Re: [weewx-user] weewx-Weather34 installation questions

2020-09-06 Thread p q
If you're worried about breaking something, you might set yourself up with a virtual machine to do your development work on (using the simulator station) and then transfer what works over to your real machine. On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 8:22 AM wrote: > No you need to install it. Have a look here >

Re: [weewx-user] Timeline for python 2.7

2020-09-12 Thread p q
I'm in a similar situation, except I haven't yet attempted moving to Python 3 yet. I've programmed in both and migrated some routines from 2 to 3 so it doesn't scare me. If I move and something doesn't work, I'll just fix it. The main reason I haven't is that I want to do it the same time I upgrad

Re: [weewx-user] NWS 2.5KM gridded forecast json file

2020-09-12 Thread p q
This is really nice. I've been looking for an alternative since WU stopped working. I will implement it for my site. Thanks! On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 9:57 AM Ernest Jillson wrote: > Thanks, John! I will definitely take a look and see if I can incorporate > it into my site with Belchertown skin.

Re: [weewx-user] Seeing default Apache2 "it works" page instead of skin and data

2020-09-19 Thread p q
Sounds like you might have two problems. 1) Getting the index.html to have the data you want 2) Getting Apache to display the index.html from the directory it's being put in For the first one, you should check your weewx.conf and make sure it's using the skin you want. It's also possible that you'

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