[weewx-user] Weewx 5.0.0 and RTL 433

Doing a fresh install of weewx to another Pi just to check everything is working before migrating over. If I'm using rtl_433 and weewx-sdr, am I correct in adding the line: SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2832",MODE="0664",GROUP="weewx", SYMLINK+="rtl_sdr" to

Re: [weewx-user] Fine Offset WH1080 Transmitter Spare or New WS?

On 09/12/2023 09:39, Cancunia wrote: My Clas Ohlson branded WH1080 transmitter has finally given up. I've had a quick search around and can't see any spares other than a Chinese source on eBay so I'm wondering if it's time for a new station. Does anyone have suggestions for a good value weather

Re: [weewx-user] Replacement humidity sensor

On 06/11/2023 08:18, tadej.j...@gmail.com wrote: Hello i have ws2300 station and my humidity sensor probably died. It only shows values from 70 to 80% .I cannot get replacement part anywhere because it is not in production anymore and I cannot buy whole new station because it will be

Re: [weewx-user] Looking for a DIY Screen/Display Solution

On 19/09/2023 05:19, Jeremy David wrote: That's pretty much exactly what I was looking for Mark! Would you happen to have insight or a project build you may have followed? On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 3:08:00 PM UTC-5 Mark Fraser wrote: I used an LCD screen and made this https

Re: [weewx-user] Looking for a DIY Screen/Display Solution

I used an LCD screen and made this https://www.printables.com/model/499066-hanging-case-for-waveshare-8-display On Mon, 18 Sept 2023, 18:30 Jeremy David, wrote: > I moved into a new home a few months ago and have been wanting to build my > own weather station with a RPi and route it wirelessly

[weewx-user] Re: Sudden WeeWx crashing

Have you configured the command line in weewx.conf to only use the drivers you require? Mine is just: cmd = rtl_433 -M utc -F json but you can change it to something like: cmd = rtl_433 -M utc -F json -R 32 -R 78 -R 190 -R 142 On Thursday, 7 September 2023 at 15:04:03 UTC+1 Elie R wrote: >

Re: [weewx-user] Seasons skin, multiple WH51 sensors - wrong units

I'm in the same situation. Looking at the weewx documentation it only supports cb units for moisture. Was looking to see if there is a conversion between units. On Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 16:07 paulth...@gmail.com, wrote: > I bought a HP2551 weather station to replace my old, trusty but crusty >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Belchertown & MQTT

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, 13:49 pannetron, wrote: > > > On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 4:29:36 AM UTC-6 Mark Fraser wrote: > > On 19/07/2023 15:46, pannetron wrote: > > > > Yes, the "outside URL" of your MQTT broker must map to a public IP. All > > 192.168..

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Belchertown & MQTT

19 luglio 2023 alle 12:43:16 UTC+2 Mark Fraser ha scritto: I've been using the Belchertown skin with my own MQTT server for a while now and it works fine when I'm on the same network, but if I try to access it remotely it doesn't do live updates. I've also

[weewx-user] Belchertown & MQTT

I've been using the Belchertown skin with my own MQTT server for a while now and it works fine when I'm on the same network, but if I try to access it remotely it doesn't do live updates. I've also setup port forwarding on my router. In weewx.conf I have, [[MQTT]] server_url =

[weewx-user] Ecowitt WH45

I've added support for the Ecowitt WH45 to my fork of the weewx-sdr extension at https://github.com/mfraser/weewx-sdr/ This has sensors for temperature, humidity, CO2, 2.5PM & 10.0PM. Has anyone produced a graph template for the Belchertown skin and are there any service extensions that will

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Solar radiation Belchertown

On 22/06/2023 12:57, Greg Troxel wrote: Mark Fraser writes: Looking at this again, I was confusing maxSolarRad_Wpm2 and radiation_Wpm2, but the reading is still different to what is shown on the weather station's own display where it is showing 700 W/m² and I'm getting 129.946 W/m² from

Re: [weewx-user] Re: affordable lightning detector

On 23/06/2023 22:39, Steven Sheeley wrote: I use the Ecowitt WH57 , which retails for $ 55.99 USD, but it does require the GW1100  gateway, which retails for $29.99 USD. The GW1100 is USB which

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Belchertown lightning graph

On 20/06/2023 14:30, Dan Roman wrote: Thanks Mark, I will give it a try and add it to my graphs to see if it works with Weatherflow. Were you able (or did you try) to add a last 3 hours lightning count to the Belchertown main page, for example, "Lightning count last 3 hours: 15"? That's one

[weewx-user] Re: Solar radiation Belchertown

: 129.95 and Lux : 88753.0 Something is wrong somewhere. On Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 08:16:40 UTC+1 Mark Fraser wrote: > According to MQTT my weatherstation has "maxSolarRad_Wpm2": > "340.60620184000464", but the Belchertown skin is showing it as 40 W/m². > H

[weewx-user] Solar radiation Belchertown

According to MQTT my weatherstation has "maxSolarRad_Wpm2": "340.60620184000464", but the Belchertown skin is showing it as 40 W/m². Have I got to change the units to something else? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Belchertown lightning graph

? That's one of the things that Alex and I were trying to accomplish as well. Dan On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:05:47 AM UTC-4 Mark Fraser wrote: I currently have this in graphs.conf to show lightning strikes over the past 3 hours and it works: [[Lightning_chart]] title =

[weewx-user] Belchertown lightning graph

I currently have this in graphs.conf to show lightning strikes over the past 3 hours and it works: [[Lightning_chart]] title = Lightning (Last 3 Hours) time_length = 10800 aggregate_interval = 300 gapsize = 108000 type = column

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Lightning Data Stored in weewx.sdb

On 14/06/2023 19:36, Eric K wrote: Maybe the better question is, what version of weewx-sdr do you have? I installed mine in May 2021. On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 1:12:37 PM UTC-5 Eric K wrote: Think mine is version 0.86 or 0.87. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Lightning Data Stored in weewx.sdb

4.10.2 On Wed, 14 Jun 2023, 19:12 Eric K, wrote: > Oh, interesting. I'm running weewx 4.5.1. > What version are you running? > > On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 11:59:13 AM UTC-5 Mark Fraser wrote: > >> On 13/06/2023 20:17, Kevin Crivelli wrote: >> > mines

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Lightning Data Stored in weewx.sdb

On 13/06/2023 20:17, Kevin Crivelli wrote: mines definitely a little different. This is what I already have. It seems to follow the logic you shared above in your configuration but my packets are named differently. where you have "Atlas_strike_count = strike_count.0011.AcuriteAtlasPacket" I

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx keeps restarting

On 13/06/2023 17:16, Graham Eddy wrote: assuming you rolled everything back, then rolled forward one step at a time until it started to fail, what was the last step causing it to fail? *⊣GE⊢* It is something the Seasons skin is trying to do as if I disable it in weewx.conf it works. I have

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx keeps restarting

On 13/06/2023 17:16, Graham Eddy wrote: assuming you rolled everything back, then rolled forward one step at a time until it started to fail, what was the last step causing it to fail? At the moment I've disabled the seasons skin and am just running Belchertown which is working. So, I need to

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx keeps restarting

On 11/06/2023 15:32, Graham Eddy wrote: disable everythng back to bare bones, then add them back again one at a time *⊣GE⊢* Comparing 2 logs for where it succeeded and failed: Jun 13 06:25:40 weather-new weewx[22104] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: Using search list

[weewx-user] Weewx keeps restarting

Since this afternoon when weewx generates the charts every 5 minutes, it crashes. Jun 11 12:00:26 weather-new weewx[14402] DEBUG user.forecast: MainThread: WU: not yet time to do the forecast Jun 11 12:00:26 weather-new weewx[14402] DEBUG user.forecast: ZambrettiThread: Zambretti: terminating

Re: [weewx-user] Only useing BME280 to read weather

On 29/05/2023 13:27, radioin...@gmail.com wrote: I have no weather-station connected to weewx. but running a BME280 as a service and reporting to CWOP. how can I change the comment from weewx 4 simulator , to BME280? how only to report the readings from BME280 (temp, Hym, bao) to CWOP , and

[weewx-user] Belchertown kiosk inside temp and humidity

Using the kiosk Belchertown page, I have the in temp and humidity showing with the current outside temperature, but it doesn't automatically update via MQTT. What do I need to add to my config so that it updates when it receives an update? I'd rather not add it to the "station observations"

Re: [weewx-user] SIGW1100 and Ecowitt WS90 weewx3.9.2 going to upgrade to version 4.XXX

On Mon, 22 May 2023, 09:59 zasp...@gmail.com, wrote: > Going to make the big jump form a series 3 weewx to the latest version are > there any pitfalls I should be aware of . > > > > been running the GW1000 driver a couple of weeks works without issues so > far > > The WS90 has and onboard

[weewx-user] Adding forecast to Belchertown Pi screen

I have successfully added the Belchertown skin to my Weewx install and have a second Pi with a 5" display showing the weather via MQTT/Websockets. This 5" display (https://www.amazon.co.uk/OSOYOO-Capacitive-Connector-resolution-Raspberry/dp/B07KJBCNS8) has a resolution of 800x480 so at the

Re: [weewx-user] WH31L lightning sensor

the delta over to lightning_strike_count I can now see a graph for lightning strikes. On Tuesday, 28 March 2023 at 07:52:16 UTC+1 Mark Fraser wrote: > Wondering if I need to change lightning_strike_count to strikes as > lightning_strike_count doesn't seem to be setup anywhere. >

Re: [weewx-user] WH31L lightning sensor

re you using for catching the lightning data of > your Ecowitt WH57/Ambient WH31L ? > > On 27.03.2023 12:27, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Revisiting my lightning sensor configuration as I've got no graphs on > > the Seasons skin and wondering if I've set it up correctly. >

Re: [weewx-user] WH31L lightning sensor

I'm using RTL433 to read data from numerous sensors. On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, 14:39 Rainer Lang, wrote: > what console or device does weewx read from ? > which driver/extension are you using for catching the lightning data of > your Ecowitt WH57/Ambient WH31L ? > > On 27.03.2023 12:

[weewx-user] WH31L lightning sensor

Revisiting my lightning sensor configuration as I've got no graphs on the Seasons skin and wondering if I've set it up correctly. In my sensor map I have: strikes_total = strikes_total.52017.FOWH31LPacket lightning_distance = distance.52017.FOWH31LPacket txBatteryStatus

Re: [weewx-user] how to control logging?

On 20/03/2023 15:59, Tom Keffer wrote: It appears that the bme280wx extension has not been updated and still uses the old style "syslog" logging. Assuming you are using a Debian based system, this can only be controlled through /etc/rsyslog. See "man rsyslog.conf" Or, modify the extension to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: RSync using NFS

On 04/03/2023 21:13, paul.ba...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I don't understand why you want to use rsync over NFS. NFS juste does all the work for you. Once the remote file system is  mounted, usually at boot or login depending on the setup, there is no more distinction between the local files

[weewx-user] RSync using NFS

I have set up file sharing between 2 devices using NFS so that I don't have to store passwords. Is it possible to have weewx rsync over this connection as it seems to want a server name and port as part of the configuration? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx to Mastodon/ActivityPub?

On 21/12/2022 14:35, DaveStLou wrote: Very interesting. Temporarily I've been duplicating my Twitter posts to Mastodon using IFTTT but plan to make the change to native support. Would you mind posting a link to your Mastodon profile so we can see the results? On Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx to Mastodon/ActivityPub?

On 21/12/2022 07:45, Glenn McKechnie wrote: Hi Chris, Nothing like finding a day where you can plunge, guilt free, into the ToDo list. I didn't have a Snow day, but I borrowed yours! I started re-purposing Matthew Walls twitter extension (which runs uses RestX - [StdRESTful] ) and have had

Re: [weewx-user] Huge jumps in rain fall

htm#StdQC> in the User's Guide. -tk On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:19 AM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>> wrote: I have an Aercus Instruments WS3085 that I'm using with Weewx-SDR and occasionally I get huge jumps (100mm) in the recorded rainfall. Like yesterday when it recor

[weewx-user] Huge jumps in rain fall

I have an Aercus Instruments WS3085 that I'm using with Weewx-SDR and occasionally I get huge jumps (100mm) in the recorded rainfall. Like yesterday when it recorded 100.58mm within 5 minutes. It can't be the WS3085 as the base station didn't record this, unless it is programmed to ignore

Re: [weewx-user] wee_database

On 08/11/2022 12:45, Tom Keffer wrote: Don't know why you'd have to edit weewx.conf, but that looks reasonable. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:33 AM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 08/11/2022 12:30, Tom Keffer wrote: > For any mutating change you should n

Re: [weewx-user] wee_database

On 08/11/2022 12:30, Tom Keffer wrote: For any mutating change you should not only stop weewx, but backup the database. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 1:24 AM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>> wrote: I'm planning on renaming 2 columns in my weewx database using wee_database

[weewx-user] wee_database

I'm planning on renaming 2 columns in my weewx database using wee_database --rename-column --to-name. Before I do this is it recommended that I stop weewx first? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rain not increasing

On 01/11/2022 09:00, gjr80 wrote: You might want to post a WeeWX startup log with debug=1. A copy of the [SDR] stanza from your weewx.conf would be helpful too. Gary On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:04:16 UTC+10 mfr...@gmail.com wrote: Recently I've noticed that I'm not recording any

[weewx-user] Rain not increasing

Recently I've noticed that I'm not recording any rain even though it is being received: Nov 1 05:12:46 weather-new weewx[3765] DEBUG user.sdr: packet={'windGust': 8.568, 'outTempBatteryStatus': 0, 'rain_total': 62.73, 'windSpeed': 4.896, 'windDir': 248.0, 'dateTime': 1667279561, 'usUnits': 16} Nov

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Unmapped sensor

On 10/10/2022 16:11, Andy wrote: Neighbor has a FOWH32B with sensor ID 91 or rtl_433 decoded improperly?  Andy On Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 7:38:43 AM UTC-7 mfr...@gmail.com wrote: For some reason I had 3 messages last night that were unmapped readings: Oct 5 23:51:18

[weewx-user] Unmapped sensor

For some reason I had 3 messages last night that were unmapped readings: Oct 5 23:51:18 weather-new weewx[405] INFO user.sdr: unmapped: {'dateTime': 1665010274, 'usUnits': 16, 'temperature.91.FOWH32BPacket': 21.8, 'humidity.91.FOWH32BPacket': 67.0, 'pressure.91.FOWH32BPacket': 1015.0,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx SDR

I just rebooted the Pi and it seemed to work again after that. No idea what the issue was, but it was odd that it could receive from all my other sensors. It was connected by just wi-fi. On 27/07/2022 03:02, f4n...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting, did you find a solution? The WH1080 transmitters

Re: [weewx-user] is PCE-FWS 20N a re-badged fine offset device?

If it is indeed similar to a 1080, you could always buy a DVB-T tuner and use the RTL-433 extension. This also allows for the addition of extra sensors later. On Wed, 13 Jul 2022, 08:05 Peter Wilkinson, wrote: > Thanks for full and helpful information. > > Sounds ideal, actually. I need USB

[weewx-user] Weewx SDR

I had to rebuild my install of weewx recently as the SD card became corrupted to the point where I couldn't even use dpkg. It is all back up and running now, except that every few hours it will stop receiving data from the WH1080 transmitter whilst still receiving data from the other 3

[weewx-user] Uploading additional data to WOW

If I want to upload additional data such as soil moisture to WOW, is it just a matter of adding it to: class WOWThread(AmbientThread): """Class for posting to the WOW variant of the Ambient protocol.""" # Types and formats of the data to be published: _FORMATS = {'dateTime':

[weewx-user] Re: WH51 soil moisture

After posting this, I noticed my error and changed SoilMoist1 to soilMoist1. It now works. On Mon, 4 Jul 2022, 11:43 Mark Fraser, wrote: > I've just added a WH51 soil moisture sensor to Weewx 4.8 running > Weewx_SDR by adding the following lines to weewx.conf: > >

[weewx-user] Re: WH51 soil moisture

It is also reporting battery low even though 'battery_ok.00dc59.FOWH51Packet': 1.0 On Monday, 4 July 2022 at 11:44:01 UTC+1 Mark Fraser wrote: > I've just added a WH51 soil moisture sensor to Weewx 4.8 running > Weewx_SDR by adding the following lines to weewx.conf: > >

[weewx-user] WH51 soil moisture

I've just added a WH51 soil moisture sensor to Weewx 4.8 running Weewx_SDR by adding the following lines to weewx.conf: SoilMoist1 = soil_moisture_percent.00dc59.FOWH51Packet batteryStatus1 = battery_ok.00dc59.FOWH51Packet supplyVoltage = battery_mV.00dc59.FOWH51Packet

Re: [weewx-user] 'pyephem' / extended almanac data

On 27/06/2022 10:00, f4n...@gmail.com wrote: When I start my weewx sdr instances, I always see this in the log: weewx.engine: 'pyephem' not detected, extended almanac data is not available which extended almanac data am I missing and how can I fix it? In a Debian derivative you can just use:

Re: [weewx-user] Adding lightening sensor to weewx

On 06/06/2022 23:16, dave.spicer2...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon all, I am trying to get the lightening detector sensor to show in weewx. The sensor is Acurite Atlas I have added the following under [[sensor_map]]     lightning_distance = strike_distance.0010.AcuriteAtlasPacket

Re: [weewx-user] Barometric pressure uploading to Wunderground

On 02/06/2022 16:23, Tom Keffer wrote: Your rapidfire updates are not including "barometer". I suspect the reason is that your WH1080 doesn't emit packets often enough to support rapidfire. Rapidfire always has a lot of problems. Have you tried without? I've just tried without Rapidfire

Re: [weewx-user] Barometric pressure uploading to Wunderground

ost a link to your WU station On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 5:29 AM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 28/05/2022 13:21, Tom Keffer wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 1:37 PM Mark Fraser mailto:mfra...@gmail.com> > <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com <

Re: [weewx-user] Barometric pressure uploading to Wunderground

On 28/05/2022 13:21, Tom Keffer wrote: On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 1:37 PM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>> wrote: I've been using a WH1080 weather station with weewx via weewx-sdr for about a year now and getting pressure data from a bme280 sensor. Uploading to Wundergr

[weewx-user] Update extensions

If I wanted to upgrade an extension to a newer version, do I uninstall the old version and then install the new one. Or can I just install the new version over the old? This will be for weewx.sdr. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user"

Re: [weewx-user] Barometric pressure uploading to Wunderground

calculated. Double-check what's available. One thing you can try is to run weewxd directly from the command line and watch the archive records (marked by "REC"). Are all the required fields there? On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 1:37 PM Mark Fraser <mailto:mfra...@gmail.com>>

[weewx-user] Barometric pressure uploading to Wunderground

I've been using a WH1080 weather station with weewx via weewx-sdr for about a year now and getting pressure data from a bme280 sensor. Uploading to Wunderground, Met Office and Weather Cloud. I bought a WH25 temperature, humidity and pressure sensor this week and modified the weewx.conf file

Re: [weewx-user] Logging

On 24/05/2022 09:58, gjr80 wrote: You have nothing to apologise over, you did exactly the right thing. Was just pointing out that the operation of log_success is independent of the logging system being used and in the case of a driver or service such as you are using using log.debug() is more

Re: [weewx-user] Logging

On 23/05/2022 21:04, gjr80 wrote: Simply changing to use the python logging module instead of the syslog module (aka changing to WeeWX v4 logging instead of WeeWX v3 logging) will not in itself enable log_success in a third party extension. log_success needs to be built into the extension

Re: [weewx-user] Logging

On 23/05/2022 16:05, Doug Jenkins wrote: Mark: It is worth a shot and most likely it would work. If it does, I would recommend forking the repo and make the same changes for log.error, log.message, and log.debug using the functions from weeutil.logger. Then I would commit the changes to

Re: [weewx-user] Logging

On 23/05/2022 11:54, Doug Jenkins wrote: Mark: I would add the log_success = False under the BME280 driver in your weewx.conf. If that doesn't work, then check with the driver's author to see if the code can be revised to accommodate WeeWx logging class. On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 4:02 AM Mark

[weewx-user] Logging

I'm running version 4.8 of weewx and although I've got log_success = False In all places in weewx.conf, I still see lines like: May 23 09:00:56 weathercam /weewxd: bme280: BME280 data compensated_reading(id=a4ff8186-9fd7-4cb1-ac00-22716b358662, timestamp=2022-05-23 09:00:56.543049, temp=34.843

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Year view in Seasons Skin localisation

On 04/09/2021 19:53, Paul Eaton wrote: So, if you go into the skin.conf file in your Seasons skin folder, scroll down to the [ImageGenerator] section. In there you will find a sub-section [[year_images]]. Change the first line x_label_format from %m/%d to %d/%m (or any other permutation as per

[weewx-user] Year view in Seasons Skin localisation

I've just noticed that the year view in the Seasons skin the months are showing as 01/01 03/01 etc. Is there any way of changing these from M/D to D/M? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [weewx-user] pywws data import

On 09/08/2021 12:45, Konrad Skeri Ekblad wrote: I have 6 years of weather data from pywws. Is there a way to import this to weewx? Konrad I did look at doing this myself, think you have to use wee_import https://www.weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_import_utility -- You received this

[weewx-user] rtl-433

I've had weewx running fine for 3 days and then this morning the process rtl_433 just stopped. There was nothing sent to the syslog, it just stopped. Is there anything that can be done to restart rtl_433 if it stops? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [weewx-user] Critical error

On 20/06/2021 19:17, John Kline wrote: Unfortunately, that version of forecast is not compatible with Python 3. I ported forecast to Python 3 and many of us have been using if successfully for quite some time. Get it with this: wget -O weewx-forecast.zip

Re: [weewx-user] Critical error

On 20/06/2021 18:18, John Kline wrote: I assume you are running Python 3 (from the error). What version of forecast are you running?  Exactly where did you get it from? On Jun 20, 2021, at 9:17 AM, Mark Fraser wrote:  Encountered this error this afternoon, the only extension I had

[weewx-user] Critical error

Encountered this error this afternoon, the only extension I had installed previous to this was forecast. This is on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Buster. Weewx getting weather data using weewx-sdr. Jun 20 15:25:32 weathercam weewx[3515] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting. Shutting engine