Re: [weewx-user] Re: How to Read dateTime Field in weewx.sdb?

2019-03-29 Thread p q
Trust me. It's the best way. No worries about time zones. No daylight savings time adjustments. It works everywhere. When a person needs to read it, there are good tools in programming languages to convert it to human readable forms. If you're using python, the datetime library can convert to and

Re: [weewx-user] Import MQTT value into weewx database, display via seasons skin

2019-04-06 Thread p q
You might be interested in my project here: https://hackaday.io/project/101680-solar-powered-wifi-temperature-sensor-for-weewx I am sending the data every 2 minutes. I do it directly to the Raspb via Wifi. On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 7:04 AM vince wrote: > On Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 6:52:06 AM

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dual thermometers - how can I programmatically choose the right one

2019-03-28 Thread p q
What do you mean in-line python in a template? Do you mean change the skin to do the calculation when displaying the data? I'm mostly concerned about having erroneous high temps in my historical data. I agree it's getting complex, but I don't see a better way short of moving my thermometer to a

Re: [weewx-user] Error in startup

2019-04-15 Thread p q
Do you mind saying what the small change was? It might be relevant. On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:55 PM AsgeirK wrote: > I'm getting this error when I start my weewx. It was working, I did a > small change in weewx.conf and now getting this error. Where should I look? > > > Apr 15 21:49:10 PI-W4

Re: [weewx-user] Total newbie - WeeWx not uploading at all after being great on Raspberry Pi

2019-04-13 Thread p q
Look at the log file. Us the command tail -f /var/log/syslog There should be some error messages that might give you some hints On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 5:25 PM Mark Roberts wrote: > So I'm a complete newbie. A friend did the initial setup on my Raspberry > Pi and it worked great for several

Re: [weewx-user] Running SDR Acurite with I2C BMP280 barometric pressure sensor together?

2019-04-13 Thread p q
Not exactly what you're asking, but close. Here's what I did. https://hackaday.io/project/101680-solar-powered-wifi-temperature-sensor-for-weewx On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:50 AM TL wrote: > I'm listening to an Acurite 5-in-1 06022RM using the SDR driver in WeeWx, > but the Acurite station

[weewx-user] Re: Time Tags and UTC

2019-05-16 Thread p q
I imagine your Raspberry Pi is using UTC as its base time and using the time zone to display the local time. That's the standard way it's set up. I haven't tried it but you might be able to use the python function datetime.utcnow()

Re: [weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-27 Thread p q
Pretty simple. I've been meaning to do that for myself by hadn't gotten around to it yet. You need a if statement just inside the loop like #if $day.dateTime.format("%Y")<>$year.dateTime.format("%Y") This compares the year returned by the loop to the current year, formatted the same. If they are

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-05-27 Thread p q
Do you have gauge-data.txt in the directory with your gauges? It looks like you might not. By the way, I got the same results with desktop chrome and on my android phone. Could you be seeing different results because of a browser cache? On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:25 PM Steve2Q wrote: > Gary...I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Problems with Average in day graph.

2019-05-29 Thread p q
I believe your inside temp is showing you accurate information. I think it's showing your heater coming on and cutting out. I get the same effect when I run the heat. FYI On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 4:22 AM 'peter hopwood' via weewx-user < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Gary, > > I have

Re: [weewx-user] Suggestions for good starter weather station 2019

2019-06-05 Thread p q
If you can find out if the Acurites have a USB connection you can connect it right up to the Raspi and be in business. If they don't, I don't know how you'd do it. I have one of the older 5 in 1s and it has a USB output that I use with a Raspi 2 and Weewx. By the way, you can pretty much ignore

Re: [weewx-user] weewx database -> excel ?

2019-06-22 Thread p q
Yeah. It is possible, but it's non-trivial. You need a ODBC data source for SQLite. Google sqlite odbc and you'll find some instructions. It's not that difficult, but it will take some figuring out. Depending on what you need to do, it might be easier to use a DB Browser for SQLite. I use the one

Re: [weewx-user] Custom file customization XML

2019-06-12 Thread p q
Look at the Formatting Options section of http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm There's an example that covers this. On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:16 AM Stefan Schnidrig wrote: > Hi Guys. > I have the problem that the mintime and maxtime always show the seconds. > I do not want these. I have

[weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-11 Thread p q
I want to do the same. I asked a couple of weeks ago and got no reply. I'm going to figure it out when I have time. When I do I'll post it here. On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6:30:47 AM UTC-7, Robin wrote: > > I apologise if this has been asked before or if there is a simple and > obvious way to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-13 Thread p q
Thank you. I was starting to look at SLE as a way to do this but I didn't get very far yesterday. I'll give this a try too. On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 12:56 AM Robin wrote: > Gary, > > Thank you, you are a star. That is exactly what I was looking for. > > I'm going to go away and play. I'm so

[weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-18 Thread p q
This is great. I implemented it on my site this morning. I added it to the bottom of the Since Midnight table at the bottom. Does exactly what I was looking for. The only issue I'm having is that I want to display the rain total only if it's not zero. I live in an area where there's typically

[weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-18 Thread p q
AM UTC-7, Andrew Milner wrote: > > wouldnt it just be day.rain.raw > 0 ??? > > On Saturday, 18 May 2019 20:15:15 UTC+3, p q wrote: >> >> This is great. I implemented it on my site this morning. I added it to >> the bottom of the Since Midnight table at the b

Re: [weewx-user] Problem with display after some updates

2019-05-18 Thread p q
Snowing up there today? What do you have in the template for the date and for the today's high temp? When you update the skin you don't have to restart, but if you change weewx.conf you need to restart for it to take effect. On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 1:20 PM Sean Garland wrote: > Hello group! >

[weewx-user] Re: On this date

2019-05-18 Thread p q
Oh wait. I it's outputting "0.0 in" I do need to do .raw, but as $day.rain.sum.raw >0 Thank you. That was it. On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6:30:47 AM UTC-7, Robin wrote: > > I apologise if this has been asked before or if there is a simple and > obvious way to do this, but I can't see it. > > I

Re: [weewx-user] Problem with display after some updates

2019-05-18 Thread p q
The date thing is weird, Weewx uses unix epochs as the base unit, which is the number of seconds since 1/1/1970. I don't know how you're getting 1049 as I was seeing an hour ago or 1899 as it's showing now. It shouldn't be possible to get a date before 1970. I bet for the temp, you're double

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Manual entry for precipitation?

2019-04-19 Thread p q
I did five minutes of googling and I can't find a clear reference to stratus db. Is it a SQL database or an application? If you're using SQLite with Weewx, it's pretty easy to manually edit data using a tool like DB Browser. The only thing that's at all tough is it shows the datetime as epoch and

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Want to stop Simulator from adding data to weewx database

2019-07-03 Thread p q
Write yourself a little weewx service to read your csv file and put the valid data in the right variables. Weewx will take care of the rest. On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 7:31 AM Ameya Chilukuri wrote: > I made a mistake in saying that setting "time_grace" = 7200 will lessen > the frequency with which

Re: [weewx-user] require additional external sensors. Max. Number of stations reached

2019-06-29 Thread p q
You don't have to go with commercial sensors and SDR. And you don't need another raspberry Pi. Google for Raspberry Pi weather sensors and you should be able find some examples: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/build-your-own-weather-station

Re: [weewx-user] Minimum host system requirements - Arduino?

2019-08-10 Thread p q
What kind of stats do you want? You could easily run on a PI Zero. I don't have a particle to compare it against, but it looks like about the same size. On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:48 PM Jason Nerothin wrote: > I’m trying to figure out if I could fit weewx into a smaller form factor > than Pi -

Re: [weewx-user] Recovering Data from a broken RPI installation

2019-08-11 Thread p q
You might want to copy the skin conf if you've done any customization. You'll want /etc/weewx/weewx.conf and /etc/weewx/skins/* and your database probably in /var/lib/weewx I'm running Stretch on my station but I've run Buster in a VM for testing with no problems. On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 11:53

Re: [weewx-user] Rasberry Pi weather station with anemometer and camera only

2019-09-14 Thread p q
You might look at some of the non-commercial weather station hardware like https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/build-your-own-weather-station/ or https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Anemometer-and-Windvane-for-Standalone-Weather/

Re: [weewx-user] Unable to Run Weewx

2019-09-16 Thread p q
If you must run Windows, you might be able to use a virtual machine running Linux. I use Oracle Virtualbox on my main Windows PC to run Weewx. I use it as a test/dev platform for my main Weewx site on a Raspberry PI. Virtualbox is a free download. I would recommend you get a cheap linux box, like

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rasberry Pi weather station with anemometer and camera only

2019-09-18 Thread p q
That's the one I have. It connects to your raspberry pi with a USB cable connected to the back of the display. No other hardware on the computer side. You'll need mounting hardware to install the sensor, or course. The one thing that I don't like about this unit is the thermometer is packaged in

Re: [weewx-user] Re: AS3935 database issue

2019-07-28 Thread p q
Why not try it yourself? - at least the layout of how you want it to look. There are a lot of good HTML tools out there like Coffee Cup. On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 4:38 AM Mikael Fredriksson wrote: > Would be nice to have a list or like a "spreadsheet" on the webpage that > shows today's strikes

Re: [weewx-user] Automatic backup to Google Drive

2019-07-30 Thread p q
I use a modified version of Jeremy Blythe's Motion Uploader code to copy a backup of the database to Google Drive. See his blog here for full instructions. You can find my mods in Github here

Re: [weewx-user] Ip camera weewx

2019-07-31 Thread p q
Do you want video or just a periodic snapshot? You'll probably need to edit the skin template to include something like: I don't know how to do live video, but I'm sure you can google for it. I found this example here: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp On Wed, Jul 31,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Second crash after 11 days

2019-07-18 Thread p q
Do you back up your database with Weewx still running? I ask because I also use Steelseries on a Raspi and I've never had a problem. I have a script that stops Weewx momentarily at 3am, makes a copy of the database, and then restarts it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [weewx-user] day is out of range for month

2019-09-19 Thread p q
Might as well set Pi=3 while you're at it (sarcasm) Seriously. Please don't set month=30 days. It won't end well. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:41 AM Andrew Milner wrote: > .. or compromise, and define 'month' = 30 days in weewxese perhaps. > > > > On Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:39:47

Re: [weewx-user] Get values from a database on another machine?

2019-09-19 Thread p q
I did something similar. Here's my solution: https://hackaday.io/project/101680-solar-powered-wifi-temperature-sensor-for-weewx/details On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:56 PM Greg Troxel wrote: > Mikael Fredriksson writes: > > > I've added a tempsensor to another Raspberry that I will place in my >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Update from v3.6.2 to v3.9.2

2019-11-03 Thread p q
I am in a similar boat. I am running 3.5.0 on my site. I have put off upgrading it since it's running fine with no problems. I want to see if the newer version would cause problems if I upgraded so I created a virtual machine using Virtual Box and installed Raspian on it, put the latest Weewx and

Re: [weewx-user] Can I preserve NOAA history after database corruption & reinstall

2019-11-01 Thread p q
I hear people talk about RPi SD card issues, but I've been running for 4+ years without a problem. I should count myself lucky I guess. Anyway, I have a chron job that momentarily stops weewx, makes a copy of the database, restarts it, and then copies the db to my google drive. Every month or so

Re: [weewx-user] Sun & Moon sine plot/graph

2019-11-13 Thread p q
Have you looked at using solar altitude (elevation)? On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:12 AM Xant wrote: > > Considering the approach of archive and plot, how to move towards a Sun > path "sine" plot? > > WeeWX with 'pyephem' provides Sunrise, transit, sunset: $almanac.sun.rise > $almanac.sun.transit

Re: [weewx-user] After a year weexd stopped working.... kindof...

2019-11-14 Thread p q
Check your webserver. Maybe restart it. Are the files in your www directory the old ones or current ones? On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:03 PM U G wrote: > Hi, > > after nearly a year collecting weather data with rtl_433 suddenly the > html pages are incorrectly updated, all the graphs and the

Re: [weewx-user] Move to new server

2019-11-15 Thread p q
I bet the prerequisites are a different version than on the older system. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 7:33 AM Thomas Keffer wrote: > This is a bug that was fixed in V3.6.0. See issue #111 > for the fix. > > Don't know why the bug didn't affect you with

Re: [weewx-user] New forecasting service using NDFD

2019-11-09 Thread p q
, user.forecast.UKMOForecast, user.forecast.AerisForecast, user.forecast.WWOForecast, user.forecast.DSForecast You might add user.forecast.NDFDforecast to it On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 3:06 PM p q wrote: > Hi, > > I've implemented the NWS and WU forecasts for my site, but otherwise > ha

Re: [weewx-user] New forecasting service using NDFD

2019-11-09 Thread p q
Hi, I've implemented the NWS and WU forecasts for my site, but otherwise haven't really looked into the guts of the forecast module. With WU being no longer useful, I'm interested in getting this to work. I'll install it on my dev VM and see what I can figure out. It will be a day or two before I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: graph of yearly rain total for past 10+ years

2019-12-09 Thread p q
This isn't something that's going to change very much very fast. Wouldn't doing it once (or once a year) in something like Excel be a better use of time than automating it? On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 1:42 AM Michael Hornsby wrote: > Thank you - you’ve confirmed what I thought. > > -- > You

Re: [weewx-user] diffrent upload time to ss

2019-12-17 Thread p q
Yes. I have mine set up that way. On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 11:18 AM Δημήτρης Βήχος wrote: > its possible to set diffrent time upload for example, 1 minutes for ss , > and 10 minutes to other pages of weewx. > if i set 60 secs to ss -via gauge.js- and 300 secs in [StdArchive] all > pages

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx + Acurite Atlas + SDR + Raspberry Pi4

2019-12-14 Thread p q
I'm looking through this post and I don't see a question other than "did anyone else crack this? Is there a question that you'd like answered? On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 9:03 AM Chris Morris wrote: > Forgot to add this screenshot. > > On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 12:00:36 PM UTC-5, Chris

Re: [weewx-user] Re: graph of yearly rain total for past 10+ years

2019-12-09 Thread p q
Nice. I guess when I get 10 years worth of data I'll want to do the same. (3+ years so far...) On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 4:29 PM vince wrote: > On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 5:58:52 AM UTC-8, p q wrote: >> >> This isn't something that's going to change very much very fast. Wo

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Generate: Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/exfoliation/forecast.html.tmpl: Reason: 'U'

2019-10-27 Thread p q
ther/forecast.html. > > Regards, > > Matt > > On Sunday, 27 October 2019 15:14:54 UTC, p q wrote: >> >> What's in forecast.html.tmpl? >> >> I'm guessing it doesn't like >>current_forecast_source = UKMO >> >> If you comment that out or change it

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Generate: Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/exfoliation/forecast.html.tmpl: Reason: 'U'

2019-10-27 Thread p q
What's in forecast.html.tmpl? I'm guessing it doesn't like current_forecast_source = UKMO If you comment that out or change it to something different, do you get the same error? Try changing it to some nonsense like and see what happens. On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 7:18 AM Matt wrote:

Re: [weewx-user] Inserting HTML into a file using the template

2019-10-19 Thread p q
s skin. > > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 1:53 PM p q wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Short version - >> I want to insert a HTML file into index.html, probably when it is created >> by Cheetah. The HTML is created by python code so I can't just insert it. I >> too

[weewx-user] Inserting HTML into a file using the template

2019-10-19 Thread p q
Hi, Short version - I want to insert a HTML file into index.html, probably when it is created by Cheetah. The HTML is created by python code so I can't just insert it. I took a quick look at the Cheetah documentation and it wasn't immediately obvious how to do this. Longer version - I want

Re: [weewx-user] RPi weewx acurite 5-in-1 error

2019-10-26 Thread p q
I haven't see that exact error, but I have seen occasional random errors. They don't seem to affect the results. On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 8:06 PM Sean Jahnig wrote: > I have the acurite 5-in-1 with rpi 4 and it has been running flawlessly > for a week. This morning i woke up to find this error.

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Cloud services (wunderground etc.) worthwhile?

2019-12-02 Thread p q
I figure on switching to something else after I upgrade to 4.0. I'm using NWS for forecasts and it's ok, but not nearly as granular as WU used to be. On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:04 AM Xant wrote: > Wunder continue spinning downhill, and now it takes about 3 pages to > (finally) get to PWS website.

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Cloud services (wunderground etc.) worthwhile?

2019-12-02 Thread p q
I have an Acurite 5 in 1. I'm running weewx 3.5.0 and I am planning on upgrading to weewx 4.0 when it's available. I have a fairly heavily customized skin based on the original skin - I added Steelseries Gauges, a map of recent earthquakes, a Windy i-frame, stuff like that. On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at

Re: [weewx-user] Setup weewx startup delay - is there any how to?

2019-11-25 Thread p q
You can tell the OS not to boot until the network is established. It's one of the boot options. On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:34 AM 'Björn Baldus' via weewx-user < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi, > > We experiencing some problems running weewx on an raspberry pi with a slow > internet

Re: [weewx-user] day is out of range for month

2019-09-20 Thread p q
So I show "On this day" for the previous years on my site. I'll need to recode this when I upgrade? Seems like a step backwards for the edge case where it doesn't work one day out of 1461. But, I'll deal with it when I upgrade someday. On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:09 AM Thomas Keffer wrote: >

Re: [weewx-user] weewx barmeter offset

2019-10-05 Thread p q
In weewx.conf, look for StdCalibrate You'll want something like pressure = pressure - 14 On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 12:12 PM Jason wrote: > Is it possible to add a Barometer offset to weewx as my ftp upload shows > presssure to be at 14 mb higher than what both my base unit and mercury > Barometer

Re: [weewx-user] Issue with installing and running Weewx on windows

2019-10-10 Thread p q
Looks like it's failing trying to read the weewx.conf file for the driver for your station. What do you have in your weewx.conf file for the station_type? On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 4:19 PM Miste Yalmi wrote: > Let me start by saying that I am new to Python, so please bear with me. > After

Re: [weewx-user] Issue with installing and running Weewx on windows

2019-10-10 Thread p q
ter understanding now but I still > have an issue > Currently it is station_type = 'unspecified' > I am trying to use the accurite_bridge (smarthub) for which it says to use > the Simulator driver but I don't know to set that up > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 8:33 PM p q wrote: > >>

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rasberry Pi weather station with anemometer and camera only

2019-10-05 Thread p q
ay looks like > https://www.dropbox.com/s/hfdnclwo34mk81d/20191005_185646.jpg?dl=0 > > Would appreciate any suggestions. > > Thanks, > Sean > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:10 PM p q wrote: > >> That's the one I have. It connects to your raspberry pi with a USB c

[weewx-user] Writing new python for weewx - python 2.7 or 3.X

2019-10-05 Thread p q
Hi, I'm starting a project to add earthquake data to my site. I know others have done so in the Belchertown skin and others. I want to roll my own because programming is fun. Anyway, I'm going to start by writing the code and then figure out how to integrate it into Weewx. I mostly use Python

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rasberry Pi weather station with anemometer and camera only

2019-10-05 Thread p q
gt; > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:11 PM p q wrote: > >> Looks pretty much the same as the one I have. Right next to the place >> where you plug in the 4.5vDC power supply, there is a mini-USB port on >> mine. There is the little USB symbol above it. >> [image: image

Re: [weewx-user] Re: DS18B20 Temp sensor daten in weewx einbinden auf Raspberry ?

2019-12-20 Thread p q
Agreed, writing to a text file is a start. For Weewx you'll want a driver that brings it in. You didn't mention if you have a weather station or not. Weewx was designed to be used with a weather station. Anyway, you can see how I solved a similar problem here:

[weewx-user] Re: Recommendations for forecast service

2020-02-29 Thread p q
: > > On Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11:12:58 AM UTC-8, p q wrote: >> >> I'm in the US (SF Bay Area). Does anyone have any recommendations for >> what forecast source to use? Darksky? Windy? Give WU another shot? >> > > Why not NWS ? > > I &g

[weewx-user] Re: Recommendations for forecast service

2020-02-29 Thread p q
With NWS, I'm using foid=MTR and lid=CAZ510 - which is the Concord Airport. Can I get it better refined than that? I'm using the instructions posted here: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/forecasting Is there a better way? On Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11:12:58 AM UTC-8, p q wrote

[weewx-user] Recommendations for forecast service

2020-02-29 Thread p q
Hi, I have been happily running Weewx for three years now. A while back the WU forecasting stopped working. Based on what I've read here, I switched over to NWS. I'm running an old version and put off getting a better source until I upgraded. I'm in the process of upgrading to 4.0 and starting

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Setting up my Raspberry Pi Zero W to work with my father's Acurite 5 in 1.

2020-03-01 Thread p q
When I set up my station, I had all kinds of trouble getting Apache to get the right rights and permissions. I ended up moving the weewx publichtml directory to where Apache worked rather than the other way around. On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 3:18 PM rich T wrote: > Check out the following link:

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Web display help - Raspberry Pi, NGINX - How to display both mobile and desktop, (N/A) after barometer

2020-03-01 Thread p q
I think it's looking for rising/falling/steady and failing On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 7:04 PM Jay Hennigan wrote: > > > On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 6:50:05 PM UTC-8, Jay Hennigan wrote: >> >> Wow, this is an awesome program! Newbie on weewx here. Got it up and >> running with Ultimeter and RPi. Two

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help installing WeeWX. IPv4 address problem?

2020-01-25 Thread p q
Look at the mac address in the physical address list and you'll see the ip address 192.168.0.188 On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 1:07 PM Bill Butler wrote: > Got the following back from the arp -a command > > (Please see http://durangobill.com/TempPictures/arpaFromWin7.jpg or the > attached picture) > >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help installing WeeWX. IPv4 address problem?

2020-01-25 Thread p q
I don't know how you have your paths set up. Try putting the fully qualified path to weewx.conf, but I suspect you'll get some other error because something else will be looking for that path. On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 4:58 PM Bill Butler wrote: > Rebooted the computer and then entered: sudo

Re: [weewx-user] AcuRite 5-in-1 daytime dropout

2020-01-27 Thread p q
I have a similar setup. Here's what's weird. The barometric pressure is also from the display unit (I'm pretty sure) and it's dropping out too. Can you check to see what's in your database? Is the problem in the display or in recording the data? Are you getting any error messages in the log?

Re: [weewx-user] Re: users guide for python3 installation

2020-02-02 Thread p q
I agree 100%. I'm still running an old version of weewx but I'm going to move to 4 on python3 in the next couple of months. I'm going to do all the testing on a virtual machine to make the transition on my real station as smooth as possible. Anyway, made a new temp sensor for my installation and

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx stopped updating /var/www/html/weewx/index.html

2020-02-07 Thread p q
Timestamps are stored as epochs (second since 1970). I often use https://www.epochconverter.com/ to help me convert. The first number looks like a timestamps - 1321130400 = Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:40:00 (there abouts - depending on your time zone) On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:45 AM Troy

Re: [weewx-user] How to show a barometer trend (rising, falling, steady)

2020-02-08 Thread p q
Start here: http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#_Tag_$trend_ I don't know how you'd get it as text but this should get you started. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 7:45 AM Greg Ledet wrote: > Hi guys, first post in the group and a rather new user to weewx as a whole. > > Many

Re: [weewx-user] 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3

2020-02-08 Thread p q
This is starting to look a lot like my day job. :-( On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 10:38 AM Thomas Keffer wrote: > A translation "lookup" strategy, using something like gettext() > , has been discussed from > time-to-time. > > I actually wrote an

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help installing WeeWX. IPv4 address problem?

2020-01-24 Thread p q
Your router will have a list of devices on the network. Take a look. On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 8:39 PM Bill Butler wrote: > Q: “what is the ip address of the Weatherlink IP device ?” > A: I haven’t got the faintest idea. I’ve been following the instructions > at http://www.weewx.com/docs/debian.htm

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help installing WeeWX. IPv4 address problem?

2020-01-25 Thread p q
Well that's the MAC address not the Ip address. Mac is a unique id for that device and the ip address is usually set by the router. What do you get if you click on the ip address radio button? On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 9:45 AM Bill Butler wrote: > It looks like the Weatherlink IP address is

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Need help installing WeeWX. IPv4 address problem?

2020-01-25 Thread p q
Oh and the ip address is like 168.10.25.10 decimal numbers as opposed to hexadecimal separated by colons On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 10:17 AM p q wrote: > Well that's the MAC address not the Ip address. Mac is a unique id for > that device and the ip address is usually set by the router. What

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Pyehpem and International Space Station

2020-02-09 Thread p q
I don't see anything improper about doing it the way you're doing it. It's not following the general architecture for Weewx, but if it works for you and you're learning, I think you should keep at it. To make it look better, take a look at the tables that are already in this skin - either using

Re: [weewx-user] Wunderfixer (Development Version)

2020-02-09 Thread p q
Is this one of those Python 2 vs Python 3 unicode/byte string issues? Is there anyway to tell what it's sending? On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 6:59 PM Ernest Jillson wrote: > It "looks" like it's working for me, but doesn't. I get this message: > > "No results returned from Weather Underground

Re: [weewx-user] Image backup vs database

2020-01-10 Thread p q
I don't know if it's feasible to backup your SD card with the raspberry pi running. I think to backup the SD card you need to shut it down, remove it from the raspberrypi and do it on another machine. I backup my SD card every once in a while when I make significant changes, but realistically if

Re: [weewx-user] Merging two weewx databases?

2020-01-22 Thread p q
Are the schemas the same? (Same data types) On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 11:49 AM weerman wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to ask if it is possible to merge two existing databases with > the same name into just one. > I made a mistake during my last update from Build 3.91 to 3.92 and the >

Re: [weewx-user] What version Python/Weewx should I go for?

2020-01-22 Thread p q
I have site running on 3.5 that has a fair bit of customization and I'm waiting for 4 to come out officially before I migrate. My only suggestion is to spin up a VM - I use VirtualBox, but any VM system will do - that's running Raspian and do a trial run with your site before going with a full

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Rebuilding after hardware crash

2020-01-13 Thread p q
Yes, I'm pretty sure if you copied the old database file in place of the new one it would start adding to it. I would for sure keep a backup of the file before doing so. On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 3:54 PM Derek Hodge wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. I think I understand what you're saying, but

Re: [weewx-user] Add picture in header on sofaskin webpage.

2020-01-02 Thread p q
I don't know that skin, but I did something similar for the old standard skin. For a single image, you need to add a line to the template (index.html.tmpl probably) like I wrote a little bit of javascript to rotate different pictures under the banner and if you're interested you can find it

Re: [weewx-user] Add picture in header on sofaskin webpage.

2020-01-03 Thread p q
It's in the html, not the css, and you need to change it in the template as the html gets regenerated each time the site is updated. You could try using the dev tools in your browser (f12 for chrome) to find the area of the html where you want to add the picture. The lines won't be there, you'll

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Newbie Install Possible Issues

2019-12-31 Thread p q
Before you go and create your own skin from scratch, why don't you try modifying one of the existing ones. There are several good ones. Belchertown seems popular recently;. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:19 PM Ron Short wrote: > No worries. I am trying to create my own skin, then enable it. > > As

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Newbie Install Possible Issues

2019-12-31 Thread p q
I second the recommendation to use a separate installation with the simulator weather station for trying out new things without breaking your main station. As well as a spare physical machine, you could use a virtual machine (VirtualBox, or similar). On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:13 PM Ron Short

Re: [weewx-user] Webcam Streaming

2019-12-24 Thread p q
can you get to the webcam URL from outside the firewall? On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 AM Steve2Q wrote: > Hello (and Happy Holidays to all!) I am trying to have the image from a > streaming webcam added to my weewx page. I have it functioning over the > wireless network in my home, but I cannot

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Display rainrate in mm/h not mm/hr

2019-12-29 Thread p q
Did you restart weewx? On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM Geni wrote: > I have edit units.py and make the change in line 405, "mm_per_hour" > : " mm/h",. > But it has not changed on my webpage! > > Am Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2019 16:05:12 UTC+1 schrieb Geni: >> >> Hello, >> >> i use weewx 3.9.2 on

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Display rainrate in mm/h not mm/hr

2019-12-29 Thread p q
Labels > mm_per_hour = " mm/h" > > It is not necessary to restart weewx. The changes will be picked up at the > next reporting cycle. > > -tk > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 11:14 AM p q wrote: > >> If all else fails, you c

Re: [weewx-user] Display rainrate in mm/h not mm/hr

2019-12-29 Thread p q
Check your skin.conf file in the [[Labels]] section. See the docs here: http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#how_to_change_labels The docs don't specifically mention rain rate, but you should be able to find it in the skin.conf. On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 7:05 AM Geni wrote: > Hello, > > i use

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Display rainrate in mm/h not mm/hr

2019-12-29 Thread p q
The old version that I have, in the Standard skin, there's a line that has cm_per_hour = " cm/hr" in the Labels section. You might try putting mm_per_hour = " mm/h" in there. I don't know where your skin defines the unit text. A more drastic change but one that I'm confident would work would be

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Display rainrate in mm/h not mm/hr

2019-12-29 Thread p q
would have thought overriding the label in the skin would be the way to go. On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 10:08 AM Eugen Affolter wrote: > Sure, more than once. > > TypeApp for Android <http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=15723> herunterladen > Am 29. Dez. 2019, um 19:03, p q schrieb: >

Re: [weewx-user] Weather Underground Forecast Extension

2020-01-06 Thread p q
I'm partial to this license: https://github.com/pjreddie/darknet/blob/master/LICENSE.v1 On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:53 PM John Kline wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > Would you mind adding a license to your GitHub repository? My employer is > particular about which GitHub projects I can contribute

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Pressure data - SDR - Ecowitt GW1000/Froggit DP1500

2019-12-27 Thread p q
Or buy a pressure sensor and hook it up to your computer directly. On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:36 PM galfert wrote: > Correct. There is no console that broadcasts barometric pressure via RF. > There wouldn't be a need. Any console that has built in barometric pressure > has not need to broadcast

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Pressure data - SDR - Ecowitt GW1000/Froggit DP1500

2019-12-27 Thread p q
; https://www.dracal.com/store/products/usb_bar20_n/index.php > [image: image.png] > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 2:01 PM p q wrote: > >> Or buy a pressure sensor and hook it up to your computer directly. >> >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:36 PM galfert wrote: >>

Re: [weewx-user] WeeWx to Acurite Mobile app? (android)

2020-04-14 Thread p q
I gave up on the Accurite PC software, their web service, and apps. I plug the display straight into a Raspi2B which runs Weewx. I do open a port that allows me to get at the web site from outside the house. I have a semi-static IP address and don't use one of the dynamic DNS services. I say

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Cannot get Weewx to run on a Raspberry Pi 4

2020-04-16 Thread p q
Did you configure the raspi to turn on the one-wire interface using the raspi-config utility? On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:26 AM michael form wrote: > The sensor value of the DS18B20 was obtained from the second system (ATOM > 510 running Xubuntu) that worked fine. I included it in the Sensor Map

Re: [weewx-user] WU and no forecast service available

2020-04-11 Thread p q
I gave up on trying to get WU to work again and have switched to NWS, at least for now. On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 2:32 PM David Barto wrote: > WUThread: WU: failed attempt 1 to download forecast: HTTP Error 503: > Service Unavailable > > Anyone getting WU forecast data lately? > > David >

Re: [weewx-user] wee_config not working

2020-04-20 Thread p q
See if *./wee_config* works better. On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 4:51 PM Ellastonepaul wrote: > Hi, > > I am setting up Weewx on a Raspberry-pi. Followed Download (3.9.2) and > Install instructions using *setup-py.* and started with *Simulator* as > Station. Eventually got it to run in the Browser

Re: [weewx-user] ftp problems

2020-04-04 Thread p q
Have you tried to manually ftp something to the ftp site? On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 9:41 AM 'Richard O' via weewx-user < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi All > > I am having a problem getting my external website to work. Nothing > downloads onto it. i have tried every combination I can

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