It was removed because not all weewx installations deal with weather. It makes no sense to try and calculate 'barometer' in an installation that monitors energy use.
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 8:24 AM Lucas Heijst <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Tom, > > I was wrong. The change happened between version 4.0.0a4 and 4.0.0b13 (the > versions in between I didn't download) > > Version 4.0.0a4 had in wxservices a section _dispatch_list which 'did the > trick' of the automatic calculations, see below. > So my question is: why is this feature removed? > > Luc > > Part of wxservices 4.0.0.a4 > ================================================== > # these are the quantities that this service knows how to calculate > _dispatch_list = [ > 'pressure', # pressure must be before altimeter > 'barometer', > 'altimeter', > 'windchill', > 'heatindex', > 'dewpoint', > 'inDewpoint', > 'rainRate', > 'maxSolarRad', > 'cloudbase', > 'humidex', > 'appTemp', > # 'beaufort', > 'ET', > 'windrun', > ] > ================================================== > > > On Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:00:03 UTC-3, Tom Keffer wrote: >> >> Luc, download the file weewx-4.0.0b18.tar.gz >> <http://weewx.com/downloads/development_versions/weewx-4.0.0b18.tar.gz> >> from the weewx downloads directory. The entries are not commented out. I >> don't know where you got your copy. >> >> I'll check into cloudbase. >> >> -tk >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:55 AM Lucas Heijst <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> See the differences of both versions of wxservices in the attachment. >>> >>> As an example how it used to work in version 4.0.0b14 and earlier: >>> To have the value of 'cloudbase' calculated automatically, you had to >>> add the field 'cloudbase' to the database. >>> No other actions were needed. >>> >>> Since the change in wxservices.py (4.0.0b17 and later) you have to add >>> the line: >>> cloudbase = prefer_hardware >>> yourself to the [[Calculations]] section of weewx.conf >>> >>> Luc >>> >>> On Sunday, 12 April 2020 11:39:52 UTC-3, Tom Keffer wrote: >>>> >>>> Not sure what you are referring to. If you look at the current version >>>> of weewx.conf <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/master/weewx.conf>, >>>> as well as the version in the weewx-4.0.0b18.tar.gz tarball, the options >>>> are not commented out. >>>> >>>> -tk >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 6:39 AM Lucas Heijst <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tom, >>>>> >>>>> In version 4.0.0b18 the follwing settings are commented out in >>>>> wxservices: >>>>> >>>>> [[Calculations]] >>>>> # Order matters! Type 'pressure' must come before 'altimeter' >>>>> and 'barometer' >>>>> # pressure = prefer_hardware >>>>> # altimeter = prefer_hardware >>>>> # appTemp = prefer_hardware >>>>> # barometer = prefer_hardware >>>>> # beaufort = prefer_hardware >>>>> # cloudbase = prefer_hardware >>>>> # dewpoint = prefer_hardware >>>>> # ET = prefer_hardware >>>>> # heatindex = prefer_hardware >>>>> # humidex = prefer_hardware >>>>> # inDewpoint = prefer_hardware >>>>> # maxSolarRad = prefer_hardware >>>>> # rainRate = prefer_hardware >>>>> # windchill = prefer_hardware >>>>> # windrun = prefer_hardware >>>>> >>>>> While they were not commented out in version 4.0.0.b14 and earlier. >>>>> >>>>> As a result the values of cloudbase, maxSolarRad, appTemp, humidex >>>>> (and others) are nor calculated automatically anymore in version 4.0.0b18 >>>>> I had to add them explicitely in the [Calculations] section of >>>>> weewx.conf. >>>>> >>>>> What is the reason of this change? >>>>> >>>>> Luc >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "weewx-development" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8604aa4a-9efd-403f-ab41-079c4836d447%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8604aa4a-9efd-403f-ab41-079c4836d447%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-development" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8ee34c40-f1d5-4f04-b593-b430d471d8b3%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8ee34c40-f1d5-4f04-b593-b430d471d8b3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/d6d09b35-ec7d-44f0-9afe-5c77a9ec4a07%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/d6d09b35-ec7d-44f0-9afe-5c77a9ec4a07%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. 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