Tom, OK, clear. I’m fine with that.
Could you please make a note in the changes document that this feature has gone and that one manually must add the corresponding lines to the weewx.conf file? Now, unfortunately, I miss 14 days of values for humidex, appTemp, cloudbase, windrun and maxSolarRad. Luc On Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:40:40 UTC-3, Tom Keffer wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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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