Woops, my bad... I think I remember there might bevanother step to tell 
WeeWX to put it in the archive record.I’ll do a bit more research
rich

On Wednesday, 1 July 2020 13:54:37 UTC-4, Rich Bell wrote:
>
> Earl,
> I’ll take a first crack at this, and the WeeWX experts can clarify/help as 
> needed. WeeWX really does all the heavily lifting. Whatever name/values are 
> in the loop data that MQTTSubscribe generates will be accumulated into an 
> archive record. You should see this happening if you run WeeWX from the 
> command line.
> But, if the name is not known to WeeWX, it will not be added to the 
> database. Note, I’ve never done this, but I’d start by reading this 
> http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#add_archive_type
>
> rich
>
> On Wednesday, 1 July 2020 13:32:33 UTC-4, Earl Baugh wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to weewx and would like to add some additional data being 
>> collected by some gas sensors that I have installed at my house (they help 
>> track gases that some other data sites track as part of pollution tracking)
>>
>> I read the section on Adding a Second Datasource, but that doesn't quite 
>> match my use case.    I'm feeding all data into the system via the 
>> WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe <https://github.com/bellrichm/WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe> 
>> add on.  I have an outside program that is pulling data from the sensors 
>> periodically and then posting it to MQTT, and the WeeWX-MQTTSubscribe 
>> ingests the data turning in into LOOP records (at least that's my current 
>> level of understanding... I'm only on day 3 here with weewx...)
>>
>> This works fine for the data that maps to existing fields.  However, I 
>> also gather data on C2H5OH, C3H8, C4H10, CH4 and H2.... (the quality of 
>> which I am still assessing, but it's at least being measured by the sensors)
>>
>> Looking at the Adding a Second Datasorce example comes close, but it's 
>> not clear to me how to get the data from the LOOP record into the archive 
>> record (the new_archive_record function).    
>>
>> Is there an example I've just missed in my readings?  Or could someone 
>> point me towards an example of an add on that adds this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Earl
>>
>>
>>

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