Exactly, you need to implement genStartupRecords() in your driver. Writing a service will add no benefits; rather it will add unnecessary complexity (there is already an established mechanism for catchup) and by stepping outside the established mechanism you risk your driver/service not working with future WeeWX versions. In short a lot of effort for no benefit.
genStartupRecords() accepts a timestamp and returns all archive records (not loop packets) it can that are timestamped after the timestamp concerned. You may chose to include a class in you driver that handles the interaction with WLL or you may chose to handle interaction with WLL through a number of methods in your driver. I strongly suggest you have a look at some of the other drivers that have implemented genStartupRecords() and understand how it works. The vantage driver is one; cc3000, te923, wmr200, wmr300, ws23xx and ws28xx are others that implement genStartupRecords(). None use a web service/API to obtain historical archive records but that should not matter too much. Gary -- 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 weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/6cf19559-9c1f-451a-9829-5ae79b7254e3o%40googlegroups.com.
