There was a problem with an umlaut in install.py. I replaced 'ü' by 'ue' 
and hope that helps. See issue #1 
<https://github.com/roe-dl/weewx-GTS/issues/1>

Karen K schrieb am Montag, 22. Februar 2021 um 17:42:43 UTC+1:

> Hallo Tom, to give the user some instructions I wrote a README file 
> describing how to install and include the extension in skins. Do you think 
> it is enough and to understand?
> README file <https://github.com/roe-dl/weewx-GTS/blob/master/README.md>
>
> Karen K schrieb am Samstag, 20. Februar 2021 um 17:08:47 UTC+1:
>
>> That is, how it is now (install.py not tested by now): 
>> https://github.com/roe-dl/weewx-GTS
>>
>> Karen K schrieb am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 um 22:31:27 UTC+1:
>>
>>> I filed an issue for the record-is-None-problem there: #583 
>>> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/issues/583>
>>>
>>> Karen K schrieb am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 um 21:42:24 UTC+1:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom, you are right. I changed the code that it returns the last 
>>>> value if record is None, and immediately Belchertown skin shows the value.
>>>>
>>>> I considered your comments about dangers by comparing the timestamp of 
>>>> the last value with the actual time time.time(). If the value is too 
>>>> old an error is raised rather than a value returned. And I let the program 
>>>> complain to the log, that record is None.
>>>>
>>>> Skin with included GTS value <https://www.woellsdorf-wetter.de>
>>>> Tom Keffer schrieb am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 um 19:25:48 UTC+1:
>>>>
>>>>> That's one solution, but it has lots of dangers. The record could be 
>>>>> hours old.
>>>>>
>>>>> NB: if you want to do that, it's easy enough to code up a custom 
>>>>> version of get_scalar() that does this. If it detects a record of None, 
>>>>> it 
>>>>> gets the latest record from the database, then calls 
>>>>> weewx.xtypes.get_scalar() with that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 10:18 AM Karen K <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your extensive support! 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could it be, that get_scalar() in other classes (especially in the 
>>>>>> basic ones) simply provide the last available value, if record is None?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could code it that way, but I am not sure, whether it is a good 
>>>>>> idea or not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Keffer schrieb am Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 um 17:51:45 UTC+1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, Karen. Looks like you are making steady progress.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is a bug in the Belchertown skin that I alluded to in another 
>>>>>>> thread 
>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/fKVxr07vMuE/m/I-PdDb7vBgAJ>
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a convoluted way, the skin is asking for a value from xtypes 
>>>>>>> using the call 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xtype.get_scalar(obs_type, record, db_manager)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Side note: the actual request is done through a getattr() query of 
>>>>>>> a weewx.tags.CurrentObj object). 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, the value for record as provided by the Belchertown 
>>>>>>> skin is None. In theory, the xtypes extension could look up the values 
>>>>>>> it 
>>>>>>> needs from the database, but that would require knowing the time, but 
>>>>>>> with 
>>>>>>> record equal to None, that's not possible either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Belchertown skin needs to provide the current record.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:39 AM Karen K <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My XType extension is working in principle now. It calculates, and 
>>>>>>>> it delivers values, if there is $current.GTS, $latest.GTS, $day.GTS 
>>>>>>>> or $yesterday.GTS included in the skin definition. Also, images 
>>>>>>>> are generated showing the value over time. All is fine so far.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then I included the value in the Belchertown skin observation list. 
>>>>>>>> And I got an error message. It turned out, that it is possible that 
>>>>>>>> get_scalar() is called with *record is None*. From documentation I 
>>>>>>>> thought otherwise. That was confusing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I included "if record is None: raise 
>>>>>>>> weewx.CannotCalculate(obs_type)" into get_scalar() no error 
>>>>>>>> message was logged any more. But no value was displayed in Belchertown 
>>>>>>>> skin. Again: if I include "$current.GTS" into the skin, the value 
>>>>>>>> is displayed. If I include the value in the observation list in 
>>>>>>>> skin.conf, 
>>>>>>>> it is not. I looked around and found out that Belchertown skin gets 
>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>> value from calling weewx.tags.CurrentObj()within their special 
>>>>>>>> extension "belchertown.py" That seems to not include GTS value.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I am not sure what to do next.
>>>>>>>>
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