No. The logic of the crt code implies that it is a* theoretical* max value, and the actual values reported in realtime.txt are consistent with this.
On Monday, December 1, 2025 at 8:19:15 PM UTC-5 John Smith wrote: > Wouldn't it just be the max solar value for a given time period? > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 08:44, 'Peter Fletcher' via weewx-development < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The extension works out whether the sun is shining (one of the fields in >> Cumulus's realtime.txt file) by comparing SolarMax - another field in the >> file, which appears to be the calculated solar radiation if the sun were >> out at the current time and location in a cloudless sky - with the current >> solar radiation value from the latest data, but I can't see where the value >> of SolarMax comes from. From the code, it looks as if it comes from >> database data, but there is no such field in the database. Where is it >> calculated, and how could one access its value from another plugin, if one >> were to wish to? >> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8e6d0976-3edf-42b7-bb6a-7123cfcb210en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8e6d0976-3edf-42b7-bb6a-7123cfcb210en%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/c3bfc99a-c4b2-4e29-943e-66b21148c332n%40googlegroups.com.
