Thank you Andrew and Thomas. This is a awesome group

John Jensen K9WXX
McHenry County Wx

On Oct 5, 2016 12:04, "Andrew Milner" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 5 minute archive usually works just fine.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 19:55:02 UTC+3, Double J Entertainment wrote:
>
>> Okay when I get home from work I am gonna turn off rapid updates and then
>> configure the archival times down if needed but I will do the adjustments
>> slowly to find a good setting
>>
>> On Oct 5, 2016 11:47, "Thomas Keffer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> As I said, we'd have to see the startup sequence of the log to be sure,
>>> but with your driver weewx should be generating the archive records in
>>> software, not getting them from the CSV file.
>>>
>>> -tk
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 9:41 AM, John Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can download data off the display every 12 minutes to a cvs file is
>>>> this where it gets the archival.
>>>>
>>>> I will turn off rapid fire updates to see if that helps and adjust the
>>>> archival down if needed.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 5, 2016 11:09, "Thomas Keffer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hang on.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a difference between the LOOP packets and archive records.
>>>>>
>>>>> The LOOP packets are emitted every 18 seconds. They are aggregated
>>>>> into archive records, which are emitted much less often, typically every 5
>>>>> to 60 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason this matters is that the AcuRite emits "partial LOOP
>>>>> packets." Partial LOOP packets do not include all data types. Some may
>>>>> include only pressure, others only temperature, others wind. None include
>>>>> everything. However, they get aggregated into archive records by weewx,
>>>>> which include all the observation types. Why does this matter? Because the
>>>>> WU will reject posts that do not include all types. So, if you set the
>>>>> archive interval too short, say 30 seconds, weewx may not have had enough
>>>>> time to see all the different observation types.
>>>>>
>>>>> Incidentally, Rapidfire suffers from the same problem. With Rapidfire,
>>>>> LOOP packets are being sent to the WU, so not all types are included in
>>>>> every packet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bottom line, unless you have an instrument that can emit full packets
>>>>> (such as the Davis series), you're better off not using Rapidfire and,
>>>>> instead, choosing software record generation with a reasonable archive
>>>>> interval . Five minutes works well.
>>>>>
>>>>> -tk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 8:57 AM, John Jensen <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas I will have to check this setting when I get home. But I
>>>>>> believe you just answered my question. I did a search on their data 
>>>>>> update
>>>>>> times so if I set this for 18 seconds which is their lowest update time 
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the 3 update times it should be good correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 5, 2016 09:58, "Thomas Keffer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We would have to see the log from when weewx starts up to be sure,
>>>>>>> but I don't think the AcuRite driver uses the onboard memory of this 
>>>>>>> unit.
>>>>>>> In that case, the archive interval is set by options
>>>>>>> record_generation and archive_interval in weewx.conf
>>>>>>> <http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#StdArchive>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Set
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> record_generation = software
>>>>>>> archive_interval = 300
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This should be the default but, again, we'd have to see the log to
>>>>>>> see what actually happened. Stop weewx, then start it again, post the 
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>> few minutes of the log.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 7:44 AM, John Jensen <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hmm I did not adjust the archival how is that done.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 5, 2016 09:37, "Thomas Keffer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, that's a pretty big change. This means WU is receiving data
>>>>>>>>> every 18 seconds (for an AcuRite Pro Weather Center), instead of 15
>>>>>>>>> minutes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (I'm assuming your archive interval is 15 minutes --- you didn't
>>>>>>>>> say.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 6:02 AM, John Jensen <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I only changed the the required line for rapid fire to true.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 5, 2016 07:51, "Thomas Keffer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Looking at your WU page, it appears that your site is posting
>>>>>>>>>>> data only once every 15 minutes. So, the WU is blindingly adding 
>>>>>>>>>>> null
>>>>>>>>>>> values for the missing 5 minute posts. Don't know why it does this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In any case, later, starting at 0700 your site starts posting
>>>>>>>>>>> every 5 minutes. Did you change something?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> To say anything more would require seeing your log.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Double J Entertainment <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I view my WU page I am getting either -- or nAn on the
>>>>>>>>>>>> page. I have attached a screen shot
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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