The ignore_bounds was not in the file, I had to add it. D~
On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 5:10:15 PM UTC-8, Andrew Milner wrote: > > When I asked earlier - before Matthew's detailed response - if you had > tried ignore_bounds set to True you said you had tried, but it had had the > same result. What had you actually done - which did not work - compared to > True/True which did work - just so others do not misinterpret the original > thread I referred you to, which you said you had already seen?? > > > > On Friday, 30 December 2016 21:37:42 UTC+2, Dennis Hall wrote: > >> Thank you very much >> >> The True/True did the trick and it is working now. The things we do for >> fun! >> >> D~ >> >> On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 10:25:07 AM UTC-8, mwall wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 1:05:51 PM UTC-5, Dennis Hall wrote: >>>> >>>> Are we talking about in the weewx.conf file? (Yes) >>>> Or in the acurite.py driver? >>>> >>>> What is the location of the driver file? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>> dennis, >>> >>> the drivers built-in to weewx are located in the weewx/drivers >>> directory. additional drivers are installed to the user directory. >>> >>> has your 01035 ever worked properly with weewx? you might want to power >>> cycle the 01035 (remove batteries and disconnect usb), just in case the >>> firmware somehow got into a weird state. >>> >>> there are two parameters that would affect you: use_constants and >>> ignore_bounds. these are specified in the [Acurite] section of your weewx >>> configuration file. the defaults should work with most stations. >>> >>> if you have a 01035 or 01036 and you see 'unknown calibration >>> constants', then you should first try this configuration (you must restart >>> weewx for weewx.conf changes to take effect): >>> >>> [Acurite] >>> ... >>> use_constants = True >>> ignore_bounds = False >>> >>> if you still see the 'unknown calibration constants' message, then try >>> this: >>> >>> [Acurite] >>> ... >>> use_constants = True >>> ignore_bounds = True >>> >>> if you still see 'unknown calibration constants', then try: >>> >>> [Acurite] >>> ... >>> use_constants = False >>> ignore_bounds = True >>> >>> although if you get this far, your station is behaving in a way that no >>> one else has ever reported. >>> >>> here are the comments about the parameters from the driver itself: >>> >>> use_constants - Indicates whether to use calibration constants >>> when >>> decoding pressure and temperature. For consoles that use the HP03 >>> sensor, >>> use the constants reported by the sensor. Otherwise, use a >>> linear >>> approximation to derive pressure and temperature values from the >>> sensor >>> >>> readings. >>> [Optional. Default is >>> True] >>> >>> >>> >>> ignore_bounds - Indicates how to treat calibration constants from >>> the >>> pressure/temperature sensor. Some consoles report constants that >>> are >>> outside the limits specified by the sensor manufacturer. Typically >>> this >>> would indicate bogus data - perhaps a bad transmission or noisy >>> USB. >>> But in some cases, the apparently bogus constants actually work, >>> and >>> no amount of power cycling or resetting of the console changes the >>> values >>> that the console emits. Use this flag to indicate that this is one >>> of >>> those quirky >>> consoles. >>> [Optional. Default is >>> False] >>> >>> hope that helps, >>> >>> m >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
