You mean the if I add to the label_map in weewx.conf the line: timestamp (from my phant server)=dateTime
it will use this timestamp in the weewx database instead of the generated one? On Tuesday, 17 January 2017 09:24:29 UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Robert Mantel <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I know this is an old thread but I want to ask you about another possible >> solution. I have a Particle Photon based weather station that I have >> dumping sensor readings to a phant server I have running on my network. >> The phant server timestamps everything in UTC. I can then do a jsonp query >> with a cron job python script I have running then parse that into a format >> that fileparse.py likes. I also parse out and convert the EST corrected >> timestamp from the server into unix epoch format. Can weewx be set up to >> ignore it's own timestamps and just use the imported ones, which >> technically are more accurate because they represent the very moment the >> reading was taken? I tried using fileparse to import the timestamp into >> the dateTime label in weewx, but I think it didn't like that. >> > > If you just add a 'dateTime' line to the file, the time you use there > should replace the one provided by fileparse.py. > > > >> Another possible solution to the NTP problem is to use a server you have >> on your local network and configure it as an NTP relay. I have a freenas >> box running my phant server in a jail on it so would be easy to just set it >> up to act as an NTP relay and have the Pi sync from that rather than the >> internet, therefore I can operate completely in a net down situation and >> keep collecting data with proper timestamps. >> >> > Yes, but would it after a "power down" situation? Also, setting up a > dedicated NTP relay is beyond the ken of most users. > > -tk > -- 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.
