You could just do it the easy way and use the weewx utility wee_import

http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_import_utility



On Monday, 15 May 2017 13:39:57 UTC+3, Pete Nevill wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a WATSON W-8681 weather station which I have set up to send data 
> direct to Wunderground every 5 minutes. In order to bring that data into my 
> weewx database I use my router to redirect a copy of the wunderground url 
> string to my server. I have written a user script to listen on a port for 
> the wundergorund txt string.  
>
> (This PWS is actually made by Fine Offset, just re-branded)  
> http://www.foshk.com/Weather_Professional/HP1003.html
>
> The string looks like this...
>
>
> ID=XXXXX&PASSWORD=XXXXX&indoortempf=78.8&tempf=58.3&dewptf=55.0&windchillf=58.3&indoorhumidity=39&humidity=89&windspeedmph=6.5&windgustmph=7.4&winddir=179&absbaromin=30.17&baromin=30.36&rainin=0.00&dailyrainin=0.02&weeklyrainin=0.04&monthlyrainin=0.39&yearlyrainin=3.56&solarradiation=259.80&UV=2
>
>
> I extract each of the values and map them to the associated weewx 
> parameters.
>
> The trouble I am having is getting the right values for rain into weewx.
>
> I have mapped the following:
>
> Wunderground url                        weewx
>
> 'rainin'                  to                   'rainRate'
> dailyrain               to                   'dayRain'
> weeklyrain            to                  * no weewx equivalent.*
> monthlyrainin       to                    'monthRain'
> yearlyrainin          to                    'yearRain'
>
> As far as I can tell rainin (wunderground) is current rain rate in mm/hr 
> and daily rain is total rain since 12 mindnight.
>
> I am guessing either my mapping is wrong or the way these values are 
> calculated within weewx is an issue. As you can see from the URL posted 
> above dailyrain is 0.02 but my weewx is showing zero.
>
> I am guessing there are a few possible issues here.
>
> 1) correct mapping of parameters.
> 2) correct unit mapping/conversion
> 3) method for computation of daily
> 3) method for computation of rain rate
> 4) hardware versus software computation.
>
> Any guidance of how to get the correct rain data into weewx would be most 
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete.
>
>  
>
>

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