Hi. As I said before, I'm building (for self-learning) my own weather station. For illumination, I"m using BH1750 as a Lux sensor.....the code returns an integer value in Lux.
Now the questions: 1) My driver simples 'load' an text file nad parse data on it (it's a sampel driver alled FileParser). I've added 'illuminance=XXX' on data file and it's working fine (I can see value while running weewxd in foreground), but I could not find any field for illuminance in database (using SQLite as default), so the question is: the value is being saved? I'm not sure if this value should be displayed in default report template. If not, should I added manually this field to database schema? (I know that there is an entry in manual for adding sensors, but I'm not sure if I need to do this step with illuminance field). Also, should I save in LUX or convertt to other unit? 2) This sensor should be in direct sunlight or in a shade for correct measurement? "Professional weather stations" has this sensor in direct sunlight? 3) I'm getting values of about 1870~ LUX in a sunny day (but with sensor in a very large shade). I'm not lloking for a perfect calibration, but only to have an ideia if I'm right on these values -- 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.
