Oh,

forgot to mention:

The station is not very old yet: Is it possible it posts the 9999 yearrain 
because it simply has not calculated it yet?!?

Just theorizing :)

Fred


On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 5:29:59 PM UTC+2, Fred wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First of all: Thank you for writing this software! Its great :)
>
> This is the section you requested (Full file is in my original post, but 
> maybe you missed it)
>
> [Interceptor]
>     # This section is for the network traffic interceptor driver.
>     
>     # The driver to use:
>     driver = user.interceptor
>     
>     # Specify the hardware device to capture.  Options include:
>     #   acurite-bridge - acurite internet bridge
>     #   observer - fine offset WH2600/HP1000/HP1003, aka 'observer'
>     #   lw30x - oregon scientific LW301/LW302
>     #   lacrosse-bridge - lacrosse GW1000U/C84612 internet bridge
>     device_type = observer
>     mode = sniff
>     iface = enxb827eb718db1
>     pcap_filter = src 192.168.2.165 and dst port 80
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Fred
>
>
> On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 5:19:35 PM UTC+2, mwall wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 2:38:28 PM UTC-4, Fred wrote:
>>>
>>> Anybody have any idea what is going wrong?
>>>
>>>
>> fred,
>>
>
>  
>
>>
>> please post the [Interceptor] section of your weewx configuration.
>>
>> it looks like your station is always sending a junk value (-9999) for 
>> yearrainin.  yearrainin is the observation that the interceptor driver uses 
>> to determine the rainfall.  so when your station always reports -9999, the 
>> driver maps that to 'None', and voila! you have no rain reported.
>>
>> i used yearrainin in order to minimize the effects of counter rollover, 
>> and because i was not seeing consistent use of rainin (is it rain since 
>> last sampling?  in a certain time period?  it seems to vary depending on 
>> the manufacturer and/or the firmware)
>>
>> it looks like your rainin is a counter, but counting since when?  when 
>> does rainin reset?  and why is there no value for your yearrainin?
>>
>> your station is also reporting absbaromin.  this value would be preferred 
>> to baromin, which i assume is a derivation of absbaromin with 
>> altitude/temperature compensation.  i'll have to see about making the 
>> driver prefer absbaromin if it exists.
>>
>> btw, at some point the wu-based portions of the interceptor probably 
>> belong in a separate driver that simply captures data bound for wu, either 
>> by sniffing or by listening.  that driver *should* work with any 
>> manufacturer's hardware/firmware as long as they adhere to the wu protocol.
>>
>> m
>>
>

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