Thanks so much for the quick response. I felt it was something I missed in the setup. Changes made. Need the next thunderstorm to make sure it is working.
Also thanks for the suggestion on LightningDistance. I changed the field to REAL. On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 7:03:21 PM UTC-4, mwall wrote: > > > > On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 5:40:05 PM UTC-4, Paul Oversmith wrote: >> >> I am having a real problem with the graph for lightning strikes using an >> Acurite 6045 lighting detector and the weewx-sdr driver. >> >> The total number of strikes and distance reports correctly, the strikes >> (delta) is not right (the strike are reported as .02 to .06 rather than an >> integer count, please see attached image). >> I have put monitors in the _calculate_delta(label, newtotal, oldtotal) >> routine and the values for newtotal and oldtotal are correct and show a >> difference of 1 when there is a strike. >> >> I tried several different setup options, but none fixed the situation. I >> suspect it has something to do with the time frame and the averaging of >> strikes over an interval rather than just reporting the quality, >> >> But I am at a loss to see what I have setup incorrectly. >> >> Hope someone has a suggestion to fix the problem. >> > > paul, > > thank you for the detailed problem description. you need to set the > accumulator for the lightning database field. as of weewx 3.7, you can do > this in the weewx configuration file, like this: > > [Accumulator] > > [[LightningStrikes]] > extractor = sum > > [[LightningStrikesTotal]] > extractor = sum > > you probably want 'REAL' instead of 'INTEGER' for the 'LightningDistance' > field (that will require re-creating the database, or manually modifying > the schema in sql) > > 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.
