"clink ... clink ..."

On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 09:18:01 UTC+3, Glenn McKechnie wrote:

>
> On 10 October 2017 at 15:59, Andrew Milner <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> > I suspect your lack of coffee probably made you over complicate things
>
> Every chance of that, and I still may need more judging by this post.
>
> > His StdQC section should either
> > have min and max values specified in units which match the database 
> (metric
> > values for METRIC or METRICWX and Imperial values for the US default)
> > or
> > specify the units used for the min and max values given
>
> Yep, I offered that in my first post as, Metric values with their units
>
>     [[MinMax]]
>         barometer = 880, 1100, hPa
>
> What I didn't realize at the time was that Hajo may be missing the units 
> on his barometer stanza, and that if he had them then the conversion would 
> have happened automatically and there would be no need for different values 
> / units, or concern about database types.
>
> > Without seeing his weewx.conf the reason for the logged error is hard to 
> say
> > - but IMHO the cause is more likely to be not specifying the units 
> correctly
> > rather than any issue with drivers.
>
> I agree, it's the simplest answer.
>
> But Gary then says
>
> I suspect the issue here is that the barometer reading of 1020.08170508 is 
>> in 
>> fact being treated as inHg and not mbar/hPa. Setting the StdQC barometer 
>> limits to
>>  800, 1100 (with no units) will prevent the StdQC limit warning but it 
>> will not fix the 
>>  underlying issue.
>>
>
> And that leaves me puzzled, as I gave the units in my answer so [StdQC] 
> wouldn't be treating it as inHg - unless there's another reason. ?
>
> Ahh, penny drops!   
> Unless Gary's saying that the rejection (because it lies between the 2 
> extremes) confirms that it's NOT being converted from inHg to hPa. 
>
> The 'underlying issue' refers to - no units being on that line.
>
> Hajo, can you put me out of my misery.   What's your [StdQC][ section say?
>
> Maybe it's too much coffee?
>
> Cheers
>  Glenn
>
> rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons
> https://github.com/glennmckechnie
>

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