Thanks, Philip. That's the first reference I've seen to "Vue" cups. As I said, you'd have to ask Davis.
But, in any case, don't worry about it. Only under extraordinary circumstances do you need to set it. -tk On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 6:51 PM Philip Kutzenco <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas, > > Thanks for the reply. I won't worry about it. The reason I asked is that > the help file for Davis' Weatherlink software shows three options. See the > attached screen shot I took for setting that in the console with > Weatherlink. Evidently, you can set a VantagePro to use small cups or > Vue/Other cups. I'll just leave the value as it is set in the console > without setting it explicitly. > phil > > On Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 8:22:26 PM UTC-4, Thomas Keffer wrote: >> >> A Vantage (whether a Vue or a VantagePro) ships with a value in the >> EEPROM firmware that matches its cup size. Unless you change the cups, >> there is no reason to mess with this value. The wee_device utility option >> is there if, for some reason, you have to change the cups. >> >> To answer your question, the Davis documentation lists only two sizes: >> small and large. If there's a third "Vue" sized, I haven't heard of it. >> You'd have to ask Davis. >> >> -tk >> >> On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 7:35 AM Philip Kutzenco <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Now that I have my external website operational (https://wx.kutzenco.com) >>> with a Mosquitto MQTT broker and Belchertown skin, I'm spending a bit more >>> time reviewing the weeWX documentation to get a deeper understanding of my >>> system. I'm hoping to do some customization. >>> >>> I have a Davis Vantage Vue weather station and weeWX running on a >>> Raspberry Pi Zero W. I see that the Davis Weatherlink software gives the >>> options for wind cup size as Small, Large or Vue/Other. That Davis >>> documentation says that Vantage Pro systems generally ship with large cups, >>> and that (obviously) Vantage Vue systems ship with Vue cups. >>> >>> The wee_device --help command mentions only Small and Large options for >>> wind cup size. Is there an option for Vue/other cups? I don't know what is >>> adjusted in the readings/calculations by specifying different cup sizes. I >>> didn't see that called out in the weeWX documention. I suspect the >>> difference is minimal, but, just to ensure that everything can be set >>> properly with weeWX does that option need to be added to wee_device for >>> Vantage systems, if it isn't there? >>> >>> phil >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
