Hello Matt,
Thank you for your reply.
I'm still not understanding why in /etc/weewx/weewx.conf under
[Forecast]
...
[[XTide]]
prog = /usr/local/bin/tide
What's wrong with this?
And why the need for the tide.sh?
[Forecast]
...
[[XTide]]
prog = /usr/share/weewx/tide.sh
RE: Updating XTide
The need to update xtide would be predicated on which old version of xtide
you are using with the latest harmonics, and you're particular need to have
accurate tide information. In your example listed from the forecast
extension page <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/forecasting>,
http://sailing.mit.edu/weather/forecast.html, I was unable to reach the
site (it keeps timing out) to see it working.
https://flaterco.com/xtide/changelog.html might be worth consulting in
making the decision to update xtide as there have been several changes made
since 2.13 (deprecated apt-get package linked on your forecast extension
page <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/forecasting>); and of course,
comparing your xtide results with
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html is advised.
You might want to consider adding a note on your forecast extension page
<https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/forecasting> that harmonics data
outside of the U.S. has been discontinued and hasn't been maintained since
early 2012.
On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:22:09 AM UTC-4, mwall wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 9:32:20 AM UTC-4, V. Kelly Bellis wrote:
>>
>>
>> Have you tried to install XTide v2.15.2 and do you have it working with
>> weewx and the forecast extension?
>>
>
> yes. but there is no need to install the latest xtide - older versions
> work just fine with the latest harmonics.
>
>
>
>> And did I understand you correctly? - see previous post.
>>
>
> yes
>
>
>
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