Do you need a space between your minus sign and the adjustment value? On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:32 AM Dan Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Andrew, will you please look at the attached screen shots and let me > know if this looks correct? > > Do I need to restart (sudo /etc/init.d/weewx restart) after I make these > changes? I have and the changes don't seem to be taking effect. Is there > something else I need to do? > > With regard to the barometer and altimeter having the same settings; I > have probably misled. They are not exactly the same but they were > relatively close to each other compared to the pressure value. Here are > the current readings as of now when I run sudo weewxd > /etc/weewx/weewx.conf. > > pressure: 29.98 > altimeter: 32.57 > barometer: 32.74 > > > > On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 12:07:50 AM UTC-8, Andrew Milner wrote: >> >> If you have a LaCrosse WS28xx station then according to the hardware >> guide the station outputs PRESSURE in weewx terminology - regardless of >> what LaCrosse call it - and weewx should calculate barometer and altimeter >> settings. >> >> If pressure is incorrect then it can be adjusted as you specified - by >> adjusting pressure (not barometer or altimeter) >> >> Make sure pressure is set to use hardware and barometer and altimeter are >> set to use software. >> >> I am surprised barometer and altimeter are the same values - have you set >> the station's altitude in weewx.conf, and have you specified software >> generation for the values? >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 13 February 2020 09:23:27 UTC+2, Dan Blanchard wrote: >>> >>> Andrew, are you suggesting that I make a 'correction' entry under >>> [StdCalibrate] such as barometer = barometer -2.8 assuming that I am >>> getting a pressure reading of 30.13 and Barometer and ALtitude readings of >>> 32.93? >>> >>> (see attached screenshot) >>> >>> On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 7:42:08 PM UTC-8, Andrew Milner wrote: >>>> >>>> 1. use stdcalibrate section of weewx.conf >>>> http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#StdCalibrate >>>> 2. FO station = Fine Offset weather station >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:15:48 UTC+2, Dan Blanchard wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Andrew, how do I calibrate the pressure in weewx? Also, what's a FO >>>>> station? >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 8:01:08 PM UTC-8, Andrew Milner wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> check that the absolute pressure is correct - I have had a FO station >>>>>> which had a dodgy pressure sensor before now. Calibrating pressure in >>>>>> weewx solved it. >>>>>> >>>>> -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/08c79655-b1af-4134-9a2b-82a4f52f051f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/08c79655-b1af-4134-9a2b-82a4f52f051f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAHiQ_B0nR%3DcgUwPEy4PhBb4DChqJ2vG_35wC%3DDa14_DUjPQ%3DPA%40mail.gmail.com.
