Thanks Les, I will give this a go. Will be a couple days though before I can get to it. I'll report my findings.
On Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 2:09:44 PM UTC-8, ln77 wrote: > > JD said that he “suspects” that would be the right change. It would help > if you tested it, but be prepared for it not to work or break the driver. > Save the original version of the file, and restart weewx after changing it > in order to load the new version. > > The location of the driver can depend on the type of OS and how you > installed weewx. On my raspberry pi, it > is /usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py. > > -Les > > > > On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:31, Dan Blanchard <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I was under the impression that what JD wrote was a change I can make to > the driver. If so, how can I access the driver to modify it? > > On Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 12:39:43 AM UTC-8, ln77 wrote: >> >> I thought your questions were answered: what you’ve done is a workaround. >> Fundamentally, it’s not a limitation of the LaCrosse hardware, it’s a bug >> in the driver. >> >> -Les >> >> >> >> On 19 Feb 2020, at 12:05, Dan Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Where did you all go? I was hoping for some comments on my last post. >> Does everything I state seem correct? >> >> On Monday, February 17, 2020 at 8:20:34 AM UTC-8, Dan Blanchard wrote: >>> >>> OK guys, thanks for all the help on this. Jerry, I assume that the info >>> below is in the driver for my WS-28xx and if that is the case, where is >>> that driver located? >>> >>> Next, I want to clarify something... I have used the calculator at >>> http://www.csgnetwork.com/barcorrecthcalc.html to set my altitude >>> (2,320 ft.) and an observed pressure of 30.16 inHg as reported for my area ( >>> https://tinyurl.com/yx65ckcm). This gives me an adjustment of -2.43 so >>> I have set my station pressure to 27.73 inHg. This is now reporting 30.35 >>> inHg barometer reading at Weather Underground (WU). Although this is >>> working, I feel as if it a work-around but maybe it is just a limitation of >>> my station? Thoughts... >>> >>> On Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 9:44:46 PM UTC-8, J D wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I am using the ws23xx driver on ws2316 hardware and this driver sends >>>> absolute pressure to weewx in the packet as "pressure" .. >>>> The ws28xx hardware sends relative pressure and the ws28xx driver also >>>> sends the reading to weewx in the packet as pressure. See below >>>> >>>> packet['*pressure*'] = get_datum_diff(data._PressureRelative_hPa, >>>> >>>> CWeatherTraits.PressureNP(), >>>> >>>> CWeatherTraits.PressureOFL()) >>>> >>>> I suspect the code should read. >>>> packet['*barometer*'] = get_datum_diff(data._PressureRelative_hPa, >>>> >>>> CWeatherTraits.PressureNP(), >>>> >>>> CWeatherTraits.PressureOFL()) >>>> Or you could just change the altitude of the station as Andrew suggest. >>>> >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:36:51 PM UTC-7, Dan Blanchard wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've been running my weather station on weeWX for 2 days now after >>>>> switching from a PC based solution for the past several years. I noticed >>>>> this problem after noticing that my station is no longer showing on the >>>>> WeatherUnderground (WU) maps. The data is still showing for my site on >>>>> WU >>>>> though (https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KIDPOSTF43) >>>>> >>>>> Everything has been going fine except I am currently having a problem >>>>> with data inaccuracies. All the data seems correct except the barometer >>>>> reading. The reading on my hardware is currently 30.30 and weeWX is >>>>> showing 33.093 which is what is reporting to WU. >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone please shed some light on this issue? I've attached the >>>>> syslog for reference. Please let me know if there is anything else I can >>>>> provide to help with this situation. If the solution requires changes in >>>>> the configuration file, please be specific as I am still learning the >>>>> Linux >>>>> stuff. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hardware: Lacrosse WS-2813 >>>>> >>>>> >> -- >> 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/d026b7e2-1fb7-4e61-a715-8d48befd725c%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/d026b7e2-1fb7-4e61-a715-8d48befd725c%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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/775d8b96-7153-4f9d-bb8f-47ef5b005727%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/775d8b96-7153-4f9d-bb8f-47ef5b005727%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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