At this point I think I'll work on this problem first. I don't like to add or change anything in the troubleshooting process. I'll postpone changing the cwxn.py. I'll let you know what I find
Bill On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 6:28:32 PM UTC-6, gjr80 wrote: > > That is interesting. Possibly because there was an error and wxnow.txt is > not being updated and hence an old copy is being sent repeatedly. Did you > look in the logs for any clues? I was running binding = archive here on a > machine and wxnow.txt is working just fine. Running with binding = loop or > with no setting (which defaults to loop) will produce wxnow.txt on arrival > of every loop packet. With the extra db reads the new version has this will > place a greater load on your machine but it should easily handle it. > > Gary > > On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:21:57 UTC+10, Bill Arthur wrote: >> >> BTW, I had to remove binding = archive. It resulted in the same data for >> over 24 hours. >> Here is data as it is received by CWOP: >> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=wa4opq-1 >> >> On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 5:21:09 PM UTC-6, gjr80 wrote: >>> >>> Bill, >>> >>> Try the attached file in place of your existing cwxn.py.This version >>> will calculate rain24 and dayRain by querying the database if rain24 >>> and dayRain fields are not in the packet received from your station. >>> To install: >>> >>> 1. rename your existing cwxn.py to cwxn_orig.py (it will be in >>> /home/weewx/bin/user or /usr/share/weewx/user) >>> 2. download the attached cwxn.py and save in place of your current >>> cwxn.py >>> 3. restart WeeWX >>> 4. monitor the log and once a report cycle is complete check wxnow.txt >>> >>> If any issues post a copy of the WeeWX log from startup showing any >>> errors. If you need to revert to the old version just delete cwxn.py >>> and rename cwxn_orig.py back to cwxn.py and restart WeeWX. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:53:36 UTC+10, Bill Arthur wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Gary, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the quick response. This is my second week with Weewx so I >>>> assumed it was something I overlooked. And I'm glad a solution is >>>> relatively close. >>>> I am using a Ambient Weather WS-2902 array with an Ecowitt GW1000 and >>>> using the interceptor 0.53. cwxn is 0.4 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 7:42:31 AM UTC-6, gjr80 wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Looking at the cwxn service code there are three rain related values >>>>> included in the output, these are (named in the code) hourRain, rain24 >>>>> and dayRain. Presumably these are total rainfalls in the last hour, >>>>> the last 24 hours and since midnight respectively. The cwxn service >>>>> calculates hourRain by querying the database so hourRain should >>>>> always be correct. However, rain24 and dayRain are not calculated by >>>>> querying the database, rather they are pulled directly from fields of the >>>>> same name in either the loop packets or archive records (depending on >>>>> whether you bind to loop or archive) emitted by your station. >>>>> Unfortunately, not all stations emit these fields and I am guessing that >>>>> is >>>>> the case with your station. You didn't mention what (weather) station you >>>>> are using? >>>>> >>>>> As for the data on your web page, if that is the Standard or Seasons >>>>> skin that is shipped with WeeWX then in all likelihood you will find that >>>>> the WeeWX tag system is being used and something like $day.rain.sum >>>>> is being used to calculate and display the days rainfall by querying the >>>>> database. Unfortunately the WeeWX tag system is only available in WeeWX >>>>> reports and is not available in services such as cwxn. >>>>> >>>>> Don't worry, all is not lost, if it is a case of your station not >>>>> emitting rain24 and dayRain it will be a fairly straightforward job >>>>> to modify the cwxn service to calculate these fields from the database >>>>> just >>>>> as is done with hourRain. I know the cwxn author is a bit busy with >>>>> the WeeWX 4.0 release at the moment but let me see if I have some time >>>>> tomorrow to make the necessary changes (or perhaps some other >>>>> enthusiastic >>>>> WeeWX user will come along and do the same before then) :) >>>>> >>>>> Gary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, 25 February 2020 10:33:29 UTC+10, Bill Arthur wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently added the cwxn extension so that I could pass the weather >>>>>> to my APRS/CWOP app >>>>>> >>>>>> Its working fairly well, but it only reports the current rain rate. >>>>>> The 1hr and 12hr (p and P) are always 000 >>>>>> We had 1.03" today so I had plenty of opportunities to test. The >>>>>> weewx html page shows the rain. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's my example: >>>>>> Feb 24 2020 18:20 >>>>>> 129/002g004t052r000p000P000h096b10067 >>>>>> >>>>>> I put "binding = archive" in weewx.conf >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm missing something here, any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/29e0c53c-d1da-43f2-bb1b-90a37fe4bdb1%40googlegroups.com.
