You, sir, are a brilliant man! Worked like a charm on the first try! Now to brave going to weewx 4.newest and latest Belchertown...
Problem is, I don't remember how I installed weewx the first time. Did I use the setup program? Hmmm. Thanks for all your help! Of all the skins I have seen on the web, yours is my favorite. Ernie On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 7:44 PM Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > No worries - I wasn't sure if you thought there was a problem with the > skin. So I have the same problem as you, where the Davis console sends > loops with the most accurate wind direction, but the archive packets are > generalized. I hate it, and (with Tom's help) made this quick extension. > > Basically this extension takes the archive rec packet from the console and > drops the windDir from it. This allows weewx to generate the windDir from > it's software and put it into this archive rec packet. It takes into > account if this is a "first run" of weewx where weewx doesn't have loop > data yet, so it grabs the generalized wind direction from the console. > Useful for a power outage, archive catchups, etc. > > Standard disclaimer: This is an unreleased extension, use at your own > risk, always have backups. > > 1. Copy the attached file to your bin/user folder > 2. At the bottom of weewx.conf, update your data_services to have this: > data_services = user.deleteVantageWindDir.DeleteWindDir, > 3. Restart weewx > > Good luck! > > On Monday, July 20, 2020 at 7:13:11 PM UTC-4, Ernest Jillson wrote: >> >> First, let me apologize. I didn't mean to imply that the skin was the >> issue. Thanks for your suggestion to look at the packets. So the loop >> packets have the correct wind direction in them. The rec packets, however, >> seem to be rounded to the nearest 22.5 degrees. >> >> Obviously the Davis VP2 is capable of transmitting wind to the whole >> degree, but the rec packets are being received as if mapped to 8 compass >> points. To be honest with you, I have little knowledge of how the drivers >> in weewx work and how they receive data from the VP2 console. Does the >> console send different packets (the loop and the rec) or does software do >> that magic? >> >> In any case, I'd love to find a way to get this working to the whole >> degree, if possible. >> >> Thanks to any that can help, >> >> Ernie >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 3:15 PM Pat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure this is a problem with the skin, but rather your station >>> reporting the archive value of the wind direction. As you can see on my >>> site, my wind degrees aren't plotted to the nearest value. (e.g. 368 >>> degrees, 334 degree, etc) >>> >>> Before we blame the skin, run weewxd and post some loop and rec packets. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4, Ernest Jillson wrote: >>>> >>>> I know I'm not at the latest version of Belchertown. In fact, I'm still >>>> using the older version (3.9.2). I've tried copying >>>> /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/graphs.conf.example to graphs.conf, but I >>>> can't find where to change wind direction from ordinal direction to >>>> degrees. >>>> >>>> My wind direction is only plotted to the nearest value of NNE, or NE, >>>> or E. You get the idea. I'd like to have it plot to the whole degree. Any >>>> ideas? >>>> >>>> My site can be seen here: http://greylords.us >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Ernie >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/6fac348f-a1cb-4bad-be13-08f03b958304o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6fac348f-a1cb-4bad-be13-08f03b958304o%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/5a60eb9c-0060-43f3-b8de-f5391a6b303co%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5a60eb9c-0060-43f3-b8de-f5391a6b303co%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/CAC5oUmM4-jtV_5w3eLdxtjz5zA0ELHdt_Cj4%3DSfGQsBOQ_MpAg%40mail.gmail.com.
