You weren’t almost there as you were attempting to change the units stored in the database.
Have a look at the following for changing your reports. You don’t have to change every report as you can set defaults for all reports. http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#how_to_change_units > On Aug 25, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Chris Alemany <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Yes, I noticed last night when I was rooting around in all the various weewx > files (I guess I was creating a “fork” as I was modifying the weewx bin files > themselves, _ini_.py, units.py etc to add in the new system) for mentions of > units, that many extensions seemed to make the same 3-way assumption on > units. So perhaps that method is not worth the effort. > > I’m not interested in having the database itself use Canadian Units (though > extending it for Humidex readings would be useful), only that I’d be able to > set the units as simply and widely as I can across all skins and extensions > as I have multiple going at once. Thought I was almost there. :) > > Cheers for the suggestions, > Chris > >> On Aug 25, 2020, at 8:54 AM, John Kline <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Remember that just because something is stored in the database in units that >> are not “Canadian”, that doesn’t mean you are stuck with that unit in >> reports or graphs. >> >> My two cents is that you should be spending your time getting the units you >> want to see in the skin(s) you are using. >> >>>> On Aug 25, 2020, at 8:03 AM, David VE3STI <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> I'm not a programmer so I don't have helpful suggestions. But as a >>> Canadian user, I hope that you figure this out. I use the "metric" option >>> but think of wind speed in kph, not m/s, for example. I did get the Humidex >>> added (a long time ago - I forget how I did it other than I know I didn't >>> do the programming but found that someone else had already figured out and >>> I just followed the instructions!) >>> >>> Just as I type this, Tom's reply popped up.. Guess it won't be easy to add >>> a new "Canadian option". The instructions for changing individual units is >>> in the documentation but if you could make a "Canada-specific" set >>> (cookbook style) that would be really useful for those of us who are >>> users-but-not-programmers. >>> >>> Keep us posted. >>> >>> David >>> >>>> On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 11:37:18 p.m. UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to extend weewx so that there is a 4th option for unit systems >>>> called "CANMETRICWX" (Canadian Metric). >>>> >>>> This would be the same as "METRIC" except rain values are in mm and >>>> pressure values are in kPa and eventually would also include a "Humidex" >>>> calculation as well. >>>> >>>> I thought I had added everything I needed throughout the file system for >>>> the addition of the units system but I'm running into the following >>>> complaint on startup: >>>> "AttributeError: module 'weewx' has no attribute 'CANMETRICWX'" >>>> >>>> Not being familiar enough with python, I am stumped as to where I can add >>>> that attribute. Any help greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/f52611dc-6ae8-4864-9eda-5d252e9a5404n%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/NO7igS5iBAo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0913D44A-2766-4FB6-97B8-FE88BE3488D0%40johnkline.com. > > -- > 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/CD4DC81D-007D-4F07-8530-CFAADF9D32C4%40gmail.com. -- 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/D34F9490-BE38-4A55-8D9E-2CA9E8EEA131%40johnkline.com.
