In addition to Glenn's comments, see the section *How options work <http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#How_options_work>* in the Customizing Guide for details on how options specified in weewx.conf override options in skin.conf.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 6:13 PM Glenn McKechnie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/09/2020, Mikael Fredriksson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Glenn! > > > > Can't get the conversion for database units to change. > > This is how my skin.conf fill looks now (part under phpunits) > > > > # Uncomment as appropriate... > > Only for the one/s you need. > > # Only from the group/s you need. > > # If you don't need a conversion performed then do nothing, leave > > them > > # all commented out. > > > > # temperature_convert = CtoF #degree C in database to degree F in > > report > > temperature_convert = FtoC # degree F in database to degree C in > > report > > > > # group_direction = degree_compass > > # group_percent = percent > > # group_pressure = hPa # Option inHg, mmHg , mbar or hPa > > group_rain = mm # Option are inch , cm or mm > > group_temperature = degree_C # Option are degree_F or degree_C > > group_speed = km_per_hour # Option are mile_per_hour > > km_per_hour > > # or meter_per_second > > > > But still I get the values in F in the observation page. > > > > Do you know what I could have missed? > > You've missed nothing, and I was surprised to be able to duplicate it here. > > Turns out there is nothing wrong with the code, but a change that was > brought in with weewx 3.9 (02/05/2019) has finally caught up with > wxobs and the way I specified the labels. The Defaults section was > moved to [StdReport] so entries made there will apply to *all* skins > and they have precedence over anything in skin.conf > > http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#How_options_work > > The fix is... The section within wxobs/skin.conf [Units] [[Groups]] > that refers to the Group units (which wxobs uses to generate the > labels) needs to be moved into the [[wxobs]] section within weewx.conf > > Using your case above, the entries in wxobs/skin.conf... > > group_rain = mm # Option are inch , cm or mm > group_temperature = degree_C # Option are degree_F or degree_C > group_speed = km_per_hour # Option are mile_per_hour > > are moved to weewx.conf so that it will appear something like (your > path may be different)... > [StdReport] > [...] > [[wxobs]] > skin = wxobs > HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/wxobs > [[[Units]]] > [[[[Groups]]]] > group_rain = mm # Option are inch , cm or mm > group_temperature = degree_C # Option are degree_F or > degree_C > group_speed = km_per_hour # Option are mile_per_hour > > Because these changes will now be read from weewx.conf, you will need > to restart weewx for them to take affect. > > n.b. The [[PHPUnits]] section remains in wxobs/skin.conf. It does not > get moved. It is specific to wxobs.inc and weewx would probably spit > out an error if it had to parse it. > > This all assumes that your database is in US units (thus why you are > converting from F to C) > and that your weewx.conf file has the section Std Reports with entries > like... > [StdReport] [[Defaults]] [[[Units]]] [[[[Groups]]]] > > Try it and let me know if this does indeed fix your problem. I'll then > adjust the notes / installer in wxobs to suit. > > Thanks for catching it and for bringing it to my attention. > > -- > > > Cheers > Glenn > > rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons > https://github.com/glennmckechnie > > -- > 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/CAAraAziKtCfEpC_bGY0%2B1JeXDMfWGx6KCjUrHJTuzw%3DL%2BEcrHA%40mail.gmail.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/CAPq0zECwaNyp_2vyz5BumO6WLNRLv6eNtiN6yTSQRppVM99xQg%40mail.gmail.com.
