Are there any references to how these are supposed to be added? Was there any specific release notes on this? I did find one forum post when they were added to the distribution, but no details on their use...
Earl On Friday, November 6, 2020 at 1:53:12 PM UTC-5 Earl Baugh wrote: > > Got a few questions about lightning data. > (to start with, I'm utilizing my own sensors and posting data from each > into an MQTT channel, and using the Weewx MQTT reader to take that data and > convert it into loop records and then let the rest of the system take care > of it from there...) > > I see in the weewx db schema that there are: > > 'lightning_distance', 'REAL' > 'lightning_disturber_count', 'REAL' > 'lightning_energy', 'REAL' > 'lightning_noise_count', 'REAL' > 'lightning_strike_count', 'REAL' > > When I receive an interrupt from the Lightning sensor, I can post a > record with lightning_distance and lightning_energy. That seems fairly > clear. > > But how do I post a noise or disturber record? That isn't clear. Given > I just see a count, I'm not sure what kind of data would be needed to cause > that to increment. > > I'm assuming weewx updates the strike count based on the new lightning > record. But that's a guess... is that guess accurate? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers... > > Earl > -- 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/879cbcc8-227b-4015-a5c1-3bfcb1e1f76fn%40googlegroups.com.
