Alternatively, V4.5.1 allows you to add new data types one-by-one. See the section *Adding a new type to an existing database <file:///home/tkeffer/git/weewx/docs/customizing.htm#add_archive_type>* in the Customizing Guide.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 2:12 PM vince <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a great problem description for us to work on, but my guess is that > your old db is the old wview-compatible schema and the new software expects > the newer wview-extended schema. > > Easiest way to check your db is see how many tables are in your db: > echo ".schema" | sqlite3 /home/weewx/archive/weewx.sdb | wc -l > > If you see 114 lines there, you have the extended schema. I think the > number is 40 or so with the old wview-compatible schema. > > Converting from old to new/bigger schema is documented in the wiki at > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Switching-to-the-new-wview_extended-schema > > > On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 2:02:27 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Probably not worth sweating, as Weewx seems to have stitched everything >> back together except earlier today...and that's fine. However, after >> switching to the wview SDB file, I am seeing an error every cycle from >> WeeWX in the log: >> >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: Caught >> unrecoverable exception in generator 'weewx.imagegenerator.ImageGenerator' >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> pm2_5 >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 196, in run >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> obj.start() >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 281, in start >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> self.run() >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/imagegenerator.py", line 41, in run >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> self.genImages(self.gen_ts) >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/imagegenerator.py", line 180, in genImages >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> aggregate_interval=aggregate_interval) >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/xtypes.py", line 91, in get_series >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> raise weewx.UnknownType(obs_type) >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> UnknownType: pm2_5 >> Apr 9 13:50:24 minix weewx[6296] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >> Generator terminated >> >> This is new behavior as of the switch to the wview archive. Nothing else >> has been changed. It looks like things are mostly trundling along. Any >> idea why this new error? I am suspicious that the GW1000 extension install >> did something to the DB that my switch to the wview DB has now undone. >> Digging. >> >> --Richard >> >> On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 1:25:07 PM UTC-7 richard maliszewski wrote: >> >>> WeeWX and I are getting along well. We had a wview installation that >>> had accumulated 7+ years of readings from a TE923W. The recent WeeWX data >>> is only a week or two. I have done the DB shuflle and WeeWX is creating >>> summary data and such for the pile of wview data. >>> >>> It's not a huge loss if it's not doable, but once that settles, is there >>> any reasonable way to import the recent WeeWX data into the resulting >>> weewx.sdb? Per the guide, I kept that as weewx.sdb.bak, so it's still >>> available. >>> >>> --Richard >>> >>> -- > 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/723afe71-8b4c-43a4-913e-dcb5f6a0c91cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/723afe71-8b4c-43a4-913e-dcb5f6a0c91cn%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/CAPq0zEBixRfvmvxrjYi4c2eqokR2hh9iE8u7e24-xRnHFAnu6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
