Gary, Completely agree with your latest response, and that was reason for my earlier [remark] that for Weatherflow-operation I should turn to a more dedicated thread. Also agree with your discussion of compressed file or uncompressed text: is dilemma how & when to choose.
Question of 'cleaning database' closed. Op woensdag 5 mei 2021 om 11:32:20 UTC+2 schreef gjr80: > A couple of observations. Deleting the database has nothing to do with the > Weatherflow driver not working - that is almost certainly due to incorrect > setup/config of the Weatherflow driver. Secondly, don’t reinstall. Clearly > WeeWX is operating fine (the simulator works fine). Better to spend your > time troubleshooting the issue. > > I can’t help much with Weatherflow setup, I am not familiar with the > station or the driver. I suggest you revisit the Weatherflow driver > setup/config, and if you have no luck start a new thread making sure you > post a log extract showing the full WeeWX startup and a few archive > periods. A sanitised copy of your weewx.conf would also help (the WeeWX > utility wee_debug <http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_debug_utility> > can help with this, just be sure that whatever you post contains no > sensitive info such as user names, passwords, api keys etc, wee_debug > should obfuscate these for you but it’s not perfect). You might also find > the wiki article Help! Posting to weewx user > <http://weewx.com/docs/utilities.htm#wee_debug_utility> has some useful > advice for getting a good log extract, note the tip to use two terminal > sessions, one to issue commands and a second to tail the log. > > One final request, appreciate the reason why you might compress files for > posting, but it does make life hard for some of us using mobile devices. > Plain text is fine - I am told Google has plenty of storage space. If you > have problems posting a particular file eg .log, just rename it to .txt > with a note explaining. > > Gary > On Wednesday, 5 May 2021 at 19:04:14 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> Gary, >> The closing remark in your message is not without merit and needs to be >> applied .... >> >> ;-( Enthousiastically wiped weewx.sdb from /home/weewx/archive (*without >> first shifting a copy elswhere*) and now in trouble. >> At restart of WeeWX (= with weatherflowudp as driver) no signs of life, >> except the logging of raw packets (because of related setting). >> Then executed the actions as shown in the attached zip-file. >> Now headscratching how to proceed: >> - with Simulator as datasource everything OK and database filling >> - with WeatherflowUDP as driver see raw packets passing, but no further >> signs of life, seemingly confirmed by time-out information. >> >> A complete fresh reinstall & setup obviously will remedy the problem, but >> quicker correction would be nice .... >> >> [This problem (in my case) has direct practical relation with 'cleaning' >> of the database, but possibly better to shift the discussion to another, >> more appropiate thread dealing with integration of Tempest] >> >> Op dinsdag 4 mei 2021 om 22:03:37 UTC+2 schreef gjr80: >> >>> The thread you linked describes the process to (1) have WeeWX use a >>> clean database and (2) change the driver from simulator to FineOffsetUSB >>> (fousb). Step 3 was all about the latter, it has nothing to do with >>> clearing the database. If you simply want to have WeeWX start with a clean >>> database then the easiest thing to do is to stop weewx, delete the database >>> file (a default install will use database weewx.sdb located in either >>> /var/lib/weewx or /home/weewx/archive) and then restart WeeWX. WeeWX will >>> automatically create a clean database during startup. Unless you have >>> manually changed the structure of your archive this will give you a clean >>> database with the same structure (schema) as the original. >>> >>> Of course if you want to keep the old database/data you should make a >>> copy of the database before deleting. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Wednesday, 5 May 2021 at 05:14:38 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Have started operation of WeeWX with the Simulator. >>>> Now switched to Tempest, and getting real data. >>>> >>>> The thread >>>> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/NJ_XFLbWrNc/m/fpRqGIBWBQAJ >>>> describes a method to transition the database(s) from Simulator to 'Real' >>>> sensor by defining completely new database(s). >>>> But what is the easy way to *wipe *the data in the database(s) *while* >>>> maintaining the datastructure? >>>> In other words: >>>> can the goal be achieved with less action than redefinition according >>>> to steps 2.+3. in the quoted message? >>>> >>> -- 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/a0a606b0-a3a6-48ef-8e00-90f14b1a92f4n%40googlegroups.com.
