If your console shows an increase in raintotal by 0,4 mm after each bucket tip then I am afraid the manufacturer has sold you a dysfunctional PWS or the manual specs are wrong. Op zondag 9 mei 2021 om 13:25:45 UTC+2 schreef Paul Eaton:
> Hi Arend > > Thanks for your suggestions but everything seems OK with the units on the > console - all rain totals are given as mm - and group_rain in weewx.conf is > set to mm. > > Interesting about the 0.254mm resolution. I've been looking at the Monthly > Reports given by two of the WS6in1 stations on the weewx.com map (Little > Sandhurst, UK and Millau Les Aumieres France) and all their RAIN values are > multiples of 0.254 (subject to rounding to 1 decimal place) which makes > complete sense. > > All the RAIN values in my Seasons skin Monthly Reports are multiples of > 0.4. I don't have a website to link you to my Seasons skin but from the > weewx.com map the link is to my Weathercloud page where you can see what > I mean (I'm the station in the north of England, near Manchester - > Timperley No.1). > > So, it's a bit of a mystery. Don't concern yourself too much about it > though, maybe the resolution on my station is only 0.4mm! > > Regards, Paul > > On Saturday, 8 May 2021 at 22:26:08 UTC+1 Arend wrote: > >> Hi Paul >> >> It has been a while since I did some configuration on a WS6in1, but will >> give it a try. >> >> According to this manual your rain gauge should have a resolution of >> 0,254 mm (0,1 inch): >> >> https://www.bresser.de/out/media/4ee6aeed2a360e23fae7b37bbd3f1de7.pdf >> >> You followed these instructions in the manual to set the rainfall unit to >> mm on the console? >> >> To set the rainfall unit 1. Press and hold [ RAIN ] key for 2 seconds to >> enter unit setting mode. 2. Press [ GRAPH / Ʌ ] or [ HISTORY / V ] key to >> toggle the rainfall unit between mm and in. 3. Press [ RAIN ] key to >> confirm and exit the setting. >> >> >> In weewx.conf your configuration should show this: >> >> [[Defaults]] >> >> [[[Units]]] >> >> # The following section sets what unit to use for each unit >> group. >> # NB: The unit is always in the singular. I.e., >> 'mile_per_hour', >> # NOT 'miles_per_hour' >> [[[[Groups]]]] >> >> group_rain = mm # Options are 'inch', 'cm', or 'mm' >> >> Regards, Arend >> Op zaterdag 8 mei 2021 om 18:14:22 UTC+2 schreef Paul Eaton: >> >>> Since November last year I've been happily running a Bresser PC 5in1 >>> station using WeeWX (now using version 4.5.1) with the WS6in1 driver but I >>> have a question about the Rain (total) values I'm recording. They are >>> always a multiple of 0.4mm, so 0.4, 1.6, 3.2 etc, never anything in between. >>> >>> I have tried both "software" and "prefer hardware" for rainRate in >>> [StdWXCalculate] [[Calculations]] but it doesn't appear to make any >>> difference. So I think it's governed by the Bresser console but I've >>> noticed (via the weewx.com map) that other WS6in1 stations don't seem >>> to have this limitation. >>> >>> It's no big deal (the odd 0.1mm here or there in Manchester, England is >>> nothing to be concerned about!) but if anyone has any thoughts on this I'd >>> be happy to hear them. >>> >>> Regards, Paul >>> >> -- 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/ba7611d6-c2ea-492b-b6ee-887457fc5462n%40googlegroups.com.
