By using two separate instances, you simplify each instance: they are running they were intended to run. For example, faults with the hardware can be dealt with cleanly.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 8:32 AM bdf0506 <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose I could. Was trying to keep it all in one instance / one > database. But if you think that would be best practice, then I can explore > that option. > > On Friday, July 2, 2021 at 9:56:28 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Why not run two separate instances of WeeWX, one for each weather >> station, then combine the results in a single report? >> >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 4:52 AM Brad Furman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have acquired a second weather station and would like to place it on >>> the other side of my property. I would like to capture the temp, humidity, >>> rain and rain rate of this so I have two data sources. >>> >>> I can easily send the temp to extraTemp1 and humidity to extraHumid1, >>> but a little torn on what to do with the extra Rain field as there isn’t a >>> field for an extra rain. >>> >>> Now, I know I can add another field and service based on the >>> customization guide, to tell it to calculate rainRate2. >>> >>> My other option I was thinking was to park this data in either >>> snow/snowrate or hail/hailrate but I feel like this is a little messy to do >>> and could confuse me down the road. >>> >>> What is the best approach to go about adding a second rain and rainrate >>> field while letting weewx know it’s a special field that needs to take into >>> consideration that it needs to be calculated and all? Anything stock in >>> here to take advantage of short of writing a custom service? >>> -- >>> Brad Furman >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CAEwo8b%2Bo2Not56p6yFKGiP8m-x45ogP2MJOeDDnQG4obYdfOjg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAEwo8b%2Bo2Not56p6yFKGiP8m-x45ogP2MJOeDDnQG4obYdfOjg%40mail.gmail.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/67d8fc70-be8c-45f5-90e4-107278cf21f1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/67d8fc70-be8c-45f5-90e4-107278cf21f1n%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/CAPq0zECOryMWze96ndZ3Vigre1JA2BNRzGD-rAPh6r7BfnHYQQ%40mail.gmail.com.
