There are a couple of ways you can disable generation of gauge-data.txt by
the SteelSeries skin, but the simplest is to edit the SteelSeries skin skin
config file (/etc/weewx/skins/ss/skin.conf) and comment out the highlighted
lines under [CheetahGenerator]:
[CheetahGenerator]
encoding = html_entities
[[ToDate]]
[[[index]]]
template = index.html.tmpl
# [[[data]]]
# template = gauge-data.txt.tmpl
Save the file (no need to restart WeeWX) and the SteelSeries skin will no
longer generate gauge-data.txt. The only downside of this approach is if
you ever re-install or update the SteelSeries skin you will need to revisit
the skin config file and disable the gauge-data.txt generation.
Gary
On Tuesday, 7 September 2021 at 12:16:41 UTC+10 Marty b wrote:
> Thank you. I will make sure I have the realtime gauge-data extension
> installed and enabled.
>
> How do I disable the generation of the gauge-data.txt by the SteelSeries
> skin?
>
> Marty
>
> On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 6:56:03 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote:
>
>> Thanks. The logs indicate that you have the SteelSeries skin
>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/steelseries> installed and the Realtime
>> gauge-data extension <https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-realtime_gauge-data>,
>> if installed, is not enabled. The SteelSeries skin generates gauge-data.txt
>> during the report cycle at the end of every archive period, in your case
>> every five minutes. The wiki you are referring to is for the Realtime
>> gauge-data extension which can generate gauge-data.txt on receipt of each
>> loop packet, in your case every 2.5 odd seconds. The setting for the
>> Realtime gauge-data extension have no effect on the SteelSeries skin.
>>
>> If you want gauge-data.txt to be generated on every loop packet then you
>> need to install (or enable if already installed) the Realtime gauge-data
>> extension. Note you will then. need to disable generation of gauge-data.txt
>> by the SteelSeries skin or you will have the skin and the extension both
>> generating gauge-data.txt. This would be bad.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Tuesday, 7 September 2021 at 10:40:54 UTC+10 Marty b wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the response. The logs are attached....
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>> On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 4:22:58 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> There are two means of having WeeWX generate gauge-data.txt; one is via
>>>> the SteelSeries skin and the other is via the real-time gauge data
>>>> extension. The former generates gauge-data.txt no quicker than every
>>>> archive interval the latter up to every ‘loop interval’. It sounds like
>>>> you
>>>> may be using the former. It would help to know what you have installed and
>>>> enabled. Could you please set debug = 1 in weewx.conf and then restart
>>>> WeeWX. Let WeeWX run for at least two archive intervals and then post the
>>>> log showing the full WeeWX startup through until the two archive intervals
>>>> have passed.nThat will tell us exactly what your install is doing.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>> On Tuesday, 7 September 2021 at 08:03:42 UTC+10 Marty b wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to figure out how to get gauge-data.txt to update each
>>>>> time a loop packet is received. Currently it only updates at the same
>>>>> interval as the rest of the weewx files (~every 10 minutes). I looked at
>>>>> the wiki page for extension, but the section for ' Changing how often
>>>>> *gauge-data.txt* is generated' says ' To be written.'
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>
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