I unplugged one of the batteries and nothing changed. But I noticed there
are two "banks" of batteries. Next I unplugged ALL the batteries when
there was no sunshine to power the solar panels.
I can't believe my eyes but the packet is now giving "rain_total":0.0
instead of "rain_total":0.37. So am I correct that I successfully reset the
rain counter to zero by removing all the batteries or
am I confused or making a mistake? This means there is no need for the
console so far ...
On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 7:23:55 PM UTC-8 William Garber wrote:
> looking at weewx/drivers/acurite.py it seems the max is 100 inches. line
> 335 says bits 24-25 are for rain:
> 24-25: rain (r[24]*256 + r[25]) * 0.254 mm
>
> two bytes hold 64k * .254 = 16646 mm = 16.6 meters = 655 inches. so
> either the counter wraps around at 655 inches or it locks up and stops
> working and you have to buy a console or find a hack at 100 inches.
> not sure it will ever rain that much here. there is a chronic drought.
> On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 4:45:13 PM UTC-8 William Garber wrote:
>
>> Let's face it I can not afford the console so I used rtl-sdr. If you
>> remove the batteries from the main unit (sensors) will it reset the rain
>> total? It is stuck at 0.37 (below) which is from being jostled during
>> installation. It is working correctly in the regard that there has not
>> been any actual rain after installation and it is and should be still 0.37.
>>
>> Only relevant portion of debug log is this:
>> Feb 05 19:55:38 electron python3[554291]: mweewx[554291] DEBUG user.sdr:
>> packet={'outBatteryStatus': 0, 'rain': 0.37, 'windSpeed': 0.0, 'windDir':
>> 292.0, 'rxCheckPercent': 28.293, 'dateTime': 1644119735, 'usUnits': 1}
>>
>> The problem is that I think there is a maximum like 100 inch after which
>> it stops working and you have to reset it. So when it reaches that will I
>> have to buy a console?
>> thanks
>>
>
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