Bingo, thanks Gary. Yes, forcing the WH41 to channel 1 has made it appear on Weewx stats page without any further intervention!
Easy when you know how :) lcsneil On Thursday, 4 August 2022 at 21:36:08 UTC+1 gjr80 wrote: > Rather than the driver expecting a different tag I think this is more of a > case of WeeWX (by default when using the view_extended schema) expecting > PM2.5 data to appear in the field pm2_5. The fact you are seeing your > PM2.5 data appear in the field pm2_52 and wh41_ch2_batt and wh41_ch2_sig > are populated indicates your WH41 is appearing as WH41/43 channel 2 on your > station. The field map extension approach suggested by Vince will certainly > get your PM2.5 data into the field expected by WeeWX, but unless you have a > specific reason for having your WH41 as channel 2 a more elegant solution > is to use the Ecowitt WSView Plus app (via the More, Sensors ID menu) to > move your WH41 from channel 2 to channel 1. This will result in your PM2.5 > data appearing in field pm2_5 with no need for any WeeWX changes (it will > also see your WH41 battery and signal data appear in field wh41_ch1_batt > and wh41_ch1_sig respectively). Your PM2.5 data will be saved to database > and if you are using the current Seasons skin your PM2.5 data should be > automatically displayed. > > As an aside, it is also worthwhile disabling all unused channels via the > WSView Plus app to prevent multi-channel capable sensors appearing on > different channels should something cause the Ecowitt gateway device to > re-register sensors. > > Gary > > On Friday, 5 August 2022 at 03:30:00 UTC+10 vince wrote: > >> Quick look at the driver says it expects a different tag than the one >> you're seeing. >> >> I think you might need something like: >> >> [[field_map_extensions]] >> pm2_5 = pm2_52 >> >> ref: https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/wiki/Available-config-options >> >> -- 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/fac00137-2613-459b-8268-3d41746441b4n%40googlegroups.com.
