I had previously looked through the customization guide but failed to realize the usefulness of the information. After working through this practical exercise, I revisited the customization guide and a light bulb came on! I now have a much better understanding of the weewx customization innerworkings.
Perhaps this exercise will help others that are struggling with system customization. Wayne On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 6:51:25 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: > Perhaps not in the exact words of this issue, but the Customising units > and unit group section > <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#customizing_units> in the > Customisation Guide covers pretty much everything in this thread. > > Gary > On Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 06:33:45 UTC+10:30 vince wrote: > >> Wow - I never put the pieces together in my brain before. Thanks for >> replying with what you did rather than just "solved". >> >> Anybody willing to volunteer adding a brief wiki page for this one ? It >> seems like a great example to use for mapping something to a particular >> units group, as well as editing the string format. >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 12:42:32 PM UTC-7 Wayne Rademacher wrote: >> >> Here are the required changes: >> I added this to extensions.py as suggested by an oldman and Karen K >> */usr/share/weewx/user extensions.py* >> >> *import weewx.units* >> >> *weewx.units.obs_group_dict['windBatteryStatus'] = >> ''group_volt'weewx.units.obs_group_dict['luminosity'] = 'group_illuminance'* >> >> I changed the [[stringformats]] in the belchertown skin.conf to get the >> right amount of digits. >> * [[StringFormats]]* >> * #volt = %.1f* >> * volt = %.2f* >> >> -- 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/92fc84ad-b91a-481f-b684-8a2983f12041n%40googlegroups.com.
