thanks for the input i will get version 4.xx up and running and then have a play
but thanks for the advice its plenty to get on with On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 9:06:19 AM UTC+1 Rainer Lang wrote: > another option would be to use a modified version of Matthew Wall's > Interceptor driver - extend its field map to cover for all data sent by the > customized server function of the Ecowitt consoles. > All Ecowitt console have this function for the sensors they support. > Apart from adaptations to Python3 Matthew doesn't seem to have worked on > the iInterceptor driver for quite a long time - and the Ecowitt sensor > universe has significantly expanded ever since. > > Other developers have created already an extended version where the WS90 > capacitor voltage is included. > > There is a (working !) extention of the Interceptor driver > (interceptor.py) made/adapted by the German developer Werner Krenn (also a > member of the community here) to cover for ALL recent Ecowitt sensors > existing today. > See attachment. > You can experiment with it. > I suggest you do the installation with the basic version first - > https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-interceptor/ > > Understand how it works and make it working for you - it's pretty easy and > straightforward > (you can install the interceptor driver in parallel to your GW1000 driver > - the entry in the station stanza in weewx.conf decides which driver > (section) you use). > Once it works with the basic sensors (it will create non-fatal error > messages in the syslog for every non-covered sensor), save the original > interceptor.py and replace it by the one in the zip file. > > Also add to weewx.conf in your [Accumulator] stanza > [Accumulator] > [[lightning_strike_count]] > extractor = last > > That's if you want to use a WH57 lightning sensor together with the > Interceptor driver > > If you don't create the non-existing database fields in the wview_extended > database schema (or repurpose existing but unused fields to accomodate your > new sensor data) and use the respective field map and/or respective entries > in the weewx.conf [StdCalibrate] [[Corrections]] stanza, this data won't be > saved/archived and will only be available as $current between archiving > periods. > But that's not a driver issue, it's a user issue. 😎 > You want to save the "extra" data which are not part of the wview_extended > database schema, you have to extend it (or repurpose) > > good luck > On 24.05.2023 07:53, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Mon, 22 May 2023, 09:59 [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Going to make the big jump form a series 3 weewx to the latest version >> are there any pitfalls I should be aware of . >> >> >> >> been running the GW1000 driver a couple of weeks works without issues so >> far >> >> The WS90 has and onboard capacitor and its logged on the Ecowitt app >> >> does the GW1000 driver log this voltage? or is it just the battery >> voltage >> >> >> >> Thanks for any advice >> > > It may be worth looking at this fork of the RTL433 driver > https://github.com/jpochmara/weewx-sdr which is supposed to support the > capacitor voltage. > >> -- > > 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/CAPSrEd%3DVUFHv7FH6b6_X8DjFURDzHDG2Yc4Fy2gtM5ghU3okOg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPSrEd%3DVUFHv7FH6b6_X8DjFURDzHDG2Yc4Fy2gtM5ghU3okOg%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/e3a083e1-3db0-4f40-8038-f991cf2e5f66n%40googlegroups.com.
