Dan, Did you happen to figure out how to get the lightning_strikes to display properly? I am currently going through the same.
On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 2:59:46 PM UTC-4 Dan Roman wrote: > Yes Wayne, thanks again. I've got my brightness and battery voltage > displaying properly and well formatted using the Belchertown skin. We had > a thunderstorm this morning but the lightning reading still was not > working. I've removed that observation until I can figure out how to > display the number of lightning strikes for the current day. Some of the > information gleaned from the luminosity and battery measurements may help > me figure out lightning. > > I think besides working on lightning I am going to look at how to add data > like battery or lightning to the weewx database and playing around with > adding more graphs to Belchertown. > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 7:54 PM Wayne Rademacher <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> We solved the decimal point issue..... >> >> Check out the conversation: >> How do I change the number of displayed decimal places? >> >> Wayne >> >> On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9:36:51 PM UTC-5 Dan Roman wrote: >> >>> Thanks Wayne, very helpful. I had made some progress but this >>> sped things up for me. I have been slowly learning more about custom >>> configuring weewx and its skins. Info is out there, depending on what you >>> are looking for it can be scattered. My next step is to figure out how to >>> change the number of decimal points displayed for the battery voltage and >>> to get the lightning strike count working. >>> >>> I added lightning_strikes to the Belchertown observation list but right >>> now it is displaying "Invalid observation". Not sure if this is because >>> there are no thunderstorms or if there is a problem with the reading. I'll >>> wait until I get a thunderstorm and see what is displayed. I would like to >>> dig into the code and figure out if I can change "Invalid observation" to >>> "No lightning detected today" or something like that. Not sure it if is in >>> the skin or weewx but greping around should find it. >>> >>> Thanks again for your help. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM Wayne Rademacher <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dan, >>>> I have a Tempest and the Belchertown skin. >>>> >>>> All I did to get to display battery voltage was place the " >>>> windBatteryStatus" variable in the station observations string. I >>>> also added "luminosity" to the string. To use luminosity (Brightness) >>>> you will need to change the sensor map title from luxXX to luminosity. I >>>> included both the Station Observation string and my sensor map for your >>>> reference. Btw, you can also change the sensor titles in the weewx.conf >>>> file. >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> station_observations = "barometer","dewpoint","outHumidity","rain", >>>> "luminosity", "UV", "cloud_cover", "windBatteryStatus" >>>> >>>> [[sensor_map]] >>>> outTemp = air_temperature.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> outHumidity = relative_humidity.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> pressure = station_pressure.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> lightning_strikes = lightning_strike_count.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> avg_distance = lightning_strike_avg_distance.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> outTempBatteryStatus = battery.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> windSpeed = wind_speed.ST-00105xxx.rapid_wind >>>> windDir = wind_direction.ST-00105xxx.rapid_wind >>>> luminosity = illuminance.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> UV = uv.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> rain = rain_accumulated.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> windBatteryStatus = battery.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> radiation = solar_radiation.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> lightningXXX = distance.ST-00105xxx.evt_strike >>>> lightningYYY = energy.ST-00105xxx.evt_strike >>>> radiation = solar_radiation.ST-00105xxx.obs_st >>>> lightningXXX = distance.ST-00105xxx.evt_strike >>>> lightningYYY = energy.ST-001056xxx.evt_strike >>>> >>>> On Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 8:51:25 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: >>>> >>>>> You need to actually call the get_battery_status() routine too... >>>>> >>>>> Take a look at what the Seasons skin does... >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 5:06:29 PM UTC-7 Dan Roman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've been running stock Weewx for about a year and finally got around >>>>>> to trying other skins. First one I tried is Belchertown and I like it a >>>>>> lot. I have most things working but when I tried to update about.inc to >>>>>> display the Tempest battery voltage the same way I added it to the >>>>>> Seasons >>>>>> skin, it does not seem to work. Do I need to do something differently? >>>>>> Below is what I added to sensors.inc in the Seasons skin. I copied and >>>>>> pasted it into about.inc and it does not display anything. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did a little digging around in the Seasons skin to see if anything >>>>>> in the configuration was different and needed to be added to the >>>>>> configuration of Belchertown but did not see anything obvious. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> ## Modified battery code for Tempest >>>>>> #def get_battery_status($x) >>>>>> #set $y = "{:.2f}".format($x) >>>>>> #if $x >= 2.455 >>>>>> <span class="status_ok">OK - $y</span> >>>>>> #else >>>>>> #if $x >= 2.41 >>>>>> <span class="status_low">LOW - mode 1 - $y</span> >>>>>> #else >>>>>> #if $x >= 2.39 >>>>>> <span class="status_low">LOW - mode 2 - $y</span> >>>>>> #else >>>>>> <span class="status_low">LOW - mode 3 - $y</span> >>>>>> #end if >>>>>> #end if >>>>>> #end if >>>>>> #end def >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/huVKwO86oqs/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/693d4ce5-5196-47f9-ac10-0b2c8525ebcbn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/693d4ce5-5196-47f9-ac10-0b2c8525ebcbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Roman >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/huVKwO86oqs/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/31c12168-fdf7-4c47-914a-9e7cec77ed84n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/31c12168-fdf7-4c47-914a-9e7cec77ed84n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Dan Roman > [email protected] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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