Hi Alex, No, I did not figure out how to get it to work. I saved a few threads that I think might help out, but I have not had a chance to work on it to try to figure it out yet.
Dan On Sun, Jun 18, 2023 at 9:47 AM Alex Chaney <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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/ed1307f0-838d-4a6c-9567-bf072c43ba95n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ed1307f0-838d-4a6c-9567-bf072c43ba95n%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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