Absolutely, I just wanted to point out there is more than one way to skin the cat. I too have my skin customisations in weewx.conf and when I rebuild my system the current database goes with it so no problems there.
Gary On Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 02:11:58 UTC+1 vince wrote: > The reason I map things to existing fields is that it's upgrade proof. If > you extend the db then you need to remember to do that if you rebuild your > system from scratch. Same reason I do the edits in weewx.conf rather than > skin.conf for the skin. It keeps the skin upgrade proof. > > On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 2:57:41 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote: > >> Or you can modify your database with wee_database and add fields >> wh31_ch1_batt, wh31_ch2_batt etc to the database schema. Utilising the >> existing batteryStatus1, batteryStatus2 fields is arguably simpler and >> quicker to implement, adding fields to the database arguably provide self >> evident names to the database fields and only involves use of >> wee_database and no modification of the field map. >> >> At the end of the day if you want plots of battery state values you need >> to have the battery state data appear in loop packet fields that exist in >> the database - how you do that is a matter of personal preference (if you >> just want to display the current value there is no need to change the >> database or the field map just the skin config). >> >> Gary >> >> On Wednesday, 21 June 2023 at 22:05:18 UTC+1 vince wrote: >> >> This is my 'example' - I have a WH26 outside sensor, four WH31 inside >> sensors on channels 1-4, and one WH51 soil moisture sensor so I mapped them >> as follows to match my hardware. You'd need to do something similar for >> your sensors. >> >> [GW1000] >> [[field_map_extensions]] >> outTempBatteryStatus = wh26_batt >> batteryStatus1 = wh31_ch1_batt >> batteryStatus2 = wh31_ch2_batt >> batteryStatus3 = wh31_ch3_batt >> batteryStatus4 = wh31_ch4_batt >> batteryStatus8 = wh51_ch1_batt >> >> >> -- 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/069bf76f-81a3-46b5-876a-01cba768f601n%40googlegroups.com.
