First pm25_2. You typically see WeeWX displaying a numeric field with many decimal places when WeeWX either (1) does not know what unit group a particular observation belongs to (in other words WeeWX does not know if this is a temperature or a speed etc so it just displays the data as stored internally and with no unit label) or (2) does not know how to format the field. In this case I am betting the former, since earlier we were talking about adding new fields to the database. There is another step - telling WeeWX what unit group the new field belongs to - I should have mentioned this in my earlier post. The relevant part of the Customisation Guide is the section Assigning a unit group <http://weewx.com/docs.html/latest/customizing.htm#Assigning_a_unit_group>. In this case the pm25 fields belong to the group_concentration unit group (refer to the Unit groups, members and options <http://weewx.com/docs.html/latest/customizing.htm#units> table). To assign pm25_2 to the group_concentration unit group you need to edit extensions.py (it will be in either /home/weewx/bin/user/ or /usr/share/weewx/user/ depending on your WeeWX install) and add the following lines:
import weewx.units weewx.units.obs_group_dict['pm25_2'] = 'group_concentration' Save extensions.py and restart WeeWX. On the next report cycle you should now see pm25_2 being formatted as per the default concentration formats. On to soil moisture. The default units used by WeeWX for soil moisture is the centibar, due largely to this being the units used by Davis station for soil moisture. Ecowitt on the other hand reports soil moisture as a percent. Both centibar and percent use a range of 0 (or 1) to 100, though I understand there is no direct correlation between the two. In any case, the numbers are fine but the displayed units are not. In your case you have a couple of options: 1. you can change the unit group for the soil moisture fields of interest from group_moisture to group_percent 2. you can change the unit label for centibar from cb to % I favour the former as that way you are only changing the sensor data for the sensors of interest. If you choose the latter you are effectively changing the units for all soil moisture sensors including any you might add in the future. Plus with (2) WeeWX still considers soil moisture to be in centibars (even though it is not for your sensors) it is just displaying a different unit label. To change unit groups for your sensors you need to add a few more lines to extensions.py (just like for pm25_2), something like the highlighted lines: import weewx.units weewx.units.obs_group_dict['pm25_2'] = 'group_concentration' weewx.units.obs_group_dict['soilMoist1'] = 'group_percent' weewx.units.obs_group_dict['soilMoist2'] = 'group_percent' weewx.units.obs_group_dict['soilMoist3'] = 'group_percent' weewx.units.obs_group_dict['soilMoist4'] = 'group_percent' Again a change to extensions.py will require a WeeWX restart to take effect and the change should be evident on the next report cycle. On Saturday, 2 September 2023 at 12:35:29 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for the information Gary and Tom > > I know have all the sensor data displaying, looks like the lines for the > sensors was missing in the database. > > Now another issue has cropped up and again probably a very simple fix, the > original soil moisture sensors display cb as the unit and the new ones > display a percentage which I would consider correct, how do I change the > unit for the old ones?? > > That said the data from the second air quality though correct from what I > can see is showing as a number with 6 decimal places and no unit, how can > this be fixed?? > > Doug > https://baldivisweather.ddns.net > > On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 8:38:19 AM UTC+8 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> The Seasons skin uses a limited list of observation types in deciding >> whether to display something. If a type is not in the list, it won't get >> displayed unless you add it. >> >> Look in skin.conf, for section [DisplayOptions]. The list of which types >> to display under "Current Conditions" is option "observation_current". For >> "Statistics", it's "observation_stats". And so on. Just add your types to >> the appropriate list. If a type is already in the list but not displaying, >> then something else is going on. >> >> On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 4:49 PM Doug Couper <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Using a gw2000 with the gw1000 gate driver version 0.5.0 >>> I have 8 soil moisture sensors and 2 air quality sensors >>> After much searching and trailing different configurations I cannot get >>> four of the soil moisture sensors and one of the air quality sensors to >>> display information on the web page >>> >>> The driver output is displaying the data for all the sensors, I just >>> cannot get the additional data to display on the seasons skin. >>> >>> Looking at the Hilo.inc sensors.inc skin.conf does not present any clue >>> as to why these are not displaying >>> >>> Any assistance would be appreciated >>> >>> Doug >>> https://baldivisweather.ddns.net >>> >>> -- >>> 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/9b431446-5a89-4cb4-87d3-6806e1665782n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9b431446-5a89-4cb4-87d3-6806e1665782n%40googlegroups.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/c05d9594-29e2-4ffa-8dfa-6a0097817f5en%40googlegroups.com.
