hi Ok thanks for the advice and information i will put it into software calculation
On Saturday, 14 October 2023 at 13:27:22 UTC+1 Rainer Lang wrote: > nothing is "amiss" in the "WS90 software", whatever you mean by this. > I think you have a wrong understanding of the hardware you are using and > its (assumed) capabilities. > > 1. Tom's hint will solve your issue in weewx, as the observations you are > asking for are not primary observations but derived observations - they are > calculated from primary observations - either by a console of by the data > logging software (here weewx). > > 2. The WS90 sensor array portion which reads the values from which wind > chill and heat index etc. can be derived is the T/RH sensor. It reads the > outdoor temperature and air humidity. More the sensor doesn't do. The > console, be it a GW1000/GW1100/GW2000/WN19x0/WH2650, processes the > observations from the sensor array (wind, wind direction, rain rate, solar > and outdoor T/RH) and creates certain derived values like dew point. > > What the sensor reads can be found in the sensor specification - the same > is true for the console: its output is defined by the API definition. If > you want to know details, read > https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40730.0 chapter 13: > the Ecowitt Gateway API (application programming interface) aka GW1000 API > > There you will see that heat index, humidex, feels like, wind chill etc. > are not part of that output. > Weewx has the possibility to calculate these values from the basic > observations => [[calculations]] where you can tell weewx not to expect > these values from the console/driver (= hardware) but to do the > calculations itself ( = software) > > > On 14.10.2023 14:03, Tom Keffer wrote: > > See the documentation, section [[Calculations]] > <http://www.weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#[[Calculations]]>. > > So you would end up with something like: > > [StdWXCalculate] > ... > [[Calculations]] > ... > windchill=software > heatindex=software > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 12:56 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have noticed that my heat index value is constantly lower than the >> windchill value. >> >> This value is set to hardware generation so assume something is amiss >> inside the WS90 software. >> >> What’s the best way to rectify it swap to software generation or swap >> the bindings between windchill and heat index? >> >> Thanks for any advice >> -- >> 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/a2130e32-3481-4ec8-889d-07670dd6144en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a2130e32-3481-4ec8-889d-07670dd6144en%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/CAPq0zECgx7s7u0pQCfQrVv6hr4nA65UYupQB4Fy6YnzQ%2Bbekcw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zECgx7s7u0pQCfQrVv6hr4nA65UYupQB4Fy6YnzQ%2Bbekcw%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/b904f771-0a21-4140-8a15-d1ede6a89706n%40googlegroups.com.
