For what is worth : meteobridge has also implemented wow be as a new weather network and it's working fine. With solar and with correct pressure readings. Grtz
Alex Op wo 24 sep 2025, 11:42 schreef John Smith <[email protected]>: > Then the documentation is wrong, because that's not how it's working in > practise. > > On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 18:10, 'steepleian' via weewx-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> @John Kline, >> I have also read the documentation and have come to exactly the same >> conclusion as you so that is what should be used. I am a current WOW user >> and intend to continue with the new service. >> https://claydonsweather.org.uk >> >> On 24 Sep 2025, at 06:46, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> The the change @Tom made should be rolled back. >> >> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 13:10, 'John Kline' via weewx-user < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > *no idea why @John Kilne had a different outcome* >>> >>> *I’m not uploading to WOW-BE, but I can read documentation. I was >>> responding to the following request from Tom:* >>> >>> Could someone check the WOW-BE API and see exactly what they need. That >>> should be what we do, rather than make stations "better" or "worse". >>> >>> On Sep 23, 2025, at 6:48 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> There was 3 of us getting wrong results before switching to *absbaromin, >>> the WOW-BE site was showing over 1100hPa, no idea why @John Kilne had a >>> different outcome.* >>> >>> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 10:52, Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm having a hard time following. I know the last commit fixed David's >>>> station. John: I gather it made yours worse? >>>> >>>> Could someone check the WOW-BE API and see exactly what they need. That >>>> should be what we do, rather than make stations "better" or "worse". >>>> >>>> -tk >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM David <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For me using *absbaromin*, pressure readings for my station being >>>>> reported by WOW-BE were consistently looking very wrong. >>>>> They were approximately +10hPa higher than they should have been. >>>>> Presumable the MSLP (*barometer*) being reported were then being >>>>> (incorrectly) adjusted by WOW-BE to take into consideration the altitude >>>>> of >>>>> my weather station (around 105m). >>>>> As soon as I changed to *baromin* instead, things looked much better. >>>>> So far the WOW-BE barometric pressures for my station have been stable >>>>> with >>>>> no anomalous readings. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> David >>>>> On Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 11:40:08 AM UTC+9:30 John Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> hPa even... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 12:09, John Smith <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Not using absbaromin things go wonky, my station was reporting over >>>>>>> 1100kPa at one stage... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 03:15, David <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just a query with regards to the updated restx.py file for sending >>>>>>>> data to WOW-BE. >>>>>>>> When reporting pressure using "barometer", shouldn't the respective >>>>>>>> WOW-BE field be "baromin" instead of "absbaromin"? >>>>>>>> According the the WOW-BE site: >>>>>>>> "*baromin = relative pressure (i.e. pressure reduced to sea level)* >>>>>>>> and *absbaromin = absolute pressure (i.e. the raw pressure >>>>>>>> measurement at the station’s location)*." >>>>>>>> So for reporting pressure: >>>>>>>> - weewx parameter "barometer" corresponds to the field "baromin" >>>>>>>> in WOW-BE >>>>>>>> - weewx parameter "pressure" corresponds to the field >>>>>>>> "absbaromin" in WOE-BE >>>>>>>> May be I'm wrong, but since I modified the code to report >>>>>>>> "barometer" as "baromin" the reported pressure now seems to be correct >>>>>>>> (before the change they were abnormally high). >>>>>>>> I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2 so it makes sense for me to report >>>>>>>> "barometer" pressure since this is what is provided by the weather >>>>>>>> station. >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:02:01 PM UTC+9:30 John Smith >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've submitted a pull request for restx.py to enable sending >>>>>>>>> weather data to both wow.metoffice.gov.uk and wow.meteo.be, the >>>>>>>>> code is slightly modified from the diff that glennmckechnie posted to >>>>>>>>> issue >>>>>>>>> #1013 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You can download a copy of restx.py with the changes here: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://github.com/evilbunny2008/weewx/raw/refs/heads/master/src/weewx/restx.py >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just replace the existing restx.py which resides >>>>>>>>> in /usr/share/weewx/weewx/restx.py when you install using the Debian >>>>>>>>> package, I don't know exactly where it 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