I still use the gw1000 driver in my production environment.
Other than adding p_rain and p_rainRate to the database, this is in
weewx.conf (I think it came with installing the driver):
[Accumulator]
[[p_rain]]
extractor = sum
[[p_stormRain]]
extractor = last
[[p_dayRain]]
extractor = last
[[p_weekRain]]
extractor = last
[[p_monthRain]]
extractor = last
[[p_yearRain]]
extractor = last
vince schrieb am Freitag, 26. September 2025 um 20:09:33 UTC+2:
> Yup. Adding the columns was easy. I didn't add day/month/year rain
> figuring weewx can handle that for me by default. It was nice to see Gary
> already had the unit groups set up in the driver so all I did so far was
> add the columns (awaiting Amazon delivery).
>
> Michael - I used the original gw1000 driver from Gary since it supports
> all my hardware.
>
> On Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:49:59 AM UTC-7 steepleian wrote:
>
>> So WH40 is your primary source for rain, dayRain etc and with a p_ prefix
>> for your WS85. When I am near a computer I will send you my complete config
>> setup.
>> https://claydonsweather.org.uk
>>
>> On 26 Sep 2025, at 18:44, steepleian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Vince, that is exactly what I do. It is so much cleaner. I also add the
>> dayRain, monthRain, yearRain etc. so you have all the cumulatives on a
>> plate.
>>
>>
>> https://claydonsweather.org.uk
>>
>> On 26 Sep 2025, at 18:28, '[email protected]' via weewx-user <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Just one question: when referring to "the driver": which one do you mean
>> and which fork do you use?
>>
>> Other than that: Looks like a reasonable approach. I'd always use the
>> WH40 as primary rain sensor.
>>
>> With my frankenstein version of the ecpwitt_http driver (installed from a
>> fork of a later version of gary's repo and Werner's ecowitt_http.py
>> manually copied) I only have
>>
>> [[Corrections]]
>> p_rainRate = p_rainrate #<== this might be better in
>> [[field_map_extensions]]
>>
>> [Accumulator]
>> [[p_rain]]
>> extractor = sum
>> [[p_rainrate]]
>> extractor = max
>>
>> in my weewx.conf. But I didn't add p_rainBatteryStatus to the database,
>> nor am I aware that I am using any other than p_rain and p_rainRate.
>>
>> The result looks like this, using the fuzzy-archer a.k.a. Bootstrap skin:
>>
>> <2025-09-26 19_26_26-weewx-data.png>
>>
>>
>> vince schrieb am Freitag, 26. September 2025 um 18:50:07 UTC+2:
>>
>>> Everybody convinced me to add a tipping rain gauge to my piezo WS85
>>> station...arrives today...
>>>
>>> I'd like to figure out a reasonable way to have both piezo and tipping
>>> gauge sets of data saved in weewx so I can display them overlaid on graphs
>>> etc. for comparison and to help me 'try' to tune the piezo settings.
>>>
>>> Since weewx only supports one rain sensor without doing hacks like
>>> reusing things like hail in the schema, I'm strongly leaning toward
>>> extending my ecowitt station schema with more rain-related fields to be
>>> able to support two rain sensors.
>>>
>>> Looking for suggestions on what db elements might make sensor to add....
>>>
>>> Currently the default weewx schema includes:
>>>
>>> - rain
>>> - rainRate
>>> - rainBatteryStatus
>>>
>>> So I'm thinking of simply adding matching piezo elements:
>>>
>>> - p_rain
>>> - p_rainRate
>>> - p_rainBatteryStatus
>>>
>>> That seem reasonable ?
>>>
>>> Assuming so, I'd add columns to the db and assign them to the
>>> appropriate unit groups to match per the docs too (?)
>>>
>>> Now to set the tipping sensor as the primary....
>>>
>>> Since I only have the piezo sensor currently, I have the following
>>> mapping to set the piezo sensor items from the driver as primary:
>>> [[field_map_extensions]]
>>> # use WS85 as primary wind/rain sensor
>>> rain = p_rain
>>> stormRain = p_rainevent
>>> rainRate = p_rainrate
>>> dayRain = p_rainday
>>> weekRain = p_rainweek
>>> monthRain = p_rainmonth
>>> yearRain = p_rainyear
>>> windBatteryStatus = ws85_batt
>>>
>>> The driver seems to internally use t_xyz elements which I'm guessing is
>>> tipping_xyz notionally, so to change the map to set the WH40BH as the
>>> primary sensor, would I want to do something like the following ?
>>>
>>> [[field_map_extensions]]
>>> # use WH40BH as primary rain sensor
>>> rain = t_rain
>>> stormRain = t_rainevent
>>> rainRate = t_rainrate
>>> dayRain = t_rainday
>>> weekRain = t_rainweek
>>> monthRain = t_rainmonth
>>> yearRain = t_rainyear
>>> rainBatteryStatus = wh40_batt
>>>
>>> # use WS85 as secondary rain sensor
>>> p_rain = p_rain
>>> p_stormRain = p_rainevent
>>> p_rainRate = p_rainrate
>>> p_dayRain = p_rainday
>>> p_weekRain = p_rainweek
>>> p_monthRain = p_rainmonth
>>> p_yearRain = p_rainyear
>>>
>>> # still use WS85 for wind sensor battery status
>>> windBatteryStatus = ws85_batt
>>>
>>> Does that seem like a reasonable approach ?
>>>
>>> I know the ecowitt gear has more signal status type elements available
>>> in the driver, but for the moment I'd just like to save and compare the two
>>> sensors rain and rain rate.
>>>
>>> Make sense ? Any suggestions ?
>>>
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