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 would be for other install >>>>>>> methods. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The above file is from the current weeWX master branch and only >>>>>>> tested in weeWX 5.1.0 on Debian Bookworm running a 6.12 kernel from >>>>>>> backports. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have limited python experience and would value suggestions to make >>>>>>> the code more pythonic if needed. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%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 visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4aa290e2-2a50-4e2b-8e58-e81be5ac7897n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4aa290e2-2a50-4e2b-8e58-e81be5ac7897n%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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDVYHnru_vhi11hhM%2BagsOCQE8BPMFrmDUg-aX9pMUYYw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDVYHnru_vhi11hhM%2BagsOCQE8BPMFrmDUg-aX9pMUYYw%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAGTinV5LjmrPJGOQON%2BMf1Em6vdnZAJJhTCcRTuHfYuOBgWmtw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAGTinV5LjmrPJGOQON%2BMf1Em6vdnZAJJhTCcRTuHfYuOBgWmtw%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/744C3E5F-17F7-45CC-AA0A-E7AD5B72A8B2%40johnkline.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/744C3E5F-17F7-45CC-AA0A-E7AD5B72A8B2%40johnkline.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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