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 would be for other install >>>>>>>> methods. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The above file is 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