[weewx-user] Re: Dew Point not showing

2021-02-11 Thread Jeff A. D.
I had an Oregon Scientific station years ago. As I recall it wouldn't calculate Dew Point below a certain temperature (presumedly because it doesn't calculate Frost Point, or something like that). Your graphs tend to bear that out as it seems to only show DP above -15C. I think you can have W

[weewx-user] Re: Corrections for barometric pressure from TWI station

2023-01-07 Thread Jeff A. D.
Did you get expected altimeter readings with wview? I don't know about TWI, but I know the original Davis VP adjusted barometer that uses temperature correction renders meaningless (to me at least) values at over 7000ft, but then the >41" you're seeing is also meaningless to me. On my VP conso

[weewx-user] Re: How to use SQlite database to generate date to date images ?

2023-01-07 Thread Jeff A. D.
I believe sudo wee_reports --date=2021-08-01 --time=00:00 will generate reports and graphs for the preceding day/week/month/year, including the month of July you're looking for. I've tried to use SQLite Browser and such and couldn't get them to work the way I wanted to produce graphs and suc

Re: [weewx-user] Corrections for barometric pressure from TWI station

2023-01-09 Thread Jeff A. D.
Barometer uses outdoor temperature for correction. Indoor pressure for all practical purposes is the same as outdoor pressure which is determined by the weather. But again, if the algorithm is the same as for the original VP, then the barometer corrections depending on temperature at high alti

Re: [weewx-user] Wind direction graph weirdness

2023-12-05 Thread Jeff A. D.
Looks like those are daily plots? Should each plot correspond with the dominant direction (DOM DIR), the last column of the monthly NOAA report? On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 8:27:30 AM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote: > That is an odd graph of wind direction. I looked over a one-year plot of > wind

Re: [weewx-user] weewx v5.0.1 upgrade problem

2024-02-06 Thread Jeff A. D.
Is your database being updated? On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12:23:35 PM UTC-7 Philip Wolff wrote: > Thanks for that tip - it got me off the ground. All is now well except > that /var/www/html/weewx hasn't been updated since just before I did the > upgrade to 5.0.1. Anyone else seeing this?

Re: [weewx-user] Replacement for Vantage Pro 2

2024-04-23 Thread Jeff A. D.
It sounds to me that Marius is most likely correct. If it's working during the day then the solar panel must be working, and the bad supercap is draining the battery so it doesn't work at night. (The solar panel does not charge the battery, just the supercap, the battery is not rechargeable

Re: [weewx-user] Replacement for Vantage Pro 2

2024-04-23 Thread Jeff A. D.
BTW, Scaled Instruments list a VP2 Supercap for $4.50. On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 5:19:11 PM UTC-6 Jeff A. D. wrote: > It sounds to me that Marius is most likely correct. If it's working > during the day then the solar panel must be working, and the bad supercap > is draini

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Ghost values in logger archive records

2022-02-26 Thread Jeff A. D.
Just as a matter of interest, I went back even further and looked at my original Vantage Pro (not 2) with firmware "REV B MAR 30 2004". I'm seeing the soilLeafAlarms but not leafWet in the LOOP data. I don't push to Weatherlink or publish online at all, I just use WeeWX to download the archi

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Ghost values in logger archive records

2022-02-27 Thread Jeff A. D.
ro is no alarm at all. > So, zero values are probably normal. > > However, it is not normal to have leafWet4 when there is no sensor. > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 8:22 PM Jeff A. D. wrote: > >> Just as a matter of interest, I went back even further and looked at my >>

[weewx-user] Re: weewx rejects my high altitude station :-D

2022-03-03 Thread Jeff A. D.
I think the problem may be the [StdQC] section in the weewx.conf. http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#StdQC In the example given the minimum barometer reading is 28 which I'm guessing may be causing your problem. I simply changed mine to 15 which may be absurdly low but I've never noted a pr

[weewx-user] Re: weewx rejects my high altitude station :-D

2022-03-03 Thread Jeff A. D.
Actually it may just be "pressure" you need to change, but I ended up changing both for some reason, and as I say I've never had a problem. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 8:24:25 PM UTC-7 Jeff A. D. wrote: > I think the problem may be the [StdQC] section in the weewx.conf.

Re: [weewx-user] Hardware recommendations?

2023-02-28 Thread Jeff A. D.
The VP2 comes with a 40 foot anemometer cable, and can be extended. Davis sells 100' cords that can be joined to the 40'. (I'm not sure if it's just standard straight through phone wiring or what, I think it's discussed somewhere on the wxforum.net Vince referenced). There's just this caveat

[weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-01 Thread Jeff A. D.
What's the best way to do this with WeeWX Version 4? Doing it this way would give an error of " UnknownType: 13.5". Thanks, On Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 2:28:51 AM UTC-7, jf42 wrote: > > > Update: when using the above settings in skin.conf, the y unit is lost. > Changing the sequence of plots

Re: [weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-01 Thread Jeff A. D.
t; > -tk > > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 12:50 AM Jeff A. D. > wrote: > >> What's the best way to do this with WeeWX Version 4? Doing it this way >> would give an error of " UnknownType: 13.5". >> >> Thanks, >> >> On Thursday, March 5,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-01 Thread Jeff A. D.
Thanks! On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 3:48:37 PM UTC-6, Tom Keffer wrote: > > I added it to the TODO list > <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/development/TODO.md>. > > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff A. D. > wrote: > >> Thanks, >> >> That

Re: [weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-26 Thread Jeff A. D.
Thanks! Working again with 4.1.0 "Allow expressions to be used as a datatype when plotting." [image: TempCharts.png] Makes it easier to see how long my growing season is in case I decide to invest in tropical fruit crops. :) Thanks again, and thanks to others here for the idea! On Friday, Ma

[weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-26 Thread Jeff A. D.
Thanks Remy, I added this under "[[year_images]]" in the "skins.conf" file for the Seasons skin I''m using. # Plot of high/low temperatures > [[[yearhilow]]] > freezeLine > data_type = 32 > label = ' ' > color =

[weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-26 Thread Jeff A. D.
I just realized I didn't answer about the average value in the first plot. That's just the outTemp under [[[yeartempdew]]] that was included in the original skin.conf that I commented out the dewpoint on for the yearly plot. So normally it would have just looked like this: > [

Re: [weewx-user] Re: draw user-defined lines in graphics

2020-05-28 Thread Jeff A. D.
n't find how to make > this modification on the gauge skin ("ss" skin for steel series). > > If you had an idea ... ;-) > > Thank you very much ! > > *Remy LAVABRE* > > > Le mar. 26 mai 2020 à 20:27, Jeff A. D. > > a écrit : > >> I

[weewx-user] Re: Having yesterday's rain listed right under Rain Rate, Rain Today in the Current Conditions section

2020-06-14 Thread Jeff A. D.
I haven't tried it, but form the docs, file:///usr/share/doc/weewx/customizing.htm#general_aggregation_periods, I would think something like this would work. If you were using the Seasons skin I would add it to "current.inc". $obs.label.Rainfall Yesterday $$day($days_ago=1).r

[weewx-user] Re: Having yesterday's rain listed right under Rain Rate, Rain Today in the Current Conditions section

2020-06-14 Thread Jeff A. D.
I haven't tried it, but form the docs, http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#general_aggregation_periods, I would think something like this would work. If you were using the Seasons skin I would add it to "current.inc". $obs.label.Rainfall Yesterday $$day($days_ago=1).rai

[weewx-user] Re: Day/night shading wrong in graphs

2020-07-13 Thread Jeff A. D.
This is from your link: Latitude 47° 36.36' N Longitude 122° 19.92' E Try setting your longitude to West. On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 6:48:10 PM UTC-6 robcr...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm not sure if this has always been like this - surely I would have > noticed it? - or if it has to do w

Re: [weewx-user] Re: weewx 4.0.0b16 stopped working at 02:00 this morning

2020-03-29 Thread Jeff A. D.
Use the "dump" option. The dump option does not clear the datalogger so you still have the data in the logger available if something goes wrong. If you clear memory you lose the data in the logger. On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:56:03 AM UTC-6, Mike Revitt wrote: > > > Thanks Phil, > > Never h

[weewx-user] Re: Vantage Pro versus Vantage vue

2018-05-25 Thread Jeff A. D.
I think the main advantages of the Pro over the Vue is the ability to split the anemometer from the other sensors, so that each can be placed more optimally. The wind sensor as high as you can get, the others not so much. And the Pro has the ability to add other sensors (extra temp stations,

[weewx-user] Re: Vantage Pro versus Vantage vue

2018-05-25 Thread Jeff A. D.
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm talking about the wireless VP. I'm not sure extra sensors can easily be added to the cabled. On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 9:51:10 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote: > > I think the main advantages of the Pro over the Vue is the ability to > split

[weewx-user] Re: Vantage Pro versus Vantage vue

2018-05-25 Thread Jeff A. D.
Also I have replaced the supercaps (that store the solar energy to power the station at night). That will most likely be required on either the Vue or Pro after a few years, but from what I understand the Pro is easier to access and service, assuming you have some skill in soldering. -- You

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Manually add min and max data

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff A. D.
If I may chime in on the subject, but there are various reasons I don't have a full time connection to my wx station (Davis VP), and therefore rely on the archive records to download from the data logger periodically. Even using a fairly long archive interval of 30 minutes, the archive records

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Manually add min and max data

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff A. D.
to accumulate LOOP packets and make records out > of them, and you don't publish to the web, what do you use it for? Internal > LAN publishing? Something else? > > -tk > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:08 AM Jeff A. D. > wrote: > >> If I may chime in on the subject, bu

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Manually add min and max data

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff A. D.
BTW, I missed Thomas Carlin's last reply before posting. My apologies for getting his thread a little sidetracked. -- 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

[weewx-user] Re: Removing Bad data question

2019-01-13 Thread Jeff A. D.
If you're talking about the NOAA reports or generated graphs, you can delete them and let weeWX regenerate them at the next report cycle. Back-up first just in case. On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 8:48:27 AM UTC-7, Steve2Q wrote: > > I had some bad data due to RFI last week (a large erroneous

Re: [weewx-user] Re: change noaa report wind direction

2019-01-13 Thread Jeff A. D.
Let me try again as my last message was deleted. What you are looking at is the Heating Degree Days for the month. The Mean Temperature for the month is in the first column. It all appears to be correct to me. On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:43:48 AM UTC-7, Luigi Carbonera wrote: > > > There

Re: [weewx-user] Re: change noaa report wind direction

2019-01-15 Thread Jeff A. D.
The first column is the Mean Monthly Temp, which is really what you're looking for when you ask for the Average Monthly Temperature. The sum you have circled is the total Heating Degree Days. Heating/cooling degree days sum is basically a measure that approximates how much energy it took to h

[weewx-user] Re: Almanac stopped working

2019-01-29 Thread Jeff A. D.
Is your latitude and longitude set correctly? (Your latitude isn't -90 or something?) On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 10:18:57 PM UTC-7, Tim Tuck wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been trying to debug why the almanac is not workign correctly. It was > working up until a few days ago and now the sunri

[weewx-user] Re: No updates since 2am start of British Summer Time

2019-03-31 Thread Jeff A. D.
Instead of clearing memory in the logger, which could cause loss of data, I use the command "sudo wee_device --dump". This fills in all the missing values in the data base since the time change, and seems to get things back on track. At least it has for me. On Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 8:55:2

[weewx-user] Re: No updates since 2am start of British Summer Time

2019-03-31 Thread Jeff A. D.
It's hard to tell here, but the dash before clear or dump is really a double dash. Still, I would try "wee_device - -dump" (without the extra space between the dashes) before "wee_device --clear" to avoid losing data. http://www.weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_notes On Sunday, March 31, 20

[weewx-user] Re: No updates since 2am start of British Summer Time

2019-03-31 Thread Jeff A. D.
It's hard to tell here, but the dash before clear or dump is really a double dash. Still, I would try "wee_device - -dump" (without the extra space between the dashes) first, instead of "wee_device --clear" to avoid losing data. http://www.weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_notes On Sunday,

Re: [weewx-user] Re: No updates since 2am start of British Summer Time

2019-04-01 Thread Jeff A. D.
Personally, I've never had to clear memory after the dump. Once I've dumped the memory everything seems to sych back up to normal. On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 10:01:18 AM UTC-6, Geoff Cusick wrote: > > The —clear-memory command does just that - it deletes all the data held in > the logger. That

Re: [weewx-user] Changing Weather Station - what is necessay to change in Weewx?

2018-03-19 Thread Jeff A. D.
According to the Utilities Guide shouldn't that be: wee_config --reconfigure --driver=weewx.drivers.vantage (Note the "s" in "drivers.vantage".) BTW: I'm new to weewx, and to Linux itself, and greatly appreciate weewx and the excellent and thorough documentation and help. Thanks! On

Re: [weewx-user] Changing Weather Station - what is necessay to change in Weewx?

2018-03-19 Thread Jeff A. D.
Going by the Utilities Guide, shouldn't that be: wee_config --reconfigure --driver=weewx.drivers.vantage (with an "s" in "drivers.vantage")? On Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 9:17:44 AM UTC-6, Tom Keffer wrote: > > In addition to Andrew's suggestions, be sure to use the tool wee_config: > > wee_c

[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

2019-07-30 Thread Jeff A. D.
I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. I did tape a couple of wire brads to the tail of the vane to act like bird spik

[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

2019-07-31 Thread Jeff A. D.
, 2019 at 10:01:59 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote: > > I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as > it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move > enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. > > &

[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

2019-08-06 Thread Jeff A. D.
If you plug the rain bucket (or let the birds plug it) and keep it filled with water, you'll have a nice little bird bath which will add to their amusement park experience. You might even consider filling the fins of the radiation shield with suet. If you have any old non-working stations you

Re: [weewx-user] WeeWX v5.1 is available

2024-07-08 Thread Jeff A. D.
You attempted to clear the memory before doing a dump? If so, I would guess that's why the dump was successful but you didn't see any output, because there was nothing left to output. So, if you did clear the memory and attempted to dump, did things go back to normal? I don't think it would b

[weewx-user] Re: Need solid line in graph plot

2024-07-19 Thread Jeff A. D.
https://weewx.com/docs/5.1/custom/image-generator/?h=gap#line-gaps So you should have a line that says line_gap_fraction=0.01 you can try removing or commenting out. I think changing the fraction to 0.02 or more would work also. On Friday, July 19, 2024 at 1:39:13 PM UTC-6 bgra...@umw.edu wrot

[weewx-user] Re: It struck me like a lightning

2024-07-29 Thread Jeff A. D.
Electrifying? On Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:11:42 PM UTC-6 Karen K wrote: > Heftig. > > (I don't know how to say in English.) > -- 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, se

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Upgrade - Davis WeatherLink Live vs WeatherLink IP

2024-10-24 Thread Jeff A. D.
I had an old Vantage Pro console with a faint LCD display. I just opened it up and reseated the ribbon cable, it's worked fine since. I've never seen a Vue console, so I don't know if you can do that, but might be worth a try even if you don't pay much attention to the console. On Thursday, O

Re: [weewx-user] Fix the daily rain totals for specific days

2025-02-02 Thread Jeff A. D.
Actually, the values in the rainRate and rain columns are set to 0.0, not Null, sorry for stating it wrong. On Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 2:36:10 AM UTC-7 Jeff A. D. wrote: > I do take manual readings during the winter months to get the moisture > equivalent of the snowfall. I don&#x

Re: [weewx-user] Fix the daily rain totals for specific days

2025-02-02 Thread Jeff A. D.
I do take manual readings during the winter months to get the moisture equivalent of the snowfall. I don't have a set time to enter it, but usually around the time the snowfall ends. Or you could do it a 0700 when Cocorahs totals are generally reported. It really doesn't matter for me as I j

Re: [weewx-user] Re: adding temp sensor

2024-12-23 Thread Jeff A. D.
I don't know if this applies to you or not, I'm probably the least qualified one to respond so far, and I may have missed if this was already mentioned. But I'm using Seasons skin, and under /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/index.html.tmpl has #if $day.extraTemp1.has_data or $day.extraTem

[weewx-user] Re: Celestial shows wrong values

2024-12-25 Thread Jeff A. D.
What should it be, and what are you basing that on? I wouldn't think the total daylight would be exactly the same throughout Austria as I think there is 2.5 degrees or so difference in latitude from the southern to the northern point. So are you sure your location coordinates are correct and t

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx and console do not agree

2025-07-29 Thread Jeff A. D.
Yeah, that's not normal. Did you get your console when it was new, and has it always done that? You could take the console apart and reset the ribbon cable between the circuit board and the display, and maybe blow it out in case there's any dust or something. It's actually not difficult, remo

Re: [weewx-user] Weewx and console do not agree

2025-07-29 Thread Jeff A. D.
lectronics, ground yourself. On Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 5:37:42 PM UTC-6 Jeff A. D. wrote: > Yeah, that's not normal. Did you get your console when it was new, and > has it always done that? You could take the console apart and reset the > ribbon cable between the circuit bo