Here's some lines from archive_day_et with hardware and then after software
was enabled:
ET = prefer_hardware
1537675200|0.0|1537740900|0.0|1537740900|0.0|9|0.0|9
1537761600|0.0|1537788900|0.006|1537794000|0.006|25|0.006|25
ET = software
1537675200|0.0|1537740900|0.0|1537740900|0.0|9|0.0|9
1537761600|0.0|1537788900|0.24413249419622|1537797900|0.485293107016707|29|0.485293107016707|29
skin.conf
[[[dayet]]]
[[[[ET]]]]
aggregate_type = avg
aggregate_interval = 600
plot_type = line
color = red
yscale = none,none,none
line_gap_fraction = .1
and the resulting plot:
[image: dayet_software.png]
On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:45:59 PM UTC-4, Thomas Keffer wrote:
>
> Higher? That surprises me. I'm not home right now, so it's hard for me to
> investigate this, but it would help if you could send a few lines from your
> database. Alternatively, you can run WeeWX from the command line and send
> the resulting printout of a few archive records.
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 5:24 AM DerekV <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, however the ET values it is calculating in software appear to be
>> 10+ times higher than the hardware values.
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 7:51:26 PM UTC-4, Thomas Keffer wrote:
>>>
>>> The default is for WeeWX to defer to hardware, but if you need more
>>> frequent ET updates, you could have the software calculate it.
>>>
>>> In sub section [[Calculations]] set
>>>
>>> ET = software
>>>
>>> See
>>> http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#%5B%5BCalculations%5D%5D
>>>
>>> -tk
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:47 AM DerekV <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, it's a Vantage. Ok I understand.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 12:24:41 PM UTC-4, Thomas Keffer
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You didn’t say what kind of weather station you have, but if it’s a
>>>>> Vantage, they update ET only once an hour.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 4:55 AM DerekV <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What would cause a spikey plot when I reduce the aggregate_interval ?
>>>>>> I get a nice line at 1 hour but I need more precision.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: dayet2.png]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 1:47:39 PM UTC-4, DerekV wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to get a plot for my hourly ET and I just want a
>>>>>>> simple line graph like the exterior temperature. I have experimented
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> several combinations and now I'm getting the range of data I want but
>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>> fine dots are appearing on the plot. How do I get from where I am to a
>>>>>>> line
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> here's my skin.conf:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [[[dayet]]]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [[[[ET]]]]
>>>>>>> aggregate_type = sum
>>>>>>> aggregate_interval = 3600
>>>>>>> plot_type = line
>>>>>>> color = red
>>>>>>> yscale = none,none,1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and the resulting graph (you have to look closely to see the dots):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [image: dayet.png]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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