I solved my own issue! :-D Putting the following line in your Weewx.conf
file seems to do the trick!
[[Corrections]]
strike_distance = strike_distance if Lightning_Strikes > 0 else None
On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 4:29:09 PM UTC-4, Chris Morris wrote:
>
> Thats just it, Gary...LOL I don't remember...I am still very much a
> newbie. :-D I have followed instructions as best I can, and have even
> figured out a few things on my own, but I have only been using WeeWX since
> January (I started building my station in December though). I know enough
> about programming to fill a thimble halfway. LOL
>
> That said, I *tremendously* appreciate the help of everyone on these
> forums....this has proven to be a really cool and rewarding hobby to pick
> up! Thanks to everyone!
>
> On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 4:21:22 PM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote:
>>
>> Remember the WeeWX approach to data from a driver for a given sensor is:
>>
>> - a value of 0 should be emitted for a field when the source sensor
>> provides a reading of 0
>> - a python None should be emitted for a field where the source sensor
>> is present but not emitting data or the data is considered 'bad' by the
>> driver
>> - a field should be omitted if the source sensor is not present
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Sunday, 26 April 2020 02:31:29 UTC+10, Greg Troxel wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris Morris <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>> > So, lemme take a stab at explaining in a somewhat Boolean way...
>>> >
>>> > If strike_count_total_current = strike_count_total_last, then set
>>> > strike_distance = 0, else strike_distance = INTEGER (actual value
>>> > reported by Atlas or 6045).
>>>
>>> Really if the current/last counts are equal, strike_distance should be
>>> omitted, or it should be set to some sort of nil or undefined value.
>>> It is not actually 0 either.
>>>
>>> Then, the bits output by the acurite for distance, are not actually km
>>> or miles. They are some complicated re-encoding of the encoding from
>>> the detector chip that is partly but not quite understood. See the
>>> rtl433 list archives for more information. If you are saying that
>>> weewx records the value sent by the acurite, that's fine.
>>>
>>
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