Hi, If you have beaufort = prefer_hardware under [StdWXCalculate] then you should be seeing field beaufort in loop packets and archive records provided you have field windSpeed in the same packet/record. I would go back to basics as far as you can and run WeeeWX directly <http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#Running_directly> for at least an archive interval (you want to see at least one archive record) and observe the loop packets (lines starting with LOOP:) and archive records (lines starting with REC:) on the console. Do they have a field windSpeed and what is its value, do they have a field beaufort and what is its value? If you have windSpeed and no beaufort or have windSpeed and have an incorrect beaufort value then something is wrong and we need to dig deeper. If the loop packets/archive records are correct then the issue is downstream in the skin/skin config.
Gary On Tuesday, 21 July 2020 at 20:55:37 UTC+10 Vetti52 wrote: > Hi, Tom! > > As there was almost no wind last week, I just tried to activate > $current.beaufort. I decided to show both values, such as $current_beaufort > ($current.beaufort). However, the new value always shows (0), while the > other one looks ok to me. Do I have to drive another screw somewhere in > Weewx. The only place, I know, is the entry in [StdWXCalculate], which is > set to "prefer_hardware" as by default. > It is not that bad, as the solution from @WindnFog > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/weewx-user/b7TqpYD9sxY/60NGeJEFDAAJ>works > as well. But, at least, the new solution should work too. > > Am Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2020 18:25:06 UTC+2 schrieb Tom Keffer: > >> Beaufort is treated as a separate observation type, not an alternative >> unit. So, you should be able to use it like any other type. For example, >> >> <p>The current wind speed is $current.windSpeed, which is beaufort >> $current.beaufort.</p> >> >> If you want to plot it, you would need to put 'beaufort' in your database >> schema. >> >> -tk >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 6:42 AM Vetti52 <drv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi you Weewx experts! >>> >>> first I would like to say, that my station ( a WS2900 clone) is not that >>> sophisticated, especially concerning wind speed and direction. There are >>> many tall trees around, being closer than their 10fold height, so that the >>> wind is often much smoother and more disturbed than on top of the trees. >>> However, I still would like to compare the data to the data provided by >>> local weather forecasters. Commonly the wind is announced in the literally >>> equation of the predicted Beaufort value. So, they talk of "fresh breeze", >>> when wind with 5 bft is expected. Therefore I wanted to display the wind >>> data in bft and its literal equivalent also. In Weewx 3 I adopted the >>> solution found here: >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/b7TqpYD9sxY/discussion >>> which works fine so far. >>> After upgrading to Weewx 4 I found a new entry in >>> >>> [StdWXCalculate] >>> [[Calculations]] >>> beaufort = prefer_hardware >>> >>> which raised the question, if I could replace the previous solution by >>> that introduced in version 4. >>> I expected, that there would be an option in the [[[Units]]] section to >>> chose 'beaufort' instead of 'knot'. But this is not offered in the options >>> there. Anyway, this would not be the solution, because I want to see the >>> wind speed as it is actually shown, and *in addition *in terms of >>> Beaufort. This should also be shown in an extra graph over time. >>> >>> Does anyone have a clue, how to manage this? >>> >>> -- >>> 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 weewx...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e766b133-65d4-4821-917e-49a31936a43do%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e766b133-65d4-4821-917e-49a31936a43do%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/21bda52b-5bc9-4c53-97bf-ef8a69334026n%40googlegroups.com.
