Karen, If you pst what you have done, I’d be willing to look at updating MQTTSubscribe to have a configuration option. If we get something working, perhaps a pull request to WeeWX might result. rich
On Sunday, 24 January 2021 at 05:57:47 UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com wrote: > @Rich: Yes, I was afraid that that is the only way to do it. So I guess, I > will do it the same way > > @Weatherl: Oh, I did not install devices of my own. Instead I got > permission to read the readings of the official level and flow meters from > the government. They provide an API in the Internet here. If you register > with them you can get the data live. > > bell...@gmail.com schrieb am Samstag, 23. Januar 2021 um 22:48:32 UTC+1: > >> I'll be interested in hearing if there is a better way, but here is what >> I did to add a new observation. >> 1. Wrote this service. >> >> import weewx >> >> import weewx.units >> weewx.units.obs_group_dict['honeywell01'] = 'group_temperature' >> weewx.units.obs_group_dict['honeywell02'] = 'group_temperature' >> weewx.units.obs_group_dict['honeywell03'] = 'group_temperature' >> >> class Noop(weewx.engine.StdService): >> pass >> >> 2. Updated weewx.conf >> prep_services = weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch , user.bellrichm.Noop >> >> rich >> >> On Saturday, 23 January 2021 at 16:18:28 UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I installed MQTTSubscribe service. In this case it provides data about >>> water level (unit cm) and water flow (unit cubic meter per second) of the >>> near river. >>> >>> As those units and unit group are not included in the standard weewx I >>> have to assign them elsewhere. >>> >>> Because I use the MQTTSubscribe service, there is no need to write an >>> extension. On the other hand, no extension file means no place to put the >>> assignment of the additional units and unit groups. >>> >>> Could I declare those units and unit groups somewhere in weewx.conf? >>> >>> Is there any other possibility? >>> >> -- 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/a33feb34-1ec0-411d-a5b2-eb163a5c16a9n%40googlegroups.com.