"If there is a possibility to extract a singled detected lightning event
and
> it's data with standard devices, is another story. If so, I'd see the
point
> of doing so. At least the minimal distance and weighted average distance
> are interesting values to me. I doubt it is possible doing this with the
> "Ecowitt Gateway Driver", I have no idea if it is possible with the
> interceptor driver and a WH2551, it should be possible using SDR."
what part of transmitting every 79 seconds has not been understood ?
And the 79 seconds start with the first detected discharge.
Why would SDR receive more and more often ? Magic SDR ?
SDR is nothing else but a radio receiver as is a console.
Just by changing the console the sensor won't post faster.
And it's not an Acurite chipset (maybe some Acurite device uses the same
chip);
it's an AS3935 - before starting wild speculations I would read the
specifications and see if the chip can be animated to provide data more
frequently.
Then you can try your luck modifying the sensor firmware if that's
possible and not limited by the chip itself ...
And have a look what exactly the chip provides/can provide ...
check if it provides such things like minimal distance, weighted
distance etc.
Nice wishlist, but as far as I have understood the specifications, it
doesn't do that.
Admittedly, I'm not an expert here - somebody else may be able to
extract more information
Google can be your friend - look up the AS3935 specifications/data sheet
etc.
But as for the WH57 as manufactured, it will transmit every 79 seconds ....
And it has nothing to do with the Ecowitt Gateway driver or any other
driver - you can have it poll every two seconds.
But it can get only what the console has available to send. And the
console only has what it receives from what was transmitted.
Maybe it would be helpful to understand how weewx works ...
Classically the data received from a driver or extension is collected in
a loop where data gets accumulated.
That doesn't seem to be what you want. You seem to want every single
data-item to be recorded separately.
Then you will also have to write the code which does this and save the
data in a way you can reuse it - i.e. write your own extension.
You'd probably need your own separate lightning database for that too.
In the typical way weewx works, collects and archives data that won't
work as far as I can see.
By the way - if there are no more discharges within 79 seconds, your
request above will be fulfilled 😉
all the sensor related information could have been found and read in the
Ecowitt WiKi
https://meshka.eu/Ecowitt/dokuwiki
On 02.06.2024 19:25, 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user wrote:
Probably the only way getting reasonable data is with SDR.
michael.k...@gmx.at schrieb am Freitag, 25. August 2023 um 07:32:51 UTC+2:
My best guess is that the Sensor reports every 79s "Hello, I'm
there" and every detected lightning on top of that, immediately.
If you don't live at Catatumbo River mouth, this shouldn't drain
the battery too much. Let's see if Rainer Lang knows more Details.
Greg Troxel schrieb am Freitag, 25. August 2023 um 01:53:48 UTC+2:
"michael.k...@gmx.at" <michael.k...@gmx.at> writes:
> I am just now in the middle of this Storm with
stroboscopic-like lightning
> flashing.
>
> I recognized my HP2551 is obviously showing lightning
strikes in realtime.
> Every one or the other second.
>
> Then I checked back in the manual and now disagree with
gjr80, when he
> states:
>
> gjr80 schrieb am Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2023 um 22:32:42 UTC+2:
>
> In essence the WH57 reports three things; the number of
lightning strike
> detected today, the time of the last detected lightning
strike and the
> distance of the last lightning strike. This is clearly
stated in the WH57
> manual.
> Gary
This sounds very much like the chip that is in the Acurite 6045M
> If there is a possibility to extract a singled detected
lightning event and
> it's data with standard devices, is another story. If so,
I'd see the point
> of doing so. At least the minimal distance and weighted
average distance
> are interesting values to me. I doubt it is possible doing
this with the
> "Ecowitt Gateway Driver", I have no idea if it is possible
with the
> interceptor driver and a WH2551, it should be possible using
SDR.
Certainly it would be great to log the bits and study them.
The 6045M
only transmits periodically, with a longer period without
lightning and
then faster in 'active mode'. I suspect the chip reports
immediately,
and there is a different radio in the WH57. There is no reason
why it
couldn't be set up to send promptly, other than battery life.
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