hPa even... On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 12:09, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not using absbaromin things go wonky, my station was reporting over > 1100kPa at one stage... > > On Sun, 21 Sept 2025 at 03:15, David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just a query with regards to the updated restx.py file for sending data >> to WOW-BE. >> When reporting pressure using "barometer", shouldn't the respective >> WOW-BE field be "baromin" instead of "absbaromin"? >> According the the WOW-BE site: >> "*baromin = relative pressure (i.e. pressure reduced to sea level)* and >> *absbaromin >> = absolute pressure (i.e. the raw pressure measurement at the station’s >> location)*." >> So for reporting pressure: >> - weewx parameter "barometer" corresponds to the field "baromin" in >> WOW-BE >> - weewx parameter "pressure" corresponds to the field "absbaromin" in >> WOE-BE >> May be I'm wrong, but since I modified the code to report "barometer" as >> "baromin" the reported pressure now seems to be correct (before the change >> they were abnormally high). >> I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2 so it makes sense for me to report >> "barometer" pressure since this is what is provided by the weather station. >> On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:02:01 PM UTC+9:30 John Smith wrote: >> >>> I've submitted a pull request for restx.py to enable sending weather >>> data to both wow.metoffice.gov.uk and wow.meteo.be, the code is >>> slightly modified from the diff that glennmckechnie posted to issue #1013 >>> >>> You can download a copy of restx.py with the changes here: >>> >>> https://github.com/evilbunny2008/weewx/raw/refs/heads/master/src/weewx/restx.py >>> >>> Just replace the existing restx.py which resides >>> in /usr/share/weewx/weewx/restx.py when you install using the Debian >>> package, I don't know exactly where it would be for other install methods. >>> >>> The above file is from the current weeWX master branch and only tested >>> in weeWX 5.1.0 on Debian Bookworm running a 6.12 kernel from backports. >>> >>> I have limited python experience and would value suggestions to make the >>> code more pythonic if needed. >>> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2686b8d5-5b58-4d99-801b-82855793a969n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAGTinV4vMk9eq8PC5Uvvv80%3DO%3DqbrhRfnFEwDjWYqLbD1aZyxQ%40mail.gmail.com.
