Hi Bob, The captions below are working as designed. They are the tags of the loopdata fields that each gauge reads.
Now, just because it is working as designed, doesn’t mean it is a good design. I’ll release a 6.11.1 today without the tags. John > On Aug 14, 2026, at 11:52 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > addendum to first message: > I have removed my "fields" and replaced them with your list in the sample. > Everything looks better. all gauges seem to be working and updating live > data. Needles seem to be correct on all. The only remaining problem is the > text under the gauges which still displays the x.x.raw variables instead of > text. The only exception is the wind rose which is displaying the text > correctly. Hope this helps. Thanks > > On Friday, August 14, 2026 at 10:50:02 AM UTC-4 [email protected] > <http://umw.edu/> wrote: >> Great, John, very nice look! >> However, I am having a problem with my display page. The gauges are live and >> displaying real time but there are several display problems which indicate I >> don't have everything installed correctly. >> >> 1. The rain rate gauge has no needle indicator. The other gauges have >> needles even the rain which is "0" >> 2. Under most of the gauges I have the variables showing (x.x.raw) rather >> than the text they should display. see: http://grattans.org/wx/loopdata/ (15 >> minute archive) >> >> Any suggestions about where to look for the cause would be helpful. Thanks >> in advance. >> >> Cheers, >> Bob >> >> >> >> On Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 5:22:43 PM UTC-4 John Kline wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> weewx-loopdata 6.11 is out. It is a looks-only release: the sample report's >>> dark theme was washed out, and now it isn't. Readouts are white, the >>> numerals and labels around each dial are brighter, the recessed track that >>> makes a dial look like a dial is actually visible, and the windrose's >>> calmest band no longer disappears into the disc. The field captions under >>> each gauge lose an opacity that had them sitting under the accessibility >>> threshold for text their size. >>> >>> >>> >>> Before and after, same station, same loop packet — 6.10 on the left, 6.11 >>> on the right: >>> >>> >>> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-loopdata/master/LoopDataReport-6.10-6.11.png> >>> >>> The windrose is also the same size as the other eleven gauges now, with its >>> N/E/S/W letters moved inside the disc. It had been drawn a little smaller >>> on purpose, matched to the boundary the eye read back when a dial's own >>> edge was invisible — which stopped being the right boundary the moment the >>> dials got their contrast back. >>> >>> >>> >>> Nothing outside the sample skin changes: no configuration, no fields line, >>> no python. It is a drop-in upgrade, and a skin you copied and customized >>> keeps whatever palette you gave it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Release notes: >>> >>> https://github.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-loopdata/releases/tag/v6.11 >>> >>> https://github.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-loopdata > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2693d850-9b33-4194-b3c4-0dc5c945d9edn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2693d850-9b33-4194-b3c4-0dc5c945d9edn%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/7CAA17A1-7980-4B82-9EA8-F6B8C7334438%40johnkline.com.
