So do I create a new service for this or just extend the schema and not worry about creating a new service?
On Wednesday, 25 January 2017 09:28:18 UTC-5, mwall wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 9:13:41 AM UTC-5, Robert Mantel wrote: >> >> What I would like to do it take the voltage and soc that I already dump >> into the fileparse file that it reads from and label map it into weewx. My >> confusion is do I need to write a whole new service for this, or will the >> existing fileparse extension structure handle that and all I need to do it >> build the new values into the database? My eventual goal is to have a nice >> steelseries gauge that displays the voltage and soc on a single dial, or >> maybe just the soc, depends on how frustrated I get trying to build that >> new gauge...lol. >> > > assuming that fileparse is adding an observation called 'voltage': > > if you just want the current value, do this in your template: > > $current.voltage > > if you want to retain a history (so it can be displayed in a plot), then > simply add a 'voltage' column to the database: > > sqlite3 /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb > sqlite> ALTER TABLE archive ADD voltage REAL; > > see the customization guide for details about extending the schema. > > http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#add_archive_type > > m > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
