Downloaded and it's now capturing - temp is way off (30+ degrees high); but I 
suspect that's either an RTL or Acurite issue

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Clay Jackson


> On Feb 16, 2017, at 12:21 PM, Clay Jackson <cl...@nwlink.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Matt – so, here’s what I see in weewx.log
>  
> Feb 16 12:18:41 Weather weewx[14361]: sdr: MainThread: 
> AcuriteLightningPacket: unrecognized data: '2017-02-16 20:18:41 Acurite 
> lightning 0x2B6F Ch A Msg Type 0x4f: 67 C 66 % RH Strikes 3 Distance 31 - c0  
> 2b  6f  42  cf  c3  03  9f  d0*#012'
>  
> And here’s the SDR part of my config
> [SDR]
>     # This section is for the software-defined radio driver.
>  
>     # The driver to use
>     driver = user.sdr
>     path = /usr/local/bin
>     [[sensor_map]]
>         windDir = wind_dir.04C9.Acurite5n1Packet
>         windSpeed = wind_speed.04C9.Acurite5n1Packet
>         outTemp = temperature.04C9.Acurite5n1Packet
>         outHumidity = humidity.04C9.Acurite5n1Packet
>         rain_total = rain_total.04C9.Acurite5n1Packet
>         extraTemp1 = temperature.2B6F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>         extraHumid1 = humidity.2B6F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>         strikes = strikes_total.2B6F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>     [[deltas]]
>         strikes = strikes_total
> Haven’t done a debug yet;  but will report that next.
>  
> From: weewx-user@googlegroups.com [mailto:weewx-user@googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of mwall
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 6:52 AM
> To: weewx-user <weewx-user@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [weewx-user] acurite lightning detector
>  
> >    From:     Clay Jackson
> >    Subject:     Acurite Lighning Sensor
> >    Date:     13 February 2017 23:21:23 EST
> >
> > Hi, Matthew – new topic/question.   I have one of the Acurite Lighting 
> > sensors and would like to
> > integrate it into the weewx SDR.  It looks right now as if it’s not really 
> > supported. I tried just
> > mapping the senors and got some screwy results (see an earlier post).  Then 
> > I went back
> > and read the code; and it looks like the RTL driver is just dumping data, 
> > rather than doing
> > a “real” decode.   I’d be happy to work with you on seeing if we can get it 
> > working – let me
> > know if you’d like to try that.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Clay Jackson
> 
> clay,
> 
> this is typical output from the lightning detector, as returned by rtl_433:
> 
> 2016-11-04 04:34:58 Acurite lightning 0x536F Ch A Msg Type 0x51: 15 C 58 % RH 
> Strikes 50 Distance 69 - c0  53  6f  3a  d1  0f  b2  c5  13*
> 2016-11-04 04:43:14 Acurite lightning 0x536F Ch A Msg Type 0x51: 15 C 58 % RH 
> Strikes 55 Distance 5 - c0  53  6f  3a  d1  0f  b7  05  58*
> 
> with a SDR configuration and sensor_map like this:
> 
> [SDR]
>     driver = user.sdr
>     cmd = rtl_433 -q -U -G -F json
>     [[sensor_map]]
>         windDir = wind_dir.0BFA.Acurite5n1Packet
>         windSpeed = wind_speed.0BFA.Acurite5n1Packet
>         outTemp = temperature.0BFA.Acurite5n1Packet
>         outHumidity = humidity.0BFA.Acurite5n1Packet
>         outTempBatteryStatus = battery.0BFA.Acurite5n1Packet
>         inTemp = temperature.24A4.AcuriteTowerPacket
>         inHumidity = humidity.24A4.AcuriteTowerPacket
>         txBatteryStatus = battery.24A4.AcuriteTowerPacket
>         extraTemp2 = temperature.526F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>         extraHumid2 = humidity.526F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>         distance = distance.526F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>         strikes_total = strikes_total.526F.AcuriteLightningPacket
>     [[deltas]]
>         strikes = strikes_total
> 
> the weewx-sdr driver parses lightning sensor output into packets something 
> like this:
> 
> LOOP:   2017-02-14 09:50:31 EST (1487083831) altimeter: None, appTemp: None, 
> barometer: None, cloudbase: None, dateTime: 1487083831, dewpoint: None, 
> distance: 15.0, extraHumid2: 35.0, extraTemp2: 55.4, heatindex: None, 
> humidex: None, inDewpoint: None, maxSolarRad: None, rainRate: 0, strikes: 
> 0.0, strikes_total: 61.0, usUnits: 1, windchill: None
> 
> is that what you see?
> 
> m
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