I'll jump into the config and change it to prefer software and see what happens.
Thanks. On Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:46:47 UTC+10, Andrew Milner wrote: > > may not have been that clear from Tom's response - but there are two main > areas involoved here: > 1. [StdWXCalculate] where all options should normally specify prefer > hardware for vantage stations. if rainRate is set to prefer_software then > weewx calculates the average rate over the archive period > 2. [StdArchive] where record_generation is usually set to hardware. > However if record_generation = software is set weewx calculates all values > as averages over the archive period. > > I do not know what happens if rainRate is set as prefer_software but > record_generation is set al hardware. ie I do not know if weewx overrides > the hardware record values with its calculated rate or not. > > > > On Saturday, 5 January 2019 07:31:37 UTC+2, Adam Harvey wrote: >> >> Thanks, I will have another read. >> >> On Saturday, 5 January 2019 03:13:37 UTC+10, Thomas Keffer wrote: >>> >>> Reports are entirely generated from the database, which contains archive >>> records. Where do the archive records come from? If you have selected >>> hardware record generation (the default) then, in the case of the Vantage, >>> they are downloaded from the console. The value of rain rate you are seeing >>> is what was downloaded from the console. >>> >>> For more information, see the section *LOOP packets vs archive records >>> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#_________LOOP_packets_vs._archive_records_______>* >>> in >>> the Customizing Guide, and the section on Vantage stations >>> <http://weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_data62> in the Hardware >>> Guide. >>> >>> As for the other stations, who knows where they are getting their >>> values... >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 1:49 AM Adam Harvey <adhar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I have a raspberry pi with weewx installed. Outside I have a >>>> Davis vantage vue, I have a connection from the davis console to the rpi. >>>> >>>> All works well, except, the rain rates seem averaged out, I notice some >>>> nearby stations seem to get higher instantaneous rates. >>>> >>>> I'm struggling to understand the loop vs archive, is that the change I >>>> need to make? >>>> >>>> thanks in advance for any assistance. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- 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.
