I did what you suggested (settings where fine to begin with) but still getting 20min discrepancies which are not explained by the loss of accuracy on the lon/lat.
Wondering what to try next. On Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 6:44:53 AM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote: > > No problems, it's just that sunrise/sunset can come from up to three > different sources and you need to to know which source is the problem in > order to troubleshoot. > > You are right that the sunrise/sunset in loop packets comes from the > console. So in this case pyephem does not come into play nor does the > lat/long settings in weewx.conf. You need to check/set the lat/long > settings in your console, either via the console buttons or through use of > the wee_device <http://weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_notes> utility > (note the if using wee_device you need to stop WeeWX first). From memory > the console (via buttons or wee_device) accepts decimal degrees with a max > resolution of 0.1 degree. Not sure a 0.1 degree resolution should result in > an inaccuracy of 20+ minutes though. > > Gary > > On Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:19:21 UTC+10, Constantine Samaklis wrote: >> >> My bad, I should have been more thorough with details. I was under the >> impression that the sunrise/sunset times were provided directly by the >> Davis console and not calculated. >> >> The values I am getting are coming from the LOOP when running weewxd >> >> LOOP: 2020-06-30 06:07:56 EDT (1593511676) altimeter: >> 29.887106231687923, barometer: 29.88, cloudbase: 1238.2237428350452, >> consBatteryVoltage: 3.75, dateTime: 1593511676, dayET: 0.0, dayRain: 0.0, >> dewpoint: 64.5434155315258, extraAlarm1: 0, extraAlarm2: 0, extraAlarm3: 0, >> extraAlarm4: 0, extraAlarm5: 0, extraAlarm6: 0, extraAlarm7: 0, >> extraAlarm8: 0, forecastIcon: 6, forecastRule: 45, heatindex: 69.6, >> inDewpoint: 45.1326136300073, inHumidity: 53.0, insideAlarm: 0, inTemp: >> 62.5, leafWet4: 0.0, monthET: 0.0, monthRain: 1.89, outHumidity: 84.0, >> outsideAlarm1: 0, outsideAlarm2: 0, outTemp: 69.6, pressure: >> 29.788405301826174, rain: 0.0, rainAlarm: 0, rainRate: 0.0, soilLeafAlarm1: >> 0, soilLeafAlarm2: 0, soilLeafAlarm3: 0, soilLeafAlarm4: 0, stormRain: 0.0, >> sunrise: 1593510480.0, sunset: 1593564480.0, txBatteryStatus: 0, >> usUnits: 1, windchill: 69.6, windDir: None, windGust: 0.0, windGustDir: >> None, windSpeed: 0.0, windSpeed10: 1.0, yearET: 0.0, yearRain: 14.08 >> >> I do have the following version of ephem: python3-ephem >> 3.7.6.0-7+b1 >> >> Weewx is running on Python 3.7 >> >> # Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees >> latitude = 40.624573 >> longitude = -74.012931 >> >> On Monday, June 29, 2020 at 10:23:36 PM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think we need to sort the apples from the oranges and bananas. Exactly >>> what are you showing us? Is that the sunrise/sunset times as displayed on >>> the console or as displayed in loop packet/archive record or as returned by >>> a tag in a report? What latitude/longitude do you have set in your console >>> and in weewx.conf? Do you have pyephem installed for the version of >>> python that WeeWX is being run under? >>> >>> Sorry for the questions, but it's a bit like the 'pressures'; there are >>> a number of moving parts to this and unless you know exactly what is being >>> looked at it is hard to give a meaningful answer. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:16:33 UTC+10, Constantine Samaklis wrote: >>>> >>>> Wondering if anyone is having the same issue. In the last 3-4 days my >>>> Vantage pro is showing the wrong sunrise and sunset times. I am in NY and >>>> the console is set to EST daylight savings and the current time value is >>>> displayed correctly. >>>> >>>> For sunset I get: 1593478080, which is 8:48PM EST and for sunrise I >>>> get: 1593424080 which is 5:48am EST. >>>> >>>> These timings are off by 20+ minutes. Not sure if this is something >>>> that anyone else is experiencing. >>>> >>> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9deecd62-c5bc-4095-8ccf-6f0bcbf7f0e2o%40googlegroups.com.
