If the driver is incorrectly setting usUnits to ‘US’, one would see this behavior. What driver are you using? Perhaps you are missing a setting in weewx.conf to tell the driver the station is sending metric data. BTW, do you know for sure if the data coming from the weather station is metric?
> On Aug 6, 2020, at 3:23 AM, Randy <rrmt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I can change the unit in the skin without issue. I guess the problem is that > it appears the data in the database (which is set to US) is actually metric > data. So when I change the units in the skin, the data is displayed. For > example, the default skin for weewx shows my temp as: 30.4°F. When that temp > is actually 30.4 C. Maybe I should go set the DB to Metric (which I saw info > on and the info indicated this was challenging). Or maybe a clean reinstall. > > Randy > >> On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 9:55:47 PM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote: >> Hi, >> >> A couple of WeeWX basics might help. You may well find that different units >> are used by different parts of WeeWX depending on a number of things. The >> driver used to obtain data from your station may use metric or US customary >> units, this is dependent on your station and/or the driver. Once in WeeWX >> the data will be converted (if necessary) to the units used within your >> WeeWX database, this could be one of the Metric based unit systems supported >> by WeeWX or it could be US customary. The default is US customary and this >> is where the StdConvert service comes into play, StdConvert converts the >> data from the driver from whatever units the driver used to whatever units >> your database uses. Then you have the reporting system, the reporting system >> uses the Cheetah template engine and a system of tags that can be used to >> specify, among other things, the units for a given observation/metric you >> are displaying. Again there is a default and when you installed WeeWX you >> should have been asked what display units to use, eg: >> >> Indicate the preferred units for display: ['us', 'metric'] >> units [metric]: >> >> Your answer here would have been used to set the defaults. So there are >> three broad areas where data exists within WeeWX and it is quite possible >> that each could be different, at the end of the day whether the data from >> station to WeeWX or within the WeeWX database is stored in US, metric or >> Martian units is mostly irrelevant, what most people are concerned with are >> what units are displayed on screen. >> >> If you are using the skins packaged with WeeWX (Standard or Seasons) then >> you can alter the displayed units by changing config settings in weewx.conf, >> these settings will likely have been set at install but can easily be >> changed. You should find all you need in the How to change units section in >> the Customization Guide. If you are using some other skin then it is >> possible they follow a similar system or they could do things in their >> manner. Best to seek guidance from the skin author/maintainer. >> >> Gary >> >>> On Thursday, 6 August 2020 02:21:43 UTC+10, Randy wrote: >>> I am new to weewx. I have data coming in from my device is coming in as >>> metric (specifically, temp is C). I want to display that data as US, F. >>> The default weewx skin is showing the data as metric values like 20F which >>> is actually 20C whereas it should be 68F. Where does this conversion >>> happen or where do I chance the configuration? >>> >>> Thank you >>> Randy > > -- > 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/5ebb452c-53b0-4d91-a638-d80a99b3f986o%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/A92CC4F6-984B-4DAF-BA21-0D8061CB46A6%40johnkline.com.
