There's already a type for luminosity, but it's called "illuminance", introduced in V4.2. It's a member of group_illuminance.
See issue #613 <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/613>, in particular, this post. <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/613#issuecomment-716136794> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:01 PM 'Jan-Jaap van der Geer' via weewx-user < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I have added a luminosity graph to weewx (Seasons skin). It seems to work, > the graph works. However, it does not mention the unit used at the top > left, like the others do. > > I am trying to fix this, but I'm not sure how. > > In the weewx.conf I added, under [[[Units]]] in [[[[Groups]]]] : > > group_illuminance = lux > > (I think that shouldn't be needed as there is only one choice of unit for > illuminance?) > > Under [[[[StringFormats]]]] I have added: > > lux = %.0f > > And under [[[[Labels]]]] I have: > > lux = " lux" > > But apparently I'm still missing something. But what? > > Also in the high/low part of the template I tried adding Luminosity like > so: > > #if $day.luminosity.has_data > <tr> > <td class="label">$obs.label.luminosity</td> > #for $archive in $archive_data > <td class="data new_row hilo_$archive[0]"> > <span title="$archive[1].luminosity.maxtime"> > $archive[1].luminosity.max.format(add_label=False)</span><br/> > <span title="$archive[1].luminosity.mintime"> > $archive[1].luminosity.min.format(add_label=False)</span> > </td> > #end for > <td class="units">$unit.label.luminosity</td> > </tr> > #end if > > But also this is not showing the unit and the format is 6 digits after the > floating point, which is a bit overkill. > > Any suggestion how to fix this? > > Cheers, > Jan-Jaap > > -- > 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/52f9dece-add1-44bb-8ee3-e447a5e97592n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/52f9dece-add1-44bb-8ee3-e447a5e97592n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAPq0zECStZ5kj8J0dzh%2BXpH9n7SuOMG9DwnTss9srxZVxVQmOw%40mail.gmail.com.