I have been running a FineOffset WH1080 for a few years with a Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian. Recently I added an Ecowitt GW1000 and have it running satisfactorily using this driver https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000 on Ubuntu Core on a Pi 3.
Last night, having finished a new skin, I tried to transfer the weewx.sdb from the old to the new system, thinking (stupidly, hah) that with the same versions of WeeWX (4.4.0) it would be compatible. The result: Mar 17 01:11:27 ubuntu weewx[1844]: * Starting weewx weather system weewx Mar 17 01:11:28 ubuntu weewx[1907] INFO __main__: Initializing weewx version 4.4.0 Mar 17 01:11:28 ubuntu weewx[1907] INFO __main__: Using Python 3.8.5 (default, Jan 27 2021, 15:41:15) #012[GCC 9.3.0] Mar 17 01:11:28 ubuntu weewx[1907] INFO __main__: Platform Linux-5.4.0-1030-raspi-aarch64-with-glibc2.29 Mar 17 01:11:28 ubuntu weewx[1907] INFO __main__: Locale is 'LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_TIME=en_GB.utf-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=C;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8' Mar 17 01:11:28 ubuntu weewx[1907] INFO __main__: PID file is /var/run/weewx.pid Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] ERROR __main__: Error parsing config file: Parsing failed with several errors.#012First error at line 153. File /etc/weewx/weewx.conf Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1844]: ...done. Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** Traceback (most recent call last): Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd", line 126, in main Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** config_path, config_dict = weecfg.read_config(options.config_path, list(args)) Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/__init__.py", line 176, in read_config Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** config_dict = configobj.ConfigObj(config_path, Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj.py", line 1229, in __init__ Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** self._load(infile, configspec) Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj.py", line 1318, in _load Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** raise error Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<string>", line None Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** configobj.ConfigObjError: Parsing failed with several errors. Mar 17 01:11:29 ubuntu weewx[1934] CRITICAL __main__: **** First error at line 153. File /etc/weewx/weewx.conf I inspected weewx.conf and did't find anything obviously wrong, nor was there anything very interesting at line 153 (part of [[wunderground]], all commented out). There must be something I missed. The GW1000 is reporting some extra variables so I presume this may be an issue? I should have run wee_config? I thought just manually editing weex.conf was all I needed to do (having read this: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Change-driver) *Then*: What is the best way to merge two overlapping weewx.sdb databases? I think I'm not the only one who would like it to be easier (suggestion not a complaint) I found references here <https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/c8lDKojbHGs/m/v8753on3BQAJ> to a file called transfer_db.py, indicated as NOT TESTED, and what followed required some tacit knowledge / familiarity with Python and, imo, would benefit from some elaboration. Alternatively, shouldn't *wee_import* be able to import from another weewx.sdb file (ideally with start and end dates)? A straight transfer isn't what I want, in any case, as the databases overlap. I know I can go figure out what the dateTimes are and could look at using SQL to drop records, but I think a convenient default MIGHT be to provide an option like *merge_db weewx1.sdb weewx2.sdb --output=weewx3.sdb --overlap-prefer=weewx2.sdb* I had a quick look at the databases with SQLbrowser <https://sqlitebrowser.org/> but didn't do anything with it yet as I don't know what I should be expecting to see (I'm happy to manually merge dumped SQL records if I can interpret what they are and if I know that the database structure is the same/compatible; as it was my first time using this I realized I'd prefer, ideally, to have some instructions and perhaps one or more plugins, if there's one for displaying dateTimes eg. I haven't looked into this further yet--it'll involve a time commitment I'd happily avoid for a one-off operation; though SQLbrowser does look potentially useful for editing anomalous records however). Would a simple merge tool be handy for anyone running two stations and suffering occasional outages? A wiki page on "Moving to a New Station"? -- 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/0103fa31-61b9-4273-9c8b-5c8729219904n%40googlegroups.com.
