I see you are trying to get this to work with Belchertown skin. I have been
unsuccessful adding lightning data text data as you are trying to above for
Belchertown skin. I am able to see lightning data via the graph in
Belchertown skin. I have a bar chart that shows strikes per hour and min
distance. Here is what I have in the graph.conf for Belchertown skin and it
works without any issues:
[homepage]
....
[[daylightning]]
title = Lightning (hourly total)
time_length = today
aggregate_type = sum
aggregate_interval = 3600
type = column
[[[lightning_strike_count]]]
name = Lightning
[[[lightning_distance]]]
name = Min Distance
aggregate_type = min
yAxis = 1
I am able to successfully report text data for lighting in the Seasons
skin, "Current Conditions" section. For the Seasons Skin, I've added the
following in current.inc, which will display "Strikes Today"
(lightning_strike_count), "Min Distance" (lightning_distance_min) miles,
and "Last Strike" (lightning_distance_last) time format.
#if $day.lightning_strike_count.has_data
<tr>
<td class="label">$obs.label.lightning_strike_count_today</td>
<td
class="data">$day.lightning_strike_count.sum.format(format_string="%.0f")</td>
</tr>
#end if
#if $day.lightning_distance.has_data
<tr>
<td class="label">$obs.label.lightning_distance_min</td>
<td
class="data">$day.lightning_distance.min.format(format_string="%.1f")
($day.lightning_distance.mintime.format("%H:%M"))</td>
</tr>
#end if
#if $day.lightning_distance.has_data
<tr>
<td class="label">$obs.label.lightning_distance_last</td>
<td
class="data">$day.lightning_distance.last.format(format_string="%.1f")
($day.lightning_distance.lasttime.format("%H:%M"))</td>
</tr>
#end if
Haven't had an issue with Seasons Skin and lightning data. For the record I
am using the Acurite Lightning Sensor Model 06045M.
-Troy
On Monday, March 7, 2022 at 11:22:11 AM UTC-5 Kingsclear Studios wrote:
> Thank you Doug, this is more or less the roadblock(s) I've come against
> too, I've tried this fruitlessly since 2019 with no luck so I figured I
> would finally post about it to see if anyone has had any concrete luck.
> Thanks for the recommendation of the AS3925, I believe that is the same
> core-sensor on the 06045M with a different wrapper on the SDR, so that is
> probably challenging. I just liked it due to the audio/visual warnings it
> produces in use at home, as well as the added value of extra
> temperature/humidity readings, which albeit work fine.
>
> Thanks again,
> Mike.
>
> On Monday, March 7, 2022 at 11:59:36 AM UTC-4 do...@dougjenkins.com wrote:
>
>> I have tried my hand in this device last year with SDR and MQTT. What I
>> found is that the device's counter counts up to 127 (or 255 depending on
>> the SDR release) then essentially resets back to zero. I did not see any
>> code that would compare the incoming value (eg strike count is now 100) to
>> the loop value (eg 99) and update the strike count by 1.
>>
>> My best guess is that Acurite's base station is doing this math
>> difference and showing you the total strikes for the day with the distance
>> of the last strike.
>>
>> What needs to be done here is have a driver/service that will take the
>> raw SDR value for lightning strike count and distance, compare it to the
>> last reported value, then create a record recording the strike count and
>> distance as a separate row in a table (eg lighting_raw_data). Once the
>> archive generation starts, you take the sum of the strikes between archive
>> periods and average the strike distance. I believe that is what the
>> accumulator will do for you.
>>
>> This is where I gave up on the device. I have it in my "nice to have"
>> notes to write this component one day.
>>
>> An alternative is to look at the AS3925 lightning sensor. You can attach
>> that to a Raspberry PI and use Matthew Wall's driver
>> (matthewwall/weewx-as3935:
>> weewx service that collects data from as3935 lightning detector (github.com)
>> <https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-as3935>) in a separate weewx
>> instance reporting to a separate db. From there you can bind both databases
>> in your main weewx install and report the lightning data in your skin. Look
>> up multiple database bindings in the docs side of the the weewx
>> documentation.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Doug Jenkins
>> www.largoweather.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, March 7, 2022 at 8:42:46 AM UTC-5 Kingsclear Studios wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Troy, can confirm it's in place, makes no difference:
>>>
>>> [Accumulator]
>>> [[lightning_strike_count]]
>>> extractor = sum
>>> [[lightning_distance]]
>>> extractor = min
>>> merger = minmax
>>>
>>> Lightning Distance is working perfectly, after each artificial strike
>>> test (power drill + brushless motor = fake lightning) I get the distance
>>> updated properly, with units, my total_strikes count goes up, and I see odd
>>> entries like: strike_count: 0.0 - but no delta value(s), I've been trying
>>> for ages, it seems to elude me :)
>>>
>>> Sample MQTT data flowing to the station as of now:
>>>
>>> { "inHumidity": "31.0", "inTemp_C": "23.777777777777775",
>>> "strikes_total": "244.0", "lightning_distance_km": "6.437376", "dateTime":
>>> "1646660541.0", "inDewpoint_C": "5.625713349750434", "maxSolarRad_Wpm2":
>>> "362.7045034071919", "rainRate_cm_per_hour": "0.0", "strikes_count": "0.0",
>>> "rain_total": "1.59", "windSpeed_kph": "4.310998666280064", "outTemp_C":
>>> "5.888888888888889", "outHumidity": "86.0", "appTemp_C":
>>> "3.6810358576208713", "cloudbase_meter": "326.41695917564834",
>>> "dewpoint_C": "3.7282050766260766", "heatindex_C": "4.778888888888891",
>>> "humidex_C": "5.888888888888889", "windchill_C": "5.888888888888889",
>>> "extraTemp1_C": "5.3999999999999995", "extraHumid1": "53.0", "windDir":
>>> "225.0", "hourRain_cm": "0.025400000000000023", "rain24_cm":
>>> "1.9812000000000007", "dayRain_cm": "0.7112", "usUnits": "16.0" }
>>> On Monday, March 7, 2022 at 9:02:11 AM UTC-4 tarob...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> The only thing I see missing from your weewx.conf would be the
>>>> Accumulator section:
>>>>
>>>> [Accumulator]
>>>> [[lightning_strike_count]]
>>>> extractor = sum
>>>> [[lightning_distance]]
>>>> extractor = min
>>>>
>>>> See if adding the Accumulator section in your weewx.conf fixes your
>>>> issue.
>>>>
>>>> -Troy
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:40:30 AM UTC-5 Kingsclear Studios wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Weewx Conf:
>>>>>
>>>>> [SDR]
>>>>> # This section is for the software-defined radio driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> # The driver to use
>>>>> driver = user.sdr
>>>>> path = /usr/local/bin
>>>>> log_unknown_sensors = True
>>>>> log_unmapped_sensors = True
>>>>> [[sensor_map]]
>>>>> extraTemp1 = temperature.1720.AcuriteTowerPacketV2 #
>>>>> basement
>>>>> extraHumid1 = humidity.1720.AcuriteTowerPacketV2
>>>>> outTemp = temperature.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
>>>>> outHumidity = humidity.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
>>>>> rain_total = rain_total.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
>>>>> windDir = wind_dir.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
>>>>> windSpeed = wind_speed.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
>>>>> inHumidity = humidity.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket #upstairs
>>>>> Humidity
>>>>> inTemp = temperature.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket #upstairs
>>>>> Temperature
>>>>> strikes_total = strikes_total.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket
>>>>> #Total Lightning Strike Count
>>>>> lightning_distance = distance.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket
>>>>> #Storm Distance KM
>>>>> [[sensor_type]]
>>>>> strikes_total = counter
>>>>> [[data_type]]
>>>>> strikes_total = delta
>>>>> [[Deltas]]
>>>>> lightning_strike_count = strikes_total
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Belchertown Display Settings:
>>>>>
>>>>> station_observations = outTemp, outHumidity, heatindex, dewpoint,
>>>>> rainRate, windSpeed, windDir, windGust, lightning_strike_count,
>>>>> lightning_distance, inTemp, inHumidity, extraTemp1
>>>>>
>>>>> Which results in display of "N/A" for lightning strikes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can trigger an artificial strike to get a count, and I do see
>>>>> "strikes_total" climbing during this time, so it's recording the event
>>>>> itself in the DB/MQTT and sending it, but I cannot seem to get it to
>>>>> display in the skin as a "daily" count = or a count based on the
>>>>> established reporting period. The 06045M is a counter, it wraps at 255
>>>>> now,
>>>>> so I do understand how it works more or less, just not how to get it to
>>>>> display properly in the skin and for charting in the near future.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've read dozens of threads, and I can't seem to find a conclusive
>>>>> solution - help!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Most recently added to [StdCalibrate]: lightning_distance =
>>>>> lightning_distance if lightning_strike_count > 0 else None
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: Capture.PNG]
>>>>>
>>>>
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