For WeeWX to save data to the database two conditions must be met (1) the data must be present in a field in a WeeWX generated archive record (lines starting with REC: when running WeeWX directly) and (2) the same field must exist in the database. If these conditions are not met then data for that field will not be saved to database, whether the data is from a service/driver or an import. Getting data from new fields into the database is typically achieved by either re-purposing an existing, unused database field (ie you rename the archive record field to match the repurposed database field) or you add a new type to the database with the same name as the field in your archive record.
I suggest you have a read of the Customising the database <http://weewx.com/docs/latest/customizing.htm#archive_database> section of the Customization Guide <http://weewx.com/docs/latest/customizing.htm>, in particular the Modifying an existing database <http://weewx.com/docs/latest/customizing.htm#Modifying_an_existing_database> section. Gary On Sunday, 16 July 2023 at 08:17:47 UTC+1 IceNov wrote: > Just started experimenting with weewx - and using the simulator with > lighttpd serving up the data to a great looking web page on my rPi. > > While I don't have a weather station yet, I've been trying to incorporate > data from an mqtt service and have had partial success. I am using the > MQTTSubscribeService. > > I can see the mqtt data when running weewxd from the command line - it is > one of the fields showing up in the terminal output - but it's not being > added to the database. > > I've also tried importing a csv file with timestamp and value - which > reported success - but still no new column in the db. > How do I get a new measurement into the standard database? > Thanks > Tony > > -- 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/b9d7f886-9f24-4619-8793-dab360c63db8n%40googlegroups.com.
