Noted that. I might drop off one bottle, when I'm in Hood River next time.
Tom Keffer schrieb am Montag, 17. Juli 2023 um 00:50:40 UTC+2:
> Glad it's working for you.
>
> Single-malt Scotch works best for me.
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 2:23 PM Messy Potamia <messyp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I followed that guidance, removed my hack to units.py, placed the
>> entries in user/lakedata.py, and it's great.
>> to wit:
>> LakeElev 594.74 ftMSL
>>
>> Yeah.
>> Thank you again. This is probably what I should've done way back in
>> the 3.9 days.
>> Phil
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:00 PM Messy Potamia <messyp...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Before I read your reply I edited units.py and added LakeElev to
>> > group_altitude at the bottom of the ...Dicts whatever-that-is, gave it
>> > some time, had a bourbon, and lo and behold it is now printing out
>> > lake elevation as ""LakeElev 594.75 feet" instead of 594.750000
>> > But I'm going to read your section Assigning a unit group to see what
>> > I did wrong. Don't know how I missed that.
>> > Thanks
>> > Phil
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 10:44 PM Tom Keffer <tke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > The answer is that you're confusing units (such as "inHg") with
>> observation types (such as "LakeElev").
>> > >
>> > > The [[[[StringFormats]]]] section uses units as keys, not observation
>> types. If LakeElev is measured in meters, it will use whatever formatting
>> has been specified for meters.
>> > >
>> > > I suspect that you have not specified which unit group LakeElev is
>> in, so WeeWX is just printing out the raw, unformatted value. See the
>> section Assigning a unit group for how to do this. Once it's a member of a
>> unit group (say "group_altitude") it will use whatever unit that group is
>> measured in (usually meters or feet) and follow the formatting conventions
>> for that unit.
>> > >
>> > > Or, maybe you have already done that and something else is wrong, in
>> which case, come back and give us more details.
>> > >
>> > > -tk
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:45 AM Messy Potamia <messyp...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> re: "3. I'm not following your question about "LakeElev". I don't
>> know
>> > >> what that is."
>> > >> I have a ultrasonic range sensor (MaxBotix) which uses ttyS0 on the
>> pi
>> > >> which some python code (which has been working very well for several
>> > >> years and still is) which writes a single line of text containing two
>> > >> values to a file. My /home/weewx/bin/user/lakedata.py reads the first
>> > >> value, converts it to a float, and stores it in the new parameter I
>> > >> added to the weewx.sdb using the utility to add a column. Using a
>> > >> sqlitebrowser i verified that column is populating every 5 minutes.
>> > >> The name of the column is LakeElev; weewx is successfully displaying
>> > >> that data since I've added it to the proper skins/configs.
>> > >> The only problem is, even after reading & rereading the guides, I
>> > >> don't get how I tell weewx to treat that as a fully organized
>> > >> measurement. For instance, added "[[[[StringFormats]]]]
>> > >> inHg = %.2f" to weewx.conf and it indeed gives the desired
>> > >> format to barometer. However, my attempts to provide a format to
>> > >> LakeElev has met with acute disaster. Here's a segment from my
>> > >> weewx.conf with comments:
>> > >>
>> > >> [[[[StringFormats]]]]
>> > >>
>> > >> count = %d
>> > >> foot = %.2f
>> > >> inch2 = %.1f
>> > >> inHg = %.2f
>> > >> # LakeElev = %.2f #DOES NOTHING
>> > >> # $current.LakeElev.format(format_string="%.2f")
>> > >> #CRASHES STDREPORT THREAD
>> > >> # current.LakeElev.format(format_string="%.2f")
>> > >> #CRASHES ENGINE
>> > >>
>> > >> As you can see I still don't know what I'm doing. Here's the contents
>> > >> of my lakedata.py, which is working fine, but notice the #Note I
>> wrote
>> > >> to myself in it:
>> > >>
>> > >> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> > >>
>> > >> #file user/lakedata.py
>> > >> import weewx
>> > >> import weewx.units
>> > >> from weewx.engine import StdService
>> > >>
>> > >> class AddLakedata(StdService):
>> > >>
>> > >> def __init__(self, engine, config_dict):
>> > >> # Initialize my superclass first:
>> > >> super(AddLakedata, self).__init__(engine,
>> config_dict)
>> > >> # Bind to any new archive record events:
>> > >> self.bind(weewx.NEW_ARCHIVE_RECORD,
>> self.new_archive_packet)
>> > >>
>> > >> def new_archive_packet(self, event):
>> > >>
>> > >> #(code that reads two measurements from a file)
>> > >> with open("/home/pi/wxdata/weewxmbdata.dat") as f:
>> > >> for line in f:
>> > >> numbers_str = line.split()
>> > >> numbers_float = [float(x) for x in
>> numbers_str]
>> > >> value1 = numbers_float[0]
>> > >> value2 = numbers_float[1]
>> > >>
>> > >> event.record['LakeElev'] = value1
>> > >> # event.record['lakeWaveheight'] = value2
>> > >>
>> > >> #
>> > >> #Am I supposed to assign this to a units group? Which is best? What
>> if I don't?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Okay something tells me there's a few things i'm leaving out in
>> adding
>> > >> this parameter. Like I said, back in the 3.9. days I modified some
>> > >> file (units.py?) but was told that wasn't the best way to add my
>> > >> lakedata parameters (which back then included LakeElevation and
>> > >> WaveHeight).
>> > >> I'd like to do this the preferred way.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks again, so much - - -
>> > >> Phil
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 4:22 PM Tom Keffer <tke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Sorry. I had assumed you were still using your v3.9.1 Seasons
>> skin. If that's the case, the tag $current.barometer is in the file
>> Seasons/current.inc.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Incidentally, there's no reason not to continue using your old
>> skin.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > But, if you are actually using a V4 skin, then to answer your
>> questions:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > 1. The line "#set observations = ..." is actually saying get the
>> set of observations from $DisplayOptions. If DisplayOptions does not have
>> an entry, then the fallback is to use just outTemp and barometer. See the
>> configuration file skin.conf for what's in DisplayOptions.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > 2. You can specify an override for the barometer formatting for
>> the unit "inHg" in weewx.conf:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > [StdReport]
>> > >> > ...
>> > >> > [[Defaults]]
>> > >> > ...
>> > >> > [[[Units]]]
>> > >> > ...
>> > >> > [[[[StringFormats]]]]
>> > >> > inHg = %.2f
>> > >> >
>> > >> > 3. I'm not following your question about "LakeElev". I don't know
>> what that is.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:33 AM Messy Potamia <
>> messyp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Where do those 2 formatting statements go?
>> > >> >> Also, why, in current.inc, is the line
>> > >> >> #set $observations =
>> > >> >> $to_list($DisplayOptions.get('observations_current', ['outTemp',
>> > >> >> 'barometer']))
>> > >> >> containing only outTemp and barometer? Where are the rest of the
>> items
>> > >> >> displayed in Current Conditions? Sorry I'm just not getting the
>> > >> >> formatting layout big picture. Yes I'm reading the customization
>> guide
>> > >> >> but I'm having questions as I read it.
>> > >> >> Thanks!
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:22 AM Tom Keffer <tke...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > For altitude, format it like any other tag. See the section
>> Formatting options in the Customizing Guide. For example, if you do not
>> want anything beyond the decimal point:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > $station.altitude.format("%.0f")
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Same with barometer. To show 2 digits:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > $current.barometer.format("%.2f")
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Whether it is in bold is a function of whatever CSS styling you
>> are using.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > -tk
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 2:55 PM messyp...@gmail.com <
>> messyp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> I got the added measurement added to the database, and into
>> the skins, however I don't need Lake Elevation to be show in so many
>> digits. I previously (3.9.1) had it showing 2 digits to the right of the
>> decimal.
>> > >> >> >> Also, I don't know what happened but now the Barometer has
>> changed its formatting to bold and more decimal places.
>> > >> >> >> Where do I fix this?
>> > >> >> >> Thanks - - -
>> > >> >> >> Current Conditions
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> Outside Temperature
>> > >> >> >> 86.1°F
>> > >> >> >> Dew Point
>> > >> >> >> 73.8°F
>> > >> >> >> Outside Humidity
>> > >> >> >> 67%
>> > >> >> >> Barometer
>> > >> >> >> 29.799 inHg (-0.033)
>> > >> >> >> Wind
>> > >> >> >> 0 mph N/A ( N/A)
>> > >> >> >> Rain Today
>> > >> >> >> 0.02 in
>> > >> >> >> Rain Rate
>> > >> >> >> 0.00 in/h
>> > >> >> >> Inside Temperature
>> > >> >> >> 92.6°F
>> > >> >> >> LakeElev
>> > >> >> >> 594.770000
>> > >> >> >> Inside Humidity
>> > >> >> >> 64%
>> > >> >> >>
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