No. You should only have to restart weewxd. not reboot. I would guess that weewxd was not actually restarted. You can tell by looking at the log.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 5:47 PM Craig Young <craig.young...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got it fixed by rebooting the pi. Now it shows E longitude. Does that > mean I need to do this each time I change the conf file? > > On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11:11:54 AM UTC+12 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> Humor me. Show the [Station] section. >> >> Also, make sure that the file you are editing is the file that WeeWX is >> actually using. You can tell which configuration file is actually being >> used by checking the log. Shortly after startup, weewxd will log the path >> to the configuration file. >> >> Trust me. This will turn out to be a simple problem. >> >> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 3:37 PM Craig Young <craig.y...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In the conf file the number is positive. The documentation states "-" >>> is W. When I installed the software I had a "-" in front of longitude. I >>> changed this in the conf file to positive by removing the "-" and saved. >>> So I now have a positive number in conf file but a W on the GUI panel. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 10:34:40 AM UTC+12 Craig Young wrote: >>> >>>> Here is the screenshot >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 10:21:01 AM UTC+12 Tom Keffer wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 2:11 PM Craig Young <craig.y...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I opened and edited conf file and it does indeed show positive on the >>>>>> browser, but still displays W as the longitude. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Not following. What do you mean by "show positive on the browser"? >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps you can post your [Station] section? >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9f8eda34-f998-478f-be42-1b4506035931n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9f8eda34-f998-478f-be42-1b4506035931n%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/7b91358f-f66c-4f2f-8559-80be254eb8d2n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7b91358f-f66c-4f2f-8559-80be254eb8d2n%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/CAPq0zEB70Q6J8_4_3EXQOhgWL386pA0OOX2Eo-%2BeH2R%3D95-YsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
