Thanks Tom. Signal1 for my station is the signal voltage from a pyrgometer. Signal2 is the temperature of the pyrgometer sensor (C) and Signal3 is the long wave intensity (W/m2) calculated by the datalogger. So if I understand correctly, the weewx engine will pass these values untouched through the various services and add to the DB as real numbers. I can then deal with them manually when creating the report.
On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 11:00:54 AM UTC+12 Tom Keffer wrote: > Signals are for ill-defined measurements. > > Unit groups exist for two reasons: > > 1. To pick an appropriate unit for a type of measurement. For example, > ºC for temperatures. > 2. To pick an appropriate format and label. > > Signals don't fit neatly into these reasons. They don't take a unit, and > it's not obvious what format and what label they should use. So, they were > left out of units.py and defaults.py. > > You can use the signal types without adding them to a unit group. You just > won't be able to convert them to a different unit (which they don't have > anyway), and there will be no automatic formatting and labelling. If you > need a format, use a .format() suffix. If you need a format, just add it > on. For example: > > *$current.signal1.format("%d") widgets* > > > Alternatively, if your signal is actually some kind of counter, you could > assign them to group_count. Then they would use "%d" for the format, and an > empty string for the label. > > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 3:22 PM Craig Young <craig.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In the wview_extended.py schema there is a group of types for signals >> (signal1, signal2, .. signal8) and stored in the DB as reals. I looked in >> units.py but did not see signals listed. >> >> On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 9:40:17 AM UTC+12 Craig Young wrote: >> >>> What units group do the observation type Signals fall under? Or, if I >>> use a signal do I need to update a configuration file to place it into a >>> units group. >>> >> -- >> 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/b9fa5024-38c9-4d95-8e4b-5c9bb4f0ddb8n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b9fa5024-38c9-4d95-8e4b-5c9bb4f0ddb8n%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/2dd9fe34-ffde-4e8f-aaf6-b205009b76a7n%40googlegroups.com.