I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain gauge as
a test today, and would like to remove that event from the station
record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting *.wlk and
ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system is robust!
Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
I have wview set-up and running pretty well the way I want it now, and it will soon be time to install it at the community airport where it will be living. However, during the set-up, I did caused some erroneous data to be generated (precip and barometer) that I would like to remove from the record. Has anyone found a way to "repair" a bad set of data, and if so, what files need to be altered? And, how best to do this?
Dave W.
2008/5/13 Dave Walker <carol.dave.wal...@gmail.com>:
> I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain gauge as > a test today, and would like to remove that event from the station > record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting *.wlk and > ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system is robust!
> Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
Hi Dave, Mark has provided a program that can change the data in your .wlk files - which are the ones that the archive graphs etc are generated from. I am pretty sure it cannot delete a record though. What I did, when I had some bad data, was to change the offending readings to more meaningful values. Mark's program is called afedit and can be found here:- http://groups.google.com/group/wview/files Download afedit.bin, move it to a suitable location and make it executable. Run it and open up the .wlk file for the period you want to change (they are in /usr/local/var/wview/archive in my setup). When you've made the changes, save the file and that's it! Hope that helps cheers Nigel
Dave Walker wrote: > I have wview set-up and running pretty well the way I want it now, and > it will soon be time to install it at the community airport where it > will be living. However, during the set-up, I did caused some > erroneous data to be generated (precip and barometer) that I would > like to remove from the record. Has anyone found a way to "repair" a > bad set of data, and if so, what files need to be altered? And, how > best to do this?
> Dave W.
> 2008/5/13 Dave Walker <carol.dave.wal...@gmail.com > <mailto:carol.dave.wal...@gmail.com>>:
> I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain gauge as > a test today, and would like to remove that event from the station > record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting *.wlk and > ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system is robust!
> Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
Thanks Nigel - I saw mention of the afedit program in the old forums, and even had it sitting on my Gnome desktop, but did't know what to do with it!
Per your suggestion, I tried to run Marks' afedit program (afedit.bin) as follows in a VT:
chmod +x afedit.bin (make it executable) ./afedit.bin (run it?)
Got an error message (GLIBC_2.4 not found) - so looks like Debian Etch doesn't have the version of GLIBC that is needed. I checked the Debian Etch repositories, and glibc 2.3.6 is available, but might not do the job. I'll Install that and see what happens.
> Hi Dave, > Mark has provided a program that can change the data in your .wlk files > - which are the ones that the archive graphs etc are generated from. I > am pretty sure it cannot delete a record though. > What I did, when I had some bad data, was to change the offending > readings to more meaningful values. > Mark's program is called afedit and can be found here:- > http://groups.google.com/group/wview/files > Download afedit.bin, move it to a suitable location and make it > executable. Run it and open up the .wlk file for the period you want to > change (they are in /usr/local/var/wview/archive in my setup). > When you've made the changes, save the file and that's it! > Hope that helps > cheers > Nigel
> Dave Walker wrote: > > I have wview set-up and running pretty well the way I want it now, and > > it will soon be time to install it at the community airport where it > > will be living. However, during the set-up, I did caused some > > erroneous data to be generated (precip and barometer) that I would > > like to remove from the record. Has anyone found a way to "repair" a > > bad set of data, and if so, what files need to be altered? And, how > > best to do this?
> > Dave W.
> > 2008/5/13 Dave Walker <carol.dave.wal...@gmail.com > > <mailto:carol.dave.wal...@gmail.com>>:
> > I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain gauge as > > a test today, and would like to remove that event from the station > > record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting *.wlk > and > > ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system is > robust!
> > Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
Hi Dave, hope it does work for you - I didn't come across that error on my installation (ArchLinux 2.6.25) so hadn't realised it could happen! I'm very new to Linux so I may well get something wrong. I suppose, as a last resort, you could delete all your .wlk files and start from scratch but that is a bit drastic!
Anyway - good luck with getting it sorted - sounds like an interesting application you have in mind. cheers Nigel
Dave Walker wrote: > Thanks Nigel - I saw mention of the afedit program in the old forums, > and even had it sitting on my Gnome desktop, but did't know what to do > with it!
> Per your suggestion, I tried to run Marks' afedit program (afedit.bin) > as follows in a VT:
> Got an error message (GLIBC_2.4 not found) - so looks like Debian Etch > doesn't have the version of GLIBC that is needed. I checked the Debian > Etch repositories, and glibc 2.3.6 is available, but might not do the > job. I'll Install that and see what happens.
> Hi Dave, > Mark has provided a program that can change the data in your .wlk > files > - which are the ones that the archive graphs etc are generated from. I > am pretty sure it cannot delete a record though. > What I did, when I had some bad data, was to change the offending > readings to more meaningful values. > Mark's program is called afedit and can be found here:- > http://groups.google.com/group/wview/files > Download afedit.bin, move it to a suitable location and make it > executable. Run it and open up the .wlk file for the period you > want to > change (they are in /usr/local/var/wview/archive in my setup). > When you've made the changes, save the file and that's it! > Hope that helps > cheers > Nigel
> Dave Walker wrote: > > I have wview set-up and running pretty well the way I want it > now, and > > it will soon be time to install it at the community airport where it > > will be living. However, during the set-up, I did caused some > > erroneous data to be generated (precip and barometer) that I would > > like to remove from the record. Has anyone found a way to "repair" a > > bad set of data, and if so, what files need to be altered? And, how > > best to do this?
> > I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain > gauge as > > a test today, and would like to remove that event from the > station > > record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting > *.wlk and > > ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system > is robust!
> > Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
nigel wrote: > Hi Dave, > hope it does work for you - I didn't come across that error on my > installation (ArchLinux 2.6.25) so hadn't realised it could happen! > I'm very new to Linux so I may well get something wrong. > I suppose, as a last resort, you could delete all your .wlk files and > start from scratch but that is a bit drastic!
> Anyway - good luck with getting it sorted - sounds like an interesting > application you have in mind. > cheers > Nigel
> Dave Walker wrote:
>> Thanks Nigel - I saw mention of the afedit program in the old forums, >> and even had it sitting on my Gnome desktop, but did't know what to do >> with it!
>> Per your suggestion, I tried to run Marks' afedit program (afedit.bin) >> as follows in a VT:
>> Got an error message (GLIBC_2.4 not found) - so looks like Debian Etch >> doesn't have the version of GLIBC that is needed. I checked the Debian >> Etch repositories, and glibc 2.3.6 is available, but might not do the >> job. I'll Install that and see what happens.
>> Hi Dave, >> Mark has provided a program that can change the data in your .wlk >> files >> - which are the ones that the archive graphs etc are generated from. I >> am pretty sure it cannot delete a record though. >> What I did, when I had some bad data, was to change the offending >> readings to more meaningful values. >> Mark's program is called afedit and can be found here:- >> http://groups.google.com/group/wview/files >> Download afedit.bin, move it to a suitable location and make it >> executable. Run it and open up the .wlk file for the period you >> want to >> change (they are in /usr/local/var/wview/archive in my setup). >> When you've made the changes, save the file and that's it! >> Hope that helps >> cheers >> Nigel
>> Dave Walker wrote: >> > I have wview set-up and running pretty well the way I want it >> now, and >> > it will soon be time to install it at the community airport where it >> > will be living. However, during the set-up, I did caused some >> > erroneous data to be generated (precip and barometer) that I would >> > like to remove from the record. Has anyone found a way to "repair" a >> > bad set of data, and if so, what files need to be altered? And, how >> > best to do this?
>> > I poured water from the wife's watering can through the rain >> gauge as >> > a test today, and would like to remove that event from the >> station >> > record. I tried various solutions; both editing and deleting >> *.wlk and >> > ARC*.txt files, but the bad data just reappear. This system >> is robust!
>> > Is there a sanctioned, official wview way to remove bad records?
