new to weewx - need help with couple of things...

[Edgar Arroyo]

Using acurite iris 5-in-1 but no wind data.  I was previously using UnderTheWX on my Mac but decided to move my WX reporting to a librecomputer and got it setup and working, but weewx is not reporting any wind data.

I have seen some nice looking pages, how can I install a template that's nicer than the white page with graphs and text?

[michael.k...@gmx.at]

Choose a skin, some are featured here: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki#skins and install it.

How? It depends. There should be docs.

Other than that: what do you mean by "the white page with graphs and text" and what is your problem with the wind data.

[Rainer Lang]

"but weewx is not reporting any wind data." - what exactly you want to say by that sentence ?
What driver are you using ?
WHich version of weewx are you using ?
What are your weewx.conf settings for that ?
What does your skin.conf look like ?

I guess by  "the white page with graphs and text" you mean the Seasons skin ...
which skin(s) have you activated in weewx (--> weewx.conf) ?

With answers to these questions we could understand your situation better and probably give you more hints.

In general there are many weewx skins (web page representations, reporting).
The developers have placed them on github - and usually a documentation and installation instructions go with them.

On 22.03.2023 06:27, Edgar Arroyo wrote:

Using acurite iris 5-in-1 but no wind data.  I was previously using UnderTheWX on my Mac but decided to move my WX reporting to a librecomputer and got it setup and working, but weewx is not reporting any wind data.

I have seen some nice looking pages, how can I install a template that's nicer than the white page with graphs and text?

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[vince]

Looking at the docs, it is kinda hard to find a new-to-weewx getting started guide to spin up on the terminology.

The word you're looking for is 'skin' which is a user-installable set of files that generate a particular set of web content results.  You install skins typically with the 'wee_extension' utility.   Some skins are in the weewx showcase at https://weewx.com/showcase.html as well as if you dig through the map at https://weewx.com/stations.html and poke around a bit.

Most people really like Belchertown but there are many (so many) great ones out there you can spend days trying them out.

[Edgar Arroyo]

Thank you.  I found out wind is being reported, at the time I setup weewx was 12am and there was no wind activity.  This morning it started showing up.

I will check out the skins.  This has been solved.

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[Edgar Arroyo]

Updated my weewx.conf but it's not picking up some of the label changes in [[[Extras]]]] or showing the forecast image on the left of the temp.... using Belchertown skin, any ideas?

https://gw3310.ddns.me

weewx.conf [[[Extras]]] changes:

powered_by = "Observations are powered by an <a href="https://acurite.com" target="_blank">AcuRite Iris 5-in-1</a>"
footer_copyright_text = "GW3310"
home_page_header = "GW3310 Weather Conditions"

[vince]

You have the hierarchy wrong.

Try the following...

[[Belchertown]]

   [[[Labels]]]

        [[[[Generics]]]]

        powered_by = "this is the powered by"

        (and so on)

Look at  https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/blob/master/install.py which is what gets put into your weewx.conf file when Belchertown installs.  Look at lines 46-169 for the hierarchy

[Edgar Arroyo]

That did not work.

[Edgar Arroyo]

Ok, I saw what went wrong...   It was looking for "[[[[Generic]]]]" not "[[[[Generics]]]]"

Thanks!

[Edgar Arroyo]

Any free weewx compatible forecast APIs?  300 a month is outrageous for aeris.

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 2:20:06 AM UTC-4 vince wrote:

[vince]

It's free.  Follow the procedure at https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown#aerisweather-forecast-api-optional - create a PWS account and feed them, then the Aeris stuff can be created for free.

[Edgar Arroyo]

Thanks!  I did everything, but weewx is not feeding PWS Weather, but it still let me continue on aeris and got the Demo App id & secret.  Will it work even though it's not feeding PWS Weather?

[Edgar Arroyo]

😎 It worked...

[Edgar Arroyo]

VERY VERY happy with my stations (yes, added my 2nd station...).  Now the last thing I want to do is change the default Windy view/layer, any way of doing this?

Thanks!