Weewx Upgrade to 5.0.1 successful but.... sensor values

[Kingsclear Studios]

Hi folks,

Like others, I ran into a few issues upgrading to 5.0.1, which I've mostly sorted, and it's up and running now as before - except - using my rtl_433 (matt wall) integration is leading to interesting sensor values. My temperatures are wrong/seemingly random and I have no idea why. Everything seems to be in order - but it's been a LONG time since I've run into issues that I almost forget how to address this.

SDR mapping is maintained in my weewx conf. file, my skin is active/working - weewx is not presenting any errors, just the values in the sensors are seemingly made up (+20 degrees above actual temp yesterday, now situated about 9 degrees below the actual outdoor temperature.

The sensors are updating, the values are fluctuating - but the values are just wrong.

I did not add any conversions/changes to the weewx conf file, this happened spontaneously post-update.

Help!

[Kingsclear Studios]

Details:

Acurite 5-in-1 sensor, RTL_433 to MQTT (matt wall) + Weewx.

Weewx conf sensors:


[SDR]
    # This section is for the software-defined radio driver.

    # The driver to use
    driver = user.sdr
    path = /usr/local/bin
    log_unknown_sensors = True
    log_unmapped_sensors = True
    [[sensor_map]]
        extraTemp1 = temperature.1720.AcuriteTowerPacketV2    # basement
        extraHumid1 = humidity.1720.AcuriteTowerPacketV2
        outTemp = temperature.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
        outHumidity = humidity.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
        rain_total = rain_total.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
        windDir = wind_dir.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
        windSpeed = wind_speed.041D.Acurite5n1PacketV2
        inHumidity = humidity.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket    #upstairs Humidity
        inTemp = temperature.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket    #upstairs Temperature
        strikes_total = strikes_total.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket    #Total Lightning Strike Count
        lightning_distance = distance.009B.AcuriteLightningPacket    #Storm Distance KM

Example:

outTemp=32 (in the RTL data) - I have it converted to Celsius, but the problem is it's not 32F outside, it's actually 15.8F, which is registered on my other non-connected temperature sensors, so the RTL reading is 15 degrees off where it should be reading post 5.0.1 upgrade.

No idea how to start picking this apart to find the root cause in V5.

Thanks!

[matthew wall]

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 7:42:35 AM UTC-5 Kingsclear Studios wrote:

No idea how to start picking this apart to find the root cause in V5.

i would be surprised if something in v5 is the root cause, but who knows?

did you update rtl-sdr?

did you update rtl_433?

did you update weewx-sdr?

did you update weewx-mqtt?

to find the root cause, take one piece at a time.

start by running rtl_433 directly.  look a the values there and see if they match what you see on the hardware/reality.

then run weewx-sdr directly.  see what the values look like there.

then run weewxd directly, and check the values in the LOOP output.

finally, run weewxd directly and look at the values coming out of mqtt.

m

[Kingsclear Studios]

re:

did you update rtl-sdr?

did you update rtl_433?

did you update weewx-sdr?

did you update weewx-mqtt?

Do you have suggestions on how to execute that properly - can do the research if needed, just curious if there's a quick way to accomplish that properly without impacting V5

[matthew wall]

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:41:31 AM UTC-5 Kingsclear Studios wrote:

re:

did you update rtl-sdr?

did you update rtl_433?

did you update weewx-sdr?

did you update weewx-mqtt?

Do you have suggestions on how to execute that properly - can do the research if needed, just curious if there's a quick way to accomplish that properly without impacting V5

you should not have to update any of these items.  i ask only to help figure out why values/behavior are different now than before.

[Mr Canada]

I did not update those. Just a standard update to weewx v5

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On Feb 13, 2024, at 9:54 AM, matthew wall <mwall...@gmail.com> wrote:

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