Davis Vantage Vue battery status

[Fernando F.]

Hello,

First I would like to thank you for such a greate application.

I was reading around the group and found that you can enable the battery status reading on weewx by editing the schemas.py and recreating the stats.db

I did that and I am still unable to receive data for the ISS battery status.

Am I missing a step?

Thanks for the help!

[pingus]

Have a look at this thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/weewx-user/battery$20software/weewx-user/NDr9ZFeQ0tk/nCdpnALpaZYJ

[Fernando F.]

Thanks for the reply.

Would changing from hardware to software null any of the existing collected data?

Also is there a pro/con to software vs hardware?

Thanks for the help!

[Oz Greg]

No but it does have some small downsides which are documented in the customization help page..  http://www.weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm

you will see the LOOP VS Archive Comparisons (Down the Bottom of the Page)..

[Thomas Keffer]

The only reason to go this route is if you really need battery status in your database. 

If all you want is to monitor battery status and send you an email if it goes bad, this can be done with a special service, which monitors the LOOP data.

-tk

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[Fernando Fuentes]

Thomas,

What special services would that be?
That's basically what I need.

Thanks for the help.

On 6/12/13, Thomas Keffer <tke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The only reason to go this route is if you really need battery status in
> your database.
>
> If all you want is to monitor battery status and send you an email if it
> goes bad, this can be done with a special service, which monitors the LOOP
> data.
>
> -tk
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Fernando F.
> <digita...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> Would changing from hardware to software null any of the existing
>> collected data?
>>
>> Also is there a pro/con to software vs hardware?
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:44:54 PM UTC-5, pingus wrote:
>>>

>>> Have a look at this thread: https://groups.google.**
>>> com/forum/#!searchin/weewx-**user/battery$20software/weewx-**
>>> user/NDr9ZFeQ0tk/nCdpnALpaZYJ<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/weewx-user/battery$20software/weewx-user/NDr9ZFeQ0tk/nCdpnALpaZYJ>

>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:34:59 PM UTC+2, Fernando F. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> First I would like to thank you for such a greate application.
>>>>
>>>> I was reading around the group and found that you can enable the
>>>> battery
>>>> status reading on weewx by editing the schemas.py and recreating the
>>>> stats.db
>>>> I did that and I am still unable to receive data for the ISS battery
>>>> status.
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing a step?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help!
>>>>
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Thank You,

Fernando Fuentes
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[Thomas Keffer]

I have such a service. Right now, I'm away from my weather server, but when I get home I can send it to you.

-tk

[Fernando Fuentes]

Thanks Thomas!

[Thomas Keffer]

Geez, what a dummy I am! You already have it! Look in bin/examples/lowBattery.py.

Instructions on how to install are at the top of the file.

-tk

[Fernando Fuentes]

Ha!

Thanks! :D

[Eirik Skorstad]

Is there anyway this function can be tested?  

[Thomas Keffer]

Tested? Well, I guess you can take your battery out!

Works fine for me.

-tk

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Eirik Skorstad <esko...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Is there anyway this function can be tested?  

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[Eirik Skorstad]

So it's not measuring the voltage? 

[Thomas Keffer]

If you are asking whether weewx is measuring the voltage, the answer is no. We are talking about the battery in the weather console --- weewx has no way of measuring that. 

Instead, some weather consoles emit battery status, along with temperature, pressure, etc. This is what the low battery example uses.

Does that answer your question?

-tk

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Eirik Skorstad <esko...@hotmail.com> wrote:

So it's not measuring the voltage? 

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