Version 4.3.0 released

[Tom Keffer]

This release fixes a bug in V4.2 that caused average values to be calculated incorrectly if the archive interval changes.

4.3.0 01/04/2020

Version 4.2.0 had a bug, which caused the sums in the daily summary to be
incorrectly calculated. This version includes a patch to fix the problem. It
runs once at startup. Fixes issue #623.

The WMR200 driver is no longer supported. An unsupported version can be found
at https://github.com/weewx/weewx-wmr200. Support for LaCrosse WS23xx and
Oregon WMR300 will continue.

Service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta was inadvertently left out of the list of
services to be run. Fortunately, it is not used. Yet. Added it back in.

Added the "old" NWS algorithm as an option for calculating heat index.

Changed how various undocumented parameters in [StdWXCalculate] are specified.
The only one people are likely to have used is 'ignore_zero_wind'. Its name has
changed to 'force_null', and it has been moved. See the Upgrading Guide.

Documented the various [StdWXCalculate] options.

Fixed corner case for windDir when using software record generation,
ignore_zero_wind=True, and windSpeed=0 for entire record interval. Now emits
last windDir value.

Fixed problem when looking up stars with more than one word in their name.
Fixes issue #620.

Fixed problem where wind gust direction is not available when using software
record generation.

Added --no-prompt action to wee_import allowing wee_import to be run unattended.

Fixed problem that prevented option `observations` from being used in the
simulator. Thanks to user Graham!

Fixed problem where wind chill was calculated incorrectly for METRICWX
databases. PR #627. Thanks to user edi-x!

Allow wind vectors to be converted to unit of beaufort. Fixes issue #629.

Option log_failure under [StdReport] is set to True by the upgrade process.
See the Upgrading Guide.

[Greg from Oz]

Updated and working OK so far.

Thanks

https://weather.ubeaut.work/

[Δημήτρης Βήχος]

updated and working fine!! thanks!!

https://kairos.moudania.com/kolxiko/

happy new year from thessaloniki hellas.

[WindnFog]

Installed and works A1.  Thanks, Tom.

- Paul VE1DX

[storm...@gmail.com]

Installed and works great....Thanks Tom and crew

[vince]

A quick FYI for folks running old ubuntu-1804 versions (bionic).   If you install weewx via packages, there is no python3-cheetah package available to install, so the normal python3 dpkg installation fails.   A workaround is to use the python2 package instructions which work fine.

(tested in vagrant/virtualbox)

[paul.ba...@gmail.com]

Updated and works fine, no single problem.

Use Debian 10.3  and 10.4,  

IROX Pro X1 and Weatherflow Tempest stations (two independent computers).

Thanks a  lot,     Paul

[n0...@n0nb.us]

After being away from this group for a long time and having my manually installed version left at 3.1.0

for the past several years, I'm back and just upgraded from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0.  Why the upgrade?  I must have

bumped the power plug and somehow corrupted the database on my Olimex MICRO last week and while

I managed some repairs to the DB, after a time it would stop reporting the barometric pressure.  The OS

was still Debian 9 (Stretch,) so I updated that to 10 (Buster) and opted to install WeeWX from the Debian

archive hosted here.

The database schema upgrade went smoothly and soon 4.2.0 was up and running.  Over the course of the

next couple of days I integrated my customizations into the Standard skin as well as integrated Wunderground

radar and satellite images to replace those from NWS, and everything was off and running.  I found the Xstats

extension to be exactly what I needed to place some bit of Python code that provides a 24 hour time frame for

looking at the archive data over the past 24 hours regardless of the time of day.

I prefer the Standard report but also generate Seasons and Smartphone in their own directories.  I may get

around to customizing Seasons a bit more as time goes on.

This morning I did an apt update and saw 4.3.0 was available.  I read the upgrade notes and went for it.  The

database fix took a few minutes on this Olimex MICRO board which I have because it supports a SATA drive

and a 60 GB SSD fit nicely in the metal case.

Once that was complete, I added the 'force_null = False' line and now Wunderground shows the wind direction

at all times rather than N/A.  Thanks much!  My anemometer is partially shielded and has a sticky bearing so

it mostly shows 0 MPH at low wind speeds.  Now my station page appears to be continuously active.

I am pleased to see that I had the option to see the differences in the configuration files and keep my modified

versions while checking for anything important I would need to add later.  This is not easy, I suspect and works

as well as official Debian packages.  Well done!

I am pleased to be running the latest WeeWX and will try to pop in here from time to time again.

- Nate

[didier....@gmail.com]

Working fine !!!

Thank's Tom

[peredst...@gmail.com]

Ok, so what is the difference between the unsupported WMR200-version and the last supported driver? As I have three WMR200 I'm quite interested in keeping it running and they are now at 4.2.0

I guess I need to remove Weewx from the source.list so that the newest version don't get installed during upgrade.

How to install older versions? Need to to that manually?

[Tom Keffer]

The wmr200 driver is no longer included in the regular distribution. It's now a separate extension.  

If you upgrade, there will be no wmr200 driver, so you would have to install the extension.

Older versions have to be installed manually.

-tk

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[Per Edström]

How do I install the extension?

What is the difference between Python2 and Python3? Does it matter on Raspbian 10/Buster?

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[Tom Keffer]

You should use python 3. It's the future.

To install:

1. Download the tar file for the current release: https://github.com/weewx/weewx-wmr200/archive/v3.5.1.tar.gz

2. Then, install like any other extension using wee_extension with the --install option.

3. Double check any settings in the [WMR200] section. Then

4. Activate the new driver

wee_config --reconfigure

-tk

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[Tom Keffer]

Per: I just added some installation instructions to the weewx-wmr200 README.

[Bill Arthur]

I'm one of the few that used ignore_zero_wind.
The new update works great.