Error in skymapalmanac.py

[Dan Hinckley]

Running 5.2 in a Parallels Ubuntu VM, on Mac mini 1 and finding this error.

I looked at line 204 but cannot spot what is causing the error.

weectl extension list

Using configuration file /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf

Extension Name    Version   Description

Belchertown       1.7beta2-new-belchertownA clean modern skin with real time streaming updates and interactive charts. Modeled after BelchertownWeather.com

Skyfield almanac  0.5       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

Skymap almanac    0.5       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

forecast          4.0       Generate and display weather and tide forecasts.

purple            4.0.3     Record air quality via purple-proxy service.

purpleair         0.4       Collect Purple Air air quality data.

weatherflowudp    1.10.2    Capture data from WeatherFlow Bridge via UDP broadcast packets

Log excerpt:

2026-04-03T16:21:47.632848-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: '©'

2026-04-03T16:21:47.648243-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):

2026-04-03T16:21:47.649139-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 334, in generate

2026-04-03T16:21:47.649664-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()

2026-04-03T16:21:47.650214-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-03T16:21:47.650680-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_house_weewx_data_skins_Belchertown_skymap_index_html_tmpl.py", line 163, in respond

2026-04-03T16:21:47.652686-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_house_weewx_data_skins_Belchertown_skymap_index_html_tmpl.py", line 71, in __errorCatcher1

2026-04-03T16:21:47.653253-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

2026-04-03T16:21:47.653700-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/almanac.py", line 292, in __getattr__

2026-04-03T16:21:47.654656-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return almanac.get_almanac_data(self, attr)

2026-04-03T16:21:47.655906-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-03T16:21:47.658462-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 147, in get_almanac_data

2026-04-03T16:21:47.660375-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return SkymapBinder(self.config_dict, self.station_location, almanac_obj, self.get_labels(almanac_obj))

2026-04-03T16:21:47.660995-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-03T16:21:47.661341-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 204, in __init__

2026-04-03T16:21:47.663297-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[1303751]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      #  self.credits = '%s %s' % (labels['©'],station_location)

[Vince Skahan]

Try line 291 or so in that .py file.  I searched the file for the word ‘credits’.

Something seems to not like the copyright character in your setup.

[Karen K]

It looks like a character set issue. You may try to replace the copyright symbol by &#169;.

[weather list]

Karen,

Running 5.2 in a Parallels Ubuntu VM, on Mac mini 1

(weewx-venv) house@ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3:~$ weectl extension list

Using configuration file /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf

Extension Name    Version   Description

Belchertown       1.7beta2-new-belchertownA clean modern skin with real time streaming updates and interactive charts. Modeled after BelchertownWeather.com

Skyfield almanac  0.6       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

Skymap almanac    0.6       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

forecast          4.0       Generate and display weather and tide forecasts.

purple            4.0.3     Record air quality via purple-proxy service.

purpleair         0.4       Collect Purple Air air quality data.

weatherflowudp    1.10.2    Capture data from WeatherFlow Bridge via UDP broadcast packets

Just re-installed skymap and skyfield and I get this on startup (manual):

(weewx-venv) house@ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3:~$ weewxd

Using configuration file /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/bin/weewxd", line 8, in <module>

    sys.exit(main())

             ^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewxd.py", line 121, in main

    engine = weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)

             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/engine.py", line 89, in __init__

    self.loadServices(config_dict)

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/engine.py", line 157, in loadServices

    obj = weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 2093, in __init__

    alm_conf_dict['Texts'] = self.process_language(config_dict, alm_conf_dict.get('additional_localization_sources',['internal','Seasons']))

                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 2174, in process_language

    SkymapService._update_localization_from_skin(conf, skin_root, source, lang)

  File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 2357, in _update_localization_from_skin

    data = weewx.reportengine.get_lang_dict(lang, lang_path, skin)

           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py", line 407, in get_lang_dict

    config_dict['WEEWX_ROOT'],

    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

TypeError: 'PosixPath' object is not subscriptable

And. When installing Skyfield I noticed this, which I don't recall seeing before:

weewx-venv) house@ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3:~$ weectl extension install /home/house/Downloads/Weewx/Extensions/weewx-skyfield-almanac-master-April-4.zip -y

Using configuration file /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf

Extracting from zip archive /home/house/Downloads/Weewx/Extensions/weewx-skyfield-almanac-master-April-4.zip

processing skin SeasonsReport

merging es.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/es.conf

merging nl.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/nl.conf

merging de.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/de.conf

merging fr.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/fr.conf

merging en.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/en.conf

merging cs.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/cz.conf

merging no.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/no.conf

processing skin SmartphoneReport

processing skin MobileReport

processing skin StandardReport

merging nl.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Standard/lang/nl.conf

merging de.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Standard/lang/de.conf

merging fr.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Standard/lang/fr.conf

merging en.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Standard/lang/en.conf

merging no.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Standard/lang/no.conf

processing skin Belchertown

merging de.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Belchertown/lang/de.conf

Saving installer file to /home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/installer/Skyfield almanac

Saved copy of configuration as /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf.20260405174622

Finished installing extension Skyfield almanac from /home/house/Downloads/Weewx/Extensions/weewx-skyfield-almanac-master-April-4.zip

On Apr 5, 2026, at 16:01, Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote:

It looks like a character set issue. You may try to replace the copyright symbol by &#169;.

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[Vince Skahan]

possibly different, but I tried the same in debian13 and see:

2026-04-05T18:30:16.703277-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/celestial.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'ValueError'>'
2026-04-05T18:30:16.703483-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/celestial.html.tmpl
2026-04-05T18:30:16.703901-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: it is not useful to call .altaz() on an astrometric position; try calling .apparent() first to get an apparent position
2026-04-05T18:30:16.712709-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
2026-04-05T18:30:16.712820-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 334, in generate
2026-04-05T18:30:16.712864-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
2026-04-05T18:30:16.712918-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_Seasons_celestial_html_tmpl.py", line 180, in respond
2026-04-05T18:30:16.712974-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1712, in _handleCheetahInclude
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713035-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713078-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713119-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_Seasons_celestial_inc.py", line 415, in respond
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713160-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/skyfieldalmanac.py", line 1046, in visible_change
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713204-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      today_visible = self.visible
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713247-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713291-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/skyfieldalmanac.py", line 1031, in visible
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713335-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      alt, _, _ = observer.at(timestamp_to_skyfield_time(0.5*(timespan[0]+timespan[1]))).observe(body).altaz()
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713376-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713417-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/skyfield/positionlib.py", line 719, in altaz
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713458-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      raise ValueError(
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713499-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      ...<2 lines>...
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713541-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      )
2026-04-05T18:30:16.713584-07:00 weewx-dpkg weewxd[6902]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  ValueError: it is not useful to call .altaz() on an astrometric position; try calling .apparent() first to get an apparent position

I did not change anything in weewx.conf after installing the packages and two extensions....

vagrant@weewx-dpkg:/var/log/weewx$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

vagrant@weewx-dpkg:/var/log/weewx$ weectl extension list
Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Extension Name    Version   Description

Skyfield almanac  0.6       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule
Skymap almanac    0.6       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

[Karen K]

weather list schrieb am Sonntag, 5. April 2026 um 23:53:53 UTC+2: 

  File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 2093, in __init__

    alm_conf_dict['Texts'] = self.process_language(config_dict, alm_conf_dict.get('additional_localization_sources',['internal','Seasons']))

                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please, try adding additional_localization_sources = , in weewx.conf in section [Almanac], sub-section [[Skymap]]. Note the comma at the end.

 

Additionally note, that you can use at maximum version 0.5 of those almanac extensions together with WeeWX 5.2. For version 0.6 you need WeeWX 5.3. You can download version 0.5 in Github, if you click "Releases" on the right side of the page.

And. When installing Skyfield I noticed this, which I don't recall seeing before:

weewx-venv) house@ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3:~$ weectl extension install /home/house/Downloads/Weewx/Extensions/weewx-skyfield-almanac-master-April-4.zip -y

Using configuration file /home/house/weewx-data/weewx.conf

Extracting from zip archive /home/house/Downloads/Weewx/Extensions/weewx-skyfield-almanac-master-April-4.zip

processing skin SeasonsReport

merging es.conf to /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Seasons/lang/es.conf [...]

 That's correct.

[Karen K]

Thank you for bringing that up. I will fix it.

Vince Skahan schrieb am Montag, 6. April 2026 um 03:32:07 UTC+2:

possibly different, but I tried the same in debian13 and see:

[weather list]

Karen,

Weewx 5.2

Extension Name    Version   Description

Belchertown       1.7beta2-new-belchertownA clean modern skin with real time streaming updates and interactive charts. Modeled after BelchertownWeather.com

Skyfield almanac  0.5       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

Skymap almanac    0.5       almanac extension using Skyfield mdule

forecast          4.0       Generate and display weather and tide forecasts.

purple            4.0.3     Record air quality via purple-proxy service.

purpleair         0.4       Collect Purple Air air quality data.

weatherflowudp    1.10.2    Capture data from WeatherFlow Bridge via UDP broadcast packets

Tried that:

2026-04-06T11:56:09.741234-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Belchertown/skymap/index.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'KeyError'>'

2026-04-06T11:56:09.741420-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Belchertown/skymap/index.html.tmpl

2026-04-06T11:56:09.741545-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: '©'

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743280-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743335-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 334, in generate

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743353-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743369-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743392-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "cheetah__home_house_weewx_data_skins_Belchertown_skymap_index_html_tmpl_1775490969_7394633_82812.py", line 122, in respond

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743427-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/almanac.py", line 292, in __getattr__

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743459-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return almanac.get_almanac_data(self, attr)

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743488-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743517-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 148, in get_almanac_data

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743543-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return SkymapBinder(self.config_dict, self.station_location, almanac_obj, self.get_labels(almanac_obj))

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743569-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743587-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 205, in __init__

2026-04-06T11:56:09.743621-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[8311]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self.credits = '%s %s' % (labels['&#169;'],station_location)

On Apr 5, 2026, at 16:01, Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote:

It looks like a character set issue. You may try to replace the copyright symbol by &#169;.

[Karen K]

Did you search the complete file and replaced all occurrences of the copyright symbol by &#169;?

Another idea: Replace labels['&#169;'] by labels.get('&#169;','').

[weather list]

Karen,

I did.

On Apr 6, 2026, at 12:44, Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote:

Did you search the complete file and replaced all occurrences of the copyright symbol by &#169;?

weather list schrieb am Montag, 6. April 2026 um 18:01:24 UTC+2:

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4d5b5292-fd65-4d02-bfb8-7971ae5bb307n%40googlegroups.com.

[weather list]

Thank you, will try that.

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bd6efcc2-f7be-4ff7-9fd8-1deebe33a133n%40googlegroups.com.

[weather list]

Done.

Now:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/bin/weewxd", line 8, in <module>

    sys.exit(main())

             ^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewxd.py", line 121, in main

    engine = weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)

             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/engine.py", line 89, in __init__

    self.loadServices(config_dict)

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/engine.py", line 157, in loadServices

    obj = weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1404, in get_object

    module = importlib.import_module(module_name)

             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module

    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 991, in exec_module

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1129, in get_code

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1059, in source_to_code

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed

  File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 2016

    conf = {'&#169;','TZ':dict()}

                         ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

On Apr 6, 2026, at 12:48, Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Karen K]

weather list schrieb am Dienstag, 7. April 2026 um 18:36:54 UTC+2:

    conf = {'&#169;','TZ':dict()}

Sorry, there is something missing: conf = {'&#169;':'&#169;','TZ':dict()} 

[weather list]

That did it, thank you Karen.

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[weather list]

That worked, thanks.

Now I have this:

I feel as if I have misconfigured something somewhere.

2026-04-07T22:16:56.039660-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR user.skymapalmanac: cannot create sky map: KeyError - 'TZ'

2026-04-07T22:16:56.039906-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Belchertown/skymap/index.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'KeyError'>'

2026-04-07T22:16:56.039992-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/house/weewx-data/skins/Belchertown/skymap/index.html.tmpl

2026-04-07T22:16:56.040104-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: 'TZ'

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041067-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041157-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 334, in generate

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041232-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041292-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041348-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_house_weewx_data_skins_Belchertown_skymap_index_html_tmpl.py", line 123, in respond

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041409-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 803, in filter

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041470-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      filtered = str(val)

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041528-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                 ^^^^^^^^

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041583-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 279, in __str__

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041643-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return self.skymap(self.almanac_obj)

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041709-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041786-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/house/weewx-data/bin/user/skymapalmanac.py", line 886, in skymap

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041870-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      s.append('<text x="97" y="-93" font-size="5" fill="currentColor" text-anchor="end">%s</text>\n' % self.labels['TZ'].get('name(LAST)','sidereal time').capitalize())

2026-04-07T22:16:56.041969-04:00 ubuntu-gnu-linux-24-04-3 weewxd[303674]: ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****                                                                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^

On Apr 7, 2026, at 14:09, Karen K <kk44...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Karen K]

Look at the language file of your skin. There is a section [Almanac]. There should be a sub-section [[TZ]]. Is it there?

If you really do not want to move to WeeWX 5.3 and almanac extensions 0.6 (which would it make easier for me to understand what happens), then you could try to add labels.update({'TZ':dict()}) before line 145 in version 0.5.

[weather list]

Karen,

Took your advice and upgraded (painlessly) to WeeWx 5.3.1 and the almanacs to v .6

I think all is well so far.

With thanks,

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