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Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sat 20 Dec 2014 1:59 pm
by Smithee
Hi all,

I know that the main temp sensor can be changed with ease for other weather stations (wmr100tempchannel=2) - just wondering if the same can be done for the VP2? I have an extra sensor on channel 2 but cant quite work out how to use it as the main temp.

Hope its ok to ask,

Andy

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sat 20 Dec 2014 2:13 pm
by steve
It's not possible currently, but it's something I could look at adding in future to the 'new' version of Cumulus. Cumulus doesn't actually know what channel an extra sensor is on, it just gets a list of up to 7 extra temperature readings; but I assume the order of the list doesn't change, so the position in the list could be used rather than the channel number.

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sat 20 Dec 2014 2:16 pm
by Smithee
Thanks for letting me know Steve - much appreciated.

An addition to the 'new' version would be great if thats possible in the future :)

Andy

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2014 10:54 am
by Smithee
A quick follow up question (hope thats ok) - I am looking to change the temp line at:

http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/cumulus/hourgraph.htm

To the extra temp sensor - is there a way to get the extra temp sensor into realtime.txt so i can easily swap it?

Thanks as ever,

Andy

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2014 10:59 am
by steve
Smithee wrote:To the extra temp sensor - is there a way to get the extra temp sensor into realtime.txt so i can easily swap it?
No, but you can construct your own version of realtime.txt using web tags (changing the web tags used to suit your purpose), and get Cumulus to upload that using the 'files' tab of the internet settings. See http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/Realtime.txt

You could either stop the upload of the 'real' realtime.txt file, and give your version the same name, or modify the script to look for your version with a different name.

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2014 11:59 am
by Smithee
Thanks a lot - I have cumulus processing the webtags to realtime.txt :) now just to fix the graph - much appreciated as ever..

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sun 17 Jan 2016 3:05 am
by MuzzaGuzza
Just wondering if this feature is still a possibility for the new Cumulus version? I wish to do the same. I am manually modifying some the cumulus files at present to "swap" the main ISS temp/humidity with the extra temp/humidity, but it's not an ideal solution.

Thanks!
Maree

Re: Change Davis Temp Sensor from Main to Extra?

Posted: Sun 17 Jan 2016 9:44 am
by steve
It's still a possibility, yes.