Ecowitt CO2 / particulate sensor not displaying after Version 6.15.5

[Nossie]

Hi Hans,

I haven't made any recent changes, updating to the new version appears to have killed the particulate sensor showing on the website, was the code for that changed at all?

[Nossie]

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[ExtraSensors]
ExtraSensors=true
ParticipatesSensorCommunity=true
ExternalExtraSensors=
UserModificationExtraSensorCharts=true
CleanupExtraSensorslog=true
ExtraTemp=1,3,4
ExtraHum=1,3
ExtraDP=1,3
SoilTemp=1
SoilMoisture=1,2,3
AirQuality=
UserTemp=
LeafTemp=
LeafWetness=1
SoilTemperature=1
CO2=1
LightningSensor=true

My extra sensors config

[HansR]

No, code was not changed I think but apparently something has
I'll check it out tomorrow.

[Nossie]

Thanks, it does seem to still show the graph data from the dropdown, just not the data on the left handside.


thanks again.

[Nossie]

errr just another issue

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Leaf Wetness Sensor	98.0 °C

Apparently, the water outside is about to boil off - either I've moved to another planet or in the epicentre of a nuclear strike.

[HansR]

errr just another issue

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Leaf Wetness Sensor	98.0 °C

Apparently, the water outside is about to boil off - either I've moved to another planet or in the epicentre of a nuclear strike.

So what unit does it have? % or nothing?

EDIT: I mean it runs from 0 - 15, where does it get 98? Is there a calculation to have the actual value as a percentage of the max value? And if so, is that calculation generic for all users or is it propriety?

[HansR]

Could you try the attached patch 1 and comment?

[EDIT:]And if you don't have normal values for your region, please set

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UseNormalTempReference=StationAverage    (default = Normal)
UseNormalRainReference=StationAverage    (default = Normal)

or use none (which remove the normal or station average lines).
If you have Normal values you can fill them in in the CMX settings under NOAA.

[Nossie]

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Sensor name	Value
Garage Temperature	4.5 °C
Greenhouse Temperature	4.1 °C
Deep Freeze Temperature	-27.3 °C
Garage Humidity	97 %
Greenhouse Humidity	99 %
Garage Dew Point	4.1 °C
Greenhouse Dew Point	4.0 °C
Garden Soil Temperature (30cm underground)	6.3 °C
Carnivorous Collection Moisture	94 %
Ground Soil Moisture	66 %
Orchids Soil Moisture	37 %
Leaf Wetness Sensor	97.0
CO₂ Current	455 ppm
CO₂ 24h avg	556 ppm
PM 2.5	
PM 2.5 24h avg	
PM 10	
PM 10 24h avg	
WH45 Temperature	14.0 °C
WH45 Humidity	59 %
Lightning	
  Strikes today	0
  Time last strike	08/15/2022 02:04
  Distance last strike	17 mi

Thanks Hans,

CO2 is back but particulates are missing, remember the leafwetness sensor is an ecowitt, not Davis - for me and on the display it shows as a % and I'm sure it used to do the same on cumulusutils

https://shop.ecowitt.com/products/wn35 the device display is also a percentage, although admittedly the sensor is not quite as useful as I was hoping it to be (but that's a different story)

UseNormalTempReference=StationAverage (default = Normal)
UseNormalRainReference=StationAverage (default = Normal)
or use none (which remove the normal or station average lines).

Not quite sure what you mean by the above, sorry.

EDIT: Leafwetness in the charts is showing as in ppm, not degrees or percentage - is it doing something similar to before where it's pushing/pulling values to the next row?

[HansR]

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PM 2.5	
PM 2.5 24h avg	
PM 10	
PM 10 24h avg	

[...]

CO2 is back but particulates are missing,

Mmm... I'll check.

remember the leafwetness sensor is an ecowitt, not Davis - for me and on the display it shows as a % and I'm sure it used to do the same on cumulusutils

OK. So they are very different, not sure if I can easily distinguish. I'll check. If that becomes too complex, I'll leave the dimension out (as it is now).
[EDIT:]The same holds b.t.w. for the soilmoisture which for the Ecowitt is in % (when calibrated on max/min value) and for the Davis in centibar.

https://shop.ecowitt.com/products/wn35 the device display is also a percentage, although admittedly the sensor is not quite as useful as I was hoping it to be (but that's a different story)

See above.

UseNormalTempReference=StationAverage (default = Normal)
UseNormalRainReference=StationAverage (default = Normal)
or use none (which remove the normal or station average lines).

Not quite sure what you mean by the above, sorry.

See the graphs Monthly Rain and Monthly Temperature. You see a flat black line at -1000. That is a useless line representing the normal values. See the wiki if necessary for Monthly Rain and Monthly Temperature.

EDIT: Leafwetness in the charts is showing as in ppm, not degrees or percentage - is it doing something similar to before where it's pushing/pulling values to the next row?

No this is different and it is showing as dimensionless (which I regard as correct).
I just checked and the leaf wetness shows as dimensionless in the ExtraSensors charts. Which is correct. So I dont get your point.
And it is not pushing / pulling values to the next row so what are you seeing/looking at?

[Nossie]

If you hover over the leafwetness value on the chart it shows the value with ppm

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UseNormalTempReference=StationAverage    
UseNormalRainReference=StationAverage    

Just to confirm - are you asking me to add those two lines here??

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[NOAA]
Name=Stewarton Weather Station
City=Stewarton, East Ayrshire
State=East Ayrshire
12hourformat=0
HeatingThreshold=18.300000000000001
CoolingThreshold=18.300000000000001
MaxTempComp1=27
MaxTempComp2=0
MinTempComp1=0
MinTempComp2=-18
RainComp1=0.20000000000000001
RainComp2=2
RainComp3=20
AutoSave=1
AutoFTP=1
FTPDirectory=public_html/Reports
AutoCopy=0
CopyDirectory=
MonthFileFormat='NOAAMO'MMyy'.txt'
YearFileFormat='NOAAYR'yyyy'.txt'
NOAAUseUTF8=1
UseDotDecimal=0
UseMinMaxAvg=0
NOAATempNormJan=-1000
NOAATempNormFeb=-1000
NOAATempNormMar=-1000
NOAATempNormApr=-1000
NOAATempNormMay=-1000
NOAATempNormJun=-1000
NOAATempNormJul=-1000
NOAATempNormAug=-1000
NOAATempNormSep=-1000
NOAATempNormOct=-1000
NOAATempNormNov=-1000
NOAATempNormDec=-1000
NOAARainNormJan=-1000
NOAARainNormFeb=-1000
NOAARainNormMar=-1000
NOAARainNormApr=-1000
NOAARainNormMay=-1000
NOAARainNormJun=-1000
NOAARainNormJul=-1000
NOAARainNormAug=-1000
NOAARainNormSep=-1000
NOAARainNormOct=-1000
NOAARainNormNov=-1000
NOAARainNormDec=-1000

[HansR]

Patch2:

• CO2 sensor should all be OK now
• Dimensions of leaf wetness and soil moisture is not displayed because difference between Ecowitt&Davis. May come back to this later.

NOTE On the charts: ExtraSensors Leaf Wetness and Soil Moisture initially have a dimensionless y-axis and the user has to enter that text himself. You will find a parameter in the section Compiler in the language file like:

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ExtraSoilMoistureDimensionless=Dimensionless

for the title of the Free axis. Give it your own text and the chart will receive that text the next compilation (e.g. running with CompileOnly)

[HansR]

If you hover over the leafwetness value on the chart it shows the value with ppm

OK. Should be fixed in patch3 with no dimension at all, only value (for the same reason I mentioned before: difference between Davis/Ecowitt). The cause of ppm was elsewhere but should be corrected in patch3

Just to confirm - are you asking me to add those two lines here??

No,I am not asking to add those lines. I am advising to the usefulness of the charts: if you fill in the normal values you'll get a useful charts. If you don't have the normal values it is better to use the keyword StationAverage so you can easily compare your history with the statistics. You can also use the keyword both or put some gibberish in there which would show no line at all.

And this is an advise not a must. I put some work into this functionality and I note a lot of users simply ignoring this and keep the default flat line of -1000 for the normal values. Such a waste of something beautiful

[HansR]

patch3:

• Tooltip for leaf wetness should be without dimension

[Nossie]

No,I am not asking to add those lines. I am advising to the usefulness of the charts: if you fill in the normal values you'll get a useful charts. If you don't have the normal values it is better to use the keyword StationAverage so you can easily compare your history with the statistics. You can also use the keyword both or put some gibberish in there which would show no line at all.

And this is an advise not a must. I put some work into this functionality and I note a lot of users simply ignoring this and keep the default flat line of -1000 for the normal values. Such a waste of something beautiful

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UseNormalTempReference=StationAverage    
UseNormalRainReference=StationAverage   

Sorry Hans, you may have misunderstood my statement/question.

I'm ALL for beautiful data - I'm also a data newbie, so I'm not fully aware of what I might be missing out on. So in that respect - ANY advice that you can offer is greatly appreciated (so thank you very much for that)

On the flip side however, you ask me to add two lines...
Is that to Cumulus.ini?
Is that to strings.ini ?
is that to CUstringsEN.ini?
is that to Cumulusutils.ini?

My data newb mind has assumed Cumulus.ini as it's not language related and it's not a requirement of utils.

So as I cannot find any mention of UseNormalTempReference or UseNormalRainReference to modify the value, I'm clutching at straws to arbitrarily add them.

[HansR]

Those are cumulusutils.ini parameters