Gauges min/max

[jessey13]

Hello,

great skins, works really well, but I have an issue:
I changed unit_system to metricwx and Units/Groups in weewx.conf.
Values are displayed correctly (C for temp and mbar for pressure) but minimum and maximum values of the gauges remain unchanged (0-100C 28-32mbar).
I changed the min max in the skin.conf but it does not change anything on the output.
Any idea where could be the problem ?

[mKainzbauer]

Hi, the charts and gauges have defaults that are defined at different levels:

• skin.conf

overridden by

• lang/{language}.conf

overridden by

• weewx,conf

So, by configuring a language/locale for the report you also define, at least partly, how the the gauges are configured, that's because it's assumed that a specific language has most likely a certain unit system. So, for having english language with metric unit system, you will have to define the configs for the gauges and charts within the skin specific stanza (or defaults, if applies) in weewx.conf. Take care you nest the configs in weewx.conf two [[-levels deeper than, they are defined in skin.conf or lang/{language}.conf.

Your outTemp stanza in weewx.conf could look like this, assuming it's very unlikely that the outTemp is below -20°C or above 40°C at your place. For nice splits make sure, that the value range is reasonable divisable by the splitnumber.

    [[[LiveGauges]]]
        [[[[outTemp]]]]
            minvalue = -20
            maxvalue = 40
            splitnumber = 6
            lineColorUntil = 0, maxvalue

[jessey13]

Thanks for the fast reply.

Well sorry I completely disregarded the language file so everything is ok now.

And again excellent work, I'm running a Davis meteo station since 10 years (under weewx 3) and just recently decided to upgrade to the latest weewx version. Having 10 years of historical data I found your skin with the history page perfect !

[mKainzbauer]

Just make sure you don't modify skin.conf and the lang/{language}.conf file directly. It will work, but the next update will overwrite all your modification. Customizing the skin in weewx.conf will preserve your customized configs.

I am happy you find the skin useful. But it isn't "my" skin. The whole idea is Nick's, and there are many other contributors also.