Experimental sunshine sensor based on solar radiation data

[admin]

When you have a solar sensor reporting radiation in W/qm you might be interested to give the new sunshine feature a try (https://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index. ... ersion_6.2). There are two new data sections for sol-Sensors. "solXrate" reports the intensity of the measured solar radiation compared to maximum possible solar radiation given the current point in time and the geographical position derived from longitude/latitude data. Intensity is reported in percent. "solXtotal" reports the number of minutes the sun is shining. Sunshine is defined when radiation intensity is at least 40% and absolute radiation is above 50 W/qm. Both thresholds can be changed, you find them on "Station - Settings" tab.

I defined this "sunshine" chart...

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and introduced a virtual sunshine flag sensor like this...

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to have a view on today's sunshine in terms of sunshine duration and when the sun was shining.

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[woolfg]

Hi

Is it possible to get the sunshine sensor data into the Aurora Cloud Dashboard - maybe as part of one of the solar radiation modules

Regards

Graham

[davidmc36]

I tried to do this. When I hover over the "i" icon, it says "value invalid"

I use this:

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#if# {* [sol0!0rate-act:0] >=40 *} #then# 1 #else# 0 #if#

The "data8!0num" sensor never is available to choose for sunflag. on the chart define page.

Any ideas?

[iatros]

Hi,
is this for every version of meteobridge? I have FW v 6.2 but I do not see these experimental solar radiation window...

[admin]

Hi,
is this for every version of meteobridge? I have FW v 6.2 but I do not see these experimental solar radiation window...

Yes, it is for all stations that provide solar sensor data and have latest SW installed (early 6.2 did not have it). What do you mean exactly by "these window..."?

[iatros]

This (not: these) one:

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my FW version

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[iatros]

I got Meteobridge 6.2 (Jul 20 2025, build 5131) and the once missing section (Experimental Sunshine Detector) is now there.
Thanks everybody!

[zakos52]

The "data8!0num" sensor never is available to choose for sunflag. on the chart define page.

P.S.
I got Meteobridge 6.2 (Jul 20 2025, build 4092) not build 5131!
i.e. Meteobridge is not upgraded to version 6.2 (Jul 20 2025, build 5131)!


Platform: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 Rev 1.1
RAM: 3895 MB total, 3734 MB free (4% used)
Storage: ATP SLC, 1.5 GB total, 724 MB free (53% used, 254.2 yrs)
SW Version: Meteobridge 6.2 (Jul 25 2025, build 4092), FW 1.3
Uptime: 11 hours, 8 minutes Buffer: 1 items (0%)

[iatros]

@admin
can I export the new values of solXtotal and solXrate to a Meteoplug graph?
My TPLink based MB does not show the tab for "Graphs"...

[davidmc36]

The "data8!0num" sensor never is available to choose for sunflag. on the chart define page.

P.S.
I got Meteobridge 6.2 (Jul 20 2025, build 4092) not build 5131!
i.e. Meteobridge is not upgraded to version 6.2 (Jul 20 2025, build 5131)!


Platform: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 Rev 1.1
RAM: 3895 MB total, 3734 MB free (4% used)
Storage: ATP SLC, 1.5 GB total, 724 MB free (53% used, 254.2 yrs)
SW Version: Meteobridge 6.2 (Jul 25 2025, build 4092), FW 1.3
Uptime: 11 hours, 8 minutes Buffer: 1 items (0%)

I am using a Pi3B+ and have the same issue. The "data8" is not available on the drop-down.

I chose Newest on Boot and did a cycle.

It only updates to Build 4086!

[davidmc36]

Any ideas on this????

[admin]

Did you define a virtual sensor for data8num as explained in the screen shot?

[davidmc36]

Certainly. I did everything you show but the last drop down does not contain the "data8...." choice.

[admin]

Certainly. I did everything you show but the last drop down does not contain the "data8...." choice.

Could you give me remote access? I do not understand why data8num should not be there on your platform's virtual sensor tab. Please mail to "info(at)meteobridge.com".

[davidmc36]

Info sent.

THNX