Calibrating Rain Gauge WS2310/WS2305

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Hi at all and Brian,

im using a wired WS2305 (la Crosse) and have a modified Rain Gauge, so the new Calibration Factor ist 0.151 (default is 0.518 per tip). Im also have modified the Calibration Factor in the WS2305 to the new one with a little Program called WS2300 Statistik from Rainer Stein so the Display from the Station shows the correct amount of Rain.
When i beleave the Rain Gauge tip in WD to 1.0 WD never shows any Rainfall. When i set the tip to 0.3, 0.6, 1.5, 2.0… WD also never show any Rainfall, but when i set the tip to 3.0 WD show the Rainfall near doubled, what means when it Rains 0.3mm WD show 0.6mm. So in fact of this Situation i tried to set the increase Factor in WD to -50% and now WD shows the Rainfall near to the real Data, but i think that cant be the right way to set up WD with a modified Rain Gauge. Is it possible that the modified Calibration Factor in the WS 2305 is the Problem?

Has anybody a configuration like this and can help me to set up WD right?
Or is there a Problem in WD when the Calibration Factor in the Station is not 0.518 (Factory default).

@Brian
Is it possible for you to test a configuration like this?

Thanks for your help

:oops: and sorry for my english but i do my best.

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hi
yes, that is the problem
i have put a check in, and wd expects 0.5 or greater per tip
so the 0.151 is being missed

i will make an option in the weather station type for you to use that modied rain guage
and i will upload a new version and let you know

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Hi Brian,

thanks a lot for that fast answer, i have been tested many hours to get an amount of rain near the reality.
I have a second question so at the moment i testing with WDL. WD is running in German language and WDL is running also in German. Where can i modify the text for WDL because i the text (i think) will come from WD and the WDL Pages dont display the correct text. ie when it Rains there is a text like "M

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hi
i do check for charecters like that,

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Hi Brian,

it should look like that:

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ok, i have checked for those now
download a new 10.17q in about 1 hour or so from now
and then it wlill be ok
and also in weather station type setup, tick , i am using a modifed rain gauge
then you can set al the other rain offsetts back to default

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Hi Brian,

what great news and great support from you.

Thanks a lot from Germany, i will test 10.17q and tell you if it works (so it will rain again).

by and thank you

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Hi Brian,

today i tested your changes and everthing semes fine. Great Job Thank you. There are only some more little things not correct concerning the German text in WDL i.e. WDL shows “Nach regen”, in German language it is “Nach Regen” or WDL shows “Maessiger spruehregen”, correct is “maessiger Spruehregen”. I would be glad to assist you in the German language. So if you send me all the text that is displayed in WDL for the different weather conditions, i will take a look at this and send it back to you.