[rrd-users] Graphing average temperatures

[Paul Rimmer]

I think I'm doing what you want and I detailed how I set everything up
under the 'how to do this' link:

http://ronin-tech.com/Content/pid=18.html

Cheers,
Paul

On Nov 21, 2007 2:02 PM, Petteri Matilainen <pmatil at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also think I may be confused. So, I am measuring outside temperatures
> every 5 minutes and updating the temperatures.rrd every time. Data is simply
> 23.56, -1.98 etc.
>
>
> temperatures.rrd:
>
> rrdtool create /var/digitemp/temperature.rrd DS:out:GAUGE:600:-50:50
> DS:in:GAUGE:600:-50:50 RRA:AVERAGE: 0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700
> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 RRA:MIN:0.5:1:600
> RRA:MIN:0.5:6:700 RRA:MIN:0.5:24:775 RRA:MIN:0.5:288:797 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600
> RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 RRA:MAX:0.5 :288:797
>
> So far graphing average values for the time period represented by each pixel
> on the graph is ok. What I want is daily, weekly, monthly and yearly average
> temperature graphs. That is, graphing the average temperature for the period
> of the graph (GPRINT:Inside:AVERAGE:"\t%6.2lf °C"). I hope this helps.
>
> cheers,
>
>  Petteri
>
>
>
> On 11/21/07, Dan Cech <dcech at phpwerx.net> wrote:
> > Petteri Matilainen wrote:
> > > On 11/21/07, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> > >> Petteri Matilainen wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I'm currently graphing daily, weekly, monthly and yearly inside and
> > >>> outside temperatures. The temperature values are fetched from SQL
> > >>> database and then put into temperatures.rrd. I have a cron job that
> > >>> runs this every 5 minutes. Then I wanted to graph average
> > >>> temperatures too. I didn't think of any other way but to read
> > >>> average temps from temperatures.rrd and them into a new rrd,
> > >>> averages.rrd. Then I graph averages.rrd as usual.
> > >
> > >> Why don't you just graph the averages you already have in
> temperatures.rrd?
> > >
> > > How? I have
> >
> > On re-reading your post I think you may be confused.
> >
> > > DEF:Inside=/var/digitemp/temperature.rrd:in:AVERAGE
> > > LINE1:Inside#3333CC:"Inside"
> >
> > This line will plot the average temperature for the time period
> > represented by each pixel on your graph.
> >
> > > GPRINT:Inside:AVERAGE:"\t%6.2lf °C" <- this is the average I want to
> > > plot which give me the "ordinary" graph. If I have
> >
> > This figure is a single number representing the average temperature for
> > the period of the graph.
> >
> > > VDEF:avg=Inside,AVERAGE
> > > LINE1:avg#3333CC:"Average"
> > >
> > > I get a straight horizontal line.
> >
> > This is correct.  If you plot the average temperature for the graph
> > period, you will get a line straight across, because it is the same for
> > the entire graph period.
> >
> > You will probably get more useful feedback if you post some more details
> > about the structure of your temperatures.rrd, the data you are
> > inserting, and what you are trying to achieve.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
>
>
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