I inquired how to disable a sensor in WeeWx because I was helping a neighbor with their station running WeeWx. They were out of town for a few months and their VP2 humidity went out. There was no remote access to the WeeWx system. When they got back and after they replaced their sensor, I helped them implemented a remote access solution and then informed them how to disable a defective sensor. So this time around it wasn't used, but they are now ready should the need come up, and I've become more savvy. We didn't test the disabling but I have no reason to doubt that it would work.
This is an important solution that all weather station owners should consider for the following reasons:
- Nobody wants bad data in their database and online weather uploads as it corrupts historically reporting.
- Anyone that uploads to CWOP and AWEKAS should realize that they affect neighbor stations with analysis data, and shutting down a bad sensor or complete station is the polite thing to do.
- Live weather data is also used for many important things that may be using your station.