From ccdda7e2e5baf4cadeb2fdc4af143faafa5062b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Wall <mwall>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 16:46:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] return 0 or 1 for battery status rather than 0,1,2,4,8

---
 bin/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py | 5 +++--
 docs/changes.txt            | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py b/bin/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py
index 09002fd6..8ad46f31 100644
--- a/bin/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py
+++ b/bin/weewx/drivers/ws28xx.py
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ import weewx.abstractstation
 import weewx.units
 import weewx.wxformulas
 
-DRIVER_VERSION = '0.26'
+DRIVER_VERSION = '0.27'
 
 # flags for enabling/disabling debug verbosity
 DEBUG_WRITES = 0
@@ -1420,9 +1420,10 @@ def getFrequencyStandard(frequency):
 batterybits = { 'wind':0, 'rain':1, 'th':2, 'console':3 }
 
 def getBatteryStatus(status, flag):
+    '''Return 1 if bit is set, 0 otherwise'''
     bit = batterybits.get(flag)
     if bit is not None:
-        return BitHandling.testBit(status, bit)
+        return 1 if BitHandling.testBit(status, bit) else 0
     return None
 
 class CWeatherTraits(object):
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index b25dea4e..baee28b7 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Fix imagegenerator aggregation to permit data tables with no 'interval' column.
 
 Prompt for metric/US units for debian installations.
 
+For WS28xx stations, return 0 for battery ok and 1 for battery failure.
+
 
 2.6.3 04/10/14