Re: SOLVED - Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-06-02 Thread John Canfield
Ah, now that's interesting. Thanks. John WB5THT On 6/2/2019 11:48 AM, John wrote: I seem to have found another solution, just disable weewx from updating the console's clock. It is a setting in the weewx configuration file. On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 8:55:45 AM UTC-5, John Canfield wrote

Re: SOLVED - Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-06-02 Thread John Canfield
.  Clearing the logger's memory, changing the recording interval, etc ... gets around the problem, until it happens again. On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 11:13:35 AM UTC-5, John Canfield wrote: Finally. I've fiddled around so much with this my head is spinning. weather.janeandjohn.org <h

SOLVED - Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-02 Thread John Canfield
ly > frustrated and it's time to leave it alone and come back later. > > Sigh. > > On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 12:23:23 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: >> >> On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:21:15 AM UTC-7, John Canfield wrote: >>> >>> The enigma for me then is

[weewx-user] Re: WU "capacity" issues, wunderfixer constantly finding missing records, et al

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
Ever since WU was sold it’s been going downhill. They dropped webcams a few months ago and then brought them back after a user uproar. I should look into an alternative. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
later. Sigh. On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 12:23:23 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:21:15 AM UTC-7, John Canfield wrote: >> >> The enigma for me then is why does weewx report the console woke up? A >> USB problem is the first thing I thought o

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
of Tom's beta testers with one of his first releases. On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 12:05:28 PM UTC-5, vince wrote: > > On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:02:33 AM UTC-7, John Canfield wrote: >> >> Well that was no joy and I can't talk to the Davis console with minicom. >> I

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
ml_generated_but_not_updated>. > > 2. Some sort of (possibly intermittent) USB problem. I can't help you much > on this one. It looks like you're using a serial-to-usb adapter. If you > have another one around, try swapping. > > -tk > > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:26 AM John Canfield

[weewx-user] Re: Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
: [16750.656328] cp210x 3-2:1.0: cp210x converter detected Apr 30 13:47:54 beecreek kernel: [16750.657233] usb 3-2: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0 May 1 08:53:08 beecreek kernel: [85470.262589] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 9:17:58 AM UTC-5, John

[weewx-user] Dirty shutdown of my Fitlet, can't pull records from VantagePro2 data logger

2019-05-01 Thread John Canfield
*We lost power a week ago and my UPS the Fitlet was on ran out of battery so we had a "pull the plug" situation on my weewx Linux Mint Fitlet (it's been running for two or three years fine). When power was restored I kept getting errors when weewx tried to read the data logger in the

Re: [weewx-user] #1 - Missing 20 days in monthly summary #2 - User guide error?

2017-03-13 Thread John Canfield
Ah-so. Thanks Tom. Any idea about the missing data? On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 4:27:21 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: > > --rebuild-daily is the command used by later versions. Earlier versions > use --backfill-daily. > > -tk > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 1:26 PM, John Canfield

[weewx-user] #1 - Missing 20 days in monthly summary #2 - User guide error?

2017-03-13 Thread John Canfield
weewx v3.6.2 on the new Fitlet, weewx 3.0.1 on the old FIT #1: I've just brought up weewx on another Fitlet (CompuLab fanless) and have it running okay. Poking around I discovered I'm missing Feb 1 to Feb 20 in the monthly summary. I copied over the weewx.sdb from the old FIT to the new

Re: [weewx-user] Hardware discussion: Time to retire my faithful PC-Fit Slim from Compulab :(

2017-03-04 Thread John Canfield
bits, of course). The other trick is to install the "server" version, which is much smaller and simpler, with fewer things to go wrong. I'll bet there's still a few years of life left in that box of yours! -tk On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:04 AM, John Canfield <johnwcanfi...

[weewx-user] Re: Hardware discussion: Time to retire my faithful PC-Fit Slim from Compulab :(

2017-02-24 Thread John Canfield
a fast little box. On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 12:32:20 PM UTC-6, vince wrote: > > On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:04:33 AM UTC-8, John Canfield wrote: >> >> I've never used Linux Mint but it's based on Debian and Ubuntu so there >> shouldn't be any surprises. &

[weewx-user] Hardware discussion: Time to retire my faithful PC-Fit Slim from Compulab :(

2017-02-24 Thread John Canfield
Long time weewx user here, I think I was Tom's first or second beta user (V 0.9). I started using hacked Linksys NSLU2s (aka 'slugs') but the flash memory would get corrupted after a few months. Tom and I hooked up in a forum discussing the then new PC-Fit Slims, a tiny fanless low-power PC