Absolutely. I use a 550 VA UPS, which lasts for about 4 hours. Over the 20 years I've been posting to the internet, I've hit that limit maybe 3 or 4 times. In those 3 or 4 cases, the archive ability of the VantagePro worked flawlessly.
On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 11:51 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 9:31:33 p.m. UTC-3 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> That's correct. >> >> Before weewx starts asking for LOOP packets it figures out what the start >> and end of the archive interval will be. It uses this information to figure >> out when to stop asking for LOOP packets and, instead, ask for an archive >> record. See the call to _get_console_time() on line 594 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/9c5f105af5c5c77b0a5f060794dee21f60325bf9/bin/weewx/engine.py#L594> >> in the function pre_loop(), which is expected to return a wall clock time. >> >> An alternative would be to delay figuring this information out until the >> first LOOP packet has been received. >> > > Gah, on further thought, this concept seems to be fighting against the > design of weewx. Might be better to put everything, including weewx, on a > machine that is backed up by battery. > > [image: Screenshot from 2022-09-25 15-46-30.png] > Move the last 3 bubbles from PC to a raspberry pi or old screenless laptop? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8a02f1c1-be66-45de-b1b2-f1f58d754f41n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/8a02f1c1-be66-45de-b1b2-f1f58d754f41n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAPq0zECFDMv8WhDw49UA4qSVo5aW3r2c_gDuu3YB4XtXYJEKxg%40mail.gmail.com.
