Here is the script. Its a bit rough but it works ok.
#!/bin/bash
#Check to see if the weather station is working
if [[ "`pidof -x $(basename $0) -o %PPID`" ]]; then
echo "Process $(basename $0) is already running run killall
$(basename $0) to stop it if you want."
exit 1
fi
FILENAME="/var/www/html/weather/index.html"
FILENAME2="/tmp/$(basename $0)2"
BROKEN="NO"
minutes2check=15
REASON="Weather station broken"
time=$(date +%k%M)
if [ $(( (`date +%s` - `stat -L --format %Y $FILENAME`) >
($minutes2check*60) )) == 1 ] ; then
REASON="Restarted weewx because $FILENAME is outdated."
#lets try just restarting the weewx to see it that works then wait
6 minutes
#if it is still not working then turn the console off and on
/etc/init.d/weewx restart
wee_reports
echo $(basename $0) Weather station $REASON| /usr/bin/mail -s
"Weather station $REASON" [email protected]
sleep 360
#check the file again
if [ $(( (`date +%s` - `stat -L --format %Y $FILENAME`) >
($minutes2check*60) )) == 1 ] ; then
BROKEN="YES"
REASON="Rebooted console because $FILENAME is outdated."
#I use heyu to turn on and off X10 power supply which is hooked to the relay
/usr/local/bin/heyu on c4
sleep 15
/usr/local/bin/heyu off c4
sleep 15
/etc/init.d/weewx restart
echo $(basename $0) Weather station $REASON| /usr/bin/mail
-s "Weather station $REASON" [email protected]
#might check for unstable read in syslog file and if so
will stop weewx and then run wee_device --clear-memory
#the above has happened before
fi
fi
On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:51:19 UTC+10, Michael Messer wrote:
>
> Greg, that's brilliant! If I thought I'd have some free time, I'd ask
> about the code for the cron job script, etc. I better not!
>
> Sounds like you're very well-prepared. Thanks for your input!
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Greg from Oz <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I took the battery out of my console...permanently and I put in a
>> normally closed relay into the 5V of the usb cable that goes to the console.
>> I run a cron job that checks to see if the weather index.html file has
>> NOT been changed in 20 minutes. If is has not then the same script restarts
>> weewx. If it still doesn't update then the home automation turns on the
>> power to the relay and it opens and drops the power to the console and
>> resets the console. Weex is started again.
>> If all of that doesn't work then the script runs wee_device
>> --clear-memory
>>
>> if all of that doesn't work I have a backup console...........
>>
>> Touch wood...I haven't had any issues with the fineoffset console for
>> years. I wrote the script when I was USING cumulus....it locked up lots.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, 13 May 2018 23:42:24 UTC+10, Michael Messer wrote:
>>>
>>> All: I posted here about being unable to resolve fine offset USB errors
>>> preventing my
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Ambient WS-2080 weather station's data from getting up to the Weather
>>> Underground.
>>>
>>> All attempts involving resetting the weather station console did not fix
>>> it. Even wiped my SD card and went back to a known GOOD image from when I
>>> first set up Weewx successfully. Same errors.
>>>
>>> Today I decided to connect the console to my old laptop and run Cumulus
>>> to see if Cumulus would, too, be unable to get data. Upon connection,
>>> Cumulus immediately began displaying the data from my weather station!
>>>
>>> I looked for some way to get Cumulus to maybe reset my console, but saw
>>> no such options.
>>>
>>> Just for grins, I restarted my Rapsberry Pi, connected the console, then
>>> started Weewx. Boom. Instant connection, no FOUSB errors!
>>>
>>> So my guess is that my Cumulus session somehow cleared some sort of
>>> issue within my PWS console.
>>>
>>> Not 100% comfortable since I still have no idea how/why FOUSB issues
>>> started, but at least it looks like I now know of a fix! Hopefully I'll
>>> get another couple of years of good service from my Pi and Weewx, and when
>>> I win the lottery I'll get a new top-of-the-line weather station... and
>>> will install it at my new house. Maybe in Fiji or Italy or Colorado. Or
>>> all of the above.
>>>
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