Thanks. I let him know to just give it a try and see what happens. David
On Friday, 15 February 2019 18:26:15 UTC-5, Thomas Keffer wrote: > > Frankly, I'm not sure if it will work on a simple VantagePro. As I > understand it, there are almost no differences. However, the API manual is > unclear about how commands are terminated: > > >> The Vantage Pro2 serial support is almost the same as the Vantage Pro, >> but there are some important differences... > > > Serial commands for Vantage Pro2 must be terminated by a single line feed >> or a single carriage return character, but not both. Older code that >> terminates commands with both a line feed and a carriage return will not >> work or will work intermittently. Beware that some communciation programs >> translate a line feed to both a line feed and a carriage return > > > I don't know whether that means the VP2 is fussier about what terminates a > command, or there is a hard difference. > > It's certainly worth a try. > > -tk > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM David Beach <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> A friend of mine has been given an old but working Davis Vantage Pro (not >> Pro2). I have a Vantage Vue running weeWX on a RPi Zero W so I suggested he >> try weeWX. However, the weeWX documentation I found refers to the Pro2 and >> Vue - no specific reference to the 'plain old' Pro. Mind you, there neither >> did I find anything that said the Pro would NOT work! >> >> The Pro has the original firmware but I'm not sure of the exact version. >> My friend has already attached an FTDI USB-serial converter and is getting >> data out of the console. He's just having trouble managing the data stream. >> >> Can you use weeWX with the 'old' Pro? Completely compatible? Totally not >> compatible? >> >> Thanks guys. >> >> David >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
