Thanks for the valuable advice Matthew, very much appreciated. I will look into all of your suggestions. I will be installing the station into the remote location on Tuesday so from then on the testing begins.
Thanks for everyone who can contributed and helped me on this project. Thanks, Sean. On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 7:12:36 PM UTC+4, mwall wrote: > > > > On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 11:04:36 AM UTC-4, Sean Jahnig wrote: >> >> And now, for some reason i've done multiple restarts and it weewx >> connects via usb every time. The only thing i've done differently is remove >> the keyboard and mouse from the USB ports, so i guess that was confusing >> the driver because there were multiple USB devices plugged in? >> > > when you power cycle the acurite console, it will start up in mode 2. you > must punch its buttons to change it to mode 4. so you must put it on > battery backup or somehow ensure that it never powers off, otherwise weewx > will not be able to get data from it until you punch the buttons. > > having multiple devices plugged into the rpi might cause problems. > depends on what kind of pi it is, what kind of power supply you use, the > other usb devices, electrical storm activity, static electricity in the air > (i am not joking!) > > > >> Seeing as the display is staying on during the reboot i don't think this >> problem is the case of the USB Mode resetting. It's almost like the weewx >> driver is not able to find the usb device in some instances. >> > > the usb on rpi is flaky - some rpi models are unable to maintain > sufficient voltage, resulting in usb resets, corrupt usb data, etc. the > usb implementation on acurite consoles is flaky - very sensitive to changes > in voltage, and very sensitive to pretty much anything that happens on the > usb. > > the safest way to go is to put a powered usb hub between the rpi and your > weather station. power it from a reliable source, such as a ups or a > solar-backed battery bank with regulator/controller. > > you might get lucky plugging the console directly into the pi. but if you > care about data consistency and quality, you'll have to do more. > > m > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/cccfdd9e-ff63-4275-847c-e54b5b0edd7f%40googlegroups.com.
