After upgrading weewx from 3.9.2 to 4.0, weewx no longer recognizes the Vantage Vue console.
The console has a serial to IP link, so weewx communicates over Ethernet. Below the output from syslog: May 1 21:20:33 Domo systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather system... May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[420] INFO __main__: Initializing weewx version 4.0.0 May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[420] INFO __main__: Using Python 3.7.3 (default, Dec 20 2019, 18:57:59) #012[GCC 8.3.0] May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[420] INFO __main__: Platform Linux-4.19.97-v7+-armv7l-with-debian-10.3 May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[420] INFO __main__: Locale is 'nl_NL@euro' May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[420] INFO __main__: PID file is /var/run/weewx.pid May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[443] INFO __main__: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG __main__: Initializing engine May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[443] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage) May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[332]: Starting weewx weather system: weewx. May 1 21:20:35 Domo systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system. May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Driver version is 3.2.0 May 1 21:20:35 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Opened up ethernet host 192.168.178.10 on port 22222. timeout=4.0, tcp_send_delay=0.5 May 1 21:20:36 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful May 1 21:20:36 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No <ACK> received from console May 1 21:20:36 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: _determine_hardware; retry #0 May 1 21:20:37 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No <ACK> received from console May 1 21:20:37 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: _determine_hardware; retry #1 May 1 21:20:37 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No <ACK> received from console May 1 21:20:37 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: _determine_hardware; retry #2 May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No <ACK> received from console May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: _determine_hardware; retry #3 May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable to read hardware type; raise WeeWxIOError May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] ERROR weewx.engine: Import of driver failed: Unable to read hardware type (<class 'weewx.WeeWxIOError'>) May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** Traceback (most recent call last): May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 103, in setupStation May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self) May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 39, in loader May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** return VantageService(engine, config_dict) May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1897, in __init__ May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** Vantage.__init__(self, **config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 514, in __init__ May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** self._setup() May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1321, in _setup May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** self.hardware_type = self._determine_hardware() May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1312, in _determine_hardware May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** raise weewx.WeeWxIOError("Unable to read hardware type") May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** weewx.WeeWxIOError: Unable to read hardware type May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load driver: Unable to read hardware type May 1 21:20:38 Domo weewx[443] CRITICAL __main__: **** Exiting... Any help is appreciated. -- 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/30b975af-18ad-4c5e-b97e-a1d1cddb4821%40googlegroups.com.