If there is a reason why I left it out, that reasons been lost to history. On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 8:05 PM gjr80 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting, there is a 'Number of wind samples' field in the archive > record emitted by the console/logger but my reading of the vantage driver > is that it is used to calculate rxCheckPercent but otherwise ignored. I > thought the vantage driver passed on almost everything and let the > user/WeeWX decide whether to use it or lose it, apparently not. One for Tom > I suspect. > > Gary > > On Sunday, 3 May 2020 12:09:25 UTC+10, Hyrules wrote: >> >> Thanks for the clarification Gary. This seems to be exactly what was >> happening here. Everything seems to be in order for now thanks. >> >> Now my only question left is : is it possible to get the number of Wind >> Samples sent by the weather station or do I have to calculate it from the >> rxCheckPercent and kinda reverse the _rxcheck function in the driver ? >> >> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 7:44:53 PM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote: >>> >>> Quite possibly you had corrupt station memory >>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#corrupt-station-memory>, >>> a symptom of which is that loop packets are received from the >>> console/logger but (hardware) archive records are not. If you happen to be >>> running with software record generation you will see no problems since >>> WeeWX is synthesising archive records from the loop packets rather than >>> asking the console/logger for archive records. However, when you change to >>> hardware record generation WeeWX now asks the console/logger for an archive >>> record but the console/logger cannot provide one (due to corrupt memory). >>> WeeWX carries on but with no archive records being saved to archive; >>> reports are run but with no updated data, basically the system does not >>> update. When you look at the log it is quite evident; no records being >>> saved but reports being run. >>> >>> The usual fix is to clear the device memory with wee_device, but >>> changing the console archive interval also clears the memory thus fixing >>> the corrupt station memory. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Sunday, 3 May 2020 06:05:21 UTC+10, Hyrules wrote: >>>> >>>> ok we have a winner ! I used wee_device to set the interval to 1 >>>> minutes and settings the interval of archive in weewx.conf as I like it and >>>> bam ! Record coming in and rxCheckPercent populated ! >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help and time Tom. Keep up the good work. >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 3:53:11 PM UTC-4, Hyrules wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Never had any problem with the logger itself . I just reinstalled a >>>>> fresh version of weewx 4.0 and remove every addons I had as well and skin >>>>> and I still don’t get a REC when I run weewxd. Plenty of loops coming in >>>>> but the logger does not seems to be pushing any records or weewx grabbing >>>>> a >>>>> record. I’ve been running this for at least an hour and looking at the >>>>> screen. This station has nothing special. it has a USB logger and I got it >>>>> about 10 years ago. Still working really well. >>>>> >>>>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Tom Keffer >>>>> *Sent:* May 2, 2020 15:47 >>>>> *To:* weewx-user <[email protected]> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [weewx-user] Re: rxCheckPercent always zero and number >>>>> of wind samples >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Vantage loggers work very well, with one flaw: they don't get it >>>>> right over daylight savings time transitions. Other than that, there's no >>>>> reason not to use them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -tk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 12:20 PM Hyrules <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don’t understand why I was on software generation I don’t remember >>>>> why I would prefer software over hardware. I still haven’t seen a archive >>>>> packet that’s really odd. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 2:22:01 PM UTC-4, Tom Keffer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> There must have been some reason you were using software record >>>>> generation. You may "fix" this, but break something else! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 11:00 AM Hyrules <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That must be it. The setting record_generation was software changed it >>>>> to hardware in weewx.conf. Waiting for a archive packet. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 1:35:43 PM UTC-4, Tom Keffer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Are you using software record generation? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If so, weewx will not retrieve the archive record from the logger and, >>>>> instead, calculates the archive record in software. The logger is what >>>>> supplies the number of wind samples, so it is only available if you >>>>> download an archive record. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -tk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 10:27 AM Hyrules <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well that's not it. I ahve reflashed with the wireless version and >>>>> still not seeing the rxCheckPercent and Wind Samples >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 12:18:08 PM UTC-4, Hyrules wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Crap I think I have and Idea what is happening I might have flashed >>>>> the cabled version firmware. Will try to reflash the wireless version >>>>> because my station is wireless. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 11:11:31 AM UTC-4, Hyrules wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have a vantage pro 2 and was wondering what might be the issue of >>>>> the following my rc_CheckPercent is always at zero. I have a point in my >>>>> sql data when I temporarily got some value but at the moment it's zero. >>>>> This is happening in Weewx 4.0 but was also happening in Weewx 3.9.x >>>>> >>>>> Also is it possible to get the number of wind sample ? 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