Sorry - Chris thanks! :) On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 11:25:38 AM UTC-7 Chip Towner wrote:
> Tom, > Thanks very much for the link. I looked at options like this when I first > started capturing data from my weather station and it seemed like a little > bit of overkill for what I needed. I really only need data from a couple > of the serial pins to simply to get the weather data. > > I am actually considering getting a serial to USB cable to clean up the > connection and prevent mishaps that can occur if an errant dog tail is not > kept a reasonable distance away. > > Cheers! > > Chip > > On Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 7:39:04 AM UTC-7 [email protected] > wrote: > >> I think you might need one of these: >> https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/p/51/serial-pi-plus >> The RPi's don't have an RS232 port, which is what the weather station is >> expecting to be hooked to. >> I use one of the linked items with no trouble, twice actually. >> >> Chris >> >> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:00:35 PM UTC-7 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Thanks for the quick reply! >>> You must see the code and/or these log messages in your sleep, I didn't >>> see anything that even mentioned WRD. I confirmed with minicom that I am >>> not getting a response when I send out a WRD. >>> >>> I appreciate the work around, but before I use it I need to understand >>> why the WRD is not working otherwise I have no idea what else is going >>> wrong and my brain will start to itch. >>> >>> FYI, the serial connection is three wires connected from the serial port >>> on the PI to the serial port on the VP2. The cable ends do not appear to >>> have been moved but it is certainly not robust. I had to move my hardware >>> to perform the upgrade and if things were not shut down properly I suppose >>> I could have damaged something. Not sure why the WRD was impacted put the >>> TEST, LAMP, VER, NVER commands were not impacted. Of course different >>> parts of the underlying circuits could have been damaged. >>> >>> Again thanks very much. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 5:32:11 PM UTC-7 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You didn't say much about your direct serial connection to the console, >>>> but it is not properly emulating the Davis WRD command. This command >>>> returns the hardware type (VantageVue, VantagePro, etc.) >>>> >>>> If all else fails, you can hard set it in the driver. At line 494 (or >>>> thereabouts), change this >>>> >>>> self.hardware_type = None >>>> >>>> >>>> to this >>>> >>>> self.hardware_type = 16 >>>> >>>> >>>> That may fix things, but there are likely to be other problems. You'll >>>> have to do this every time you upgrade. Or, get the serial connection >>>> fixed! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 4:20 PM Chip Towner <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I have been using Weewx since 2014 on a RaspberryPi 2. My weather >>>>> station is a VantagePro2 and the connection is a straight serial >>>>> connection >>>>> (no data logger). Weewx has worked well for this entire time. >>>>> >>>>> This year after a failed update (mirror sites no longer exist), I >>>>> decided I would take a chance and upgrade to the latest version of the >>>>> Raspbian OS (Buster I beleive). I backed up my Weewx data as directed >>>>> prior to the update. Then I updated the OS and took the opportunity to >>>>> also update Weewx to the latest/greatest. >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately Weewx is now unable to connect to the VP2. >>>>> >>>>> Since I originally configured this connection in 2014 it is possible >>>>> (perhpas eve likely) that I have missed something or even damaged the VP2 >>>>> (hope not). >>>>> >>>>> - I have dug into the User Guide and believe I have things >>>>> configured properly. >>>>> - I have used minicom and screen to confirm that my RPi can in >>>>> fact talk to the VP2. >>>>> - Used TEST and received the expected reply >>>>> - Used LAMP 1 and turned the display light on >>>>> - I attempted to use wee_device to turn on the VP2 lamp. It did >>>>> not work. >>>>> - I copied the results into the file weeDeviceLog.txt in case >>>>> it might be helpful >>>>> - I edited the weewx.conf that was installed and did my best to >>>>> configure things as they were previously (attached is >>>>> weewxCurrent.conf, a >>>>> renamed version of this document with some passwords removed) >>>>> - I have updated the weewx.conf file to use software based >>>>> record generation. >>>>> - The port settings appear to be correct - even when comparing >>>>> to my previous weewx.conf file. >>>>> >>>>> I am attaching a portion of the tail of the syslog file. I stopped >>>>> weewx and then started it to show what happens. >>>>> >>>>> Because it appears that I can communicate with the VP2 using minicom >>>>> and screen I am hoping this means my RPI & VP2 are healthy and that this >>>>> is >>>>> some weewx configuration issue I have missed. >>>>> >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e9bf7d61-7762-4853-b8be-4805299e7536n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e9bf7d61-7762-4853-b8be-4805299e7536n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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