That would explain the behaviour then, if loop_on_init is not set the loss
of connectivity with the station (for whatever reason) will cause WeeWX to
exit as it does with any other driver. I will make a point of pulling the
network on my GW1000 and confirming the driver and loop_on_init work as
expected.
Gary
On Monday, 28 December 2020 at 07:08:28 UTC+10 vince wrote:
> (unsure if this blasted google groups new interface ate my draft reply -
> grrrrrr...)
>
> loop_on_init was not set at all, so it's sure acting like the default is
> False.
> I'll define it as True for the next time, which hopefully won't need
> testing for a long time....
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 11:53:08 AM UTC-8 gjr80 wrote:
>
>> Vince,
>>
>> Thank you. From memory the driver should retry continuously when the
>> network returns if loop_on_init = True in weewx.conf (though I am not sure
>> I tested this by turning of my network). Can you confirm the loop_on_init
>> setting at the time?
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Monday, 28 December 2020 at 03:54:33 UTC+10 vince wrote:
>>
>>> Gary - I wanted to pass along some logs from a gw1000 driver abort
>>> yesterday.
>>>
>>> I had my home network down for a bit yesterday to do some firmware
>>> updates on my Ubiquiti USG, Switch and AcLite access point and weewx
>>> aborted rather quickly.
>>>
>>> The external, wired, and wifi networks were indeed down for some minutes
>>> so missing some readings was expected, but I was hopeful that the driver
>>> would recover gracefully after things were back up, however weewx totally
>>> aborted and the process was gone.
>>>
>>> Just passing along the logs in case you wanted to take a look. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dec 26 16:26:16 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to obtain
>>> response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' after 3 attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:26:16 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to obtain
>>> live sensor data
>>> Dec 26 16:26:16 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting.
>>> Shutting engine down.
>>> Dec 26 16:26:16 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down
>>> StdReport thread
>>> Dec 26 16:26:36 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR weewx.engine: Unable to shut
>>> down StdReport thread
>>> Dec 26 16:26:43 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to obtain
>>> response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' after 3 attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:26:43 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to obtain
>>> live sensor data
>>> Dec 26 16:26:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO user.gw1000: Gw1000Collector
>>> thread has been terminated
>>> Dec 26 16:26:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL __main__: Caught
>>> WeeWxIOError: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA'
>>> after 3 attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:26:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL __main__: **** Waiting
>>> 60 seconds then retrying...
>>> Dec 26 16:27:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO __main__: retrying...
>>> Dec 26 16:27:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO __main__: Using configuration
>>> file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>> Dec 26 16:27:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO __main__: Debug is 0
>>> Dec 26 16:27:44 pi3jr weewx[18939] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station
>>> type GW1000 (user.gw1000)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to obtain
>>> response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3 attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] ERROR weewx.engine: Import of driver
>>> failed: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3
>>> attempts (<class 'user.gw1000.GW1000IOError'>)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 109, in setupStation
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 1293, in loader
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> return Gw1000Driver(**config_dict[DRIVER_NAME])
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 1568, in __init__
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> super(Gw1000Driver, self).__init__(**stn_dict)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 767, in __init__
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> debug_wind=self.debug_wind)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 1870, in __init__
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> lost_contact_log_period=lost_contact_log_period)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 2276, in __init__
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> self.mac = self.get_mac_address()
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 2407, in get_mac_address
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> return self.send_cmd_with_retries('CMD_READ_STATION_MAC')
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/user/gw1000.py", line 2532, in send_cmd_with_retries
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> raise GW1000IOError(_msg)
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
>>> user.gw1000.GW1000IOError: Failed to obtain response to command
>>> 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3 attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load
>>> driver: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3
>>> attempts
>>> Dec 26 16:28:08 pi3jr weewx[18939] CRITICAL __main__: ****
>>> Exiting...
>>>
>>
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