The difference between the Vantage V4.4.0 and v4.5.1 drivers is trivial, and has to do with enabling retries. All other functionality is identical.
Make sure your console is not in setup mode. On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:06 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any comments, anyone? > Is it worth dumping the 6540 for a 6510SER? My console is about 50 feet > from the computer so that’s why I am using RS232. > On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 11:20:18 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm running a VP2+ on Ubuntu and using a Davis #6540 RS232 Weatherlink >> (streaming data logger for APRS) interface. This has been running >> successfully since my move from wview about +/- 8 years or so. To avoid a >> "WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting LOOP data" I modified >> vantage.py: >> >> # on the VP (somewhere around 220). >> for _loop_packet in self.genDavisLoopPackets(2): [changed >> from 200 in original version] >> yield _loop_packet >> >> When I first got this error, someone in the group suggested this change. >> It worked for all earlier weewx versions and, so far, I've changed it at >> each upgrade. >> >> This time, when I upgraded to 4.5.1 (setup.py), I got the usual loop data >> problem. I then made the vantage.py modification as listed above (200 -> >> 2). Upon restarting 4.5.1, I continued to get the loop data problem even >> with the modified vantage.py. >> >> I saw there was a slight modification of vantage.py from 4.4.x to 4.5.x. >> Could this have caused the problem? >> "Fixed bug that prevented the Vantage driver from waiting before a wakeup >> retry." >> >> Could I simply move my 4.4.0 version on vantage.py over to 4.5.1? Just >> wanted to check before I started mixing things up. Thanks in advance for >> any help. >> >> Bob (grattans.org/wx) >> >> weewx.log errors: >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Archive will use >> data binding wx_binding >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Record generation >> will be attempted in 'hardware' >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Using archive >> interval of 900 seconds (specified by hardware) >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: >> Station will be registered. >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS: >> Data for station KVAASHLA4 will be posted >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: Data >> for station N4MRV will be posted >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Data for >> station N4MRV-1 will be posted >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Data for >> station 964806001 will be posted >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Data will >> be uploaded for user bgrattan >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.emoncms: service version is >> 0.17 >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.emoncms: node is 0 >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.emoncms: Data will be >> uploaded with token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXb634 >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO __main__: Starting up weewx >> version 4.5.1 >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Clock error is >> -0.14 seconds (positive is fast) >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Using binding >> 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb' >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill >> of daily summaries >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.manager: Daily summaries >> up to date >> Apr 3 17:42:10 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Starting main >> packet loop. >> Apr 3 17:42:20 n4mrv weewx[338554] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try >> #1; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 inst >> ead >> Apr 3 17:42:25 n4mrv weewx[338554] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try >> #2; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 inst >> ead >> Apr 3 17:42:30 n4mrv weewx[338554] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try >> #3; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 inst >> ead >> Apr 3 17:42:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try >> #4; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 inst >> ead >> Apr 3 17:42:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP max >> tries (4) exceeded. >> Apr 3 17:42:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting. >> Shutting engine down. >> Apr 3 17:42:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] CRITICAL __main__: Caught >> WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting LOOP data. >> Apr 3 17:42:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] CRITICAL __main__: **** Waiting >> 60 seconds then retrying... >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO __main__: retrying... >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO __main__: Using configuration >> file /home/weewx/weewx.conf >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO __main__: Debug is 0 >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station >> type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage) >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.purple: Service version is >> 3.0.1. >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.purple: Source 1 for >> PurpleAir readings: sensor 192.168.1.130:80, proxy: Fal >> se, timeout: 15 >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert target >> unit is 0x1 >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.cmon: service version is >> 0.20 >> Apr 3 17:43:35 n4mrv weewx[338554] INFO user.cmon: sysinfo: Linux n4mrv >> 5.4.0-70-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 19 13:29: >> >> >> >> -- > 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/85a6cf94-0e91-4671-a3f2-8688d929f20en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/85a6cf94-0e91-4671-a3f2-8688d929f20en%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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