I got the new transmitter installed yesterday, and the reported issues are resolved. We've got thunder storms this afternoon, so there's some "weather" to watch.
Chris On Friday, July 23, 2021 at 4:58:04 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > So... after talking to Davis a couple of times, they wanted to replace the > transmitter unit, which is on the way, > to the tune of $40. Will update once it is installed and things are back > working. > > Chris > > On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:36:48 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > >> Thanks again, guys. No, I didn't do anything silly with the sensor >> connectors. I'm still suspicious that the lightening around >> caused some sort of failure. I didn't try unplugging the solar panel and >> removing the backup battery in the ISS to "reboot" >> it, assuming that's even a thing. I'll talk to Davis and see what they >> have to say. I'm not afraid of a soldering iron, so no >> issues there. >> >> Chris >> >> On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:01:56 PM UTC-6 vince wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 11:50:39 AM UTC-7 Greg Troxel wrote: >>> >>>> If physically moving the bucket back and forth isn't showing up on the >>>> console, and the console is displaying varying solar radiation and >>>> temp, >>>> then my guess is that the reed switch that picks up the magnet for the >>>> bucket is broken, or wiring to it, or perhaps the circuit it's hooked >>>> up >>>> to. About 15 years ago I had a similar failure in a Vantage Pro (not >>>> 2) and Davis sent me a new reed switch and I swapped it in (which did >>>> require a soldering iron, but for someone who is used to soldering was >>>> not hard, although I forget the details). >>>> >>> >>> Same here. I was a little rough one time cleaning mine and broke the >>> reed switch and Davis was nice enough to send me a few after I contacted >>> customer support. Not a bit deal to use a soldering iron to remove the >>> old one and solder a new one in, although I was sweating a bit at the time >>> :-) >>> >>> If you're still seeing reports of radiation when you do not have a >>> radiation sensor at all, you definitely want to contact Davis customer >>> support unless you did something silly like plug your rain gauge sensor >>> into a radiation jack or the like. >>> >>> -- 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/952425e6-434c-49b2-a851-c47a1443441bn%40googlegroups.com.
