This is a Davis serial-USB adapter, inside the console. It has worked flawlessly for 3 years. Maybe it just had one unplugging too many.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 9:39:50 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Just a thought to add, but where did the FTDI serial-USB adapter come > from? From my work in ham radio I've found that most of them are Chinese > fakes, not actually licensed and compatible, just a quick reverse-engineer > and ship it. Took me three tries ordering "real" FTDI adapters before I got > one that was actually "real". The current one I use was almost $40 if I > recall and is 100% rock solid, while the others were $10-20 and "flaky" - > drop connections, random timeouts, etc., sometimes immediately and > sometimes after a day or three. If you have one from Davis then I'd trust > it as "real". > > > On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:11:55 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> (You might get a little more information by setting debug=1 in the >> configuration file, weewx.conf.) >> >> Things to try: >> >> - This still feels a lot like either a bad port, or a bad >> serial-to-usb connector. >> - Another possibility is that another instance of weewxd is competing >> for the port, although that would presumably be reflected in the log. >> - Try rebooting the PC. >> - Check the baudrate. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 5:16 AM David Hathaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Greg. It appears my computer has a bad USB port; I used the >>> USB-serial connection. I switched to a different port and wee_device >>> --info returned device status. >> >> >>> -- 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/7ba19899-db6b-4ebe-b74f-5c1a61c364d6n%40googlegroups.com.
