Thanks for the explanation, Tom.  That makes sense.

- Paul VE1DX 

> On Mar 27, 2022, at 4:57 PM, Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> model_type is used to distinguish between an original VantagePro 
> (model_type=1), and a VantagePro 2 (model_type=2).
> 
> A VantageVue can be distinguished from the VP or VP2 by an EEPROM lookup. In 
> that case, model_type is not used.
> 
> -tk
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 12:16 PM WindnFog <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm using a Vantage VUE, not a Pro2.  This is more of a curiosity than 
>> anything else.  I noticed that in weewx.conf under the [Vantage] section:
>> 
>>     # Vantage model Type: 1 = Vantage Pro; 2 = Vantage Pro2
>>     model_type = 2
>> 
>>     # The driver to use:
>>     driver = weewx.drivers.vantage
>> 
>> Is the model_type relevant with a Vantage VUE?  It appears to have defaulted 
>> to "2" years ago when I ran wee-config. I trust that is OK as it's working 
>> fine. Just wondering why the comment says to use a 1 for a Vantage Pro. I'm 
>> not sure if the 1 or 2 matters with  Vantage VUE.
>> 
>> - Paul VE1DX
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