Spoke too soon. The error appears to back back up, is this a data logger issue?:
May 8 20:55:18 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Published record 2022-05-08 20:55:00 BST (1652039700) May 8 20:55:18 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: Published record 2022-05-08 20:55:00 BST (1652039700) May 8 20:55:18 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS: Published record 2022-05-08 20:55:00 BST (1652039700) May 8 20:55:19 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 1.07 seconds May 8 20:55:21 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 30 images for report SeasonsReport in 2.44 seconds May 8 20:55:21 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx May 8 20:55:28 raspberrypi weewx[8172] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #1; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead May 8 20:55:32 raspberrypi weewx[8172] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #2; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead May 8 20:55:36 raspberrypi weewx[8172] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #3; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #4; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP max tries (4) exceeded. May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting. Shutting engine down. May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down StdReport thread May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] CRITICAL __main__: Caught WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting LOOP data. May 8 20:55:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] CRITICAL __main__: **** Waiting 60 seconds then retrying... May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO __main__: retrying... May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO __main__: Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO __main__: Debug is 0 May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage) May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1 May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'software' May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (software record generation) May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: Station will not be registered: no station_url specified. May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS: Data for station ICAMBSLE2 will be posted May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: Data for station WISBECH will be posted May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Posting not enabled. May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Posting not enabled. May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Data will be uploaded for user DMacWx May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 4.5.1 May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Clock error is 0.55 seconds (positive is fast) May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb' May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.manager: Daily summaries up to date May 8 20:56:40 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop. May 8 21:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2022-05-08 21:00:00 BST (1652040000) to database 'weewx.sdb' May 8 21:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2022-05-08 21:00:00 BST (1652040000) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' May 8 21:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Published record 2022-05-08 21:00:00 BST (1652040000) May 8 21:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: Published record 2022-05-08 21:00:00 BST (1652040000) May 8 21:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS: Published record 2022-05-08 21:00:00 BST (1652040000) May 8 21:00:17 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 1.02 seconds May 8 21:00:21 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 45 images for report SeasonsReport in 4.30 seconds May 8 21:00:21 raspberrypi weewx[8172] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 5 files to /var/www/html/weewx Any suggestions welcome. Dave On Sunday, 8 May 2022 at 20:20:45 UTC+1 Dave McCreath wrote: > Just noticed a couple of errors thrown up by WeeWX: > > ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #1; error: Expected to read 99 > chars; got 0 instead. > > Having then read through this forum I then reset the data logger in the > Vantage console (removed all power, pulled the data logger out for 20 > seconds, replaced and then powered back up) and all appears to be back up > and running OK. > > My first data logger lasted about 5 years before giving up on me, this one > is about 3 years old, is this a sign that it's on its way out as well? > > They're not cheap! > > > Thanks > > > Dave > > > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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