An alternative might be to use a different driver - does rtl_433 pick up its transmissions? If so, using the SDR driver could work, and you wouldn't have weewx resetting after failed USB comms.
On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 18:18, Graham Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > QC is filtering out the bad values, but weewx server is currently > resetting after 4 failed retries on regular basis while the phantom station > haunts the vp2. there is no radio signal being transmitted to provide the > extraTemp1 values, it is just a figment of data logger’s imagination. the > phantom battery-low apparently from the ex-station stopped yesterday, but > the data logger is still reporting the extraTemp1 despite my (failed) > wee_device instruction just now to desist > > i do ‘wee_device —set-transmitter-type=2,10’ and it gives ’no <ack>’ error. > then i do ‘wee_device —info’ and it reports ch2 still enabled > so it is not just a case of resetting memory/power > > weewx v4.5.1 using python3.7 on RPi 4B running buster with usb/serial > (vp2 firmware is from 2004. lately weewx has been resetting whenever the > (now ex-) extra station reported low battery, so this bogus extraTemp1 > value upsetting weewx is kinda understandable → i need to turn all vestiges > of the (ex-) extra station off) > > On 25 May 2022, at 5:53 pm, Stephen Hocking <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Given such a whacko figure, perhaps under the [[Corrections]] section > under [StdCalibrate], or more suitably, something under [StdQC]. > > On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 17:45, Graham Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> my old vantage pro2’s additional wireless temp station at ch2 (iss is at >> ch1) has carked it (crushed in tree fall). it exists no more; it is not >> transmitting. my vp2 data logger is faithfully reporting a phantom value of >> about 150 C (not bad for a river!) every few seconds, how do i disable this >> phantom? >> >> i tried (*with weewx not running*) ‘wee_device >> --set-transmitter-type=2,10’ to set ch2 to none, but all i get is an >> error ‘No <ACK> received from Vantage console’, and it continues >> reporting the phantom when i start weewx again. how can i stop this phantom? >> cheers >> >> -- >> 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/70718B18-F8FE-49F8-8303-7BE22F28B8DC%40geddy.au >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/70718B18-F8FE-49F8-8303-7BE22F28B8DC%40geddy.au?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > "I and the public know > what all schoolchildren learn > Those to whom evil is done > Do evil in return" W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939" > > > > -- > 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/CA%2BxzKjDCR-xMeMrCDm7_Nq1XeJikmWSJ9N1TYcPezwLc0x7h%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CA%2BxzKjDCR-xMeMrCDm7_Nq1XeJikmWSJ9N1TYcPezwLc0x7h%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > 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/F4510CA0-CFDC-4855-A336-6A1FCED46B72%40geddy.au > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/F4510CA0-CFDC-4855-A336-6A1FCED46B72%40geddy.au?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- "I and the public know what all schoolchildren learn Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return" W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939" -- 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/CA%2BxzKjAMvAVCmnd9fGDeaB_%3D%3D1yvyxhJGtvU_%3D_o14sjR2AnpA%40mail.gmail.com.
